Leidos Inc. secured $34.3 million for research, development, test and evaluation support to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) weapon systems, according to a May. 25 announcement. The contract modification reportedly provides for the manufacturing and delivery of a new multi-sensor reconnaissance system to equip DHC-8 fixed-wing aircraft. Work will be performed in Reston, Virginia, with an estimated completion date of June 13, 2022, according to the […]
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Cobham Mission Systems, the U.S.-based world leading design and manufacturer of innovative aerospace safety and survival systems, announced today it has been awarded a new $7.1 million prime contract from the U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support. This contract is for production and delivery of Universal Water Activated Release System (UWARS) components to be installed on various Navy and Air Force aerial platforms through […]
Swedish military procurement agency has signed a $200 million contract with BAE Systems for 127 BvS10 Viking (local name Bandvagn 410) tracked armored amphibious vehicles. Deliveries of the 127 vehicles are planned to begin in 2022 and complete in 2024. The vehicle can traverse rocks, mountains, snow, swamps, and Arctic environments, and its amphibious capability allows it to seamlessly transition to swimming. The BvS10’s flexible and […]
The U.S. Navy awarded a $63,3 million contract for the repair of the APG-65/73 radar systems in support of the F/A-18 aircraft., the U.S. Department of Defense announced March. 22. The U.S. Department of Defense said Monday that Raytheon Co. won a $63,3 million for a ceiling-priced delivery order (N00383-21-F-N700) under a previously awarded basic ordering agreement (N00383-18-G-N701) for the repair of the APG-65/73 radar systems. […]
U.S. Defense contractor Honeywell, which makes everything from jet engines to software used in planes, was awarded a contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command for the procurement of CH-47 aircraft T55 engines. The U.S. Department of Defense said Monday that Honeywell International Inc. was awarded a $476 million contract for the procurement of T55 engines, engine electronic control units, and installation kits. Work locations and […]
The U.S. Department of Defense announced Monday a $125 million package for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, the first of its kind under the Biden administration. According to a Department of Defense press release, the military aid package will include training, equipment, and advisory efforts to help Ukraine’s forces preserve the country’s territorial integrity, secure its borders, and improve interoperability with NATO. ”This action reaffirms the […]
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. has been awarded a $236.9 million U.S. Navy contract modification for work on the Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) program for the U.S. Marine Corps, according to the U.S. Department of Defense contract announcements. The deal, which modifies a $958 million contract originally awarded in 2019, provides for the exercise of three option contract line items to procure eight G/ATOR Gallium Nitride full-rate […]
BAE Systems has been awarded a $183 million contract modification involving the procurement of Amphibious Combat Vehicles for the U.S. Marine Corps, according to the U.S. Department of Defense contract announcements. The award, announced by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) on 10 February, provides for the exercise of options for the procurement of 36 full-rate production Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs) and associated production and fielding […]
Raytheon Technologies, one of the world’s largest military weapons and technology manufacturers, was awarded a contract from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command for F-35 Lightning II support. The contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is worth more than $290 million. This contract provides material and support equipment for depot maintenance facilities, program administrative labor for non-recurring sustainment activities, mockup engines and modules for […]
Israeli defense contractor Elbit System has announced on Tuesday that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately $172 million to supply light tanks to the Army of a country in Asia-Pacific. As noted by the company, the contract will be performed over a three-year period. The details were given in a 26 Januarymedia release, to announce Elbit Systems will supply the “Sabrah” light tank solution based […]
Ukrainian manufacturer of jet engines Motor Sich has agreed to a record $800 million contract with People’s Liberation Army for turbofan AI-322 engine production, according to multiple reports. The story was first reported by Defense Express, which cited a defense industry source that stated that China is buying a batch of 400 AI-322 engines for JL-10 fighter trainer aircraft and its L-15 export version. The JL-10 is […]
The C-17 Globemaster III massive long-haul military transport aircraft has now flown more than four million flight hours, achieving this impressive milestone in 25 years of operations. A 174-foot long aircraft was operationally introduced to the Air Force in 1995 and designed to accomplish – rapid strategic delivery of troops and all types of cargo to forward operating bases throughout all areas of operation. With its […]
