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The Sukhoi Su-35 Packs A Punch
Moscow (UPI) Sep 25, 2007 The Sukhoi Su-35 fighter aircraft -- NATO reporting name, Flanker -- that was unveiled at the MAKS-2007 aerospace show in the town of Zhukovsky near Moscow this August is to perform its maiden flight in the near future. The test-flight program is to involve two more Su-35 prototypes, now being assembled at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Manufacturing Association in the Russian Far Eas ... more Pakistan Rejects Bhutto Plan For UN Access To Khan 
Islamabad (AFP) Sept 26, 2007Pakistan's government Wednesday condemned ex-premier Benazir Bhutto for saying she would let the UN quiz the disgraced father of the country's nuclear bomb if she regained power. Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan and hardline Islamists also criticised Bhutto for saying that she would allow UN inspectors, but not Western powers, to question scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan. Khan in 2004 a ... more Aircraft And Automobiles Thrive In Hurricane-Force Winds At Lockheed Martin 
Marietta GA (SPX) Sep 27, 2007Lockheed Martin celebrated 40 years of aircraft testing in its Low Speed Wind Tunnel (LSWT). On this date in 1967, the first aircraft test, a crew egress trial for the C-5A Galaxy, was conducted. As one of a handful of large subsonic wind tunnels in the country, the Marietta wind tunnel has logged 104,800 hours of testing large scale aircraft models, full-scale automobiles, race cars and structu ... more US says Iran nuclear issue not closed ahead of new talks 
United Nations (AFP) Sept 26, 2007The United States dismissed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's contention that Tehran's nuclear standoff with the West was "closed" ahead of key talks on imposing new sanctions on Tehran. "I am sorry to tell President Ahmadinejad that the case is not closed," US Under Secretary of State for political affairs Nicholas Burns said here after the Iranian leader's speech to the UN General As ... more Pentagon Wants Another 190 Billion For Wars In Iraq And Afghanistan 
Washington (AFP) Sept 26, 2007US Defense Secretary Robert Gates asked Congress Wednesday for nearly 190 billion dollars for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2008, the biggest funding request yet in the six-year-old "war on terror." Heckled by anti-war protesters, Gates told the Senate Appropriations Committee that the funding was needed to cover the cost of keeping extra troops in Iraq through July and to provide bett ... more |
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Geneva (AFP) Sept 26, 2007The Red Cross warned on Wednesday that a food crisis could be looming across east and west Africa due to the massive damage wrought on crops by ongoing flooding. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies highlighted the situation in Ghana, Sudan and Uganda, which are among the largest nations out of the 22 struck by floods that have affected an estimated 1.5 millio ... more Giant ocean-based pipes could curb global warming: scientists 
Paris (AFP) Sept 26, 2007Two of Britain's best known scientists proposed Wednesday to curb global warming by sowing the world's oceans with thousands, perhaps millions, of giant vertical pipes 100-to-200 meters deep. "We need a fundamental cure for the pathology of global heating," wrote James Lovelock and Chris Rapley in a letter to the British journal Nature. "Emergency treatment could come from stimulating the Ea ... more Analysis: Exxon in oil row with Venezuela 
Miami (UPI) Sep 25, 2007 ExxonMobil is still seeking arbitration over its long-running dispute with Venezuela months after pulling out of the country in the wake of the nationalization of its oil and gas industries. Though Exxon decided to pull up stakes in June, the U.S. petroleum giant is keen on being compensated for its multimillion-dollar investment in South America's largest oil producer. The com ... more Boeing Projects 120 Billion Dollar Latin America Market For New Commercial Airplanes 
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (SPX) Sep 27, 2007Boeing forecasts that Latin American airlines will need 1,730 airplanes worth $120 billion over the next 20 years, according to an analysis presented Monday at the Latin America Airfinance Conference in Rio de Janeiro. Air travel within Latin America will grow 6.6 percent during this period, well above the world average growth of 5 percent -- second only to China's 8.8 percent forecasted growth ... more Interview: J. Jay Park on the Iraq oil law 
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Sep 26, 2007 J. Jay Park's work on international legal petroleum regimes has taken him around the world. He helped craft Somalia's new hydrocarbons law and has led training sessions for officials in Iraq's Oil Ministry. He also represented Western Oil Sands, a Canadian firm, in its deal with the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government. Earlier this month in Dubai, Park held a daylong workshop on ... more |
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Winston-Salem NC (SPX) Sep 26, 2007Brad Jones, a professor of chemistry at Wake Forest University, is leading a team of researchers at four institutions to develop the first handheld, field instrument capable of detecting and identifying radioactive particles at the site of potential contamination. The device will enable authorities to quickly test dust, soil, water and crops in the event of a terrorist attack such as a "dirty" b ... more Kuwait rallies to defence of Iran 
Kuwait City (AFP) Sept 25, 2007US ally Kuwait on Tuesday rallied to the defence of neighbouring Iran, which is coming under increasing international pressure to reveal more details about its controversial nuclear programme, the official KUNA news agency reported. "Iran is a friendly neighbouring state and we cannot accept seeing it in an embarrassing situation," KUNA reported Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah, the oil-rich ... more US AFSC General Speaks At AFA Conference 
Washington DC (AFNS) Sep 26, 2007General Kevin Chilton, Air Force Space Command commander, addressed hundreds of military members and civilians at the Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition Sept. 25. The general, nominated to become the head of U.S. Strategic Command, expounded on the history of Air Force space endeavors and what the future may hold for the nation's ventures into the final fr ... more Boeing-Insitu ScanEagle UAV Logs 5,000 Flight Hours In Support Of Australian Army Operations 
Brisbane Australia (SPX) Sep 26, 2007Boeing Australia Limited and Insitu, Inc., today announced that the ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has provided 5,000 hours of eye-in-the-sky surveillance and reconnaissance services to Australian Army forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. "By working together as trusted partners with a common purpose, the Australian Defence Force (ADF), Boeing Australia Limited and Insitu Inc., are deliverin ... more Lockheed Martin Awarded B-1B Sniper Pod Contract 
Orlando FL (SPX) Sep 26, 2007Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $2.8 million follow-on contract by the Boeing to support full Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) functionality on the U.S. Air Force B-1B aircraft. Integration activities began in June 2007. This contract follows on the heels of highly successful B-1B Sniper demonstration flights in January 2007 involving live weapon drops. Sniper ATP's low drag, extended ran ... more
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