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Romania Awards Lockheed Martin Contract To Provide 17 Radar Systems
Syracuse NY (SPX) Mar 12, 2008Lockheed Martin Overseas Corporation and the Romania Ministry of Defense (MoD) have signed a contract for the co-production of 17 TPS-79 Multi-Mission Surveillance Radar systems for Romania's Phase II "Gap Filler" program. Lockheed Martin provided two prototype systems to the Romanian Ministry of Defense (MoD) under a Phase I contract awarded in 2002. Romania is using the medium-range system ... more US commander of Middle East forces steps down 
Washington (AFP) March 11, 2008The commander of US forces in the Middle East, Admiral William Fallon, is stepping down amid reports he differed with President George W. Bush over Iran, US officials said Tuesday. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced he had accepted Fallon's resignation just after the admiral issued a statement saying he had requested permission to retire because of a magazine article that portrayed him ... more Russian FM calls for talks with Iran on nuclear issue 
Paris (AFP) March 11, 2008Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday urged the international community to do "everything possible" to engage Iran in negotiations over its contested nuclear programme. "We must seek an innovative approach. This means first and foremost doing everything possible -- and even impossible -- to begin discussions with Iran," said Lavrov in Paris. The Russian foreign minister was ... more Outside View: Russian rail ICBMs -- Part 2 
Moscow, March 11, 2008Russia's SS-18 Satan intercontinental ballistic missile, also produced in Ukraine, was tested and put on combat duty almost at the same time as the rail-mobile RT-23 -- NATO designation SS-24 Scalpel. But it has been modernized several times and its service life was extended after trial and commercial launches -- the latter as the Dnepr boosters -- until 2020. Nikolai Solovtsov, comman ... more Northrop Grumman Complete Milestone For The Joint High-Powered Solid State Laser Phase 3 Program 
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Mar 12, 2008Northrop Grumman has demonstrated exemplary performance capability of a laser chain, the first major building block of a solid state demonstrator laser designed to reach a power level of 100kW. The Joint High-Powered Solid State Laser (JHPSSL) Phase 3 program exceeded all target requirements of its second major demonstration milestone, including excellent beam quality. The JHPSSL system is ... more |
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Washington (AFP) March 11, 2008Foot-dragging by European members of NATO in the struggle against Afghanistan's resurgent Taliban is risking the lives of alliance troops, NATO supremo General John Craddock said Tuesday. Afghanistan and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) are at a "critical juncture," he said at a hearing of the Senate's foreign relations committee. Ahead of a NATO summit next ... more Military Matters: Iraq progress myth 
Washington, March 11, 2008One of several dead hands the First Generation of Modern War lays on contemporary state militaries' throats is linearity. Most state militaries both seek and expect linearity on and off the battlefield. Sometimes, this manifests itself in tactics that offer magnificent if unintentional tableaux vivant. I recall a field exercise years ago with the Second Marine Division at Camp Lejeune ... more Gates assured McCain on tanker competition: letter 
Washington (AFP) March 11, 2008US Defense Secretary Robert Gates assured Senator John McCain last year that the tender process for a billion-dollar aircraft tanker contract had been changed in line with his concerns, the Pentagon said Tuesday. A team that included European aerospace giant EADS won the 35-billion-dollar contract to supply refuelling aircraft on February 29, setting off a storm of protests among supporters ... more Camera Brings Vast Improvement For Surveillance 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 12, 2008Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville have developed a wide-angle camera that will be able to provide security forces with the ability to monitor large areas through high-resolution images taken from a satellite or an airborne craft, according to researcher David Pollock. It was Pollock who first discovered that if you point a large number of lenses toward a common point, ... more Boeing challenges US Air Force tanker contract award 
Washington (AFP) March 11, 2008Boeing said Tuesday it filed a formal challenge to the US Air Force decision to award a 35-billion-dollar aerial refueling tanker contract to Northrop Grumman and its European partner EADS. The Chicago-based aerospace giant said it filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), asking the investigative arm of the US Congress to review the decision. "Our analysis of the ... more |
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Taipei (AFP) March 11, 2008Taiwan's defence ministry said Tuesday that rival China's rapid military expansion has tipped the military balance in the Asia Pacific and threatened the security of the world's major powers. China's total military spending in 2007 was estimated at between 97 and 139 billion US dollars, more than double China's declared budget of 45 billion dollars, according to the Pentagon's annual report ... more Southern England mops up, as storm alert eases 
London (AFP) March 11, 2008Parts of southern England mopped up Tuesday after a major storm triggered travel chaos and flash floods, as conditions eased, albeit with more high winds forecast further north. Some 2,400 homes remained without electricity along the south coast, which took the brunt of gale-force winds and driving rain which swept in from the Atlantic on Monday, also hitting northern France. "We had tea ... more Disasters killed 20,000 in 2007: study 
Zurich (AFP) March 11, 2008Natural and man-made disasters killed 20,000 people in 2007 and cost the world economy more than 70 billion dollars (45 billion euros), reinsurer Swiss Re said Tuesday. The world was hit by 142 natural catastrophes and 192 man-made disasters in 2007, the company said in a report, with most deaths in Bangladesh, India, China and Pakistan as a result of heavy flooding and cyclones, the report ... more EU to mull whether climate policy will just export problem 
Brussels (AFP) March 11, 2008EU leaders will meet from Thursday with environmental policy high on the agenda, amid fears that Europe's tactics to cut greenhouse gas emissions may just export jobs and pollution abroad. The 27 EU heads of state and government recognise that "the risk of carbon leakage is a concern in certain sectors particularly exposed to international competition," according to a draft statement prepared ... more Rentech Expands Initiative To Produce Synthetic Jet Fuel From Garbage 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 12, 2008Rentech has announced it is expanding its initiative to produce synthetic biofuels from garbage, often referred to as municipal solid waste (MSW). Rentech, having developed, patented and licensed clean-energy technology for over a quarter-century, will pursue projects in large municipalities to convert garbage that otherwise would be buried at landfills into ultra-clean, biodegradable jet fuel ... more
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