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Iran steps up efforts to contain COVID-19 as 1,234 new cases confirmed

Globalsecurity.org - Sat, 07/03/2020 - 01:29
Iran has imposed further travel restrictions for its citizens as part of efforts to contain the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, as the Health Ministry confirms over 1,200 new cases of infection in 24 hours.
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Coronavirus death toll hits 124 in Iran, 913 patients recover

Globalsecurity.org - Sat, 07/03/2020 - 01:17
Iran's Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoosh Jahanpour announced that 1,234 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since yesterday that is associated with the more activeness of the country's laboratory system.
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Medical Observation and Material Supply for Preventing COVID-19 Intensified in DPRK

Globalsecurity.org - Sat, 07/03/2020 - 01:17
The prevention of COVID-19 is being intensified across the country along with a series of nationwide top-class anti-epidemic measures taken true to the spirit of the enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.
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Beijing registers 4 imported COVID-19 cases from Italy

Globalsecurity.org - Sat, 07/03/2020 - 01:16
Beijing reported four new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection on Thursday, all of which are imported cases from Italy, local health authorities said Friday.
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Shenzhen reports second imported COVID-19, patient traveled to Spain

Globalsecurity.org - Sat, 07/03/2020 - 01:15
South China's Shenzhen reported its second imported COVID-19 infection on Friday, with the patient traveling to Spain in early January and transferred flight in Abu Dhabi on her way back to China.
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Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ireland rises to 13

Globalsecurity.org - Sat, 07/03/2020 - 01:04
Seven new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Ireland on Thursday, bringing to 13 the total number of such cases in the country, according to the Irish Department of Health.
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Taiwan announces new COVID-19 case, total up to 45

Globalsecurity.org - Sat, 07/03/2020 - 01:02
Taiwan confirmed one more novel coronavirus (COVID-19) case on Friday, bringing the total across the country to 45, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said.
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CECC isolates 103 for contact with Australian COVID-19 case

Globalsecurity.org - Sat, 07/03/2020 - 01:02
The Taiwanese authorities have placed 103 people under home isolation after they had contact with an Australian classical musician who was diagnosed with COVID-19 following a Feb. 23-March 2 visit to Taiwan, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Friday.
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Taiwan, Philippines disagree on where man contracted coronavirus

Globalsecurity.org - Sat, 07/03/2020 - 01:01
Taiwan on Friday revealed more details about a coronavirus case that it believes was imported from the Philippines, an independent traveler who was diagnosed with the disease a day earlier after a recent trip to the neighboring country.
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MBDA completes first Sea Venom/ANL qualification firing

Jane's Defense News - Sat, 07/03/2020 - 01:00
European missile house MBDA, in collaboration with the French Direction générale de l'armement (DGA), has conducted the first qualification firing of the new Sea Venom/Anti-Navire Léger (ANL) helicopter-launched anti-ship missile. Performed on 20 February at DGA Essais de Missiles
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Parsons Corp plans more acquisitions

Jane's Defense News - Sat, 07/03/2020 - 01:00
Parsons Corporation, which has acquired three companies in less than two years, has no plans to slow its acquisition pace, according to the head of the US-based technology firm. “We’re a serially acquisitive company, and we have a certain cadence,” said Chuck Harrington,
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Parsons Corp, ALS form space partnership

Jane's Defense News - Sat, 07/03/2020 - 01:00
Parsons Corporation and Adaptive Launch Solutions (ALS), which work together on a US Space Force programme, have agreed to jointly pursue additional opportunities in the growing space market. Parsons, which announced the “strategic partnership” on 4 March, touted its more than 60 years
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On this day in 1990 an SR-71 Blackbird Flew From LA to Washington DC In 1 hour, 4 minutes and 20 seconds

The Aviationist Blog - Fri, 06/03/2020 - 19:06
30 years ago today, a Blackbird smashed a transcontinental speed record. On Mar. 6, 1990, SR-71 Blackbird S/N 61-7972 (tail number #972) made its final flight from AF Flight Test Center Plant 42 in Palmdale, [...]
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Watch A Russian Su-34 Fullback Fire A Rocket At A Close Target During Ground Tests.

The Aviationist Blog - Fri, 06/03/2020 - 17:40
Videos of gun and missile tests taken at the Russian GkNIPAS range are extremely interesting. The one of  the Su-34 is pretty unusual too. The top image, showing a Russian Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback attack aircraft [...]
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EDA Statement: COVID-19 Update

EDA News - Fri, 06/03/2020 - 13:25

The European Defence Agency (EDA) confirms that two additional staff members have tested positive for COVID-19. Both staff members have been at home in self-isolation since 2 March and have thus not returned to the Agency since symptoms appeared.

Given that both staff members had been in close contact with the first staff member who has tested positive, the Agency, while awaiting test results, has proactively taken additional precautionary measures to those already outlined in its statement of 4 March.