Raytheon Co., one of the world’s largest defense contractors, was awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for engineering and test support services for the AN/ALQ-249 Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) currently in development for the Navy EA-18G aircraft. The AN/ALQ-249 is an advanced electronic attack system that denies, disrupts and degrades enemy technology, including communication tools and air-defense systems. It is a self-protect electronic countermeasures (ECM) […]
American-owned aluminum boat manufacturer was awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy to provide its Mark (MK) VI patrol boats to Ukraine. SAFE Boats International LLC was awarded a $19.9 million contract for the construction of two new MK VI patrol boats, according to the Pentagon contract announcements. “SAFE Boats International LLC, Bremerton, Washington, was awarded a $19,969,119 not-to-exceed, firm-fixed-price, undefinitized contract action for long lead […]
The U.S. Department of Defense has contracted American plane-maker Boeing for support conversion of the Royal Saudi Air Force F-15S into an F-15SA fighter aircraft. The contract, announced on Monday, calls for support for the conversion of the Royal Saudi Air Force F-15S into an F-15SA aircraft, which includes program management, reach-back support for the 48 continental United States and Washington, D.C.; temporary on-site for outside […]
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has awarded a contract worth nearly $480 million to Hyundai Rotem to produce additional K2 Black Panther main battle tanks. DAPA says that it has awarded Hyundai Rotem a new contract to commence 3rd production of the K2 Black Panther main battle tank. Within the contract, all tanks of the ‘3rd production batch’ will be delivered to the Republic […]
Northrop Grumman Systems has been awarded a $22 million contract modification by the U.S. Navy to provide services for Navy’s newest unmanned helicopters. San Diego-based company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman. The deal, which was a modification to a previous contract, exercises options to procure software and engineering sustainment services, software support, logistics, cyber security and program related engineering in support of MQ-8 Fire […]
Northrop Grumman Systems has been awarded a $22 million contract modification by the U.S. Navy to provide services for Navy’s newest unmanned helicopters. San Diego-based company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman. The deal, which was a modification to a previous contract, exercises options to procure software and engineering sustainment services, software support, logistics, cyber security and program related engineering in support of MQ-8 Fire […]
Defense and security company Saab was awarded a contract from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration for an integrated sensor and command and control system for use with ground based air defense. This contract, with an estimated value of $248 million (2.1 billion SEK), covers a number of Saab’s multifunctional radar Giraffe 4A and upgrades of the Swedish Armed Forces’ existing Giraffe AMB surface radars. Giraffe 4A […]
Church Buys And Forgives $5 Million In Medical Debt By Kaelan Deese, The Hill. December 12, 2020 Church Buys And Forgives $5 Million In Medical Debt2020-12-122020-12-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/medical_debt.jpg200px200px NOTE: In addition to the one described below, United Church of Christ members raised money and erased medical debt in Kansas and Oklahoma. A church in Des Moines, Iowa, bought and forgave $5 million worth of medical debt owed by […]
The U.S. Department of Defense and BAE Systems announced on Thursday an agreement worth about $184 million for full-rate production of long-awaited Amphibious Combat Vehicles. Per the contract, the Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) family of vehicles program has achieved its most significant milestone to date with the Marine Corps’ decision to move into full-rate production and award a $184 million contract for 36 vehicles. The ACV […]
BAE Systems, a global leader in electronic warfare, has announced that it was awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin Corp. to produce seekers for the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile. The contract, announced Tuesday by the BAE Systems Electronic Systems, is worth more than $60 million. The seeker comprises long-range sensors and targeting technology that help the stealthy missile find and engage protected maritime targets in challenging […]
Textron Systems Corporation, part of the Textron group, received a $66 million contract from the U.S. Army for the production of the latest-generation Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The U.S. State Department announced this week that Textron was awarded a $66 million contract for 36 Shadow aircraft in the latest Block III configuration. The contract includes ongoing engineering services to continue fielding and supporting the new […]
250 Million People Participate In Countrywide Strike In India December 2, 2020 250 Million People Participate In Countrywide Strike In India2020-12-022020-12-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/india-e1606929789888.jpg200px200px Despite police repression and the COVID-19 pandemic, workers and farmers and their allies across India participated in the pan-India strike action against the recent neoliberal reforms pushed through by the Narendra Modi government. On Thursday, November 26, India witnessed the biggest organized strike in human […]
