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Seoul (AFP) Nov 22, 2023
North Korea said Thursday it was suspending a five-year-old accord reached with South Korea to reduce military tensions – the latest retaliatory fallout over Pyongyang’s spy satellite launch.
The angry statement from the nuclear-armed North’s defence ministry came after state media claimed leader Kim Jong Un was already reviewing images of US military bases in Guam sent by Pyongyang’s new e
The development of the Weapons Instrument Laser Demonstrator [DIAL], a counter-RPAS system, has been given the green light by the Ministry of Defense.
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The Aritra IITM team from the Marine Autonomous Vessels (MAV) Laboratory in the Department of Ocean Engineering, IIT Madras, has emerged as the champion in the 2023 Virtual RobotX (VRX) challenge. Hosted by RoboNation USA in collaboration with Open Robotics and the Office of Naval Research, this international competition drew participation from 33 teams worldwide, including MIT and NSU. Aritra
North Korea said Wednesday it had succeeded in putting a military spy satellite in orbit after two previous failures, as the United States led its allies in condemning the launch as a "brazen violation" of UN sanctions.A rocket carrying the satellite blasted off Tuesday night from North Phyongan province and "accurately put the reconnaissance satellite ‘Malligyong-1’ on its orbit", state-run news
Seoul (AFP) Nov 22, 2023
North Korea claimed Wednesday to have successfully put its first military surveillance satellite into orbit, with the South also preparing to send up its first spy satellite later this month.
The two launch attempts, set to come in such quick succession, appear to be the beginnings of a space race on the Korean peninsula.
Here, AFP takes a look at what we know about the new competition b
Brampton, Canada (SPX) Nov 21, 2023
MDA Ltd. (TSX: MDA), a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, has received an Authorization to Proceed (ATP) contract from an undisclosed customer to start work on a new Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO)* satellite constellation. The ATP, valued at approximately $180 million, is to immediately commence engineering and programmatic activi
The Ghana Navy has entered into a partnership with Fly Zipline Ghana Limited, a company that delivers medical supplies and other essential items using drones, to assist them in recovering their lost drones and supplies along the major river bodies in the country. The partnership also aims to enhance collaboration in the area of capacity
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested the 8th accused in the Pak-backed terrorism case involving the delivery of weapons through drones to militants active in Kashmir, the agency said on Tuesday.A team from the NIA Jammu branch nabbed the 22-year-old terror operative, identified as Zakir Hussain, a resident of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, on Monday.Earlier, the