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Angesichts der explosiven Lage in der Golfregion hat die Bundeswehr ihre Ausbildungsmission für irakische Sicherheitskräfte vorübergehend eingestellt.

Americas

DynCorp won a $21.9 million contract modification, which exercises an extension for organization, selected intermediate, limited depot level maintenance and logistics services in support of the Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center’s (NAWDC) F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet aircraft; the EA-18G Growler Airborne Electronic Attack Aircraft; the MH-60S Multi-Mission Knighthawk Helicopters; the F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft; and the E-2C Hawkeye Early Warning and Control Aircraft. The NAWDC provides service to aircrews, squadrons and air wings throughout the US Navy through flight training, academic instructional classes, and direct operational and intelligence support. The name was changed from NSAWC to NAWDC to align with the naming convention of the Navy’s other Warfare Development Centers. Work will take place at NAWDC, Fallon, Nevada. Estimated completion date is in July 2020.

A critical High Cycle Testing for the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) system has been successfully completed, General Atomics announced on January 3. The testing over a two-day period was carried out at the Runway Arrested Landing Site (RALS) in Lakehurst, New Jersey in October 2019. During the testing, the AAG sustained an aircraft arrestment rate of nearly one per minute. Simulating the operational tempo of carrier flight operations at sea. High cycle testing is part of the verification and validation of AAG System requirements. The AAG system test program has completed more than 5,000 arrestments at the land-based test facilities at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, and 747 arrestments aboard CVN 78 during the ship’s initial sea trials. The Navy has also issued an Aircraft Recovery Bulletin for the fleet air wing, clearing the AAG system for use on all Ford Class carriers.

Middle East & Africa

L3 Technologies won a $28 million deal for F-16 training system upgrade. The contract provides for the upgrade to existing Hellenic Air Force F-16 Aircrew Training Devices to the F-16V configuration. Greece boasts a fleet of some 150 F-16 fighters. Earlier this month, Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos told the parliament that 84 of them would be upgraded to the advanced Viper class by 2027. The total cost of the upgrade program is estimated to reach $1.5 billion, according to the AP news agency. Work will take place in Arlington, Texas and is expected to refinished by December 31, 2027.

Europe

Collins Aerospace won a $10.8 million deal for repair coverage of the digital engine control unit of the F402 engine.The Rolls Royce F402-RR-408 Pegasus is the powerplant for the AV-8B Harrier II. It develops the powerful thrust required for vertical lift of the AV-8B aircraft. The variable direction exhaust from these allow the aircraft to take off vertically or in the normal horizontal runway mode. Work will take place in Birmingham in the UK. Estimated completion will be by December 2024.

The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has taken delivery of 2 H125 helicopters. The rotorcraft arrived in Kyiv this week. On July 14, 2018, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry signed a contract with Airbus Helicopters for the purchase of 55 H225, H145 and H125 helicopters for the ministry. The unified aviation security and safety system of Ukraine is set to be replenished with 55 helicopters. Of these, the State Border Guard Service will receive 24 helicopters. Before that, specialists who will service aviation and radio-electronic equipment, as well as pilots, had gone to France to undergo training.

Asia-Pacific

L-3 Communications Integrated Systems won a $9.4 million deal for follow-on support sustainment of the Republic of Korea Peace Pioneer program. The deal provides for repair and return on the prime mission equipment and System Integration Laboratory (SIL) equipment, support of the field service representative, program management, core/field engineering, SIL depot sustainment, depot inventory, and obsolescence management. The Peace Pioneer program was notified to Congress in 1995 for a signal intelligence collection system with prime mission equipment, attendant ground links, and ground processing equipment. Work under the new contract will take place in Greenville, Texas, and Seongnam, South Korea. Estimated completion will be by December 31, 2020.

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BLICK ist für Sie bei den Golden Globe Awards im kalifornischen Beverly Hills dabei. Lesen Sie, was Brad Pitt, Quentin Tarantino und Scarlett Johansson auf dem roten Teppich sagen - und wer die Preise holt. Bester Film ist das Kriegsdrama «1917».

Alors qu’il était l’invité de l’émission « Face 2 Face »de la TFM, le journaliste Cheikh Yérim Seck a accusé le chanteur Wally Seck d’avoir gâché le téléfilm « Un café avec », dont il était le producteur. Les langues commencent à se délier sur les raisons de l’arrêt de la diffusion de la série « Un café […]

L’article Sénégal : Yérim Seck verse « un café avec »… des déchets sur Wally Seck est apparu en premier sur Afrik.com.