Predator and Reaper drones maker General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, was awarded a contract from the U.S. Army to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into unmanned aerial systems. The hybrid contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is worth more than $93 million and covers research, development, test and evaluation of AI for the smart sensor prototype unmanned aerial platform. […]
Aerospace giant Boeing Co. has been contracted for logistics support for the AH-64D/E Apache attack helicopter, according to a press release issued by U.S. Department of Defense. The deal, which was a modification to a previous contract, was worth almost $24,1 million and covered work in Mesa, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2025. Also noted that the U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone […]
BAE Systems, a global leader in electronic warfare, was awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy to deliver advanced technology capability. The details were given in a 10 November media release, to announce that BAE Systems has been awarded a five-year $94 million single-award indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract. “We are bringing new advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and autonomy to the Airborne Systems Integration […]
More Than 14 Million May Have Lost Health Coverage By Samantha Liss, Health Care Dive. November 10, 2020 More Than 14 Million May Have Lost Health Coverage2020-11-102020-11-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/target.jpg200px200px Above photo: From Target. As many as 7.7 million U.S. workers with employer-sponsored health insurance coverage lost their jobs by June as the fallout from the outbreak of the novel coronavirus — and the country’s inability to contain it — dramatically slowed the […]
Aerospace giant Boeing has won three foreign military sales contracts valued at as much as $800 million for training services and support in the Middle East. Boeing today acknowledged three foreign military sales contracts with the U.S. Air Force for training services and support in the Middle East valued at more than $800 million. The first previously unannounced contract was awarded in 2019 and will support […]
Passengers enter a checkpoint at O’Hare International Airport on Monday. The TSA reports it screened over 1 million passengers on Sunday, the highest number since the coronavirus crisis began. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Passengers enter a checkpoint at O’Hare International Airport on Monday. The TSA reports it screened over 1 million passengers on Sunday, the highest number since the coronavirus […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107861/88/1078618855_0:24:3072:1752_1200x675_80_0_0_3c3e8eaa134f93a0243f2a048c96bcec.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Morgan Artyukhina . Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202010191080820643-us-charges-10-defendants-with-smuggling-50-million-in-apple-products-into-russia/ The US Department of Justice charged 10 conspirators with allegedly smuggling more than $50 million in Apple products from the US into Russia by exploiting their relationship with employees of Aeroflot, Russia’s flagship air carrier. A pair of complaints filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York and unsealed on Monday […]
Stan, a 67-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, will go on the auction block at Christie’s on Oct. 6. (Christie’s Images Ltd. 2020) T. Rex Sells for Mega Bucks The famous Tyrannosaurus rex specimen went at auction for $31.8 million on October 6. https://t.co/gdVKyNABJc — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 16, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Just who does own fossils? Is it the people whose land those fossils were […]
TikTok discarded the offer of another American tech giant, Microsoft, before reaching an agreement with Oracle, which is expected to protect the Chinese video platform from being banned on the territory of the US over accusations of being a threat to national security. CEO of the tech giant Oracle, Larry Ellison, donated a hefty sum of $250,000 to the “Security is Strength” Super PAC, which only […]
Germany and France plan to spend hundreds of millions of euros on the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) program in 2021 to develop a new generation of combat vehicles. The Forces Operations Blog has reported that France and Germany are looking to spend €200 million for the benefit of the MGCS program in 2021. These funds will allow the three prime contractors, Nexter on the French […]
Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam at a speech by President Trump during the Republican Jewish Coalition 2019 Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam at a speech by President Trump during the Republican Jewish Coalition 2019 Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty […]
Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Miramar Regional Park in Miramar, Fla., on Tuesday, as supporters watch from their cars. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption toggle caption Carolyn Kaster/AP Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Miramar Regional Park in Miramar, Fla., on Tuesday, as supporters watch from their cars. Carolyn Kaster/AP The Biden campaign announced it raised […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – More than 10 million Americans have already voted in the US election, data from the United States Elections Project, led by University of Florida Professor Michael McDonald, shows. According to late Monday data, US voters have cast a total of 10,296,180 ballots in the reporting states, with Florida, Virginia and Michigan in the lead (over 1.6 million votes, over 977,000 votes and more […]
