BAE Systems, Airbus Defense form alliance
Arlington, Va. (UPI) May 21, 2013 -
BAE Systems and Airbus Defense and Space have partnered to produce and market geospatial intelligence products and solutions.
The geospatial intelligence, or GEOINT, products developed will leverage satellite data collected by Airbus Defense and Space's TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X radar satellites.
"The Airbus Defense and Space radar satellite missions are collecting data of unpreced ...
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SAIC continues support for Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Mclean, Va. (UPI) May 23, 2013 -
Sustainment and maintenance services for worldwide operations to reduce the threat of weapons of mass destruction will continue to be provided by SAIC.
Science Applications International Corporation, which has been providing such services to the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency, said the new contract it has received is a single-award, cost-plus-fixed fee task order with a value of a ...
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25 killed in Iraq as Shiites throng Baghdad for rituals
Baghdad (AFP) May 24, 2014 -
Throngs of Shiite Muslims converged on a shrine in Baghdad on Saturday for an annual ritual under heavy security, but a string of attacks outside the capital killed 25 people.
The bloodshed was the latest in a protracted surge in nationwide unrest that has fuelled fears Iraq is slipping back into the all-out communal conflict that plagued it in 2006 and 2007, leaving tens of thousands dead ...
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Russia military says troops to quit Ukraine border in 20 days
Moscow (AFP) May 23, 2014 -
Russian troops near the Ukraine border will return to base in at least the next 20 days following an order from President Vladimir Putin, the military's chief of general staff said Friday.
"The troops are being moved onto trains and military transport aircraft. This will take around 20 days," General Valery Gerasimov, Russia's chief of general staff, was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti news ...
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Two Koreas accuse each other of lying about shelling
Seoul (AFP) May 23, 2014 -
Seoul Friday accused North Korea of a "blatant lie" in claiming it had not fired shells near a South Korean warship and said Pyongyang had threatened to bombard its military vessels.
The North's military earlier Friday had rejected as "sheer fabrication" Seoul's assertion that it fired two shells in the vicinity of a South Korean navy vessel on patrol near the disputed Yellow Sea border the ...
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Exelis to help repair, modernize tactical radios
Basingstoke, England (UPI) May 23, 2013 -
Exelis is to support work by General Dynamics UK in modernization and other services in modernizing British military's tactical radios.
Work will be performed under two contracts from General Dynamics UK. The first The first award is a five-year contract to provide post-engineering design services for VHF and UHF radios manufactured by Exelis for the U.K. Bowman team. Exelis was the man ...
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Halting Russian rocket engine deliveries may cost US $5 billion
Moscow (Voice of Russia) May 23, 2014 -
The US is expected to lose some $5 billion if Russia goes ahead with the idea of halting delivery of rocket engines used to launch American defense satellites. American military experts counted the cost after Russian Vice President Dmitry Rogozin and head of the Roscosmos space agency Oleg Ostapenko hinted last week that supplies of the RD-180 engines might not continue.
Calculations came ...
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US Senate panel budgets $100 mn for non-Russian rocket
Washington (AFP) May 22, 2014 -
A Senate panel set aside $100 million Thursday to develop a US rocket engine as an alternative to Russian equipment currently used to launch military satellites into orbit.
Amid broader disputes with President Vladimir Putin over Kremlin aggression in neighboring Ukraine, US lawmakers have considered ways to break from Russian rocket dependence, including blocking US firms from purchasing Ru ...
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Russian space agency set to resume Glonass talks with US
Moscow (Voice of Russia) May 23, 2014 -
The Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) is set to resume negotiations on the possible deployment of Glonass global navigation satellite system elements in the United States, the newspaper Izvestia wrote on Tuesday.
"Roscosmos has done paperwork for the Americans and have filed the documents with the Foreign Ministry. They [the documents] state that our countries have made big progress in bila ...
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Iran addresses nuclear bomb allegations for first time: IAEA
Vienna (AFP) May 23, 2014 -
Iran has for the first time in six years addressed concerns about the so-called "possible military dimensions" of its nuclear programme, a new IAEA report showed Friday.
Tehran handed over information related to detonators that can be used for several purposes but also for a nuclear weapon under a key November interim nuclear deal, the quarterly report, seen by AFP, showed.
