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Northrop Grumman KC-45: Why We Won - Survivability
Washington DC (SPX) May 15, 2008The U.S. Air Force found Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) bid to build the next generation of aerial refueling tankers superior to Boeing's in four of the five most important selection criteria. Despite this fact, the losing bidder wants the Government Accountability Office to overturn the Air Force decision to award the contract to Northrop Grumman even though the Air Force ... more New Molecules Could Change The Face Of Explosives Detection 
Amherst MA (SPX) May 15, 2008Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have created complex molecules containing zinc for use in portable sensors that quickly and reliably detect the presence of plastic explosives, a pressing need for soldiers in Iraq and other hostile environments. Sensors containing the zinc complexes are also the first devices that allow the user to identify which type of explosive is ... more Eurocontrol Addressing Integration Of UAS Into European Airspace 
Brussels, Belgium (SPX) May 15, 2008The EUROCONTROL Agency has initiated a major programme of work intended to ensure the safe and efficient integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the pan-European Air Traffic Management (ATM) Network. Despite the increasing sophistication of UAS, safety concerns mean that at present they are normally segregated from other airspace users. This inhibits their employment in a wide ... more BAE To Field-Test Next-Gen Wireless Tactical Networks 
Burlington MA (SPX) May 15, 2008BAE Systems will field-test a suite of next-generation wireless tactical network protocols designed to improve communications within and among forward-deployed military units. The Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency (DARPA) selected the company to develop and evaluate new "protocol stacks" - sets of network protocol layers that work together - for military mobile ad-hoc networks, or ... more Walker's World: Building with BRICs 
Washington (UPI) May 14, 2008 The concept of the BRIC countries -- Brazil, Russia, India and China -- was coined five years ago in a research paper from the Goldman Sachs investment bank. This week, reality takes over from theory as the foreign ministers of the BRIC countries hold their first formal meeting in the Russian city of Ekaterinburg. They convene with an agenda that includes the issue of biofuels, food ... more |
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Washington (UPI) May 14, 2008 Why has Russia changed its long-established policy and agreed to sell Mi-171 military transport helicopter assembly kits to China? The Moscow business newspaper Vedomosti gave an important reason for the Kremlin's significant policy shift on the issue Tuesday when it said that some Russian analysts thought it was preferable to let the Chinese make Russian helicopters in the framework of ... more Commentary: Iran's pawns move 
Washington (UPI) May 13, 2008 Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain, with an assist from Sen. Joe Lieberman, competed in freshly minted assurances of allegiance to Israel as it embarked on a weeklong 60th birthday party. Neocons have hinted darkly that Obama, whose middle name is Hussein, was born a Muslim who later grew up as a Christian -- which, they say, makes him an apostate and puts him at risk of execution by an ... more Dozen militants killed in suspected US strike in Pakistan: security official 
Islamabad (AFP) May 14, 2008At least a dozen militants including foreign fighters were killed Wednesday in a suspected US missile strike on two houses in northwestern Pakistan, a senior security official said. Two missiles apparently fired by a US drone aircraft demolished a house and a compound used by suspected Al-Qaeda militants in Bajaur tribal region near the border with Afghanistan, the official, who declined to ... more Feature: Iraq's killing fields 
Zahamm, Iraq (UPI) May 13, 2008 Farmers digging in part of an abandoned pomegranate orchard in the Diyala provincial village of Zahamm have uncovered the graves of more than 50 people murdered by al-Qaida-Iraq during their two-year reign of terror in the area. The excavations, with U.S. troops present, began last week and were expected to continue after troops of the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment were tip ... more NATO launches cyber defence centre in Estonia 
Brussels (AFP) May 14, 2008NATO launched Wednesday a new cyber-defence training centre in Tallinn to defend against attacks over the Internet, a year after Estonia fell victim to a "cyber-war" blamed on Russian hackers. At NATO headquarters in Brussels, seven member nations -- Estonia, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Spain -- signed documents formally establishing the Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 14, 2008The People's Liberation Army dropped food and paratroopers into quake-shattered areas of China on Wednesday, the latest in a long history of disaster-relief missions by the world's largest armed force. The 7.9-magnitude earthquake which struck on Monday, devastating a wide area of southwestern China, has given rise to familiar scenes: Chinese people at nature's mercy and the PLA marching to ... more Rains Spell Nightmare Scenario In Myanmar While New Cyclone Forms 
Geneva (AFP) May 14, 2008Heavy rains forecast to hit Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta over the coming days represent a nightmare scenario for the cyclone-stricken country, the United Nations and Red Cross warned on Wednesday. "The arrival of the rains will only exacerbate an already dramatic situation in the flooded areas, both for survivors and for aid personnel," said Elisabeth Byrs of the UN's humanitarian affairs office ... more Britain tightlipped on reports that tourists safe in China quake 
London (AFP) May 14, 2008Britain's foreign ministry said it was unable to confirm reports Wednesday that 19 Britons missing in the region of China devastated by an earthquake were safe and sound. China's official Xinhua agency reported that 19 British tourists were unharmed and had arranged to stay in the Wolong giant panda nature reserve. The Foreign Office and a travel company have said the group was travelling ... more Over 40,000 Dead In China Quake As Full Horror Emerges 
Dujiangyan, China (AFP) May 15, 2008More than 40,000 people were dead, missing or buried under rubble in China's southwest, officials said Wednesday, as the full horror of its devastating earthquake began to emerge. Rescue teams who punched into the quake's stricken epicentre reported whole towns all but wiped off the map, spurring frantic efforts to bring emergency relief to the survivors. Planes and helicopters ... more Myanmar Allows Some Experts In As UN Call Emergency Meeting 
Washington (AFP) May 14, 2008Myanmar is allowing experts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to enter the country to deliver aid to victims of Cyclone Nargis, the US ambassador to ASEAN said Wednesday. "We heard today that the Burmese (Myanmar) authorities had granted permission for foreign experts to come in from neighboring countries, including China, India, Bangladesh and Thailand," Ambassador ... more
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