Das Kriegsdrama "1917" von Regisseur Sam Mendes hat den Golden Globe als bestes Filmdrama gewonnen. Das gab der Verband der Auslandspresse in der Nacht zum Montag in Beverly Hills bekannt.

Der US-amerikanische Künstler John Baldessari ist im Alter von 88 Jahren gestorben. Seine Stiftung habe den Tod des gebürtigen Kaliforniers am Sonntag (Ortszeit) bestätigt, berichtete die "Los Angeles Times" gleichentags.

Le Bloc Républicain et son premier responsable Abdoulaye BIO TCHANÉ ont démarré l'année 2020 en force. Des dizaines de conseillers communaux, locaux et d'autres ténors politiques du département du Couffo ont officiellement annoncé leur ralliement au parti du cheval gagnant ce dimanche 5 janvier 2020, au cours d'une cérémonie organisée dans la commune de Klouékamé.

En présence des barons politiques du Couffo, dont les Honorables Pascal Essou et David Gbahoungba, des maires et d'autres leaders comme Casimir Sossou, les adhérents de Klouékamé, Djakotomey et Lalo ont justifié leur choix par la pertinence des idéaux défendus par le Bloc Républicain et le charisme de son premier responsable Abdoulaye BIO TCHANÉ.

A la suite de l'intervention du coordonnateur départemental Pascal Essou, le Secrétaire Général National qui présidait la cérémonie d'adhésion s'est réjoui de l'élargissement du parti. "Au nom du Bureau Politique, du Bureau Exécutif National et de tous les militants, je vous souhaite la bienvenue dans la grande famille du cheval gagnant. Recevez également nos remerciements pour avoir franchi le pas, pour avoir porté votre choix sur le Bloc Républicain. Nous saluons cette marque de confiance et vous promettons en retour que vous vous sentirez ici comme chez vous", a lancé Abdoulaye BIO TCHANÉ. Se fondant sur les principes et textes du parti, il a expliqué que le Bloc Républicain est le parti des femmes et des jeunes.

Parmi les nouveaux adhérents au BR, figurent le maire de Klouékamé en personne et le chef de l'arrondissement central de Djakotomey.

Avec ces adhésions massives qui annoncent beaucoup d'autres à venir, le Bloc Républicain s'enracine dans le département du Couffo. De quoi lui permettre d'entrevoir avec davantage d'optimisme et de confiance, les prochaines échéances électorales.

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An exhibition of African photography reflects politics, past times and personal relations.

US-Präsident Donald Trump hat dem Irak für den Fall eines feindseligen Rauswurfs der rund 5000 US-Soldaten aus dem Land mit drastischen Sanktionen gedroht. Damit bekräftigte er erneut seine Haltung.

On Sunday (5 January) Spain's prime minister Pedro Sanchez did not obtain the required majority of 176 of 350 votes in parliament for his coalition of social democrats and the far-left Podemos. Of the 350 MP's 166 voted in favour, 165 against and 18 abstained. In a second vote, expected on Tuesday (7 January), only a simple majority of the votes is needed.

In Venezuela hat sich der Konflikt um dem Vorsitz des bisher von der Opposition kontrollierten Parlaments weiter zugespitzt. Beide Seiten kämpfen mit harten Bandagen um die Macht.

Social democrat and former prime minister Zoran Milanovic has won 52.7% of the votes in the second round of Croatia's presidential elections. He defeated the center-right incumbent Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic with a larger margin than expected. On Facebook Milanovic wrote: "Thank you! Thanks to all volunteers, all of you who were my support over these six months. Thank you, people."

Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Turkey has started with the deployment of troops to Libya, after the parliament gave its approval, Deutsche Welle reports. "Our soldiers' duty there is coordination. They will develop the operation center there. Our soldiers are gradually going right now," he told CNN Turk broadcaster. The troops are sent to support the international backed government of Fayez al-Sarraj.

Iranian State TV announced that Iran will no longer commit itself to the limits of the nuclear deal (JCPOA), despite calls from France, Germany and the UK to stick to the 2015 deal. According to the deal Iran would be able to build nuclear energy but no nuclear weapons. Iran declared it would still cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency of the United Nations.