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Groundbreaking For The KC-45 Tanker Manufacturing Facilities Set For June 28
Washington DC (SPX) May 14, 2008Northrop Grumman and its key subcontractor, EADS North America, will join local, state and federal officials and the citizens of Mobile, Ala., in a groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday, June 28. Ground will be broken at Mobile's Brookley Field, where two adjacent manufacturing facilities will be built to produce the nation's new fleet of aerial refueling tanker aircraft. ... more US offer on missile defence unsatisfactory: Poland PM 
Warsaw (AFP) May 13, 2008Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Tuesday said Washington's offers to boost his nation's security in exchange for hosting a controversial US missile shield were unsatisfactory. "Without a doubt, for the moment the American proposals do not reach the level that would be satisfactory for the Polish side," Tusk told reporters in Warsaw. "Our position has not changed. There will be a mi ... more Battlefield Airborne ComNode Enables Real-Time Distribution Of F-22 Data To Legacy Aircraft 
San Diego CA (SPX) May 14, 2008Northrop Grumman successfully accomplished the first-ever real-time download and distribution of sensor information from an F-22 Raptor fighter to F-15 and F-16 aircraft via an airborne network and an F-22-unique datalink. Northrop Grumman demonstrated this in-flight data transfer capability with its Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) during the U.S. Air Force's Joint Expediti ... more NKorea prisoners starving to death: aid group 
Seoul (AFP) May 13, 2008More and more prison inmates in North Korea are dying of starvation as the communist nation grapples with a food crisis, a South Korean aid group said Tuesday. Prisons in the hardline communist country are already jammed with inmates due to a surge in crimes driven by hunger, said Buddhist aid group Good Friends, which works in the North. "The number of people dying of starvation in pris ... more Northrop Grumman Begins Installing New Engines On Joint STARS 
Melbourne FL (SPX) May 14, 2008The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman two undefinitized contracts, worth $300 million collectively, to complete non-recurring engineering, flight test/certification and begin production of new engines for the service's E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) fleet. The E-8C is a modified B707-300 series commercial aircraft that detects, locates, classifie ... more |
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Washington (AFP) May 13, 2008The United States expects little from proposals that Iran presented in Brussels to resolve world problems, including nuclear energy, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Tuesday. "Given the track record, if they continue on the trend and pathway that they've been on, I don't think anybody's going to hold their breath," McCormack told reporters when asked about proposals it presente ... more SKorean chief nuclear envoy heads for Beijing: officials 
Seoul (AFP) May 13, 2008South Korea's chief nuclear negotiator will fly to Beijing later Tuesday to meet his Chinese counterpart, officials said, amid hopes that stalled talks with North Korea may soon resume. "Chief delegate Kim Sook is leaving for Beijing today and is expected to stay there for three days," a foreign ministry official told AFP on condition of anonymity. "He is expected to meet with his Chines ... more Outside View: Russian-Iran nuke moves 
Moscow (UPI) May 13, 2008 Former Russian President Vladimir Putin's last-minute decision to fulfill U.N. Security Council Resolution 1803 on Iran before handing over power to his successor, President Dmitry Medvedev, surprised many. Has Russia decided to join the U.N. sanctions against the Islamic Republic? Will the new president shift Russia's policy regarding Iran to the West? According to one version, in an a ... more NKorea slows down nuclear disablement, US says
Washington (AFP) May 13, 2008North Korea has slowed down some of its nuclear disablement activities, saying it had to coordinate with the receipt of energy aid, US nuclear envoy Sung Kim said Tuesday. "I believe they have slowed down the pace a bit. They have cited the need to sort of coordinate the timing of energy assistance," Kim told reporters when asked whether Pyongyang has slowed down some disablement activities. ... more Mine-resistant vehicles save soldiers' lives: Gates 
Colorado Springs, Colorado (AFP) May 13, 2008The US military's new mine-resistant armored vehicles have proved much better than tanks at protecting soldiers from roadside blasts, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday. Gates said six soldiers have been killed in 150 attacks on the so-called MRAPs, or Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles. "The casualty rate is one-third that of Humvees, less than half that of an Abrams tank ... more |
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Washington (UPI) May 13, 2008 Three men who hacked into the cash register network of the Dave and Busters restaurant chain and stole its customers' credit card data face federal fraud and conspiracy charges in documents unsealed by U.S. prosecutors Monday. The men, a Ukrainian in custody in Turkey, an Estonian arrested in Germany in March, and a Miami man arrested by the U.S. Secret Service earlier this month, sold ... more Analysis: China copter deal -- Part 1 
Washington (UPI) May 13, 2008 The long freeze in Russia's enormously lucrative arms trade with China may be coming to an end as the Kremlin has agreed to sell Mi-171 transport helicopter assembly kits to Beijing. On May 12, Russia's official RIA Novosti news agency cited a report in the Moscow business newspaper Vedomosti that a manufacturing plant in southwest China had begun work on integrating Russian-designed Mi ... more 150 rebels killed in Afghan operation: governor 
Kandahar, Afghanistan (AFP) May 13, 2008International and Afghan troops forged ahead with an offensive against the Taliban near the Pakistan border on Tuesday, with a governor insisting 150 rebels had been killed in the past week. US Marines and British troops under NATO command launched a significant new operation two weeks ago in Garmser district in southern Helmand province, a key battleground for a Taliban-led insurgency and a ... more China says foreign aid offers 'welcome' 
Beijing (AFP) May 13, 2008China said Tuesday it "welcomed" the offers of aid that have come in from around the world following a devastating earthquake that has caused nearly 10,000 confirmed deaths so far. "After the earthquake, the international community offered its support and sympathy to China. China and its people express their thanks and their welcome toward that," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said. ... more Battle to reach survivors as China quake toll rises 
Dujiangyan, China (AFP) May 14, 2008The death toll from China's worst earthquake in a generation rose early Wednesday as more details emerged of the scale of destruction that has left tens of thousands dead, missing or buried under rubble. In a desperate relief effort, army-led rescue teams struggled to reach the areas of southwestern China worst hit by Monday's massive 7.9-magnitude quake which demolished schools, homes and ... more
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