It was the most expensive divorce battle ever seen on British shores, likened to epic Hollywood movie The War of the Roses about a feuding couple starring Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas. But now it turns out that, for Tatiana Akhmedova, winning a record £453 million ($590 million) settlement in London’s High Court against her husband, Russian oligarch Farkhad Akhmedov, in 2016, may have been the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0c/1080742826_0:24:3072:1751_1200x675_80_0_0_0819631529bc5aebee45bed888d78dfa.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202010121080742858-over-93-million-us-voters-have-already-cast-ballots—us-elections-project/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – More than 9.3 million Americans have already voted in the US election, data from the United States Elections Project, led by University of Florida Professor Michael McDonald, shows. According to Sunday data, US voters have cast a total of 9,345,542 ballots in the reporting states, with Florida, Virginia, and Michigan in the lead (over 1.6 million […]
Newly-filed financial disclosures show House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband have invested up to $1 million in CrowdStrike, American cybersecurity technology company and the originator of ‘Russian hacking’ claims. Financial disclosures show Pelosi (D-California) and her husband Paul buying CrowdStrike shares on September 3, according to a RealClearInvestigations report by journalist Aaron Mate. Since then, the stock went from $129.25 a share to $142.97. New […]
See if you can look like this for a selfie. Bet you can’t, not if you are mostly mammal. First of all, we haven’t addressed the real elephant in the room…was the whole thing a hoax? As no medical proof of Trump’s illness has been offered, as with other presidents, we may well be dealing with pure fakery, especially since he is touting an experimental cure […]
Pandemic Could Push Up To 150 Million Into ‘Extreme Poverty’ By 2021 By Jessica Corbett, Commondreams. October 9, 2020 Pandemic Could Push Up To 150 Million Into ‘Extreme Poverty’ By 20212020-10-092020-10-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/poverty.jpg200px200px Above photo: A man wears a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of the Covid-19 in Manila, Philippines on March 18, 2020. Maria Tan via Getty Images. “Early evidence also suggests that […]
When Scott Forman started a software-assisted letter-writing campaign to get out the vote in 2017, he had no idea it would become the perfect strategy for 2020’s global pandemic election. Today, his nonprofit, Vote Forward, has recruited volunteers to pen over 11.5 million letters and counting that will be sent later this month to unlikely voters across the nation. “It’s one of the biggest tactics in […]
A stolen, 9-foot Chinese calligraphy scroll believed to have been written by former Chairman of the Communist Party of China Mao Zedong has been found sliced in half by an unsuspecting, second-hand buyer. Hong Kong authorities announced Thursday that they had located the whereabouts of a Mao calligraphy scroll valued at around $645 million. “Someone thought the calligraphy was too long – 2.8 meters in length […]
Last month, Polish government spokesman Piotr Muller said that Warsaw is ready to offer Germany access to its Baltic Pipe gas pipeline project in place of the Nord Stream 2 project. The Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) announced on Wednesday that it had fined partners of the Russian energy giant Gazprom about $ 60 million over the construction of the Nord Stream 2 […]
Bitcoin was able to hit $10,800 Tuesday before falling on U.S. Pres. Donald Trump’s stimulus tweet. Meanwhile, the DeFi ecosystem’s most popular wallet hit 1 million users. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $10,555 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Slipping 1.6% over the previous 24 hours. Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $10,528-$10,800 BTC below its 10-day and 50-day moving averages, a bearish signal for market technicians. Bitcoin trading […]
The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale to South Korea of AIM-9X Block II Tactical Sidewinder Missiles and related equipment. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced this week that the State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Korea of AIM-9X Block II Tactical Sidewinder Missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $158.1 million. […]
More than 4 million acres have burned in California during this year’s wildfire season. Nearly 17,000 firefighters are still working to contain at least 23 major fires in the state. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images More than 4 million acres have burned in California during this year’s wildfire season. Nearly 17,000 firefighters are still working to contain […]
A firefighter battles the Glass Fire in Napa Valley, Calif., on Thursday. Noah Berger/AP hide caption toggle caption Noah Berger/AP A firefighter battles the Glass Fire in Napa Valley, Calif., on Thursday. Noah Berger/AP Wildfires in California continue to burn, ravaging entire communities and the blazes will soon hit a tragic milestone: 4 million acres burned. The unprecedented fire season has already killed 30 people, burned […]
