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MGI Engineering develops T-022 Vortex for manned-unmanned air operations. Credit: MGI Engineering. MGI Engineering, a provider of lightweight engineering design solutions, has announced the launch of the MGI T-022 Vortex, an autonomous combat aircraft built in the UK. The company states the aircraft addresses requirements for the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) newly unveiled Storm Fighter uncrewed wingman initiative. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more According to MGI Engineering, this platform is the first of its type produced in the UK, intended as…

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English (Original) Spanish – Español French – Français German – Deutsch Arabic – العربية Chinese – 中文 Japanese – 日本語 Russian – Русский Portuguese – Português Italian – Italiano Korean – 한국어 Dutch – Nederlands Turkish – Türkçe Polish – Polski Hindi – हिन्दी 🤖 Hi! I’m here to help you understand this article. Ask me anything about the content! Send Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked the US government for an emergency package of 300 Patriot missile interceptors before winter, warning that Ukraine’s air defence stockpiles are almost exhausted as Russia continues launching large-scale ballistic missile attacks. In an…

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China has imposed sanctions on two Polish entities linked to the country’s defense and high-tech sectors. The move comes in response to the European Union’s 21st sanctions package against Russia. The latest EU measures targeted several companies from China and Hong Kong that are accused of supplying Moscow with technologies and components used in Russia’s war against Ukraine. One of the Polish entities placed on China’s export control list is Wrocław University of Science and Technology (WUST), one of Poland’s leading technical universities with recognized expertise in satellite technologies, and space-related research. The other is Vigo Photonics, a high-tech manufacturer…

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The East Asia Summit, a forum for strategic, political, and economic dialogue comprising 19 countries, convened its 16th Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Manila on July 23. The summit, however, assumed significance because of events that occurred on its sidelines. To begin with, the Quad Foreign Ministers met again and reiterated their commitments unveiled at the 11th Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Delhi two months ago. But it wasn’t their mere gathering that caught attention. For the first time, the Quad issued a dedicated joint statement on cooperation with ASEAN, rather than just meeting alongside the regional grouping. The ministers framed…

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WASHINGTON — The biggest roadblocks to having transportable nuclear power, according to DARPA program manager Tabitha Dodson, come down to heat and weight. “There’s an enormous amount of energy inside a nuclear reaction, whether it’s fission or radioisotope,” Dodson told Breaking Defense. “[But] there is a lot of heavy and non-transportable hardware that deal with heat management for both fission and RTG [radioisotope thermal generators] systems. That heat management piece is always what drags down all of the dreams of transportable nuclear power.” As a way to bypass that roadblock, DARPA funded seven competing teams as part of its Rads…

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Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has won re-election to hold that post for another four years. Several governments objected to the process; 144 others, including China, voted in support of a second term for him. Over the past four years Chinese authorities have deepened repression. The Chinese government inflicts collective punishment on the families of defenders and prisoners of conscience and has a disturbing track record of defenders dying in detention. Its enthusiasm for transnational repression – an effort to silence critics of the Chinese government outside the country – is growing, and it increasingly…

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