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Thales And Boeing Sign FRES Contract With UK MoD
St. Louis MO (SPX) Feb 07, 2008The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) announces the award of a contract to Thales UK in partnership with Boeing for the System-of-Systems Integrator (SOSI) role on the Future Rapid Effect System (FRES) program. The initial six-month contract, valued at 4 million pounds (US$8 million), defines the framework for the SOSI's ongoing role in the subsequent phases of this key program, which will provide t ... more France Awards Raytheon Contract For Enhanced Paveway II 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Feb 07, 2008The government of France awarded Raytheon a direct commercial sales contract Jan. 18 worth $22 million for the combat-proven Enhanced Paveway II (EP2) dual- mode GPS/laser-guided precision munition and weapons integration for the French Air Force's Mirage 2000D fighter aircraft. Raytheon's Paveway II (P2) laser-guided smart bombs already equip the Mirage 2000D, which supports U.S. and othe ... more Outside View: Ahmadinejad goes to Baghdad 
Moscow (UPI) Feb 6, 2008It is already clear the Iranian president's upcoming visit to Iraq will not be just a regional event. This is a visit by the leader of U.S. enemy No. 1 to the country that is practically controlled by the United States. Current relations between Iran and Iraq will largely determine developments in the Middle East and surrounding areas. In general, Ahmadinejad's intention to go to Baghd ... more US to make no commitments to Iraq's defense: Gates 
Washington (AFP) Feb 6, 2008The United States will make no commitments to the defense of Iraq in a new status of forces agreement setting for the legal basis of the US military presence there, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday. Gates assured Democratic lawmakers that the agreement, which is to be negotiated with the Iraqi government, would not tie the hands of a future president. "The status of force ... more 'Real test' for NATO in Afghanistan: Rice 
London (AFP) Feb 6, 2008NATO is facing a "real test" to defeat militants in Afghanistan but is making progress and working to deny them a new safe haven in neighboring Pakistan, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday. Rice and her British counterparts stepped up calls for NATO allies to provide more combat troops, underlining the urgency of the task which is not a peacekeeping mission but a full-blow ... more |
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Ottawa (AFP) Feb 6, 2008NATO's failure to secure Afghanistan has made aspirations to hold presidential elections in early 2009 "wholly unrealistic," the Senlis Council think-tank said Wednesday. "If the current security situation in Afghanistan does not improve dramatically, it will be impossible to hold the next presidential election, which would be tantamount to conceding control of southern Afghanistan to the Ta ... more North Korea still a nuclear proliferation risk: intel report 
Washington (AFP) Feb 5, 2008North Korea remains a nuclear proliferation risk and is probably still pursuing a uranium enrichment capacity, a US intelligence assessment concluded Tuesday. In an annual threat assessment to Congress, US national intelligence chief Mike McConnell noted that Pyongyang missed a December 21 deadline for making a full declaration of its nuclear program. "The IC (intelligence community) con ... more Tornadoes sweep southern US, killing 52 
Memphis, Tennessee (AFP) Feb 6, 2008Dozens of tornadoes sliced across southern US states ripping apart homes and shopping malls, killing at least 52 people and injuring hundreds more, officials said Wednesday. Twenty-eight people were killed in Tennessee, 13 in Arkansas, seven in Kentucky and four in Alabama, officials in those states said. US media reported hundreds of people were injured as buildings collapsed and cars ... more U.S. offers plan to avoid animal testing 
Bethesda, Md. (UPI) Feb 6, 2008The U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences proposed a plan to reduce the use of animals in research and regulatory testing. The plan offered by the arm of the National Institutes of Health was unveiled during a Tuesday symposium marking the 10th anniversary of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods, or ICCVAM. The plan identifie ... more Offshore Alaska Lease Sale Vital To Meeting America's Energy Needs 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 07, 2008At the lease sale in Anchorage, energy companies submitted a record number of bids - 667 altogether - for the right to search for oil and natural gas beneath the waters off the northern coast of Alaska. All told, these companies were prepared to spend $3.4 billion for the chance to look for domestic sources of energy. Tom Fry, NOIA President, commented that, the number of bids and the high ... more |
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Warrenville IL (SPX) Feb 07, 2008Coskata announced a strategic alliance with ICM to design and construct a commercial ethanol plant using Coskata's biological fermentation technology. ICM is North America's leading ethanol plant design, engineering and support firm. Its patented proprietary process technology is responsible for approximately 50 percent of North American ethanol production from plants constructed by Fagen, Inc. ... more Wager Challenges CERA Oil Supply Prediction 
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 07, 2008A group of businessmen and energy experts who believe that global oil production will soon peak, plateau and decline has issued a $100,000 wager to Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), a prominent oil forecasting think tank. Members of the challenger group also renewed an invitation to hold a public debate on the issue of peak oil with CERA. The group is betting against CERA's June ... more Analysis: Pemex renews ExxonMobil deal 
Miami (UPI) Feb 6, 2008Mexico's state-run oil company Pemex has decided to renew its non-commercial agreement with ExxonMobil for research and development projects. The deal permits Pemex and ExxonMobil to exchange ideas regarding oil and gas extraction, while maintaining strict guidelines against profitable ventures with private, foreign firms. Mexican law prohibits Pemex from entering into profit-sh ... more Analysis: Europe's pipeline war 
Berlin (UPI) Feb 5, 2008The European Union and Russia are battling over the future of a pipeline aimed at diversifying Europe's energy imports. The so-called Nabucco pipeline, first planned in 2004, would transport natural gas to Austria from the Caspian region via Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary. Stretching more than 2,000 miles, it will run from Erzurum, Turkey, to Baumgarten an der March, a major natu ... more Vandenberg Prepares For First Atlas V Launch 
Vandenberg AFB (SPX) Feb 06, 2008Vandenberg AFB opened its doors to members of the local and national media for their first encounter with an Atlas V rocket as it was being prepared Jan. 31 at Space Launch Complex-3. The Atlas V rocket will be the first of its kind to launch from the West Coast and is scheduled to lift-off Feb. 26. "Atlas V will provide our nation assured access to space," said Lt. Col. Heather Knight ... more
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