| September 20, 2007 |  |
our time will build eternity |
| Previous Issues | Sep 19 | Sep 18 | Sep 17 | Sep 14 | Sep 13 |
ATK Delivers TacSat-3 Spacecraft Bus For Integration And Test By The USAF Research Lab
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Sep 20, 2007Alliant Techsystems announced that it has delivered the Department of Defense's Tactical Satellite 3 Spacecraft Bus (TacSat-3) to the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for final integration and test. The TacSat-3 spacecraft is a pioneer of the emerging operationally responsive space (ORS) program, and designed to meet the needs of U.S. forces for flexible, affordable and responsive satel ... more Lockheed Martin Awarded Mission Satellite Operations Center Task Order 
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Sep 20, 2007Lockheed Martin has announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center's Space Development and Test Wing (SDTW) to provide the enterprise management framework, mission management, and infrastructure for current and future missions of the Multi-Mission Satellite Operations Center (MMSOC). The Responsive Satellite Command and Control Division of the SDTW man ... more Northrop Grumman Completes Demonstrations Of Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Program System Level Performance 
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 20, 2007Northrop Grumman has successfully completed a program of simulations, demonstrations and tests designed to provide the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) program with low programmatic and technical risk. Northrop Grumman's BAMS Head Start Program successfully completed four system-level integration and development initiatives, which included: integrated mission system testing; full system ... more Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Advanced Targeting Information Transfer 
Rolling Meadows IL (SPX) Sep 20, 2007Northrop Grummansuccessfully demonstrated an advanced targeting data link using the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency's (DARPA) Quint Network Technology (QNT). This achievement was accomplished as part of a cooperative effort between the U.S. Air Force's (USAF) Electronics System Center (ESC), DARPA, Northrop Grumman and Rockwell Collins. DARPA's QNT program is jointly funded with t ... more Raytheon To Provide Counter-Narcoterrorism Programs And Operations Support 
Reston VA (SPX) Sep 20, 2007Raytheon Technical Services has been awarded a five-year, indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contract to support the Department of Defense's counter-narcoterrorism activities. This multiple contractor award has an estimated ceiling value of $15 billion. The scope of work across all task orders is to provide equipment, material and services to the DOD's Counter-Narcoterrorism Technology Pro ... more |
nuclear-doctrine:
 miltech:  terrorwars:  |
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Sep 20, 2007Raytheon has achieved a significant milestone with the early delivery of critical vendor furnished information to Northrop Grumman, one of the shipbuilders for the U.S. Navy's Zumwalt Class next generation destroyer (DDG 1000). This milestone highlights the ongoing success of a new, collaborative design and delivery strategy devised to meet the collective goals of the Zumwalt government-industry ... more Commentary: Networked and lethal 
Washington (UPI) Sep 19, 2007 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who once denied the World War II holocaust that consumed 6 million Jews ever took place, has had his wings clipped by his superiors. Iran's most-popular television series tells the story of an Iranian diplomat based in Paris in 1940 who falls in love with a French Jew and then helps her and some 500 other Jews escape to what was then Palestine, with forge ... more Analysis: Al-Qaida's video production unit 
Washington (UPI) Sep 19, 2007 A central plank of the al-Qaida resurgence noted by U.S. analysts is its sophisticated messaging and propaganda strategy, spearheaded by a state-of-the-art in-house multimedia production facility producing high-quality videos every three days or so. The as-Sahab Institute, as the terror network's media arm calls itself, is often in the global spotlight -- as it was last week after relea ... more Military links between Australia, Japan, US worry Russia: official 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 19, 2007Growing military cooperation between Australia, Japan and the United States is worrying Moscow, as is work on US-Japanese missile defence cooperation, a top foreign ministry official said in an interview Wednesday. "The strengthening of US-Australian-Japanese ties has got our attention.... Narrow alliances, especially tight military-political unions, are a worry," Deputy Foreign Ministry Ale ... more No country can leave Afghanistan says NATO chief 
The Hague (AFP) Sept 19, 2007No NATO countries can or will pull their troops out of Afghanistan, the alliance's chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said in an interview published Wednesday. "There are 40 countries participating in the NATO mission in Afghanistan (ISAF). And nobody can leave, nobody will leave," De Hoop Scheffer said in an interview with Dutch daily NCR Handelsblad. "I honestly cannot imagine that the Nether ... more |
iran:
 milplex:  nuclear-doctrine:  war:  |
Beijing (AFP) Sept 19, 2007The Chinese military has begun a two-day drill testing a system that provides commanders real-time battlefield data, signalling the continued modernisation of the nation's massive armed forces. The exercise is part of an ambitious effort to improve military information collection systems, one of the main shortfalls of the otherwise rapidly modernising People's Liberation Army, the Xinhua new ... more Malaysia's Smart Satellite Teleport Plays Role In Tsunami Warning 
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (XNA) Sep 20, 2007Malaysia's Smart Satellite teleport has played a role in the tsunami warning recently by providing vital information to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Malaysian Smart Digital Communications Bhd president and chief executive officer Khairuddin Abdul Rahman said Monday. The information was later shared with their Indonesian counterpart as well as the Malaysian Meteorological Department, he ... more EU New Policy Plan Targets Energy Giants 
Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Sep 20, 2007The European Commission proposed a new energy policy package on Wednesday, seeking to split European energy giants and curb foreign takeovers in an effort to boost competition and ensure security of supply. "An open and fair internal energy market is essential to ensure that the European Union (EU) can rise to the challenges of climate change, increased import dependence and global competitivene ... more Cathay Pacific chief hits out at anti-aviation critics 
Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 19, 2007The chief executive of Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific said Wednesday the aviation industry had been unfairly demonised for its role in climate change, and that a more rational debate was required. Tony Tyler said perspective needed was about the size of the airline industry's emission of greenhouse gases, which are blamed for global climate change. "I get really fed up with things that ... more Interview: Top Iraq oilman Thamir Ghadhban 
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Sep 19, 2007 Thamir Ghadhban has served in several political and technical capacities in Iraq's oil sector. He's been oil minister twice since 2003, has sat as a politician crafting Iraq's constitution and is now Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's top energy adviser. He sat down with United Press International on the sidelines of the Iraq Oil, Gas, Petrochemical and Electricity Summit organized by the ... more
|
gas:
 gas:  energy-tech:  ethanol:  |
|
| Previous Issues | Sep 19 | Sep 18 | Sep 17 | Sep 14 | Sep 13 |
| 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 |
