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Lockheed Martin Receives Contract For High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System
Dallas TX (SPX) Feb 01, 2008Lockheed Martin has received a $512 million contract to provide the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) to the U.S. Army and to the U.S. Marine Corps. Work on the contract will be performed at the company's facilities in Camden, AR, and Grand Prairie, TX, and is scheduled for completion in 4th quarter 2010. Specific quantities of ve ... more Boeing Awarded Contract For Next-Generation Harpoon Block III Missile 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Feb 01, 2008Boeing has been awarded a $73.7 million U.S. Navy contract to design and develop the Harpoon Block III missile, a next-generation weapon system that will enhance naval surface warfare capabilities. The system design and development (SDD) contract will result in a kit upgrade program for existing Navy weapons that will return 800 enhanced surface- and air-launch Harpoon missiles and 50 ship-launc ... more How Do Multiple Deployments Affect Soldiers And Their Families 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 01, 2008The U.S. Military researched that question last year and put together a report, "the Mental Health Advisory Team IV," that studied soldier mental health and well-being. The current issue of Traumatology, published by SAGE, takes a sobering look at that study, exploring the three most critical elements of the 100-page report: - The intensity of combat and other stressors of those serving "d ... more Suspected US missile hit Al-Qaeda den: Pakistani officials 
Islamabad (AFP) Jan 31, 2008A clutch of Al-Qaeda militants, including seven Arabs and six Central Asians, were killed this week when a suspected US missile hit their hideout in Pakistan, security officials said Thursday. The missile hit a house in the troubled tribal district of North Waziristan late Monday, but the Pakistani army has so far given no information about the incident. Residents had reported that a pil ... more Analysis: Germany enters Afghan war 
Berlin (UPI) Jan 31, 2008It looks like Germany has succumbed to international pressure and will now send battle forces to Afghanistan. NATO has for the second time requested that the German government deploy a unit of 250 battle soldiers to Afghanistan as part of a rapid-response force. The Germans are to replace a 350-strong Norwegian combat unit stationed in the northern provinces of Afghanistan; the Scandina ... more |
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Jerusalem (AFP) Jan 31, 2008Israel's commission of inquiry into the 2006 Lebanon war called on the army to limit the use of cluster bombs in an effort to keep down the number of civilian casualties. "The army should re-examine the conditions for the use of cluster bombs... especially given the need to reduce losses among the civilian population after a complete halt to fighting," the Winograd Commission said. ... more Swedish airline to resume flights to Iraq 
Stockholm (AFP) Jan 31, 2008Swedish aviation authorities said Thursday they would allow one airline to resume flights to northern Iraq, nearly six months after all Swedish flights to the country were grounded following a suspected missile attack on a plane. "The Swedish Civil Aviation Authority has decided to issue a traffic permit to Viking Airlines for regular flights from Sweden to Arbil in Iraq," the agency said in ... more US concerned international community may abandon Afghanistan 
Washington (AFP) Jan 31, 2008The United States expressed concern Thursday that the international community could abandon Afghanistan, cautioning that success in the insurgency-wracked nation was "not assured." "The greatest threat to Afghanistan's future is abandonment by the international community," Richard Boucher, the State Department's pointman for Afghanistan, told a Senate hearing on the turmoil in Afghanistan. ... more Winter Freeze Sends Shockwaves Through China As Cash And More Run Short 
Changsha, China (AFP) Jan 31, 2008Authorities in China on Thursday warned of more travel misery to come as millions of people struggled to get home for the country's most important holiday amid savage winter weather. Across central, southern and eastern China, millions of travellers have been stranded or delayed by the worst snow storms seen here in half a century which have killed 64 people, cut electric power and created h ... more Analysis: One strategy for Iraq oil, power 
Washington (UPI) Jan 30, 2008There's optimism in Iraq, at least from a mysterious cadre called the Energy Fusion Cell, which for the past eight months worked to bring coherence to both U.S. and Iraqi initiatives in the oil, gas and power sectors -- the backbone of its citizens' quality of life and the bulk of the national budget. It's a U.S. creation for sure, spearheaded by Iraq-based units in the Defense and Sta ... more |
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Miami (UPI) Jan 30, 2008Nigeria's oil production -- already well below capacity due to ongoing violence -- is set to take another hit totaling 225,000 barrels per day, according to a leading producer in the West African country. Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Co. announced earlier this week that it would shut down production at the Bonga offshore oil field in March for routine maintenance. Wh ... more Russia To Launch Space Project To Monitor The Arctic In 2010 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 30, 2008Russia's Lavochkin research and production association said on Tuesday it would start implementing a space research project to monitor the Earth's polar regions in 2010. The project, approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin, envisions using a new satellite cluster, called "Arktika," to provide environmental monitoring data for accurate weather forecasts and to aid national socio-economic dev ... more ILS To Launch Yahsat Satellite On Proton 
Abu Dhabi, UAE (SPX) Jan 31, 2008International Launch Services (ILS) of the United States, Thales Alenia Space of France and Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (Yahsat) of the United Arab Emirates has announced an agreement to launch a Yahsat spacecraft on a Proton Breeze M vehicle. A European consortium of Thales Alenia Space and Astrium was contracted in August 2007 for the overall Yahsat communication system and is build ... more Wavetrend Introduces GlobalEyes, A Revolutionary Fully Integrated Global Tracking Solution 
Surrey, UK (SPX) Jan 31, 2008Wavetrend Technologies announced that it is expanding its portfolio of innovative products with the release of GlobalEyes, a revolutionary global tracking solution, incorporating multiple communications and tracking technologies with a software management suite. GlobalEyes is set to revolutionize the way in which assets, people and vehicles are monitored and tracked across the globe. Wavet ... more Alanco/TSI PRISM Announces Multi-Year Teaming Agreement With NEC To Develop Australia And NZ Prison Markets 
Scottsdale AZ (SPX) Jan 31, 2008Alanco Technologies announced that its Alanco/TSI PRISM subsidiary has entered into a multi-year teaming agreement granting NEC (Australia) the exclusive right to market TSI PRISM RFID inmate tracking systems in Australia and New Zealand. Under the terms of the agreement, NEC will incorporate 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi compatible TSI PRISM RFID technology into its suite of security systems and integrat ... more
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