New collaboration to strengthen cyber-security
Rome (UPI) Jun 10, 2013 -
Selex ES and a U.N.-backed alliance to combat cyber-threats are to collaborate on initiative to boost cyber-attack defenses.
Italy's Finmeccanica, parent company of Selex ES, said that under a memorandum of understanding information will be shared by Finmeccanica-Selex ES and the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats, a key partner of the United Nations' Internati ...
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Jihadists seize Iraq's second city, Nineveh province
Mosul, Iraq (AFP) June 10, 2014 -
Jihadists overran Iraq's second city of Mosul, the surrounding Nineveh province and parts of Kirkuk, in a major blow on Tuesday that Washington warned threatens the entire region.
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki responded by asking parliament to declare a state of emergency and announcing the government would arm citizens to fight the militants.
"All of Nineveh province fell into the hands ...
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New center for training on way for British military
London (UPI) Jun 10, 2013 -
Britain's Ministry of Defense is building a new Defense College of Logistics, Policing and Administration for the country's military services.
The facility, which will be completed in 2018, will bring together the training for key support roles from each of the services onto one site for the first time and provide instruction in diverse areas, such as catering, supply, transport and mil ...
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Singapore charges firm over weapons-smuggling to N. Korea
Singapore (AFP) June 10, 2014 -
Singapore on Tuesday filed criminal charges against a shipping firm based in the city-state accused of helping smuggle missiles and other military hardware from Cuba to North Korea.
The foreign and home affairs ministries said in a joint statement that the charges were filed against Chinpo Shipping Company Pte Ltd and a Singapore citizen identified as Tan Hui Tin.
Chinpo Shipping transfe ...
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Drones for fun, games and more
New York (AFP) June 10, 2014 -
It may be a while before drones start patrolling American skies or delivering packages, but kids and adults will be able to command their own personal flying devices very soon.
The French electronics firm Parrot on Tuesday unveiled its "Rolling Spider" and "Jumping Sumo" mini-drones to go on sale in the US market in August.
"We wanted to create connected robots for the generations of sma ...
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Indra supplying electronic defense system to South Korea
Madrid (UPI) Jun 10, 2013 -
Indra, the Spanish technology company, says it is supplying the South Korean Navy with its Pegaso electronic defense system.
The system will be installed on two new submarines of the Korean Navy and will enable them to detect radar signals in a mission environment, identify them and their associated threat level.
"Pegaso technology will give the new boats of the ROKN an important ...
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Iraqi militants threaten entire region: US
Washington (AFP) June 10, 2014 -
Jihadists who have seized Iraq's second city of Mosul pose a threat to the entire region, the United States warned Tuesday, voicing deep concern about the "extremely serious" situation.
Condemning militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) "in the strongest possible terms," White House spokesman Josh Earnest called on Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and other leaders to do more ...
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Five US soldiers killed by 'friendly fire' in Afghanistan
Kabul (AFP) June 10, 2014 -
A NATO air strike in Afghanistan killed five US soldiers in an apparent "friendly fire" accident during clashes with insurgents, officials said Tuesday, as troops try to ensure security for the presidential election.
Local police and the Afghan army said that the US troops, as well as one Afghan soldier, were killed in the restive province of Zabul when air support was unleashed to try to be ...
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UK Connects with Allied Protected Communication Satellites
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Jun 11, 2014 -
All partner nations are now using the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) protected communications satellite system after the United Kingdom connected earlier this year. Four nations will use the Lockheed Martin-produced satellites for their most important transmissions, from commanders-in-chief to troops in the field.
The U.K. connection follows Canada's first successful call in May, ...
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Northrop Grumman Delivers 150th Center Fuselage for F-35 Lightning II
Palmdale CA (SPX) Jun 11, 2014 -
Northrop Grumman has marked another significant production milestone for the F-35 Lightning II program by delivering its 150th center fuselage to F-35 prime contractor Lockheed Martin. The center fuselage is the core structure around which the aircraft is built.
Designated AF-68, the center fuselage was delivered June 2. It is the 50th such unit Northrop Grumman has delivered in the last 1 ...
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Lockheed Demonstrate 2nd Series of Advanced Autonomous Convoy Ops
Dallas TX (SPX) Jun 11, 2014 -
The U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) and Lockheed Martin successfully completed new tests validating the ability of driverless military-truck convoys to operate successfully and safely in a variety of environments.
The second series of demonstrations of the Autonomous Mobility Applique System (AMAS) Capabilities Advancement Demonstration (CAD- ...
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Obama already fulfilling West Point promises on diplomacy
Washington (UPI) Jun 10, 2013 -
Last Friday's meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin lasted 15 minutes at most. Yet the symbolic significance of that highly-anticipated face-to-face far exceeded the parameters of its informal nature.
After commemorating the 70th anniversary of D-Day in an address at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial overlooking Omaha Beach - a cemet ...
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Russia never annexed Crimea it's a Western delusion - Putin
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jun 11, 2014 -
On June 6 Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend a ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. Ahead of his visit to France the Russian leader gave an extensive interview to Radio Europe 1's news program author and frontman, Jean-Pierre Elkabbach and, anchor of the evening news on TF1 TV channel, Gilles Bouleau covering burning issues from Ukraine and Cri ...
