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Iraq Set To Spend Billions On New Weapons As US Breaks Up Anti-Chopper Cell
Baghdad (AFP) May 21, 2007Iraq's defence ministry will buy new weapons worth more than 1.5 billion dollars (1.11 billion euros), including helicopters and US rifles, the minister announced on Monday. The purchases will be made possible by a 26 percent increase in the country's defence budget, to 4.1 billion dollars (three billion euros) for the current fiscal year. "The Iraqi government has signed a contract ... more Britain Orders Fourth New Nuclear Submarine 
London (AFP) May 21, 2007Britain's defence ministry said Monday it had placed a 200-million-pound (295-million-euro, 395-million-dollar) contract to construct a new nuclear-powered attack submarine, it said Monday. The 7,800-tonne vessel, to be named HMS Audacious, will be the fourth in the Astute class of submarines, which are the largest and most powerful of their type ever built in Britain for the Royal Navy. A ... more BMD Collision Course 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 23, 2007Washington's negotiations with the Czech Republic and Poland on building U.S. missile-defense bases in those countries are slated for late May. Washington is going to try to secure some guarantees for its plan during the meetings in Prague and Warsaw. The U.S. plan to site basic elements of its missile defense in Poland and the Czech Republic is more likely to trigger a new cold war than ever. more In Search Of A Compromise For ABM Deployment Across Europe 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 23, 2007Washington's negotiations with the Czech Republic and Poland on building U.S. missile-defense bases in those countries are slated for late May. Washington is going to try to secure some guarantees for its plan during the meetings in Prague and Warsaw. The U.S. plan to site basic elements of its missile-defense in Poland and the Czech Republic is more likely to trigger a new cold war than ever. more US Army MQ-8B Fire Scout Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Completes First Engine Run 
San Diego CA (SPX) May 23, 2007Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully performed an engine run of the first U.S. Army MQ-8B Fire Scout Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), the Class IV Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) in the Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS), at the company's Unmanned Systems Center in Moss Point, Miss. "The engine run is a significant milestone for the FCS program. It marks completion of final assembly of ... more |
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Tucson AZ (SPX) May 23, 2007Eco-friendly lighting company EcoLEDs.com has launched the brightest LED light bulb ever made available to consumers in the United States. Using just 10 watts and a single LED component made in the USA, the LED light uses just 1/10th the electricity of an incandescent light bulb and reduces CO2 emissions by 9,070 pounds over its life. ... more New Process Generates Hydrogen from Aluminum Alloy To Run Engines And Fuel Cells 
West Lafayette, IN (SPX) May 23, 2007A Purdue University engineer has developed a method that uses an aluminum alloy to extract hydrogen from water for running fuel cells or internal combustion engines, and the technique could be used to replace gasoline. The method makes it unnecessary to store or transport hydrogen - two major challenges in creating a hydrogen economy, said Jerry Woodall, a distinguished professor of electrical a ... more Burns Postpones India Visit Indefinitely As Nuke Deal Heads South 
New Delhi (ANI) May 23, 2007US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns will not be visiting India in 'near future' to help conclude the bilateral 123-Agreement, which would have ratified the 'historical' civil nuclear energy cooperation. Burns, who was expected to reach Delhi this weekend, has 'postponed his visit indefinitely' at the last moment, which has signalled that the bilateral agreement has ... more Novel Sugar-To-Hydrogen Technology Promises Transportation Fuel Independence 
Blacksburg VA (SPX) May 23, 2007The hydrogen economy is not a futuristic concept. The U.S. Department of Energy's 2006 Advance Energy Initiative calls for competitive ethanol from plant sources by 2012 and a good selection of hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles by 2020. Researchers at Virginia Tech, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and the University of Georgia propose using polysaccharides, or sugary carbohydrates, from ... more Energia Posts 220 Percent Rise In 2006 Net Profit 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 22, 2007Energia, a Russian rocket and space company, said Monday its net profit calculated to Russian Accounting Standards (RAS) grew 220% year-on-year in 2006 to 509.5 million rubles (about $20 million). S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, which designs Soyuz-piloted spaceships and Progress carrier rockets, launches communications satellites, and operates the Russian segment of the ISS ... more |
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Moscow (UPI) May 21, 2007Although politics obviously prevail in the anti-ballistic missile issue, let's admit that the anti-missile aspect is being fed from a source that is not likely to be depleted any time soon. At any rate, this is what the United States thinks. During her visit to Russia in the middle of May, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that the United States could not ignore the threats emanating ... more War Czar Compromise - Part 3 
Washington (UPI) May 21, 2007The great debate that led to the appointment of Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute as the Bush administration's coordinator, or "war czar," for the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan is another example of the triumph of form over reality and spin over substance in American politics. Lute is in no way a "war czar" exercising real authority over either or both of America's ongoing wars. But he is being fa ... more NGC's Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload Embarks On the Performance Phase of Its Flight Test Program 
Palmdale CA (SPX) May 22, 2007Northrop Grumman Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload (ASIP), a next generation signals intelligence sensor for the U.S. Air Force, has successfully completed the engineering checkout and calibration testing phase of the ASIP U-2 flight test program and has successfully embarked on the performance testing phase. ASIP delivers enhanced signals intelligence capabilities to the warfighter. I ... more Raytheon Awarded Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment Contract Option 
Tewksbury MA (SPX) May 22, 2007Raytheon has been awarded a $10.1 million U.S. Army contract option to provide 16 Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment (RAID) Tower Systems with Base Defense Operation Centers to help protect U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. "The equipment Raytheon is providing to support U.S. military operations is helping to save the lives of our warfighters," said Pete Franklin, vice president, ... more Syria Is To Send Iran Air Defence Systems From Russia 
London (AFP) May 21, 2007Syria has agreed to send Iran at least 10 air defence systems that the government in Damascus is buying from Russia, Jane's Defence Weekly reported in its latest edition. Moscow has agreed to sell Damascus some 50 Pantsyr-S1E self-propelled short-range gun and missile air defence systems for an estimated 730 million dollars (542 million euros), the authoritative magazine said, quoting a source c ... more
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