| August 10, 2007 |  |
our time will build eternity |
| Previous Issues | Aug 09 | Aug 08 | Aug 07 | Aug 06 | Aug 03 |
Taming The Anthrax Threat
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Aug 10, 2007In the American government's biodefense efforts, the potential for terrorists to cause a deadly anthrax outbreak remains a significant concern, six years after the letter attacks that shook the nation shortly after 9/11. Now, researchers at the University of Michigan Medical School have developed the first complete picture of how anthrax-causing bacteria survive and grow inside unwitting immune ... more Georgia And Russia Deadlocked Over Mystery Missile Strike 
Tbilisi (AFP) Aug 09, 2007Georgia attempted to rally international support Thursday behind its allegations that a Russian plane engaged in a missile strike on its territory, amid angry denials from Moscow. Georgia's minister for conflict resolution, David Bakradze, released a report he said was written by Europe's main security and democracy body, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The ... more NGC Uses Extensive Knowledge Of Sense-and-Avoid Technologies For Navy BAMS Solution 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 10, 2007Northrop Grumman's extensive knowledge of "sense-and-avoid" (SAA) technologies that make it safer for unmanned aircraft to share airspace with piloted aircraft is an important element of the company's solution for the U.S. Navy's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) program. One of the most challenging requirements for BAMS is "due regard," the ability to ensure that the unmanned aircraft can ... more Iraq Political Structure Rotting From The Inside And The Outside 
Washington (UPI) Aug 10, 2007Last week U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he believed the United States underestimated the level of mistrust between Iraq's Shiite-dominated government and its other ethnic groups. Not only was his assessment the frankest offered by an administration official since the troop surge, but it was especially sobering in light of CIA Director Michael Hayden's assessment in November 2006 that ... more Iran Shows Off Homegrown Fighter Jet 
Tehran (AFP) Aug 10, 2007Iran on Sunday showed off for the first time a new fighter jet said to be modelled on the American F-5 but built using domestic technology, state media reported. The "Azarakhsh" (Lightning) jet -- one of the first to be home-produced by Iran -- made a successful flight in the central city of Isfahan in a ceremony attended by Defence Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar and other officials. "Th ... more |
miltech:
 miltech:  war:  |
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 09, 2007Japan will study turning inedible crops such as straw into biofuel to run cars amid concern that the growing popularity of ethanol is inflating food prices, an official said Friday. Biofuels are seen as alternative clean energy resource which can reduce the dependence on Middle Eastern oil and lessen the impact on global warming. One biofuel, ethanol, is derived from sugar beets, wheat, co ... more New World Record For A Superconducting Magnet Set At National High Magnetic Field Laboratory 
Tallahassee FL (SPX) Aug 10, 2007A collaboration between the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University and industry partner SuperPower Inc. has led to a new world record for a magnetic field created by a superconducting magnet. The new record -- 26.8 tesla -- was reached in late July at the magnet lab's High Field Test Facility and brings engineers closer to realizing the National Research Council goal ... more Nanoparticle Technique Could Lead To Improved Semiconductors 
Austin TX (SPX) Aug 10, 2007Devices made from plastic semiconductors, like solar cells and light-emitting diodes (LEDs), could be improved based on information gained using a new nanoparticle technique developed at The University of Texas at Austin. As electrical charges travel through plastic semiconductors, they can be trapped much like a marble rolling on a bumpy surface becomes trapped in a deep hole. These traps of ch ... more Division Of The Caspian 
Washington (UPI) Aug 09, 2007Russia's recent effort to claim unilaterally its northern seabed to the North Pole has highlighted the race to divide the globe's remaining waters for nation's benefits. Besides the Arctic, these include Antarctica and the Caspian. Of the three, the Caspian is the most hotly contested, as extraction efforts are already under way, and the battle involves not only the riverain powers Russia, Iran, ... more ISRO To Build Nano-Satellite Platform, Eyes Overseas Business 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Aug 09, 2007India's space agency will next year launch a special platform to put into space miniature satellites catering to the needs of developing countries and the domestic scientific community, its chief said today. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is developing a 100-kg "satellite bus" as demand has picked up for launching nano-satellites, its Chairman G Madhavan Nair said. "We are trying ... more |
satellite-tech:
 superpowers:  miltech:  iraq:  |
Washington (UPI) Aug 08, 2007The Middle East has seen a flurry of intense diplomatic activity over the past few weeks with the U.S. secretaries of state and defense visiting the region in preparation for a peace conference called for by President Bush. Or is the visit of the two high-ranking U.S. officials to America's allies intended to muster support for a possible military strike against Iran? From the ancient Romans to ... more Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Completes First Flight 
St. Augustine FL (SPX) Aug 06, 2007The first E-2D Advanced Hawkeye development aircraft, known as Delta One, built for the U.S. Navy by prime contractor Northrop Grumman, completed its first flight this afternoon. Northrop Grumman Flight Test Pilot Tom Boutin and U.S. Navy Flight Test Pilot Lt. Drew Ballinger along with Northrop Grumman Flight Test Lead Weapon Systems Operator Zyad Hajo lifted off shortly before 11 a.m. and flew ... more Raytheon Awarded Contract For Paveway IV Weapon Integration On F-35 Lightning II 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 09, 2007Raytheon Systems Limited (RSL) has been awarded a contract to support the integration and flight trials of the Paveway IV new generation guided weapon on to the Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) version of the F-35 Lightning II aircraft, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter. The contract is valued at GBP24 million. The UK is currently one of six European nations that are planning to ... more Russia To Boost Space Defense With New Missile System 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 09, 2007Russia is developing a fifth-generation air defense missile system that is superior to S-400 Triumf complex and capable of hitting targets in space, the Air Force commander said Wednesday. Russia recently deployed the first S-400 air defense battalion to protect the airspace around Moscow, and is planning to equip over two dozen battalions with the system by 2015. "While working on the S-400, we ... more Tanks Still Rule 
Washington (UPI) Aug 08, 2007Main battle tanks are not obsolete in war, so General Dynamics should keep making them. The U.S. Army went into Iraq with a line of battle still determined by the supposedly obsolete requirements of the Cold War. Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld spent his six years in office supposedly trying to shrink the Army down to a "lean, mean and agile" configuration to face the challenges of a co ... more
|
cybewars:
 eo:  gas:  gas:  |
|
| Previous Issues | Aug 09 | Aug 08 | Aug 07 | Aug 06 | Aug 03 |
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2007 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement |
