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SpaceX, L3Harris pursue hypersonic missile defense system

Science

ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 5 (UPI) -- SpaceX has won a $ 150 million contract to launch the U.S. Department of Defense's first batch of hypersonic missile defense satellites, the second contract -- for roughly the same amount -- that has been awarded for their development. SpaceX and Florida-based defense firm L3Harris Technologies are competing and collaborating on the project, which is designed for the rapid development of a globe-circling network with dozens of satellites. Advertisement Lockheed Martin and Denver-based satellite firm York Space Systems also are building spacecraft for the network. "It's a response to the evolving hypersonic abilities from Russia and China and others potentially," George Nacouzi, a senior engineer at the Rand Corporation, a non-profit think tank for the defens...

Figure skater Adam Rippon wants to 'reinvent,' pursue acting

Sports

Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A long friendship with the frozen floor has melted into something else for Adam Rippon. The 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics sensation has decided to step away from competition and step into the unknown of an acting career. He says it's a scary road but also exciting. "My relationship with the ice is totally different now," Rippon told UPI. "It used to be my job. It would be everything that my whole world was around. Now when I get on the ice it's a chance for me to kinda zone out and enjoy. It's my personal time now. It kinda brings me back to those moments when I first started skating and why I fell in love with skating in the first place." Rippon's agent might be one of the busiest in the business. Booking the bronze medalist for Dancing with the Stars, scores of inter...

Pentagon: Africa command to pursue drawdown, realignment

Business

Nov. 15 (UPI) -- The Department of Defense announced Thursday the withdrawal and realignment of some U.S. Africa Command Counter Violent Extremist Organization, in accordance with priorities outlined in this years National Defense Strategy. The realignment projects a reduction of under 10 percent of the 7,200 troops assigned to Africa Command over the next several years. "Optimization preserves the majority of U.S. security cooperation partnerships and programs in Africa to strengthen partner networks, enhance partner capability and support ongoing programs," the Pentagon said in a press release. C-VEO missions in Somalia, Djibouti and Libya will be mostly unaffected, while in West Africa the operations will shift from direct tactical assistance to an advisory, assistance and intelligence...