TeleTracking was awarded a contract to collect COVID-19 data from the nation’s hospitals despite no previous experience working on this sort of data collection. And its system has been plagued by inconsistencies and errors. Westend61/Getty Images/Westend61 hide caption toggle caption Westend61/Getty Images/Westend61 TeleTracking was awarded a contract to collect COVID-19 data from the nation’s hospitals despite no previous experience working on this sort of data collection. […]
A federal court is ordering ex-National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, seen here in November, to pay more than $5 million in profits and royalties from his 2019 memoir and speeches. Armando Franca/AP hide caption toggle caption Armando Franca/AP A federal court is ordering ex-National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, seen here in November, to pay more than $5 million in profits and royalties from his […]
Daily Beast: It’s easy to dismiss President Donald Trump’s witless mutterings about the coronavirus pandemic as laughable or patently untrue, like when he suggested injecting sunlight into human bodies. But a study has found that the knock-on effect of his baseless claims are much more far-reaching and damaging than many might think. Trump is the “single largest driver” of virus misinformation, Cornell study findshttps://t.co/QUkwJcENeu pic.twitter.com/ssvTCwjJAM — […]
A Japanese appeals court has said that the state and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) could have taken steps to prevent the Fukushima nuclear disaster, ruling they must pay one billion yen ($9.5 million) to 3,550 plaintiffs. The Sendai High Court’s ruling on Wednesday upheld the earlier decision by a lower court in favor of the plaintiffs. They were forced to flee their homes after a […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009301080617822-russia-will-supply-25-million-doses-of-sputnik-v-covid-19-vaccine-to-egypt/ The Russian Direct Investment Fund previously announced that more than 50 nations had sent requests for the purchase of Sputnik V, registered by the Russian Health Ministry in August, becoming the world’s first-ever anti-coronavirus vaccine. Russia will supply 25 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine to Egypt, the Russian Direct Investment Fund, one of the vaccine’s developers, said […]
The coronavirus has claimed more than 1 million lives around the globe, the latest dark ‘milestone’ for the worldwide pandemic first detected some 10 months ago, which continues to spread across several hotspots. Infecting more than 33 million since first emerging in the Chinese city of Wuhan last December, the global Covid-19 death toll surpassed the 1 million mark on Monday night, according to data gathered […]
Nine months after the first reported fatality in China last January, the world has hit a sobering milestone. (Image credit: Andre Coelho/Getty Images) Source link
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson addresses the virtual Democratic National Convention on August 20. The convention, which was once expected to draw 50,000 people to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is now taking place virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. Handout/DNCC via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Handout/DNCC via Getty Images Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson addresses the virtual Democratic National Convention on August 20. The […]
The coronavirus death toll could double to reach the two million mark before a vaccine comes into wide use, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) head of emergencies Mike Ryan has warned. The current death toll, which is hovering just below the one million mark, could easily grow twofold without a “concerted” effort to make an effective vaccine widely available as soon as possible, Ryan said in […]
A Su-30 fighter jet that crashed in central Russia might have been accidentally shot down by another jet during military drills, local media has reported. Both pilots managed to eject safely, but the aircraft was destroyed. The $42 million plane came down in a wooded area in Russia’s central Tver Region on Tuesday. The two pilots survived the crash and were evacuated. They were in a “satisfactory” […]
The Seattle City Council has voted to overturn Mayor Jenny Durkan’s veto on legislation that would slash millions of dollars from the local police budget, a move cheered by activist groups and reviled by some residents. The council overturned Durkan’s veto by a vote of 7-2, securing exactly the number of votes needed to put the legislation into effect. “In the wake of a racial reckoning, […]
Forbes‘ journalist Dan Alexander writes about the president’s potential conflicts of interest in White House, Inc. “You can’t have a blind trust and have a building that says ‘Trump Tower’ on the outside of [it],” Alexander says. “How blind is that?” Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Forbes‘ journalist Dan Alexander writes about the president’s potential conflicts of interest in White House, […]
