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Missile Defense Agency Buys Test Microsat Clusters From Spacedev
San Diego - Apr 02, 2004
SpaceDev has been awarded a five-year $43 million cost-plus-fixed fee indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to conduct a micro satellite distributed sensing experiment, an option for a laser communications experiment, and other micro satellite studies and experiments as required in support of the Advanced System Deputate.

Pentagon Wants New Generation Of Smaller Cheaper Nukes
 Washington (UPI) Apr 02, 2004
A panel of independent advisers is counseling the Pentagon to develop smaller, specialized nuclear weapons using money saved from cutting back on the number of older nuclear warheads and their attendant maintenance costs.
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Pentagon Wants New Generation Of Smaller Cheaper Nukes
 Washington (UPI) Apr 02, 2004
A panel of independent advisers is counseling the Pentagon to develop smaller, specialized nuclear weapons using money saved from cutting back on the number of older nuclear warheads and their attendant maintenance costs.

New Marking Process Traces Spammers, Pirates And Hackers
University Park - Apr 01, 2004
Penn State researchers have proposed a new marking process for Internet messages to make it easier to trace the originators of spam, illegal copyrighted material or a virus attack. The new marking scheme produced less than one percent false positives per 1000 attacking addresses in simulated distributed denial of service attacks and even fewer false positives and zero missed detections tracing addresses transferring copyrighted material in another simulation.

Marines Hail New Lightweight Multi-band Satellite Terminals
Colorado Springs - Apr 01, 2004
Highly mobile, multi-band satellite communications (SATCOM) terminals from Harris are providing U.S. Marine Corps forces deployed around the world with highly reliable satellite-based voice, video, data and Internet connectivity between headquarters operations and the battlefield. LMST and other SATCOM solutions from Harris are on display during the 20th National Space Symposium this week at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs.

Northrop Grumman Demonstrates A Robust E-10 Battle Management Subsystem
Melbourne - Apr 01, 2004
The Northrop Grumman-led E-10 aircraft Battle Management Command and Control (BMC2) team continued validating its concepts for a platform-independent BMC2 system with the most demanding and comprehensive demonstration yet of the architecture's real-time command and control capabilities.

Smiths Introduces Innovative Autonomous Refuelling To The UK
London - Apr 01, 2004
Smiths Aerospace has recently filed a patent in the UK for a new autonomous aerial refuelling technology. Smiths is advancing the technology on the 767 Tanker Transport by developing autonomous aerial refuelling capabilities using the hose and drogue technique for UAVs (unmanned air vehicles) and UCAVs (unmanned combat air vehicles).

Pyramid Vision Debuts Integrated Security Sensor Visualization
Las Vegas - Apr 01, 2004
Pyramid Vision, the performance leader in intelligent video surveillance, announced that it would debut Hawk, an integrated and scaleable security sensor management platform at the 2004 International Security Conference this week in Las Vegas, Nevada.

U.S. Takes First Step To Weaponize Space
 WASHINGTON (UPI) Mar 30, 2004
Washington's Missile Defense Agency has earmarked $68 million for what some believe is the first step for putting weapons in space, ABC News reported Tuesday.

UCSD Wins Pentagon Funding To Develop Ad-Hoc Battlefield Wireless
San Diego - Mar 23, 2004
Electrical engineers at the University of California, San Diego will lead a six-university effort to enable troops to set up mobile communications networks on the battlefield, using lightweight wireless equipment during commando raids and in other hostile and rapidly changing environments.

Lockmart Raytheon JV Gets Billon Dollar Non Line-of-Sight Contract
Dallas - Mar 23, 2004
NetFires LLC, a limited liability company established by Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Company, has received a $1.1 billion contract for System Design and Development (SDD) for the Non Line-of-Sight -- Launch System (NLOS-LS), previously known as NetFires.

Pakistani Plot To Overthrow President Musharraf Exposed
 WASHINGTON (UPI) - Mar 18, 2004
A 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, 2004
A 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.

TSA Gets Privacy Watchdog
 Washington (UPI) March 17, 2004
Acting 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, 2004
The 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, 2004
Northrop 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.

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