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US says NKorea must hand over plutonium
Sydney (AFP) Oct 16, 2007The top US nuclear negotiator said Tuesday that North Korea would have to hand over the plutonium it created with its atomic weapons programme to make further progress on an aid-for-disarmament deal. Christopher Hill, a US assistant secretary of state, said that the isolated Communist country possessed 50 kilogrammes (110 pounds) of plutonium that would be the focus of international talks in ... more Raytheon Sensor Netting Technology Contract 
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Oct 17, 2007Under a $45.5 million contract for sensor fusion and advanced networking technology, the Department of Defense (DoD) is purchasing the Raytheon Solipsys Tactical Component Network (TCN) technology. "TCN provides a critical warfighting capability in the form of a sensor netting framework to achieve a single integrated picture and joint interoperability," said Mark Trenor, president of Raytheon So ... more BAE Systems Led UCAV Programme Breaks New Ground 
Warton, UK (SPX) Oct 17, 2007The cutting of first metal for the UK's 124m Taranis UCAV (unmanned combat air vehicle) technology demonstrator programme means that the BAE Systems led team remains well on track for first flight in 2010. In addition to the physical manufacture of the Taranis airframe now being underway, the design of the autonomous systems have also been finalised. Taranis, at about the size of a BAE Sys ... more Lack of troops, strategy hampering Afghan campaign: think-tank 
London (AFP) Oct 16, 2007A lack of strategy plus troop shortages are hampering NATO's effort to beat the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, a leading British foreign affairs think-tank said Tuesday. Chatham House researchers said it was generally accepted that the 39,000-strong International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) had suffered from a lack of troops since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. But they said there ... more USS Fort McHenry Mission To Set Tone For US Africa Command 
Washington DC (AFNS) Oct 17, 2007USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) is slated to leave Little Creek, Va., Oct. 16 for a seven-month deployment to the Gulf of Guinea that the chief of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) said will exemplify how his new command will operate. The amphibious dock landing ship will serve as a platform for the Africa Partnership Station Initiative, which aims to work cooperatively with U.S. and international partner ... more |
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Tehran, Iran (AFP) Oct 16, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the United States may be ready to soften its position over plans to intall a missile defence shield in central Europe against Moscow's wishes. "The latest contacts with the Americans demonstrate that a certain change in their point of view is possible," Putin said in an interview with Iranian media during a visit to Tehran. "We will c ... more iRobot Awarded US Military Order For PackBot Robots 
Burlington, MA (SPX) Oct 17, 2007iRobot today announced it received a delivery order totaling $8.8 million from the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), on behalf of the Robotic Systems Joint Project Office at Redstone Arsenal, Ala. This order for 40 iRobot PackBot robots, plus spare parts and equipment, brings total orders to date from PEO STRI to $45 million. iRobot expe ... more Sukhoi Jets For Indian Skies 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 17, 2007India has signed a contract with Russia for the licensed assembly of 40 multi-role Su-30MKI (Flanker-H) fighter jets, news agencies reported last week. According to experts, the agreement will cost India more than $1.5 billion. It will be a follow-up to the contract concluded in 2000 to deliver 140 fighters of the same type to New Delhi. The contractor will be the Irkut Scientific Production Cor ... more Ready To Fight Battalion Enables Transition In Anbar 
Habbaniyah, Iraq (AFNS) Oct 17, 2007A man of modest means tends to his inventory of household items, while his two oldest sons chop ice outside, preparing it to be sold to the locals that attend this bustling Iraqi farmer market. This may seem a common everyday event, but for the people of the area around Saqlawiyah, Iraq, it is a success story and proof of the efforts and sacrifices by the Marines of Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st ... more Taiwan's Chen says no peace deal with China 
Taipei (AFP) Oct 16, 2007Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian on Tuesday snubbed a peace overture made by China, saying Taipei would never sign what he called a "surrender agreement" based on Beijing's "one-China" principle. Chinese President Hu Jintao made the offer on Monday in his keynote speech at the opening of the Communist Party's five-yearly Congress, but insisted independence for the island would never be tolera ... more |
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London UK (SPX) Oct 17, 2007For the first time theoretical modeling has provided a glimpse into how promising dielectric materials are able to trap charges, something which may affect the performance of advanced electronic devices. This is revealed in a paper published on the 12th October in Physical Review Letters by researchers at the London Centre for Nanotechnology and SEMATECH, a company in Austin, Texas. Throug ... more Putin Calls For Shared Use Of Most Of Caspian Sea 
Tehran, Iran (RIA Novosti) Oct 17, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin told a Caspian summit in Tehran that the bulk of the Caspian Sea should be left for the common use of its five littoral states. "The Caspian Sea should not be covered by numerous state borders, sectors and exclusive zones," Putin said. "The less territory they occupy and the more water remains in common use, the better." The Russian leader said the Caspian states ... more Analysis: Iran, Syria in gas deal 
Washington (UPI) Oct 15, 2007 A $1 billion deal to pipe natural gas to Syria from Iran announced in early October signals increasing ties between the two foes of the United States, and its path through Turkey could inflame tensions at a time when U.S.-Turkish relations are strained. Iran plans to export about 100 billion cubic feet of natural gas to Syria every year, according to Iranian state-run media. The deal wo ... more Iowa State Engineers Hope To Build Better Roads By Using Ethanol Co-Products 
Ames IO (SPX) Oct 17, 2007Iowa's soil is great for growing corn. But it's not so great for building roads. Soil around the Midwest is mostly soft clay and till deposited by glaciers, said Halil Ceylan, an Iowa State assistant professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering. It's hardly the bedrock engineers would like for a good, solid roadbed. And so the soil under Iowa's roads often has to be mixed with ... more United Launch Alliance Atlas V Awarded Two NASA Missions 
Denver CO (SPX) Oct 16, 2007United Launch Alliance was awarded launch services contracts Oct. 3 for two future NASA space exploration missions, Landsat and Juno, scheduled to launch in 2011 aboard Atlas V rockets. Landsat will launch from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., and Juno from SLC-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Under the terms of the contract, ULA is responsible for conduc ... more
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