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Commentary: Douglas Brinkley on JFK and America's grand, improbable race to put men on the moon

The Post-Star 17 Jul 2019

How did the idea of missiles and missile technology flip from offensive military weapons to instruments of exploration, of space? ... One of the triumphs of the space program that may not have been obvious at the time was that it was taken away from the custody of the military and became a civilian undertaking....

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Trump defense pick rebuked for ‘misleading’ testimony on trans military ban

Washington Blade 16 Jul 2019

... on the trans military ban ... Transgender people either contracted for enlistment or selected for entrance into an officer commissioning program before April 12, Esper states, are “considered exempt” from the new policy, as are contracted ROTC and military service academy cadets....

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Defence Min suspends business with Pilatus aircraft

Deccan Herald 16 Jul 2019

The Swiss company made two payments of 250,000 Swiss Francs and 750,000 Swiss Francs to the OIS for its service, violating the pre-contract integrity pact, which is a part and parcel of big-ticket Indian defence deals. The underlying objective behind the introduction of the integrity pact was to reduce corruption in military contracts ... Pilatus. CBI....

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Bot beats pros at six-player Texas hold 'em

The Philadelphia Tribune 16 Jul 2019

Michael Wellman, a professor at the University of Michigan who focuses on game theory, said Pluribus’s success against human players is “an impressive technical achievement,” adding that the AI underpinning Pluribus could be used for negotiations, cyber security or military strategy ... military....

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Commentary: Douglas Brinkley on JFK and America’s grand, improbable race to put men on the moon

Dothan Eagle 16 Jul 2019

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Vinmar asks to take starting-bidder role for NanoMech sale

Arkansas Online 16 Jul 2019

With the auction to sell the company just days away, bankrupt NanoMech is asking a judge to allow petrochemical company Vinmar International Ltd ... attorney's office, on behalf of the Department of Defense objected to aspects of NanoMech's sale, contending the deal includes the transfer of a military contract that, by law, is nontransferable....

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Lockheed Martin: Still A Great Buy

Seeking Alpha 15 Jul 2019

LMT has risen with other defense stocks amidst heightened global tensions while demand for LMT F-35 fighter jets and missiles continues to award the company with military contracts ... contracts and proved their position as the Pentagon’s military equipment contractor of choice....

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Thiel calls for federal investigation of Google

The Hill 15 Jul 2019

... questions about its relationship with the Chinese military ... Google last year pulled out of the race for a $10 billion cloud computing contract with the Pentagon amid pushback from its employees, and it also announced last summer that it would drop its military drone contract....

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Opinion: The business lesson from Apollo 11 that we shouldn’t forget

Market Watch 15 Jul 2019

American business and science helped — on contract ... Some contracts were large ... Others contracts were relatively small ... Like any human endeavor, the aerospace contract system has had its corruptions, often summarized as part of a “military-industrial complex,” one that’s rewarded crony capitalism, overpayments, mismanagement, and conflicts of interest....

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House passes NDAA version, includes climate change and transgender amendments

Federal News Radio 15 Jul 2019

Not only that, it won’t buy another bullet for a soldier, fund military construction projects, or provide our service members with the 3.1 percent pay raise they deserve.” Advertisement ... President Donald Trump’s restriction on transgender people in the military caused a stir throughout the military and civilian world....

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PayPal founder Peter Thiel demands FBI and CIA investigate Google as he claims it's been infiltrated by Chinese intelligence and slams firm's 'treasonous decision' to work with Chinese military and cancel US defense contract

This is Money 15 Jul 2019

Thiel, a Facebook board member who supported Donald Trump in 2016, slammed Google for working with the Chinese military while refusing to renew a contract with the US Department of Defense ... the Chinese military and not with the US military.' ....

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Peter Thiel says Google has been 'infiltrated' by foreign intelligence agencies

Canada Dot Com 15 Jul 2019

Defense Department contract that gave the military access to its artificial intelligence tools....

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Peter Thiel slams Google's 'seemingly treasonous' links to China, which he says should be investigated in a 'not excessively gentle manner'

Business Insider 15 Jul 2019

He also raised Google's abandoned contract with the US military to provide AI tools Project Maven, which the company dropped after intense employee backlash ... they have engaged in the seemingly treasonous decision to work with the Chinese military and not with the US military......