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The sailors of DDG 78 USS Porter, a guided missile destroyer stationed in Rota, Spain, successfully completed a live-fire test from a SeaRAM missile system earlier this month.
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U.S. Navy engineers have developed a new 1,000-lb. inertial actuator, or "ship shaker," that offers “unprecedented capability in full-scale testing,” the service says.
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The U.S. Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) participated in exercise Ssang Yong 16 (SY16) earlier this month in and around Pohang, South Korea with local forces and those from Australia and New Zealand, the Navy says.
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Projectiles are constructed to break up in flight at a preselected range to prevent collateral damage and civilian casualties.
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The U.S. Army is testing a number of internal lubricants for rifle components that would eliminate manual cleaning of weapons.
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French army mandates low lifecycle costs for its new fleet of army vehicles, with maintenance ease also in mind.
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The U.S. Navy’s Battlespace Awareness office generates situational data for commanders. Directing the office is Capt. Jeffrey Czerewko, whose wish list includes modular software.
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By Jen DiMascio
A wayward weather satellite | U.S. Navy adds to SM-6 contract | UAE buys Piaggio’s HammerHead UAV | Boeing, Paramount add teeth to Ahrlac aircraft
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By Michael Bruno
The GaN upgrade represents one of the most significant improvements to one of Raytheon’s most important franchises in years.
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By Jen DiMascio
The U.S. Air Force offers public bomber details in drips and drabs; this time: the suppliers.
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By Bradley Perrett
Whatever contributing factors account for the exact rise in spending, the major reorganization announced at the end of December and partly explained in January and February is supposed to further boost the capacity of China’s military.
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By Maxim Pyadushkin
Russia’s state-owned aircraft manufacturer – United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) – has completed a reorganization of its top management.
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Europe’s LISA Pathfinder gravitational-wave technology demonstrator was handed over to the European Space Agency (ESA) March 7 after undergoing a series of in-orbit tests led by industrial prime contractor Airbus Defense and Space.
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As the Pentagon considers its options for aerial electronic attack, the focus is shifting toward the improvement of one of the primary sensors for the mission.
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A European Ariane 5 ECA rocket successfully lifted the Eutelsat 65 West A satellite to geostationary transfer orbit on March 9 for Paris-based fleet operator Eutelsat.
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By Mark Carreau
A key French instrument for NASA’s Mars InSight Lander will be re-engineered in a bid to overcome a vacuum leak in time for a May 2018 launch attempt.
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The U.S. needs to continue developing and deploying more longer-range surface-to-surface missiles in the Asia-Pacific, and there is a shortage of submarine forces in the region as well, says Adm. Harry Harris, head of U.S. Pacific Command.
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The secret U.S. defense and intelligence budget is bigger than most nations’ total defense spending.
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Israeli companies are India’s second-largest arms suppliers, and new rules increasing foreign stakes in joint ventures should build their market share
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos prepares to manufacture what might wean the U.S. off of Russian RD-180 engines.
Space

By Mark Carreau
U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko emerged from more than 11 months on the International Space Station with perhaps vital clues as to whether humans are physically and psychologically up to the challenges of traveling to Mars.
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By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Dawn mission spacecraft has marked the end of its first year in orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres with imagery of yet another curious surface feature.
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By Mark Carreau
The 26-year-old Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has presented its intended successors, the James Webb Space Telescope and the Wide Field Infrared Space Telescope (WFIRST), with a new challenge — find a galaxy older than GN-z11.
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By Jay Menon
India is set to launch its sixth navigation satellite, IRNSS-1F, on March 10, continuing to build a regional navigation system that will provide location services over the country and neighboring areas.
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A downsized satcom payload has the potential to boost high-speed data-processing capabilities of small unmanned aerial vehicles.
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