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KC-30 Tanker Can Save USAF More Than 55 Billion USD
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 15, 2008Northrop Grumman announced that comprehensive analyses indicate that its KC-30 Tanker proposed to the U.S. Air Force in the KC-X Tanker Replacement Program can provide the service more than $55 billion in cost savings over 40 years -- almost $1.4B per year -- compared to its competitor, the KC-767 Advanced Tanker (AT). "Our analyses clearly demonstrate that the more capable KC-30 would ... more US military accused of harboring fundamentalism 
Washington (AFP) Feb 14, 2008Since his last combat deployment in Iraq, Jeremy Hall has had a rough time, getting shoved and threatened by his fellow soldiers. The trouble started there when he would not pray in the mess hall. "A senior ranking staff sergeant told me to leave and sit somewhere else because I refused to pray," Hall, a 23-year-old US army specialist, told AFP. Later, Hall was confronted by a major for ... more Russian military's roar is hollow: analysts 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 14, 2008Dramatic encounters last weekend between Russian and US warplanes over a US aircraft carrier seemed to underline President Vladimir Putin's boast that Russia is again a world player -- but analysts are less sure. The Cold War-style incident on Saturday involved Russian TU-95 Bear bombers, US F-18 fighters, and no less than 24 Japanese F-15s, roaring through the skies in the area of the USS ... more Russia To Target New Threats As NATO Says It Will Decide Who Joins Alliance 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 14, 2008Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he was ready to target missiles at former Warsaw Pact countries, including neighbouring Ukraine, if they join NATO or host Western military facilities. Russia "would be forced to aim missiles at those objects which we feel threaten our national security," Putin told his last major annual press conference before he stands down. Ukraine is ... more Northrop Grumman To Build DDG 1001 
Pascagoula MS (SPX) Feb 15, 2008The U.S. Navy awarded Northrop Grumman a $1.4 billion cost plus incentive fee contract for the construction of a Zumwalt-class destroyer, DDG 1001, as well as major components for the DDG 1000. The contract was awarded to Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, a newly-formed company sector comprising the former Ship Systems and Newport News shipbuilding sectors. "This contract award provides the ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) Feb 14, 2008India called for an alliance of navies to boost security at sea at its first naval summit Thursday with nations that have a stake in the busy maritime lanes of the Indian Ocean. Twenty-six representatives of navies from countries including Australia, Egypt, France and Sri Lanka are attending the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS), seen by experts as an effort by New Delhi to assert its ... more India at 'advanced stage' in deal for navy planes: report 
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 14, 2008The Indian navy's plans to buy eight long-range maritime reconnaissance planes from Boeing or EADS for two billion dollars are at an "advanced stage," a report said Thursday. "The Indian navy plans to replace eight old (Soviet-era) TU-142 planes with an equal number of state-of-art aircraft," Indian navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta told the latest edition of military news magazine Force. ... more China tells US to drop Cold War attitude after 'spy' arrests 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 14, 2008China on Thursday told the United States to drop its "Cold War" attitude and stop accusing Beijing of espionage, after US authorities arrested four people on charges of spying for the Chinese. "The so-called accusation against China on the issue of espionage is totally groundless," foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said when asked to comment on Monday's arrests. "We urge the United ... more Boeing And Tata Industries Announce India Joint Venture 
Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 15, 2008Boeing and Tata Industries Limited of India have agreed on a plan to form a joint-venture company that will initially include more than US$500 million of defense-related aerospace component work in India for export to Boeing and its international customers. Under the memorandum of agreement signed by Boeing and Tata, it is contemplated that the joint-venture company will be established by ... more All Iranian nuclear questions must be answered: France 
Paris (AFP) Feb 14, 2008French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner told atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei on Thursday that the six major powers expect Iran to answer all the outstanding questions over its nuclear programme. Kouchner "stressed that the Six (Germany, Britain, France, China, Russia and the United States) want Iran to respond to all the demands of the international community as set out by" the UN's ... more |
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Paris (AFP) Feb 14, 2008US researchers have created a nano-fiber textile that harvests energy from movement, paving the way for clothing that could one day power an iPod or other wearable electronic devices, according to a study published Wednesday. Using the same mechanical principle as a self-winding watch, but on scale measured in billionths of a meter, tiny nano-generators can scavenge "wasted" energy from ... more Gage Provides Fuels For 2008 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge 
Ferndale MI (SPX) Feb 15, 2008Gage Products Company will be an official sponsor for a sixth-consecutive year of the annual Society of Automotive Engineers Clean Snowmobile Challenge scheduled for March 10-15 at Michigan Technological University, in Houghton, Michigan. The event, an engineering design competition for college and university SAE student members, is organized and sponsored by SAE and the Keween ... more Project Targets Commercial Viability For Enhanced Geothermal Systems 
Reno NV (SPX) Feb 15, 2008Work has begun on the first application of an Enhanced Geothermal System utilizing a production well at a commercial geothermal site. This project will demonstrate the viability of EGS and the technology's potential to generate clean, renewable baseload geothermal electricity in many areas throughout the country. Ormat, the US Department of Energy, GeothermEx Inc., and other ... more Peabody Energy CEO Calls Clean Coal The Primary Sustainable Choice For Growing Energy Needs 
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 15, 2008Peabody Energy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gregory H. Boyce delivered the luncheon keynote address at Power Day of CERAWeek, noting that, "Clean coal is the primary sustainable fuel able to meet the world's fast-growing energy demands." Boyce observed that the world was entering a new era of convergence both among energy events and energy sources. "It is clear that clean coal will ... more MIT Reveals Superconducting Surprise 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Feb 15, 2008MIT physicists have taken a step toward understanding the puzzling nature of high-temperature superconductors, materials that conduct electricity with no resistance at temperatures well above absolute zero. If superconductors could be made to work at temperatures as high as room temperature, they could have potentially limitless applications. But first, scientists need to learn much more about ... more
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