Tag: USA

Lapid’s Washington visit brings Israel little assurance on Iran (Ben Caspit, Al Monitor)

This week’s Washington visit by Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, on Oct. 12-14, slightly eased the pessimism and deep concern that emerged from Jerusalem after the...
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A War and Peace Visit to Moscow (Pavel Felgenhauer, The Jamestown Foundation)

US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland spent two days in Moscow meeting with top foreign policy officials at a pivotal...
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US offers to pay families of Afghans killed in drone attack (Al Jazeera)

The Pentagon has offered unspecified condolence payments to the family of 10 civilians who were killed in a botched US drone attack in Afghanistan...
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Can Australia get second-hand nuclear submarines? The US option (Marcus Hellyer, The Strategist)

In my previous post, I looked at some of the issues involved in the Royal Australian Navy acquiring or leasing older nuclear-powered attack submarines from...
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EU Awaiting Response From U.S., Tehran Before Calling Meeting Of Nuclear Deal Negotiators (RFE RL)

EU foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell is waiting on responses from Washington and Tehran before calling a meeting of negotiators on the Iranian nuclear deal,...
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Space Perspective raises $40 million for stratospheric ballooning system (Jeff Foust, Space News)

Space Perspective, a company developing a stratospheric ballooning system intended to give people views like those from space, has raised $40 million to fund...
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Orbit Fab signs technology sharing agreement with U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (Sandra Erwin, Space News)

Orbit Fab, a venture-funded startup offering a refueling service in space, has signed a technology sharing agreement with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory,...
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Leaf Space establishes five new ground stations (Debra Werner, Space News)

Italian ground segment provider Leaf Space announced plans Oct. 14 to add five ground stations to its global Leaf Line Network. Leaf Space is establishing...
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Arianespace launches OneWeb past the halfway mark (Jason Rainbow, Space News)

OneWeb has contacted all 36 satellites launched from Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome Oct. 14, enlarging the broadband constellation beyond its halfway mark toward full deployment...
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Iceye officially joins Copernicus Earth-observation Program (Debra Werner, Space News)

Iceye won a contract to provide data from its constellation of small synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellites to Copernicus, the European Union program aimed at...
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Rocket Lab acquires software company as it plans additional deals (Jeff Foust, Space News)

Rocket Lab’s acquisition of an aerospace software company is one of a series of deals it is considering, enabled in part by going public. Rocket...
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Space Force wants to learn how venture capitalists assess startups (Sandra Erwin, Space News)

An agreement just announced between the U.S. Space Force and a venture capital firm is a pilot project intended to help government buyers understand how investors...
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Kendall looks to accelerate appointment of civilian leader to oversee Space Force acquisitions (Sandra Erwin, Space News)

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall is asking Congress to authorize a new assistant secretary for space acquisitions before the Oct. 1, 2022, date that...
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Virgin Galactic postpones SpaceShipTwo flight, begins maintenance period (Jeff Foust, Space News)

Virgin Galactic will postpone a SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceflight that had been scheduled for this month, electing to instead immediately begin an extended maintenance period...
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US Army to Stage Largest Robot Tank Experiment Ever (Patrick Tucker, Defense One)

The U.S. Army intends to test an entire company of unmanned combat vehicles in simulated battle next year, a wargame that leaders called unprecedented...
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The next tool the Army needs for information advantage (Mark Pomerlau, Defense News)

The Army is still experimenting with the right command-and-control mechanisms for information advantage capabilities across various echelons and regions, a service official said this...
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