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India To Launch PSLV On Commercial Mission
New Delhi (IANS) May 23, 2014 -
Preparations are on at the rocket port in Sriharikota for the launch of a commercial rocket that would carry five satellites - two from Canada, and one each from France, Germany and Singapore, an official said Thursday.
"Work on the next launch has started. The rocket launch is slated for last week of June. The rocket will put into orbit a French satellite SPOT-7 weighing around 720 kg," ...
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Russia working out national manned spaceflight strategy unrelated to ISS
Moscow (Voice of Russia) May 23, 2014 -
The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) is developing a national manned spaceflight strategy to replace the International Space Station program after 2020, Roscosmos deputy chief Sergei Savelyev said.
"The development of the national strategy of manned spaceflight is under way now. Along with the Russian Academy of Sciences and the industrial sector, we are preparing a certain concept ...
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Brazil buying 28 airlifters from Embraer
Gaviao Peixoto, Brazil (UPI) May 21, 2013 -
The Brazilian Air Force has signed a series production contract with Embraer for the purchase of 28 KC-390 aircraft over a 10-year period.
The deal is worth about $3.26 billion and was inked at a ceremony to open the final assembly line for the military transport, the first of which to be delivered in 2016.
The procurement agreement, which includes provisions for logistics suppor ...
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General Atomics Grey Eagle again proves enhanced endurance capability
Tampa, Fla. (UPI) May 23, 2013 -
The Improved Grey Eagle prototype unmanned aerial system by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. has demonstrated its improved endurance.
During a second endurance flight test of the prototype for the U.S. Army, the aircraft flew 36.7 hours, compared to the 30-hour endurance of the unimproved model.
In October last year it flew more than 45 hours in a reconnaissance, surveil ...
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US drone deployed in Japan for first time
Tokyo (AFP) May 24, 2014 -
A US surveillance drone arrived at an air base in northern Japan on Saturday for the first deployment of the spy aircraft in the country, the US Air Force said.
The Global Hawk was brought to the US Misawa Air Base from Guam "to support US intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions and contingency operations throughout the Pacific theater," America's air force said on its websit ...
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ATC coms system in works for Predator
Berlin (UPI) May 23, 2013 -
Integration and use of air traffic control radios on Predator B unmanned aerial systems is to be performed by U.S. and German companies.
General Atomics Aeronautical systems Inc., maker of the Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper reports it signed the teaming agreement with communications company Rohde & Schwarz, part of an effort to add more European content to its aircraft system.
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Airbus' VTOL Quancruiser UAV successfully transitions to fixed-wing flight
Paris (UPI) May 23, 2013 -
A proof-of-concept unmanned aerial vehicle that combines fixed-wing and helicopter capabilities is being tested by the Airbus Group.
The electric-powered Quadcruiser is a joint effort of Airbus Group Innovations and Airbus Defense, with the participation of Steinbeis Flugzeug-und Leichtbau GmbH.
Airbus Group it has four vertically-oriented electric lift motors for vertical takeof ...
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Pakistan pounds Taliban hideouts for third day
Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) May 23, 2014 -
Four suspected militants were killed Friday as Pakistan's armed forces hit insurgent targets in a third day of action in a restive tribal area close to the Afghan border.
The military used mortars and helicopter gunships to pound suspected Taliban hideouts in North Waziristan, one of seven tribal districts where militants have strongholds.
Friday's operation comes after two days of fight ...
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Consequences of EU sanctions against Russia for space exploration
Moscow (Voice of Russia) May 23, 2014 -
EU sanctions are a two-edged knife, aimed at the Russian Federation but hurting Europe as well. Due to western sanctions the Russian leadership has decided to give up the International Space Station (ISS) in 2020. Instead, the money and intellectual resources will be spent on cooperation with China in space research. How will Europe cope without Russia?
"EU sanction logic does not fit mode ...
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Military drill staged as China market attack toll rises
Urumqi, China (AFP) May 23, 2014 -
China staged a huge show of force in the Muslim Uighur homeland of Xinjiang Friday and vowed a one-year campaign against "terrorist violence" as the death toll from a bloody market attack rose to 39.
At least 1,000 personnel in military and police vehicles took to the streets in Urumqi, the capital of the volatile region, where authorities said assailants in two vehicles ploughed into shoppe ...
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