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Boeing And SAIC Announce Accelerated Testing Of FCS Early Prototype Systems
St. Louis MO (SPX) Jan 18, 2008Boeing and partner Science Applications International Corporation, the Lead Systems Integrator for the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program, have announced that the Army has accelerated test schedules for two FCS robotic prototypes based on current readiness levels and positive feedback from soldiers who are using early versions of the systems in Iraq and Afghanistan. Beginning ... more LM Receives Contract For 17 C-130J Super Hercules Aircraft For Canada 
Marietta GA (SPX) Jan 18, 2008Lockheed Martin has signed a contract with the Government of Canada valued at $1.4 billion for the purchase of 17 C-130J Super Hercules airlifters and related equipment and services. "We are extremely proud that the C-130J has been selected as Canada's next tactical airlifter. The Super Hercules will be the new workhorse of the Canadian Forces," said Jim Grant, Lockheed Martin vice president for ... more Russia Targets Indian Defense Sales With Tanks And More 
Washington (UPI) Jan 15, 2008The still-growing volume of Russian arms sales to democratic, English-speaking India and the continuing need and even hunger of authoritarian China for Russian aircraft, missiles, air defense technology and a vast array of ground force weapons systems give Russia a great strategic tool, making itself essential to the world's two most populous nations that between them hold more than one-third of the human race. ... more Poland wants US security response in missile shield talks 
Warsaw (AFP) Jan 17, 2008Poland is waiting for the United States to respond to its request for extra security guarantees should it agree to host a controversial US missile shield, the Polish defence minister said Thursday. "The Americans know our expectations. We are waiting for a response," Bogdan Klich told reporters in Warsaw. Klich described as "promising" his recent talks in Washington with State Department ... more US, Iran vie for Chinese support on nuclear issue 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 17, 2008A top US diplomat urged China on Thursday to back a new UN resolution against Iran over its nuclear programme, as Tehran's top atomic negotiator arrived in Beijing to lobby against such a move. Visiting US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte told reporters in Beijing he would raise the issue in a high-level meeting in southwest China's Guizhou province, which began late Thursday. T ... more |
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Moscow (UPI) Jan 17, 2008Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and U.S. President Bush visited the Middle East almost simultaneously. Bush went there to whip up support for an anti-Iranian coalition, while ElBaradei was in Tehran for a meeting with Iran's senior officials. The IAEA and Iran agreed to broaden cooperation and step up efforts to resolve outstanding ambigui ... more Analysis: Industry confabs look stateside 
Haifa, Israel (UPI) Jan 17, 2008The conference schedule for Israel's security industry points to expanded ties with the United States in 2008, sharing knowledge and securing a larger share of the U.S. market. In February, the Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute will team with Chameleon Associates, a U.S. homeland security firm, to host a "behind-the-scenes seminar of Israel's counter-terrorism and se ... more US troop draw-down depends on Iraqi forces: defense chief 
Washington (AFP) Jan 17, 2008Current plans to draw down the US troop presence in Iraq remain "on track" but further withdrawals will depend on the readiness of the country's own army, defense chief Robert Gates said Thursday. "All the evidence available to me suggests that we will be able to complete the drawdown of the five brigade combat teams that General (David) Petraeus recommended back in September by the end of J ... more Dallas Judge Reverses Jury Verdict, Awards TXU Nothing In Dispute Over Wind Energy 
Dallas TX (SPX) Jan 18, 2008In a court battle closely watched by the growing wind energy industry, a Dallas judge has reversed an earlier jury verdict and ruled that Dallas-based TXU Corp. is not entitled to any damages in a contract dispute with major wind farm operator FPL Energy. The dispute centered on claims that Florida-based FPL Energy had not supplied levels of wind energy from three West Texas wind farms as agreed ... more Babcock And Brown Acquires Seven US Wind Farms Under Development 
San Francisco CA (SPX) Jan 18, 2008International investment and specialized fund and asset management group Babcock and Brown, a leading wind energy developer and operator, announced it has acquired seven Midwestern wind energy projects, under various stages of development, from Gamesa Energy USA and Navitas Energy, a subsidiary of Gamesa. The seven wind energy projects, totaling more than 750 megawatts (MW), enough to powe ... more |
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Gotenborg, Sweden (SPX) Jan 18, 2008One way of supplying energy is to grow plant material and burn it. If managed well most of the carbon released by burning the material will be captured by the growing plants, and so have a low impact on overall levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Better still, the growing plants could be used to help solve other environmental problems. In a review of current systems, Goran Berndes from t ... more Delaware Experiment Under Way Aboard ISS 
Newark DE (SPX) Jan 17, 2008A University of Delaware experiment is under way aboard the International Space Station. The experiment is on structural and rheological transitions of field-responsive fluids in microgravity and was transported to the space station by the space shuttle Discovery, which lifted off in October. Eric Furst, UD associate professor of chemical engineering, and his postdoctoral researcher Paula ... more Arizona Space Industry Generates Over 250M Dollars Annually, Creates 3,300 Jobs 
Tempe AZ (SPX) Jan 17, 2008Arizona is known around the world as a haven for astronomy and space aficionados, featuring some of the world's preeminent observatories, state-of-the-art telescopes and leading contributors to space exploration. The University of Arizona is the state's largest contributor to the development of astronomy, planetary research and optics endeavors in Arizona. A new study by researchers at the ... more Tank And Rocket Chaos Besets Russia Part One 
Moscow (UPI) Jan 16, 2008The Russian defense industry, like any modern institution, plans ahead. Thus four-star Army Gen. Yury Baluyevsky, chief of the General Staff of Russia's armed forces, told a meeting of the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian Parliament, in mid-November 2007 that "we have already started creating a new program to last until 2020." As a result, this year promises a lot in ... more Czech officials urge business deals in missile shield project 
Prague (AFP) Jan 16, 2008Czech officials on Wednesday called for their country to benefit from specific industrial spin-offs if a US defensive missile shield is to be sited in the Czech Republic. "This is not only a strategic alliance, it is not only a military alliance but it is also a business alliance that we want to promote," Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar told a meeting that is to lay the ground for ... more
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