U.S. Customs & Border Protection awarded Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) a second $47M contract to expand the Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft (MEA) fleet, bringing total MEA aircraft orders to four in 2020. SNC was awarded a second $46,997,170 contract for two additional MEA by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). This is unprecedented for a single year. SNC has been the prime systems engineer and integrator for […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107404/34/1074043400_0:213:4737:2878_1200x675_80_0_0_7ac1c9a93a942afca4b31088ee4234a6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009221080531774-snowden-reportedly-agrees-to-pay-united-states-5-million-from-book-speeches/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) contractor Edward Snowden, who leaked intelligence secrets in 2013, has agreed to pay the US government more than $5 million earned from his book “Permanent Record” and speeches, CNN reported citing court records. In September 2019, the US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the whistleblower over claims that he […]
In June, Facebook announced the launch of a voting information campaign in the United States to boost voter registration, in a bid to stimulate electoral participation in the upcoming 3 November presidential election. The social media giant also vowed to monitor and remove misinformation and hate speech from its platform. As the United States prepares to celebrate National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday, Facebook Inc. announced […]
…by Press TV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: Russia now puts its Covid vaccine where its geopolitical mouth is. China already has several of its own in the pipeline. Putin sent a strong message to India as to who was able to assist an important ally more reliability, the US or Russia? Lost in all the Covid coverage is the long term debt disaster, due to Trump’s […]
Louisville Mayor Says City Will Pay $12m to Family of Black Police Shooting Victim Breonna Taylor …from Sputnik News, Moscow [ Editor’s Note: It appears that the MayorFischer moved quickly on this to take responsibility for the tragedy, not only for Miss Taylor and her family, but the officers and their families due to a ‘no knock’ policy that has been a waiting time bomb to […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/0b/1080425120_0:322:3071:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_d3ee56b4f306208b1138a5a358eb8575.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Muhammad Osman. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202009111080424981-half-million-oregon-residents-forced-to-evacuate-8-people-killed-as-wildfires-continue/ In mid-August, massive wildfires started across several US states including California, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Washington, prompting emergency teams to race against time to save the lives of as many as possible along the nation’s West Coast. Authorities in the US state of Oregon said on Thursday that over 500,000 people, at least 10% of the state’s […]
President Trump addresses the crowd during a campaign rally Tuesday at Smith Reynolds Airport in Winston Salem, N.C. Sean Rayford/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sean Rayford/Getty Images President Trump addresses the crowd during a campaign rally Tuesday at Smith Reynolds Airport in Winston Salem, N.C. Sean Rayford/Getty Images President Trump and Republicans could’ve set a one-month fundraising record — had their Democratic counterparts not hauled […]
Report: So-Called US War On Terror Has Displaced As Many As 59 Million People By Jake Johnson, Commondreams. September 9, 2020 Report: So-Called US War On Terror Has Displaced As Many As 59 Million People2020-09-092020-09-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/us_war_on_terror.jpg200px200px Above photo: Syrian refugees arrive at a humanitarian camp in in Dohuk, Iraq on October 17, 2019. Byron Smith/Getty Images. “Horrifically Catastrophic.” “We need a reckoning. We can’t simply move on.” The […]
People wait in a queue to register their names before giving their nasal swab samples to test for COVID-19 at a government health center in Hyderabad, India on Saturday. India’s coronavirus cases have crossed 4 million. Mahesh Kumar A/AP hide caption toggle caption Mahesh Kumar A/AP People wait in a queue to register their names before giving their nasal swab samples to test for COVID-19 at […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US Department of Justice said in a news release that it has reached another settlement worth $60 million on assets held by Riza Aziz, the Malaysian-born producer of The Wolf of Wall Street movie, in the embezzlement case involving Malaysia’s 1MDB sovereign fund. “The Department of Justice has reached a settlement of its civil forfeiture cases against assets acquired by Riza Aziz […]
Every four years, during the procedural announcement of delegate vote tallies at both parties’ nominating conventions, Americans are reminded of something I’m sure the vast majority of them forget all about in between conventions: the very existence of the five unincorporated United States territories–Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Territories that are under United States sovereignty, inhabited by […]
India recorded 78,761 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, pushing the global total past 25 million. Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images India recorded 78,761 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, pushing the global total past 25 million. Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images The number of cases of the coronavirus has now passed 25 million worldwide. The milestone happened Sunday, […]
The UK’s Department for International Development contracted IMC Worldwide in 2013 to build 50,000 classrooms in Pakistan at a cost of £184 million. The programme was slashed to 5,000 for $244 million after the cost of each soared from $3,984 to $27,891. About 120,000 children in Pakistan had to abandon their classrooms and study in makeshift accommodations and tents after their school buildings, built by IMC […]
