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US-Russia deal on missile shield possible by early 2009: Gates
Moscow (AFP) March 17, 2008US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that the US and Russia could strike a deal on parts of a missile defence shield that Washington plans to base in Europe by early 2009. Asked after meeting Russian leaders whether he was confident a deal could happen before US President George W. Bush's term ends in January next year, Gates replied: "I think the answer is yes. The environment in ... more Raytheon To Supply 16 AESA Radars To Boeing For USAF And Air National Guard F-15Cs 
El Segundo CA (SPX) Mar 18, 2008Raytheon's active electronically scanned array radar team has secured additional wins to advance further the company's AESA radar business. Raytheon will provide a next-production lot of advanced F-15C radar systems to the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard. The contracts with Boeing, worth just in excess of $89.5 million, authorize production of eight APG-63(V)3 AESA radar systems for ... more Iran's 'critical' conservatives claim election success 
Tehran (AFP) March 17, 2008Iranian conservatives critical of President Mahmoud Ahamdinejad on Monday said they would have dozens of MPs in the next parliament and wanted to see ex-nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani elected speaker. The Broad Principalist Coalition broke away from the traditional conservative coalition the United Conservative Front for Friday's vote, after a row about the candidates on the conservative ... more Russia strikes upbeat note on easing tension with US 
Moscow (AFP) March 17, 2008Russia struck an upbeat note Monday on easing tensions with the United States as President Vladimir Putin discussed a key letter from US President George W. Bush with top US officials in the Kremlin. "We can put a full stop on some problems in US-Russia relations and consider them definitively resolved," Putin said at the start of talks with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defence ... more Raytheon To Operate And Sustain X-Band Radars 
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Mar 18, 2008Raytheon has been awarded two task orders worth $28.3 million as part of a Missile Defense Agency indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contract to operate and sustain the agency's X-Band radars as part of the Consolidated Contractor Logistics Services program. The contract has a potential value of up to $1.9 billion over 10 years. The contract award signifies a long-term partnership be ... more |
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Sydney (AFP) March 17, 2008Australia will proceed with a 6 billion dollar (5.6 billion US) plan to acquire 24 Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets from the US Navy, Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon said Monday. The newly elected Labor government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd considered scrapping the purchase, which was agreed by the previous administration of conservative leader John Howard. But Fitzgibbon said ... more Mozambican government seeks urgent food aid after cyclone 
Maputo (AFP) March 17, 2008The Mozambican government has made an urgent appeal to the UN World Food Programme to help more than 60,000 people left destitute when cyclone Jokwe hit northern and central parts of the country. "The government has made an urgent appeal to the WFP for food to feed people who were affected by cyclone Jokwe," Joao Ribeiro, the deputy national director of Mozambique's government-run national ... more New Portrait Of Earth Shows Land Cover As Never Before 
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 18, 2008A new global portrait taken from space details Earth's land cover with a resolution never before obtained. ESA, in partnership with the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, presented the preliminary version of the map to scientists last week at the 2nd GlobCover User Consultation workshop held in Rome, Italy. Earth's land cover has been charted from space before, but this map, which will ... more Brazil, Germany To Develop Night-Vision Radar Satellite 
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (XNA) Mar 18, 2008Brazil and Germany have signed an agreement to develop a night-vision radar satellite to observe the Amazon region, the National Space Research Institute said Sunday. The INPE plans to build the Multiple Application Synthetic Aperture Radar with the help of the German Space Center over 18 months, in the second satellite project undertaken by the two nations. The 500-kg satellite ... more AETE Announces One Dollar Ethanol 
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 18, 2008The Alternative Energy Technology Center ahs announced its plans to produce ethanol for the U.S. market at less than $1 per gallon. AETE will refine biomass into fuel products using its exclusive technology. Most new automobiles built in the U.S. by General Motors and other manufacturers are equipped to run on 85% ethanol. To fuel these cars ethanol production must be expand significantly. ... more |
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Fremont CA (SPX) Mar 18, 2008Oorja Protonics (Oorja) announced its public launch and patented direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) technology. Funded by venture capital firms Sequoia Capital and DAG Ventures, and led by fuel cell pioneer Sanjiv Malhotra, Oorja has been operating in stealth mode since 2005 and has been engaged in commercial testing and deployments of its technology through pilot programs with leading Fortune 50 ... more Artemis Provides Communications For Jules Verne ATV 
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 16, 2008ESA's Artemis data relay satellite, controlled from Fucino (Italy) and with its mission control centre and Earth terminal located at Redu (Belgium), is providing communications between the Jules Verne ATV and the ATV Control Centre in Toulouse (France). Jules Verne ATV was launched from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana at 05:03 CET on 9 March. First contact between Artemis and the ATV was est ... more Russian Proton Rocket Fails To Take Satellite Into Right Orbit 
Moscow (AFP) March 15, 2008A Russian rocket launched a communications satellite produced by US defence company Lockheed Martin into space on Saturday but failed to take it into the planned orbit, Russian space officials said. "The engine of the Briz-M booster failed to work for the whole of the scheduled time and the satellite could not be taken to the planned orbit," the Khrunichev space centre, which carried out the ... more Maxwell Systems Releases Next Quest Earthwork 
King Of Prussia PA (SPX) Mar 17, 2008Maxwell Systems is proud to announce Maxwell Systems Quest Earthwork 7.5, the latest release of its powerful earth-measuring software. This version of Maxwell Systems' cut and fill program contains a significant new enhancement-the incorporation of machine control capabilities. "Quest Earthwork 7.5 enables Maxwell Systems' sitework customers to use our software in conjunction with today's ... more Alanco StarTrak Announces ReeferTrak Partnership With SkyBitz 
Scottsdale AZ (SPX) Mar 17, 2008Alanco Technologies has announced that its StarTrak subsidiary has forged a partnership with SkyBitz to deliver a StarTrak ReeferTrak cold chain wireless management platform that utilizes the SkyBitz satellite communications network. SkyBitz has placed an initial order for 500 ReeferTrak devices for their fleet customers, while both companies will offer this new service to their respective ... more
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