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Washington (UPI) Jul 20, 2007King Frederick the Great of Prussia famously said, "He who tries to defend everything ends up defending nothing." Another way to formulate this classic military principle would be, "He tries to attack everything ends up winning nothing." U.S. General of the Army George C. Marshall and British Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke, the operational heads of the U.S. and British armies in World War II, bot ... more ViaSat Wins Order In MIDS Tactical Network Terminal Lot 8 Award 
Carlsbad CA (SPX) Jul 20, 2007ViaSat has won a delivery order valued at approximately $44.9 million for Multifunctional Information Distribution System terminals from The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), San Diego. By gathering information into a digital view of the battlefield, MIDS provides greater situational awareness in combat for the U.S. Navy, Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and for U.S. defense partne ... more US Marine Corps Begins Transitioning To Shadow Tactical UAS 
Hunt Valley MD (SPX) Jul 20, 2007United Industrial Corporation has announced that its AAI Corporation subsidiary has begun training U.S. Marine Corps personnel to fly and maintain Shadow tactical unmanned aircraft systems (TUAS) in preparation for the service's transition later this year to the Shadow surveillance, reconnaissance, and intelligence-gathering system. The Marine Corps has decided to retire its Pioneer unmann ... more Current Nuclear Threat Worse Than During Cold War 
Washington (RIA Novosti) Jul 20, 2007The risks of an accidental nuclear war have increased since the Cold War as Russia's early warning capability has deteriorated, a former U.S. defense official said. William J. Perry, who is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and co-Director of the Preventive Defense Project at Stanford University, said in congressional testimony Wednesday that "the danger of nuclear war occurring by accid ... more Korean Nuke Talks End Without Deadline But Skeletons Remain 
Beijing (AFP) July 19, 2007Current talks on North Korean disarmament will end without a crucial deadline for the hermit nation to declare and close all its nuclear facilities, US chief envoy Christopher Hill said Thursday. But the US envoy remained confident over the "clarity" of the tasks ahead and said a deadline could be set at the next round of six party talks on denuclearising North Korea, possibly as early as late A ... more |
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Newark, DE (SPX) Jul 20, 2007University of Delaware scientists have invented a novel biomaterial with surprising antibacterial properties that can be injected as a low-viscosity gel into a wound where it rigidifies nearly on contact--opening the door to the possibility of delivering a targeted payload of cells and antibiotics to repair the damaged tissue. Regenerating healthy tissue in a cancer-ridden liver, healing a biops ... more New Software Product Based On Sandia-Developed RAMPART 
Albuquerque, NM (SPX) Jul 20, 2007Regina Hunter, retired Sandia National Laboratories employee, is launching a new software product, Safe at Home, based on Sandia-developed RAMPART. Safe at Home allows homeowners to assess risks arising from accidents, fire, crime inside or outside the house, hurricane, flood, earthquakes, tornados and winter storms. The software analyzes the risks of death, injury, property and content loss, lo ... more US And Russia Facing Energy Crises 
Moscow (UPI) Jul 20, 2007New Yorkers still remember the "night of terror" provoked by a blackout on a hot summer's night in 1977, when stores were ransacked, looted and destroyed, buildings were set ablaze, and the police, for the most part, stood helpless. In the 30 years since then, electricity experts have not found a foolproof way of developing electricity systems that would rule out a repetition of such disasters. ... more Rural Communities Revived By New Energy Projects 
London UK (SPX) Jul 20, 2007A study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, of community renewable energy projects in Britain has found that so far, projects are largely based in the countryside, some quite remote. From wind turbines to shared heating systems, small-scale renewable energy doesn't just help in the fight against climate change. It can also bring people together, revitalise local economies and hel ... more The Future Of Biofuels Is Not In Corn 
London UK (SPX) Jul 20, 2007The future of biofuels is not in corn, says a new report released today by Food and Water Watch, the Network for New Energy Choices, and the Vermont Law School Institute for Energy and the Environment. The corn ethanol refinery industry, the beneficiary of new renewable fuel targets in the proposed energy legislation as well as proposed loan guarantee subsidies in the 2007 Farm Bill, will not s ... more |
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New York, NY (SPX) Jul 20, 2007Software pundits and tech analysts can be forgiven for overlooking Microsoft's new robotics group. Compared with the company's billion-dollar businesses--Windows, MSN, Xbox, and more--robotics is nonexistent. Microsoft is giving its robotics software away for free for noncommercial use, and the company is charging only a small license fee to commercial users. Indeed, Microsoft is hardly betting ... more China Prepares To Select New Taikonauts 
Beijing, China (Xinhua) Jul 19, 2007China's first taikonaut, or Chinese astronaut, in space Yang Liwei says the country is preparing to select a new intake of well-rounded and well-educated potential spacemen from its air force. China has a 14-strong astronaut team. Yang, one of the team and also deputy director of the China Astronaut Research and Training Center, said the number of new trainees will be no more than 14. "The prepa ... more Helicopter Flight Trials For EGNOS 
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 19, 2007Successful trials have recently been conducted at Lausanne, Switzerland, using the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) to guide a helicopter as it approached and touched down at an emergency medical service landing pad in the city. The adaptable, go-anywhere characteristics of helicopters make them ideal for emergency services, but when visibility is poor their operations a ... more NASA Administrator Names Ryschkewitsch As New Chief Engineer 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 19, 2007NASA Administrator Michael Griffin has named Michael Ryschkewitsch as the agency's chief engineer. He succeeds Christopher Scolese, who Griffin selected as NASA's associate administrator on July 11. As chief engineer, Ryschkewitsch is responsible for the overall review and technical readiness of all NASA programs. The Office of the Chief Engineer assures that the agency's development efforts and ... more India To Orbit Israeli Spy Satellite In September 
New Delhi, India (RIA Novosti) Jul 19, 2007A leading Indian broadsheet quoted anonymous sources Wednesday as saying the country is planning to launch an Israeli spy satellite in September. According to information obtained by Times of India, the Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) time-proven four-stage Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle will carry a 260-kg satellite named TechSar from the Sriharikota space centre, on island off Indi ... more
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