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Mutualink Connects Soldiers with Disparate Tactical Networks and C2
Wallingford CT (SPX) Jun 11, 2014 -
Mutualink has announced the development of a new Data Gateway providing a secure and easy way for soldiers to exchange tactical and positional information in real time. The technology enables military and coalition partners operating with disparate communications networks and messaging formats to exchange arbitrary data on demand in a highly secure manner.
The new capability will increase ...
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Catastrophe averted: How UK nuke sub crew cheated death
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jun 11, 2014 -
The crew of a UK submarine had a close brush with death when an air-conditioning failure caused temperatures to soar, it has emerged. Catastrophe was averted after the submarine dived down 200 meters into cooler waters.
It has been revealed HMS Turbulent was hit by a potentially disastrous situation while on patrol in the Indian Ocean three years ago. The vessel's air conditioning system b ...
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US gives BP first license to fly drone over land
Washington (AFP) June 10, 2014 -
Cautious US aviation regulators announced Tuesday they have given oil company BP the first commercial license to fly a drone aircraft over land.
The Federal Aviation Administration gave BP and unmanned aircraft system (UAS) builder AeroVironment permission to use a drone for surveys of oil exploration and pipeline areas in Alaska's Prudhoe Bay area.
The surveys began on Sunday, using Aer ...
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China's Vietnam veterans fighting new battle
Yiyang, China (AFP) June 10, 2014 -
Marginalised and misunderstood, Chinese Vietnam veterans - who fought in a little-celebrated war against their southern neighbours - risk beatings and prison in a new battle with government officials.
Teng Xingqiu is one of thousands of retired Chinese soldiers staging an increasing number of protests over unpaid benefits and unnerving Communist authorities.
"The police told me they ho ...
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Chinese military linked to seven years of hacking US aerospace industry
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jun 11, 2014 -
A shadowy hacking group believed to be affiliated with the Chinese military has spent years infiltrating the American aerospace industry and US trading partners in the space industry, a US cybersecurity company said Monday.
Officials from CrowdStrike accused the Shanghai-based unit 61486 of the People's Liberation Army 12th bureau of attacking American and other western networks in cyber-a ...
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Chinese military hackers target space industry: study
Washington (AFP) June 10, 2014 -
A Chinese military unit has run a hacking campaign that includes sending bogus email in a bid to intercept Western satellite communications and aerospace secrets, a US security firm said.
The report by the California-based firm Crowdstrike points to broader hacking by China weeks after the United States for the first time filed charges against Chinese military officers over alleged cyber-esp ...
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Iran will 'do its best' to secure nuclear deal: Rouhani
Geneva (AFP) June 10, 2014 -
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday his country would "do its best" to secure a nuclear deal as crunch talks between Tehran and Washington on the long-running dispute dragged out.
Senior negotiators from both camps met behind closed doors for a second day of talks at Geneva's upscale Hotel President Wilson, which was sealed off to the media.
Iran's chief negotiator, Abbas Araqc ...
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Russia to launch biosatellite with mice on Board in 2019
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jun 11, 2014 -
The Russian biosatellite Bion-M2 with mice on board will be boosted into orbit in 2019, where it will operate for 60 days, the head of the Bion project Vladimir Sychev said.
"The height of the previous flight of the Bion-M1 biosatellite was mere 545 kilometers. Our new device will fly twice as high. This will provide unique data concerning the impact of the solar radiation has on biologica ...
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Bolivia receives China's bidding to build satellite
La Paz, Bolivia (XNA) Jun 10, 2014 -
The Bolivian Space Agency (ABE) said Thursday that it has received a bidding from China to build an exploration satellite for the country, which would be Bolivia's second satellite.
Bolivia's first communications satellite, made by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), was launched on Dec. 21 last year.
ABE Director Ivan Zambrana told reporters that six transnati ...
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Why We Need Rocket Engines
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jun 11, 2014 -
For the past several months, the topic of rocket engines has been prominent in the space media. Most recently, Russia has threatened to stop selling its rocket engines to the U.S. for use on the Atlas V launch vehicle.
This is in response to sanctions placed on Russian due to its activities in eastern Ukraine. For those of you who are not "rocket scientists" a brief primer is presented her ...
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Mercury Passes in Front of the Sun, as Seen From Mars
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 11, 2014 -
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has imaged the planet Mercury passing in front of the sun, visible as a faint darkening that moves across the face of the sun. This is the first transit of the sun by a planet observed from any planet other than Earth, and also the first imaging of Mercury from Mars.
Mercury fills only about one-sixth of one pixel as seen from such great distance, so the darkeni ...
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International experiment to change global weather forecasts: New Zealand scientists
Wellington, NZ (XNA) Jun 10, 2014 -
Scientists from five countries on Friday began one of the biggest ever scientific experiments in New Zealand, with the aim of significantly improving global weather forecasts.
About 200 scientists from organizations in New Zealand, the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom and Australia will take part in the six-week experiment to measure gravity waves up to 100 km above the earth's s ...
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