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Energy Driving Long-Term Growth Prospects In African Market
Newtown CT (SPX) Dec 05, 2007The African arms market, traditionally recognized for its low value and opaque business environment, may represent tomorrow's growth market for the global defense industry, according to Forecast International's "Africa Market Overview" report. Driven by changing geopolitical environments and enabled by hydrocarbon-derived wealth, select African nations are attempting to recapitalize their milita ... more Boeing Wins US Air Force B-1B Upgrade Contract 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Dec 05, 2007Boeing has been awarded a $45 million U.S. Air Force contract to upgrade the B-1B bomber's avionics software. The contract award continues an annual upgrade program launched in 2003 to update the aircraft's avionics software through "Sustainment Blocks." This latest upgrade is designated Sustainment Block 14. Boeing engineers in Long Beach, Calif., and Oklahoma City, Okla., produce upgrade ... more SKorea develops military communication system: officials 
Seoul (AFP) Dec 4, 2007South Korea has developed its first military satellite communications system to help troops reduce reliance on US intelligence and equipment, officials said Tuesday. The system covering an area with a diameter of 12,000 kilometres (7,200 miles) was developed over 11 years. It will go into service next year for the army, navy and air force, the defence ministry said. "We have developed th ... more Northrop Grumman's LITENING Advanced Targeting System Achieves Operational Availability Milestone 
Rolling Meadows IL (SPX) Dec 05, 2007Northrop Grumman announced that the LITENING Advanced Targeting (AT) has achieved more than two years of operational availability consistently above 95 percent among all U.S. customers. LITENING AT systems are currently deployed with the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command, Air National Guard, Marine Corps, Air Combat Command and coalition forces. "The reliability that matters most to the warfi ... more Bush says Iran a 'danger' despite intelligence report 
Washington (AFP) Dec 4, 2007President George W. Bush said Tuesday that Iran remains a danger and refused to rule out a military attack, despite a US intelligence report saying Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003. "The best diplomacy, effective diplomacy, is one in which all options are on the table," Bush said a day after the new intelligence assessment stoked the controversy over Iran's disputed program. ... more |
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Jerusalem (AFP) Dec 4, 2007Israel on Tuesday charged that Iran was still seeking nuclear weapons despite a US report claiming the contrary, and vowed to continue its diplomatic campaign against its arch-foe. "Iran is probably continuing its programme of producing a nuclear bomb," Defence Minister Ehud Barak told army radio, according to its website. Even if the Islamic republic halted its programme in 2003, as sai ... more US Army Awards Lockheed Martin Contract For Bridge 3 M299 Launcher 
Orlando FL (SPX) Dec 05, 2007Lockheed Martin received a $51.3 million U.S. Army contract to supply an additional 430 M299 helicopter-mounted missile launchers and 376 launcher electronic assemblies for U.S. and international forces. The contract also includes multiple spares, engineering services and depot support. The order, from the Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, AL, includes 402 launcher units for the U ... more 'Great discovery' led to change in Iran nuclear assessment: Bush 
Washington (AFP) Dec 4, 2007President George W. Bush said Tuesday that a "great discovery" as recently as August prompted the US intelligence community's stunning reversal of its long-held view that Iran had an active nuclear weapons program. Bush provided no details on the nature of the new intelligence, which set off an in-depth intelligence review of the evidence and assumptions that underpinned a 2005 assessment, w ... more Raytheon Tests New Air-Launched Missile Defense System 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Dec 05, 2007Raytheon has successfully flight tested a key component of the Network Centric Airborne Defense Element missile defense system with the intercept of a test ballistic missile. The Dec. 3 test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., demonstrated the NCADE infrared seeker's ability to acquire and track a ballistic missile target in the boost phase. NCADE is an air-launched weapon system designed ... more Chinese archaeologists dig up 4,000-year-old city 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 4, 2007Chinese archaeologists have dug up what is believed to be a 4,300-year-old city that could be the capital of China's oldest dynasty, state press said Tuesday. The ancient city is believed to be part of the Liangzhu culture dated back to neolithic times between 4,000 and 5,300 years ago, the China Daily said. The ruins are located in eastern China's Zhejiang province, with archaeologists ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Dec 3, 2007China has denied allegations by Internet users that a photo taken by its first lunar probe was copied from previous images taken by NASA, state media reported Monday. China last week published the first photo of the moon taken by the Chang'e I orbiter, which was launched on October 24, with Premier Wen Jiabao hailing the image as evidence of the nation's rise as a space and technological pow ... more MU Engineers Develop Software Solution For Complex Space Missions 
Columbia MO (SPX) Dec 04, 2007Sending an unmanned spacecraft to the outer fringes of the solar system requires extensive planning. At the University of Missouri, engineers have developed an efficient and highly sophisticated mathematical algorithm (implemented as software) that determines the most efficient path for a spacecraft's journey from point A to point B - no matter how many worlds or years away. In testing and ... more Israeli Spy Satellite Launch By ISRO Runs Into Technical Difficulties 
New Delhi (PTI) Dec 04, 2007The launch of Israel's spy satellite by the Indian Space Resource Organisation (ISRO) is facing "technical difficulties" and will be rescheduled for launch once these are overcome, agency officials have reporterd. "We are facing some technical difficulties. Once we overcome these, the launch will be scheduled," ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair said. TechSAR, Israel's first synthetic aperture ... more NGA And Lockheed Martin Work To Improve Delivery Of Geospatial Data To Users 
Herndon VA (SPX) Dec 04, 2007The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and Lockheed Martin are working to streamline and speed the delivery of critical maps, imagery and other geospatial data to users worldwide. The Demand-Based Geospatial Intelligence (DBGI) program is an automated supply chain management system that allows users to request and access geospatial data in the format and delivery method of their choos ... more Boeing Submits Proposal To USAF For Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Dec 04, 2007Boeing has submitted a proposal to the U.S. Air Force for the development of a next-generation Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS) that will help improve the accuracy and realism of joint service test and training activities. CRIIS sets a new standard for time-space-position information, or TSPI, replacing the Advanced Range Data System developed in the 1980s. Through CR ... more
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