The additional precautionary measures include: 

  • EDA has personally informed all individuals who were in close contact with the two colleagues four days prior to the appearance of symptoms;
  • EDA has asked its staff members in close contact to self-isolate themselves for 14 days as a precaution.

All three EDA staff members who have tested positive for COVID-19 are at home and have not reported any adverse change in their health.

EDA will continue to closely monitor the situation and remain in close contact with the responsible health authorities (Belgian health authorities as the host nation, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the EU Inter-Institutional Medical Board and the World Health Organisation) in order to strictly follow their guidance.

 

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KN-25

Military-Today.com - Fri, 06/03/2020 - 07:00

North Korean KN-25 Multiple Launch Rocket System
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Australia Sells Hornets To Air USA | RAF Orders Saab Digital Tower | DoS Approves Javelin Sale To Poland

Defense Industry Daily - Fri, 06/03/2020 - 05:00
Americas

Boeing won a $36.7 million contract modification or KC-46 engineering, manufacturing and development contract. The modification is for the component build and development of the hardware system integration lab to conduct lab verification and ground test verification for the boom telescope actuator redesign. The KC-46A Pegasus is a widebody, multirole tanker that can refuel all US, allied and coalition military aircraft compatible with international aerial refueling procedures. Problems with the boom were among the issues that the Air Force and Boeing knew still needed to be resolved at the time the tankers first began being delivered early last year. work will take place in Seattle. Estimated completion will be in February 2023.

Australia has agreed to sell up to 46 of its F/A-18A/B fighters to Air USA, an air combat training company in the United States. The transfer will take place over next three to four years, the Minister for Defense Industry, Melissa Price said. Air USA is a private contractor. Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) personnel at RAAF Base Williamtown will be responsible for preparing the aircraft for their transfer to the company. The Australian Department of Defense announced the sale on its website. Williamtown is home to three of the four remaining Australian F/A-18A/B units, No. 3 and No. 77 Squadrons and No. 2 Operational Conversion Unit, the latter of which is responsible for training pilots on the type. No. 75 Squadron is based at RAAF Base Tindal in Australia’s Northwestern Territory.

Middle East & Africa

The Dassault Mirage 2000 jets flown by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force and Air Defence (AFAD) will be the first of the type to use the Sniper targeting pod, manufacturer Lockheed Martin announced on February 26. It said it had received a directed commercial sale from the AFAD to expedite the delivery of the pods. It did not reveal the value of the sale or the number of pods involved. The AFAD maintains a fleet of at least 42 Mirage 2000-9s, some of which are older aircraft that were delivered in the 1980s and subsequently upgraded. The Emirati Mirages currently use a version of the Thales Damocles pod called the Shehab.

Europe

Saab Digital Air Traffic Solutions has been selected to provide a Digital Tower system as an Operational Concept Demonstrator for the Royal Air Force at their air force base by Lossiemouth in the United Kingdom, the company announced. The UK’s Royal Air Force is set to trial a digital air traffic control tower at RAF Lossiemouth airbase, the future home of the submarine-hunting P-8 Poseidon aircraft. Under a single-source experimental project, RAF Lossiemouth will see the development of a digital air traffic control (ATC) tower operational concept demonstrator (OCD) by Saab’s UK division. According to BBC, the cameras would give the controllers a 360 degree view of the airfield, allowing them to monitor the whole airfield through a series of communication links.

The DoS approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Poland for 180 Javelin missiles and 79 Javelin Command Launch Units (CLUs) and related equipment for an estimated cost of $100 million. The sale will include basic skill trainers, battery coolant units and missile simulation rounds. Javelin is expected to improve and strengthen the country’s long-term defense capacity. It will also help Poland fulfill its national defense needs to better defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity. Raytheon and Lockheed Martin’s partnership Javelin Joint Venture (JJV) will serve as the prime contractor for the program.

Asia-Pacific

The coronavirus now hit the F-35 production. Japan has paused work for one week at its Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) final assembly and checkout facility in Nagoya, Japan over concerns of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) that is spreading the globe. Lieutenant General Eric Fick, F-35 program executive officer, said on March 4 that he anticipates resumption of work at the facility after the week’s pause. Lt Gen Fick added that he does not anticipate any other disruption to the supply chain and that the Joint Program Office (JPO) is not taking any deliberate steps to actively curtail any ripple effects due to the coronavirus that may further go through the F-35 supply chain.

Today’s Video

Watch: CHINESE NAVY FIRES LASER AT AMERICAN P-8A POSEIDON AIRCRAFT !

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Omega Air expects both growth, competition for US commercial air refueling services

Jane's Defense News - Fri, 06/03/2020 - 04:00
Key Points Omega Air Refueling Services expects demand for its services to grow as the US Air Force wants to reduce its tanker fleet The company expects competitors to enter this market but an expert warns of flat budget predictions and high barriers to entry The world’s only provider of
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