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WASHINGTON (UPI) - Mar 18, 2004A plot to replace Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf with the nuclear engineer who sold the country's secrets to America's self-avowed enemies is being organized by politico-religious leaders, said one of the leaders present at a recent meeting of religious and political parties. Hacker Turf War Raging Online 
Chicago (UPI) March 17, 2004A battle for the control of cyberspace by computer criminals -- similar in intensity to a turf war between rival mob families -- is underway on the Internet. Computer security experts question how prepared the United States is to stop the conflict online, and wonder if nefarious criminal and Islamic terrorist elements are covertly involved in the battle. |
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TSA Gets Privacy Watchdog
Washington (UPI) March 17, 2004Acting chief of the Transportation Security Administration David M. Stone told lawmakers Wednesday that he would shortly appoint a special privacy officer and an external privacy oversight board to calm public fears and answer congressional criticism about the "Big Brother" character of the agency's computerized passenger threat profiling system, known as CAPPS II. US To Designate Pakistan A Major Non-NATO Ally
Islamabad (AFP) Mar 18, 2004The United States will designate Pakistan a "major non-NATO ally" in a move that will significantly enhance military cooperation between the two countries, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said here Thursday. Northrop Grumman Bids For UK Watchkeeper Battlefield Program 
London - Mar 18, 2004Northrop Grumman ISS International Inc., a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, today submitted its proposal for the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence's Watchkeeper battlefield imagery and intelligence program. Iraq Strains U.S. High Tech Army 
Washington (UPI) March 16, 2004A year after the United States conquered Iraq with minimal casualties in a three week blitzkrieg, it remains bogged down there facing a guerilla war that has already killed more GIs than three weeks of combat did, with far worse in sight. Spain's response to terror 
Washington (UPI) March 16, 2004After the blood of some 200 innocent people was shed in Madrid last Thursday as a result of Europe's most horrific terrorist attack in recent history, much ink will now flow explaining how Spain has given in to the threat and pressures of Islamist terrorism. US To Deploy Unmanned Drones In Skies Over Mexican Border 
Washington (AFP) - Mar 17, 2004The United States plans to deploy unmanned planes, or drones, into the skies over the border between Arizona and Mexico to guard against potential terrorist activities and clamp down on illegal border crossings, a top US security official said. GuideStar Flight Control Selected for Finmeccanica's Sky-X UAV 
Warrenton - Mar 17, 2004Athena Technologies announced today the selection of its GuideStar control unit by Alenia Aeronautica for its Sky-X UAV. Alenia Aeronautica S.P.A, a Finmeccanica company, of Turin, Italy, has selected the GuideStar GS311 as the Flight Control System (FCS) for its Sky-X UAV. |
Northrop Grumman's Load-Bearing Antennas Offer
El Segundo - Mar 16, 2004Northrop Grumman Corporation will help the U.S. Air Force enhance the surveillance capabilities of aerial vehicles by embedding antennas in the primary load-bearing structures of composite aircraft wings. General Dynamics Awarded $6.7m Order for Baseband Node Extension 
Taunton - Mar 16, 2004General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics has received a $6.7 million delivery order as part of a $47.5 million firm-fixed-price contract for baseband node (BBN) large extension node (LEN) configuration and BBN-LEN configuration spares. The contracting agency is the U.S. Army Communications- Electronics Command, Fort Monmouth, N.J. LITENING AT Targeting System to be Integrated on F/A-18D Aircraft 
Rolling Meadows - Mar 11, 2004Northrop Grumman is supporting the integration of its LITENING AT targeting system onboard U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18D aircraft. LITENING AT is a self-contained, multisensor laser target designating and navigation system that enables fighter pilots to detect, acquire, track and identify ground targets for highly accurate delivery of both conventional and precision-guided weapons. Indian Cricketers Told To Win Over Pakistani Hearts 
New Delhi (UPI) - Mar 10, 2004India's cricket team has been asked not only to win matches in Pakistan but hearts of the local people too. Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee presented Indian cricket team members with an autographed bat that said "win not only the game, but hearts also, best wishes". India's Fence Sparks Little Debate 
WASHINGTON (UPI) Mar 10, 2004This summer India will complete building a 340-mile-long fence on its de facto border with Pakistan in the disputed Kashmir region. Pitching For Peace In Pakistan 
Islamabad (UPI) Mar 10, 2004The Pakistan-India cricket series beginning Wednesday in Lahore promises to be a rough one, but many on the sidelines Pakistan are welcoming the games as a chance for more than an improved team score. Ideally, a friendly game of cricket can take the edge off Pakistan and India's long-standing enmity by bringing the fans of the rival countries together in their love of the game. Pakistan Wants To Keep its Nukes
by Anwar IqbalWashington (UPI) - Mar 09, 2004 Soon after testing another long-range missile Tuesday, Pakistan announced it does not intend to roll back its nuclear program. The test "reflects Pakistan's resolve to maintain minimum credible deterrence as the cornerstone of its security plan," said a statement issued by the army press office. The test also eliminates "apprehensions of a rollback" of Pakistan's nuclear program, the statement said. |
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