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LockMart Delivers Key Ground Software For Space-Based Missile Warning System
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Apr 18, 2008The Lockheed Martin team developing the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) has successfully delivered two key blocks of ground software integral to supporting the program's geosynchronous orbit (GEO) and highly elliptical orbit (HEO) constellation. SBIRS is designed to provide early warning of missile launches, and simultaneously support other missions including missile defense, technical ... more Olmert says Iran will never be a nuclear power 
Jerusalem (AFP) April 17, 2008Iran will never become a nuclear power, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was quoted on Thursday as saying, as Iran's president was proclaiming his country the "most powerful nation" on earth. "I can say... that, to my knowledge, and on the basis of what I know and read, I believe the efforts of the international community will succeed, and that Iran will not become a nuclear power," he ... more Obama, Clinton pledge to defend Israel against Iran 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (AFP) April 16, 2008The Democratic White House hopefuls vowed Wednesday to defend Israel against any Iranian attack but differed on how to engage the Islamic republic over its nuclear ambitions. At a televised debate ahead of next Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama agreed that a nuclear-armed Iran was unacceptable. Both called for diplomacy but Obama went further in renewing a ... more US changes tack over North Korea nuclear program 
Washington (AFP) April 17, 2008The United States on Thursday for the first time admitted it was scaling back its demands of North Korea in a bid to break a diplomatic stalemate on dismantling Pyongyang's nuclear arms programs. The top Asia hand at the US National Security Council, Dennis Wilder, said North Korea was not "off the hook" on fully declaring its atomic programs, but that proliferation issues would be ... more Security From Chaos 
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 18, 2008There's safety (and security) in numbers...especially when those numbers are random. That's the lesson learned from a DHS-sponsored research project out of the University of Southern California (USC). The research is already helping to beef up security at LAX airport in Los Angeles, and it could soon be used across the country to predict and minimize risk. Here's how it works: Computer ... more |
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London, April 17, 2008 Arriving in Tbilisi's modern airport still has some feel of arriving behind the Iron Curtain. The drive to the British ambassador's residence reminded me of driving in Azerbaijan -- large monuments line the wide boulevard into Georgia's capital. There the world begins to look different. Georgia lies in the Caucuses, but there is little of the region in this capital city of 1.4 million. ... more Analysis: Testing S. Korea-U.S. alliance 
Seoul, April 17, 2008 Kim Choong-bae was surprised to see the results of a survey he conducted while serving as head of Seoul's Korea Military Academy, the equivalent of West Point in the United States. In a poll of 250 youngsters admitted to the school for future army leaders in early 2004, as many as 34 percent named the United States as their country's biggest enemy. Only 33 percent listed North Korea. ... more Germany touts wood residue, straw and sour milk as biofuel sources 
Berlin (AFP) April 17, 2008Rapeseed and sugar cane are out, making way for wood, straw and curdled milk to play key roles as future biofuel energy sources that would not starve the planet by taking over land need for food. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was on hand Thursday with the heads of automakers Daimler and Volkswagen to inaugurate what was billed as the world's first refinery of "second generation" biofuels ... more Success Of Wind Power Depends On Durability Of Turbines 
Wilmington DE (SPX) Apr 18, 2008Wind provided more electricity than several other alternative energy sources in 2007 -- approximately 1 percent of the global supply. By 2020, experts predict that wind will generate about 12 percent of world electricity needs, but the reliability of generating equipment is essential to the success of the rapidly growing wind power industry. DuPont is providing key solutions to the wind industry ... more Hitachi, EON and Electrabel join forces to test carbon capture 
Brussels (AFP) April 17, 2008Japan's Hitachi, German energy group EON and Belgium group Electrabel are joining forces to design and run a carbon capture test centre, the companies said in a joint statement Thursday. Carbon dioxide capture and storage is seen as a major potential boon in the global attempt to cut down on the greenhouse gas in the fight against climate change. The target of the joint project is "to ... more |
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Paris, France (SPX) Apr 18, 2008enXco, EDF Energies Nouvelles' US subsidiary, has obtained a permit from the authorities of the Solano County, California, to build a 150 MW wind farm. This new large-scale wind farm, owned by enXco, will strengthen EDF Energies Nouvelles Group's already strong presence in California. Located in Solano County, California, the Shiloh II project will be comprised of 75 turbines, each with 2 MW in ... more Crunch Time For Natural Gas 
Chicago IL (SPX) Apr 18, 2008As coal, oil and nuclear power are steadily being undermined by environmental and siting concerns, energy purchasers for industrials, power generators and local distribution companies, increasingly dependent on natural gas as a basic fuel, will be at GasMart 2008 in Chicago May 20-22 to hear from gas industry leaders on resource availability, deliverability and cost. The pressure is on the ... more Its A Go For Arianespace's Second Ariane 5 Mission Of 2008 
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Apr 17, 2008The second Ariane 5 flight of 2008 was given a green light for its April 18 liftoff following the launch readiness review at the Spaceport in French Guiana. This review, which is conducted prior to each mission, validated the readiness of Ariane 5, its dual-passenger payload of the Star One C2 and Vinasat-1 satellites, the launch infrastructure at Europe's Spaceport, and the network of downrange ... more Digital Angel's FASTFIND MAX Personal Locator Beacons Awarded FCC Approval 
St. Paul MN (SPX) Apr 17, 2008Digital Angel has announced that its McMurdo FASTFIND MAX PLB (Personal Locator Beacon) range, the MAX and the MAX G (with 12-channel GPS), has been awarded Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Type Approval certification, signaling the go-ahead for these PLBs to be sold in the U.S. McMurdo is one of the world's leading suppliers of emergency distress beacons. The MAX and MAX G, the ... more Israel in new step towards anti-missile system 
Jerusalem (AFP) April 15, 2008Israel carried out a successful test on Tuesday of a dummy ballistic missile that will be used in the development of an advanced missile interception system, the defence ministry said. The Blue Sparrow, developed by Israel's Armament Development Authority, Rafael, is launched from a fighter jet at high altitude and simulates the trajectory of a ballistic missile, the ministry said in a state ... more
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