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India Has Changed The World
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 16, 2007On August 15, India will celebrate 60 years of independence. Today, we are looking at this event with different eyes. In retrospect, we can see that it has first changed Britain and then the rest of the world. This process is still going on. On August 15, 1947 when Lord Mountbatten was hauling down the British flag in Delhi, many understood the significance of what was happening with a country, ... more Boeing To Transfer AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense Production To Alabama 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Aug 16, 2007Boeing will transfer production supporting the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) program from Anaheim, Calif., to its facility in Huntsville, Ala. The move expands production capability and co-locates Aegis BMD production with similar missile defense activities. About 30 positions will transfer as the work transitions to Huntsville in segments over a period of several months and should be co ... more Russia To Build Over 4,500 Aircraft By 2025 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 16, 2007Russia is planning to manufacture more than 4,500 civilian and military aircraft by 2025, worth $250 billion, the head of the Russian aircraft manufacturing mega-holding said Wednesday. "We are planning to build over 4,500 aircraft, both civilian and military, under contracts totaling $250 billion [by 2025]," said Alexei Fyodorov, general director of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC). ... more Russian Armed Forces To Adopt New Communications System By 2015 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 16, 2007Russia's Armed Forces will begin using new-generation command and communications systems by 2015, a first deputy prime minister said Wednesday. Sergei Ivanov, who supervises the defense industry, spoke Wednesday at a session of the defense industry commission, held at the Semenikhin Scientific Research Institute, which specializes in automatic equipment development. "In line with a state a ... more Antenna Wings For Advanced EHF Communications Satellite Delivered To Integrator 
Redondo Beach, CA (SPX) Aug 16, 2007Northrop Grumman has completed delivery of the antenna wings for the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite. The delivery to prime contractor Lockheed Martin allows the team to continue with the critical assembly, integration and test phase of the first flight vehicle. The Advanced EHF payload consists of a payload module, which performs all the com ... more |
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Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 15, 2007Ball Aerospace and Technologies, ITT Corporation and DigitalGlobe, the provider of the world's highest-resolution imagery and geospatial information products, today announced delivery of its WorldView-1 satellite to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for its scheduled launch on Tuesday, September 18, 2007. WorldView-1 is the first of two new next-generation satellites DigitalGlobe plans to ... more Nuclear Power In Space 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 15, 2007Solar energy supplies most of power in spacecraft nowadays. Although the efficiency of solar cells has grown substantially recently, they have reached the limit of their development and can supply electricity only in near-Earth orbits and for satellite-borne equipment. Such large-scale projects as the exploration of the Moon or a manned mission to Mars require nuclear power plants. ... more Air Force Integrates Space Operations Into A-Staff 
Washington (AFNS) Aug 15, 2007Air Force officials here completed the final phase in integrating space functions into key Air Staff processes for operations, plans and requirements, or A3/5. As of Aug. 1, space functions previously found within the Directorate of Strategic Security, or A3S, have been reorganized to better integrate the space domain throughout the A-staff. "Air Force missions have evolved to encompass ... more US Navy Completes Qualification Testing Of Lockheed Martin Common Submarine Radio Room 
Eagan MN (SPX) Aug 15, 2007Lockheed Martin has reported that the U.S. Navy recently completed operational testing of the strategic Ohio-class Common Submarine Radio Room (CSRR) and has declared the system operationally suitable for the Navy's submarine fleet and effective by exceeding all tested thresholds. Designed to automate communications, while reducing errors and resource requirements, the CSRR is the only automated ... more Empire Challenge 07 Tests Emerging Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Concepts 
El Segundo CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2007Northrop Grumman's recent participation in a joint military exercise will enhance its work with the U.S. Joint Forces Command to improve how military forces conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR). Northrop Grumman contributed its modeling, simulation and analysis expertise to Empire Challenge 07, a demonstration of how coalition forces can work together to collect, analyze a ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Aug 14, 2007Russian strategic bombers on Tuesday began five days of exercises over the North Pole, marking the latest in a series of displays of Moscow's military muscle. The nuclear-capable bombers will practice firing cruise missiles, navigation in the polar region and aerial refuelling manoeuvres, the Russian air force said in a statement. The exercises come barely a week after Russian strategic ... more Army chiefs of 19 nations hold secret talks in Australia 
Sydney (AFP) Aug 14, 2007Army chiefs from 19 countries, including the United States, Japan and India, met secretly in Sydney ahead of an Asia-Pacific summit in the city next month, the country's army chief revealed Tuesday. The presence of the military leaders in Sydney, including US General George Casey, at the same time and at the same venue last week was considered too risky to publicise, the Australian Broadcast ... more BMD Watch: LM wins Norway Aegis contract 
Washington (UPI) Aug 14, 2007 Lockheed Martin announced Tuesday it has won a $23 million contract for follow-on technical and logistics support services for Norway's Aegis weapon system-equipped F310-class frigates Under the contract, Lockheed Martin will provide a full range of engineering, technical, logistics and configuration management support services to maintain and enhance the performance and ... more Analysis: Russian ships in Syria unlikely 
Washington (UPI) Aug 14, 2007 Is the Russian fleet about to find a home in the warm waters of the Mediterranean in the Syrian ports of Tartous and Latakia? Yes, says one opposition official, citing multiple sources -- all anonymous. No, says with a laugh, Syria's ambassador to Washington. The Russian navy -- and before it the Soviet navy -- has long desired a warm-water port to serve the Russian fleet when winter ... more Cost of South Asia floods nears one billion dollars 
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 14, 2007The cost of South Asia's worst flooding in decades has reached nearly one billion dollars, officials said Tuesday, as Bangladesh struggled to cope with a major outbreak of water-borne disease. Losses in India's worst-hit northeast amounted to 875 million dollars so far, including damage to crops and property, India's home ministry said, while Bangladesh said it had counted crop damage of at ... more
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