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A160T Hummingbird Unmanned Helicopter Completes First Flight
Le Bourget, France (SPX) Jun 19, 2007Boeing successfully completed the first flight of the A160T Hummingbird unmanned rotorcraft June 15 from an airfield near Victorville, Calif. The A160T, a turbine-powered version of the innovative piston-powered A160 helicopter, features unmatched range, endurance, payload and altitude for an unmanned rotorcraft. "Today's Hover-In-Ground Effect flight is our first step in providing the ... more Law Of Unintended Consequences Fuels Wheels Of Misfortune 
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 19, 2007U.S. President George W. Bush and the neo-conservatives wanted to change the map of the Middle East; in that they have succeeded. But what they did not count on was that the changes would be mapped by Syria and Iran, two countries that the Bush administration regards as rogue states and supporters of terrorism. Starting with Iraq, the administration had hoped that after overthrowing the ... more Frozen North Korean Funds Touch Down In Moscow 
Moscow (AFP) June 18, 2007North Korea's ambassador to Moscow said Monday that funds at the centre of a banking dispute aggravating tensions around the country's nuclear programme had been successfully transferred to Russia. The comments came after Russia agreed to help with the transfer to North Korea of the funds, which were frozen at Macau's Banco Delta Asia (BDA) in 2005 under US sanctions. "The funds from the ... more Major Integration Milestone Achieved On Advanced Military Communications Satellite 
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 19, 2007Lockheed Martin announced that it has successfully integrated the spacecraft propulsion core structure and the payload module for the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite. The Advanced EHF system will provide global, highly secure, protected, survivable communications for all warfighters serving under the U.S. Department of Defense. Based on Lockheed Martin's flight ... more Afghan Hearts And Minds 
Washington DC (UPI) June 15, 2007The efforts of the U.S. military to win hearts and minds as part of its counter-insurgency operations in Afghanistan are being undermined by problems with its system for payments to civilian victims of the fighting. "Until this is fixed ... you are going to see anger, resentment and confusion among Afghans," said Sarah Holewinski, executive director of the non-profit advocacy group Campaign for ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Jun 19, 2007With an active Atlantic hurricane season expected for 2007, NOAA's high-powered satellites are ready to send forecasters a steady stream of crisp, detailed images, and other important data, of any storm that develops in the Western Hemisphere. The NOAA Satellite and Information Service operates a fleet of spacecraft that monitor the weather, including conditions that trigger hurricanes and the ... more Contract Signed For Building Of GMES Sentinel-1 Satellite 
Paris, France (ESA) Jun 19, 2007ESA and Thales Alenia Space have signed a 229 million euro contract for the design and development of Sentinel-1, the first Earth observation satellite to be built for Europe's Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme. ESA's Director General, Jean-Jacques Dordain, and President and CEO of Thales Alenia Space, Pascale Sourisse, signed the contract on behalf of the Italian ... more Ukraine To Launch Earth Observation Satellite In 2008 
Kiev, Ukraine (RIA Novosti) Jun 19, 2007Ukraine is planning to launch a Sich-2 Earth remote sensing satellite into orbit in 2008, the National Space Agency said on its web site. The former Soviet republic has been conducting space activities since 1993 "for the benefit of the national economy and state security as well as to be able to break into the international space services market." The development of a "Sich"-based Earth ... more EU And US Launch Airline Pollution Initiative 
Le Bourget, France (AFP) June 18, 2007The European Commission and the US Federal Aviation Authority announced an initiative on Monday at the Paris Air Show aimed at reducing pollution by airlines on transatlantic flights. The AIRE project, short for the Atlantic Interoperabilitiy Initiative to Reduce Emissions, is to look at ways of reducing waiting times for landing aircraft and promoting jets with lower greenhouse gas and sound ... more GE Energy Advances Its Cleaner Coal Solutions For Low Rank Coals 
Atlanta (SPX) Jun 19, 2007GE Energy has as acquired high-pressure feeder pump technology from Stamet Inc.--an investment that is expected to accelerate GE's offering of a cleaner coal solution using sub-bituminous coals, such as Powder River Basin (PRB) coal. GE is currently a leader in cleaner coal, or integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC), technology for plants using eastern bituminous coal or petroleum coke ... more |
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Paris, France (SPX) Jun 18, 2007International Launch Services (ILS) and SES Satellite Leasing announced a contract today that calls for the launch of five SES satellites on Proton Breeze M vehicles through 2013. Financial details were not disclosed. With five firm orders, this is the largest single Proton launch services contract. The Proton vehicle, built by ILS partner Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, is Russia's premier heavy-lift launcher. ... more German Radar Satellite TerraSAR-X Launched 
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Jun 15, 2007The successful launch of the German radar satellite TerraSAR-X on Friday 15 June 2007 at 08:14 local time (04:14 CEST) from the Russian Cosmodrome in Baikonur (Kazakhstan) represents the start of a new level of quality in the mapping of Earth. Over the next five years, new and high-quality radar images of our planet's surface will be collected. "The aim of the five-year mission is to use radar ... more AeroAstro Extends Globalstar Simplex Data Service Eastern Australia And New Zealand 
Dubbo, Australia (SPX) Jun 18, 2007AeroAstro has successfully installed the next SENS asset tracking satellite downlink decoder rack (Applique) at a Globalstar ground gateway in Dubbo, New South Wales in Eastern Australia. The Dubbo installation combined with the existing system at a Globalstar gateway in Western Australia will enable seamless Simplex Data coverage for the entire continent, New Zealand ... more ILS Wins Arabsat-5A Contract To Launch On Proton Breeze M 
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Jun 18, 2007International Launch Services (ILS) announced today it has been selected to launch a satellite for Arabsat. ILS will launch the satellite, either Arabsat-5A or BADR-5, in the 2009-2010 timeframe on a Proton Breeze M vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. ILS partner Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center builds the Proton in Russia. ... more China Committed To Peaceful Use Of Outer Space 
Vienna (XNA) Jun 18, 2007China will as always continue to make its contributions to the peaceful uses of outer space, said Tang Guoqiang, head of the Chinese Delegation at the 50th Session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) hel during early June in Vienna. China will support and participate in the work of the committee under various items, said Tang, who is also the Chinese permanent ... more
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