A recently published research paper in the journal PLOS One analyzed the Grand Canyon’s oldest fossilized animal footprints, which are believed to have been left around 313 million years ago by early amniotes, a clade of tetrapod vertebrates that laid their eggs on land. The two sets of footprints were discovered in 2016 by geologist Allan Krill while he was hiking with students in Arizona’s Grand […]
Sikorsky Aircraft, a business unit of Lockheed Martin, has received an order-dependent contract under U.S. Army Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program. The Department of Defense announced on Monday an agreement worth about for $13,5 million for technologies to be developed and demonstrated in the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft technology risk mitigation and maturation effort. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. According to DoD, […]
600 Million Dollar Settlement In Flint Water Case By Amanda Mills, Nation of Change. August 21, 2020 600 Million Dollar Settlement In Flint Water Case2020-08-212020-08-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/flintwaterplant2-e1598030129116.jpg200px200px “If money is how government expresses sorrow for its crimes — this is a big apology.” The state of Michigan has reached a settlement agreeing to pay $600 million to the victims of the Flint water crisis. Most of this money […]
A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins has won a contract valued at as much as $49 million for air warfare systems, according to the U.S. Department of Defense. The contract award from Air Force Life Cycle Management Center enables the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory to provide services for advanced development, acquisition and test and evaluation of aerospace systems, to include munitions, cyber warfare […]
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has donated a “no strings attached” $10 million to Ibram Kendi’s Center for Antiracist Research. Kendi is a bestselling author who’s gotten famous by telling white people that they’re racists. Announcing the donation on Thursday, Dorsey said that the center’s research “will inform and fuel much needed and overdue policy change.” According to Boston University, which hosts the center, teams of academics, […]
For years, New York attorney Jason Kurland was the “go-to” lawyer for lottery winners. Having represented dozens of lucky people across the country—whose total winnings estimated $3 billion—the attorney appeared on CNN and CNBC as a “lottery law expert,” offering advice on how winners can protect their sudden infusion of cash. “The biggest mistake people make is doing it on their own,” Kurland said in a […]
Conservative pundit Bill Mitchell has been kicked off Twitter, saying his opposition to face masks first earned him a suspension, which became permanent after he unwittingly violated the rules by tweeting from a second account. Mitchell announced his ban in a post on Parler on Friday, laying his Twitter handle to rest after accumulating more than 600,000 followers. Earning regular retweets from President Donald Trump, the […]
The United States has crossed 5 million coronavirus cases, while the overall death toll stands at over 160,000 people, according to several unofficial tallies by mainstream media, who rushed to report yet another grim record. “With one out of every 66 residents infected, the United States leads the world in COVID-19 cases,” Reuters reported on Saturday night, citing their own tally and calling it a “grim […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/01/1080034739_0:0:3001:1688_1200x675_80_0_0_56cba6531ebc7eb100698c03e8e69eef.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Max Gorbachev. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202008051080076661-2-million-americans-wake-up-in-the-dark-after-tropical-storm-isaias-causes-power-outage/ At the moment of writing at least six people have died due to the storm, which created deadly tornadoes and caused heavy rainfall and strong winds up to 140 kilometers per hour (86 mph). The natural disaster also grounded air travel on the east coast of the United States. Two million people in the United States woke […]
Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp. was awarded a contract modification from the Naval Air Systems Command for Airborne Low Frequency Sonars (ALFS). The contract modification, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is worth more than $182 million and covers production, delivery and integration of 24 ALFSs for the government of India; eight ALFSs for the Navy and seven ALFS for the government of […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Amid border tensions, India is considering the participation of Chinese tech players like Huawei and ZTE in the sharpening and development of its 4G and 5G networks. At this time, India’s state-run telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is clouded by risks of losing non-Chinese equipment maker Nokia over unpaid dues. Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia, which controls 40 percent of BSNL networks in […]
