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BAE Systems Awarded Contract To Evaluate Missile Defense System On US Passenger Aircraft
Nashua NH (SPX) Jan 07, 2008BAE Systems has received a $29 million award from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to test an infrared aircraft missile defense system on passenger aircraft. The tests will evaluate the system's compatibility with daily passenger airline operations and maintenance. The latest contract is for the third phase of the DHS counter-MANPADS program's research development activities. There ... more Global Ballistic Missile Defense Part Three 
Washington (UPI) Jan 4, 2008One would expect South Korea to be a "hare" on ballistic missile defense, given the scale of the immediate threat it faces from North Korea, right across the Demilitarized Zone, the most heavily and densely armed border in the world. However, Seoul ended 2007 with significant long-term BMD programs in place, but projecting an extremely relaxed "tortoise" timetable for them. The reasons for thi ... more Japan's ABM message 
Moscow (UPI) Jan 4, 2008The national ABM has crossed the boundaries of Russian-U.S. relations and, to all appearances, will soon acquire larger global significance now that Japan is following the American footsteps to establish its own sea- and land-based ABM system. The plan was already announced and is rapidly being built up. Only one Japanese destroyer will be on combat duty in the Sea of Japan for ... more NKorea vows to bolster 'war deterrence' 
Seoul (AFP) Jan 4, 2008North Korea, which missed a year's end deadline to declare its nuclear programmes, vowed Friday to build its "war deterrence," accusing the United States of stepping up preparations for an attack. Rodong Sinmun, the mouthpiece of the North's ruling Korean Workers' Party, also denounced as a trick a US statement last month that it was accelerating the scrapping of its own nuclear weapons stoc ... more Analysis: Iraq's '08 fate -- Basra, Kirkuk 
Washington (UPI) Jan 4, 2008Iraq's crude capital, Basra, and perhaps its most controversial city, Kirkuk, also flush with oil, face a formidable 2008. The futures of both depend on how the post-2003 power vacuum plays out, though the latter could be settled with a political compromise in Baghdad. In Basra, after nearly five years of a U.S. occupation that focused on sectarian divisions, intra-Shiite politic ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Jan 07, 2008On December 19, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the United Kingdom of MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Aircraft as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $1.071 billion. The Government of the United Kingdom has requested a possible sale of 10 MQ-9 Unmanned Aer ... more Various Munitions And Weapon Systems For UAE 
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 07, 2008On December 19, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the United Arab Emirates of various munitions and weapon systems as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $326 million. The Government of the United Arab Emirates has requested a possible sale of 224 AIM-120 ... more TOW-2A/B Radio Frequency Missiles For Kuwait 
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 07, 2008The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Kuwait of TOW-2A/B Radio Frequency Missiles as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $328 million. The Government of Kuwait has requested a possible sale of 2,106 TOW-2A Radio Frequency missiles, 21 Buy-to-Fly missiles, 1,4 ... more Hillary Clinton proposes joint oversight of Pakistan nukes 
Manchester, New Hampshire (AFP) Jan 6, 2008US White House hopeful Hillary Clinton late Saturday said she would propose a joint US-British team to oversee the security of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal if she is elected president. "So far as we know right now, the nuclear technology is considered secure, but there isn't any guarantee, especially given the political turmoil going on inside Pakistan," Clinton said during a Democratic debate ... more Universal flu shot in clinical trials 
Cambridge, Mass. (UPI) Jan 3, 2008U.S. and British researchers are testing a new universal flu vaccine developed to tackle influenza pandemics. The British company Acambis said Phase I clinical and pre-clinical data suggest the firm's M2e-based universal influenza vaccine, Acam-Flu-A, has the potential to provide protection against strains of Influenza A. The vaccine targets the M2e peptide, which is found unchanged on ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Jan 6, 2008Exports of Chinese toys rocketed in the first 10 months of last year despite a wave of high-profile recalls of products made by the Asian nation, state media said Sunday. In the period from January to October, China shipped 7.1 billion dollars' worth of toys abroad, an increase of 20.1 percent from the same period a year earlier, the Xinhua news agency reported. It compares to a growth r ... more Wind farms could chew up migrating birds 
Austin, Texas (UPI) Jan 3, 2008Two winds farms planned on the Gulf Coast of Texas would sit on a major migratory bird route, threatening "mass mortality," a report says. The report was prepared for the Coastal Habitat Alliance, a coalition of landowners and environmental organizations, by EDM International, a Colorado consulting firm, The San Antonio Express-News reported. EDM's report was based on a review of enviro ... more Commodity price surge powered by supply-demand tension 
Paris (AFP) Jan 6, 2008The fever sending raw material prices ever higher seems sure to spread to agricultural commodities, where markets are already feeling the effects of increased export taxes on cereals in China and Russia, strong global demand, a grim harvest in Australia and stepped-up speculation. China has just announced the imposition, effective January 1, of export duty on cereals, rice and soya of betwee ... more Babcock And Brown And BP Announce Full Commercial Operation Of One Of The Largest Wind Farms In The US 
Grover CO (SPX) Jan 07, 2008Babcock and Brown and BP Alternative Energy announced full commercial operation of the Cedar Creek wind farm in Weld County, Colorado. The 300.5 megawatt (MW) wind-power facility has been delivered on time, on budget and without a single lost time incident during its construction. General contractor Mortenson Construction has received industry recognition for construction performance of one of t ... more Earth Biofuels Subsidiary Receives Renewable LNG Output From Landfill Project 
Dallas TX (SPX) Jan 07, 2008Earth Biofuels announced that its subsidiary, Applied LNG Technologies, has begun receiving regular deliveries of the output of renewable liquefied natural gas ("LNG") produced from a landfill site in Orange County, California. Per the terms of a prior agreement, ALT has the first right to purchase one hundred percent of the nameplate capacity (5,000 gallons per day) production of the LNG facili ... more
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