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Iran reformists attack Ahmadinejad foreign policy: report
Tehran (AFP) Dec 10, 2007Iran's main reformist party on Monday called for a broad moderate front to contest March legislative elections, warning that the country risks "war and isolation" under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. "Today, two years after the arrival of the new government the consequences of its foreign policy are being felt," the Islamic Iran Participation Front said in a statement quoted by the Mehr news ... more Israel now the world's fourth biggest arms exporter 
Jerusalem (AFP) Dec 10, 2007Israel has become the world's fourth largest weapons exporter, shipping out arms worth more than four billion dollars so far this year, the defence ministry said on Monday. Only the United States, Russia and France export more arms than Israel, said the ministry's director general Pinchas Bucharis in a statement. New legislation to come into effect by the end of December will tighten con ... more US reversal on Iran intel reflects breaking of the ranks: analysts 
Washington (AFP) Dec 7, 2007The US reversal on Iran's nuclear weapons program has exposed a breaking of ranks within a waning administration, with US intelligence and military professionals asserting themselves on issues of war and peace, analysts said. Senior US intelligence officials said this week they were responding to new information, subjected to more rigorous analysis than in the past, in declaring with "high c ... more Outside View: Russia's super sea bombers 
Moscow (UPI) Dec 10, 2007 The joy of the Malaysian flier who piloted a Russian Su-30 MKM fighter jet at the LIMA 2007 international maritime and aerospace show was understandable. The Sukhoi Corp. has developed a family of two-seater multirole fighters from the Su-27 Flanker that can form the core of Russia's combat aviation in the 21st century. This goal will be reached with a comprehensive MiG and Su ... more Walker's World: Iran, nukes and sanctions 
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Dec 10, 2007 The rhetoric of U.S. and Arab officials over their divergent policies toward Iran has become curiously more heated since the release last week of the National Intelligence Estimate on Iran's nuclear ambitions. This is odd. The NIE claim that Iran's nuclear weapons program was suspended four years ago should have been, in Arab eyes, a signal that the prospect of a U.S. airstrike against ... more |
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Moorestown NJ (SPX) Dec 11, 2007The U.S. Navy has given its final approval for Lockheed Martin to proceed with the integration and shipboard installation of the world's first, fully-open architecture Aegis weapon system for a major surface warship. Aegis Open Architecture will be installed in the cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) during its Depot Modernization Period (DMP), scheduled to commence in February 2008. Aegis Op ... more Northrop Grumman KC-30 Tanker Aerial Refueling Boom System Completes Contact With An F-16 
Melbourne FL (SPX) Dec 11, 2007Northrop Grumman's KC-30 Tanker Aerial Refueling Boom System (ARBS) performed its first in-flight contacts with a receiver aircraft, marking the successful completion of a key program milestone and underscoring the company's low-risk approach for quickly replacing the U.S. Air Force's KC-135 tanker fleet. The initial refueling contacts used the advanced ARBS installed on an A310 testbed aircraft ... more MoD Awards QinetiQ Contract To Deliver Part Of The Major Watchkeeper UAV Programme 
ParcAberporth, Wales (SPX) Dec 11, 2007QinetiQ's support for the development of the Welsh Assembly Government initiative at ParcAberporth in West Wales as a "Centre of Excellence" for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) operations has been recognised by the UK Ministry of Defence by it awarding QinetiQ a contract worth up to GBP5m to deliver a critical part of the UK Watchkeeper UAV programme from this location. The work package will ... more Northrop Grumman Unveils Advanced Technology Weapons For Bombers During Virtual War Games 
El Segundo CA (SPX) Dec 11, 2007Next generation bombers equipped with a high-energy-laser-based defensive system and other advanced weapons could perform a variety of new interdiction, strike and special forces missions according to a new virtual bomber concept unveiled recently by Northrop Grumman. Northrop Grumman is the U.S. Air Force's prime contractor for the B-2 stealth bomber, the flagship of the nation's long range str ... more Don't push us too hard, China tells US ahead of trade dialogue 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 10, 2007A week of senior Sino-US economic exchanges kicked off on Monday with China warning the United States not to push too hard on sensitive issues, amid long-standing tensions over the Chinese currency. China also said it would triple the quota for foreign stock investment, in a gesture analysts said was meant to create the appearance ahead of the Strategic Economic Dialogue that it was moving o ... more |
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Bath, UK (SPX) Dec 11, 2007Photonic crystal fibre's ability to create broad spectra of light, which will be the basis for important developments in technology, has been explained for the first time in an article in the leading science journal Nature-Photonics. The fibre can change a pulse of light with a narrow range of wavelengths into a spectrum hundreds of times broader and ranging from visible light to the infra-red. ... more United Launch Alliance Launches 2nd COSMO Satellite 
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Dec 10, 2007A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket successfully launched the second Italian-built Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean Basin Observation or COSMO-SkyMed 2 satellite at 6:31 p.m. PST, today. Blasting off from Space Launch Complex 2, it marked the third successful Delta II vehicle launch by Boeing Launch Services, a division of Boeing Network and Space Systems, of a commercial ... more Russia Tests Engine For Angara Carrier Rocket 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 10, 2007Russia has successfully conducted preliminary tests of an engine for the first stage of the new-generation Angara carrier rocket, the Khrunichev State Research and Production Center said on Friday. The RD-191 oxygen-kerosene engine has been developed by Energomash research and production center for a new family of Russian launch vehicles based on a common core booster. "Experts have tested ... more Swedish Space Takes Major Role In Galileo Satellite Navigation Project 
Solna, Sweden (SPX) Dec 07, 2007SSC has a number of contracts linked to the Galileo system. The system's first ground control station is owned by SSC and located at the company's facility Esrange Space Center. Around 25 MEUR will be invested in the Galileo antenna site, which will be a key installation in the Galileo system. The antenna building has been erected in preparation for the delivery of the 13.6 meter antenna - the l ... more MDA Acquires US-Based Alliance Spacesystems 
Richmond, Canada (SPX) Dec 07, 2007MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has announced a strategic expansion of its Information Systems business in the United States. The Company has entered into an agreement to acquire privately held Alliance Spacesystems, LLC, located in Pasadena, California. Alliance Spacesystems provides U.S. Government and aerospace customers with advanced technology solutions, and is a leader in sophisticated ... more
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