28 Million Evictions Loom As Houses Sit Empty By Lee Camp, Consortium News. August 4, 2020 28 Million Evictions Loom As Houses Sit Empty2020-08-042020-08-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/homelessman-e1596567902470.jpg200px200px Above photo: Gary Knight/FLICKR. America is not based on hard work. Get it out of your head that this society is set up to be fair. Fair would be everyone with a roof over their head. Congress’s inability to actually represent the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/10/1079900471_0:53:2951:1713_1200x675_80_0_0_6d710d2fc4aa37c4eb3433e109171e77.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202008041080050809-twitter-may-be-fined-up-to-250-million-for-violating-users-privacy/ A draft complaint by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was sent to the social media company just after Twitter published its earnings report for the second quarter of 2020. The FTC has accused Twitter of violating its 2011 agreement to stop misleading users about how it uses their private information, according to a filing published on Monday. The FTC […]
A man who was successfully sued by the UFC in a $32 million lawsuit has ended his silence in damning style, calling the multibillion-dollar promotion’s chiefs ‘old ass bozos’ and distancing himself from his own public apology. New Yorker Steven Messina was prosecuted by the UFC over the distribution of an estimated 200 hours of content in 2014, streaming events watched by fans unwilling to pay subscription […]
Phi Beta Iota: Charlie Kirk is a college drop-out. He has received $30 million from Zionists and other Deep State elements to blow smoke up the President’s ass. He is mentored by a UK Scientologist that has probably been told to target President Donald Trump for “capture.” We do not make this shit up. RELATED: USS Liberty Veterans Blog: Letter to Charlie Kirk BitChute: Zionist […]
Talk about family values. Disclosures obtained by a watchdog group show that White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner raked in as much as $3,000,000 from projects benefiting from Trump administration initiatives in 2019, plus up to $1,000,000 more in rent money from firms which later received COVID-related small business loans from the government. The documents, released by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, show that […]
General Dynamics, one of the largest U.S. defense contractors, reported its second-quarter results. Net earnings of $625 million on revenue of $9.3 billion. The details were given in a 29 July media release, to announce net cash provided by operating activities in the quarter totaled $843 million, $552 million better than the year-ago quarter. Free cash flow from operations, defined as net cash provided by operating […]
The joint venture of Raytheon Co and Lockheed Martin Corp has been awarded a $47 million U.S. Army contract modification for full-rate production of the Javelin missile systems. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2023, according to a press release issued Wednesday by U.S. Department of Defense. The Javelin is portable, shoulder-mounted anti-tank missile systems. It is […]
The World Bank offered Belarus a $940 million coronavirus loan in June. But the conditions included that they lock down and destroy their economy. The World Bank wanted him to lock down like Italy did in March and April. The Belarus President Aleksander Lukashenko, considered the last tyrant in Europe, turned down the offer.Then he went public with the details. It makes you wonder how often […]
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency said the State Department had approved the sale of AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) to the Netherlands. U.S. tells Congress of plans to sell 16 AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and related equipment for an estimated cost of $39 million to Netherlands. “This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security of the United […]
Former Formula One ace Adrian Sutil has reportedly been involved in a car accident in Monaco, crashing a luxury McLaren Senna LM supercar estimated to be worth $1.175 million. Full details of the accident are yet to emerge and it remains unknown how the collision occurred on the streets of Monaco. Despite severe damage to the car, the driver – purported to be Sutil – walked […]
Rapper T.I. recently in an interview discussed his thoughts on reparations and he claimed that every African-American should receive $1 million dollars. T.I. states, “So I ain’t just trying to just, you know what I’m saying, come up with some that I’m trying to benefit myself on. This is something that I feel that the entire diaspora of us who have been victimized in America can […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/17/1079968875_0:1729:1993:2851_1200x675_80_0_0_a0b409775f65e55fab2b2d517a9a81ec.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202007231079968842-pentagon-approves-634-million-modernization-program-for-chiles-f-16-fleet/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US Department of State has approved a $634 million arms modernization deal to upgrade Chile’s force of F-16 Fighting Falcon combat jets, the Defence Security Cooperation Agency said in a news release. “The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the government of Chile of equipment and related services […]
Dan Yaseen, host of Speaking Truth to Empire, speaks with Professor Shireen Al-Adeimi. Shireen Al-Adeimi is an assistant professor of education at Michigan State University. Having lived through two civil wars in her country of birth, Yemen, she has played an active role in raising awareness about the U.S.-supported, Saudi-led war on Yemen since 2015. Through her work, she aims to encourage political action among fellow […]