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ATCi Introduces New Features To Its Warrior Satellite Surveillance System
Phoenix AZ (SPX) May 21, 2008Antenna Technology Communications introduced new features to its Warrior Satellite Surveillance System. The Warrior Satellite Surveillance System can simultaneously provide complete observation for satellite surveillance spread over 140 degrees, but with the added upgrades, the system goes beyond the basic video and spectrum monitoring capabilities that are being offered by rival systems today. ... more Thompson Files: Defense consensus 
Arlington, Va. (UPI) May 20, 2008 The conventional wisdom about American politics is that the nation has become deeply polarized since the Vietnam War, with voters increasingly crowding to opposite extremes of the political spectrum. For example, the May 11 New York Times contained an essay by William A. Galston and Pietro S. Nivola of the Brookings Institution that stated in its opening paragraph, "Our research concludes not ... more SPACEHAB Product Earns SAFETY Act Designation From US DHS 
Houston TX (SPX) May 21, 2008SPACEHAB has announced its receipt of a formal Developmental Testing and Evaluation (DT and E) Designation from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for the Company's new in house developed Miniature Mass Spectrometer (MMS) technology named "1st Detect." The designation was instituted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to encourage the development of 'promising anti-terrorism ... more India Sees Agni-3 As Deterrent To China 
Washington (UPI) May 20, 2008 The Polish government is hanging tough in its negotiations with the United States about building an anti-ballistic missile interceptor base on its territory. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk last Tuesday publicly dismissed U.S. efforts to close a deal on the base by mid-July as merely a negotiating tactic, the German Deutsche Welle network reported May 13. ... more Study transmits radio signals in tunnels 
Gaihersburg, Md. (UPI) May 20, 2008 The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology says it's identified "sweet spot" frequencies capable of transmitting radio signals in tunnels. The NIST scientists, as part of a project to improve emergency wireless communications, confirmed underground tunnels can have a frequency "sweet spot" at which signals can travel several times farther than at other frequencies. ... more |
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Hunt Valley MD (SPX) May 21, 2008AAI has announced that its Shadow UAS have achieved 300,000 cumulative flight hours in service with the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. In fact, 91 percent of these flight hours were amassed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. "It is gratifying to see how mature our Shadow UAS technology has become in the hands of America's soldiers and Marines," says AAI's ... more Iran nuclear plans could trigger Mideast arms race: study 
London (AFP) May 20, 2008Iran's nuclear programme could trigger a race to develop atomic weapons in the Middle East, a study warned Tuesday, highlighting a recent surge of nuclear activity in countries in the region. The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) noted that 13 countries had announced new or revived plans to pursue or explore civilian nuclear energy over an 11-month period between February ... more US ambassador urges Japan to boost defence spending 
Tokyo (AFP) May 20, 2008The US ambassador to Japan on Tuesday urged the pacifist nation to boost its defence spending in response to a military build-up in the region. "I think the Japanese are getting a bargain in the (US-Japan) alliance on what we bring on the table," ambassador Thomas Schieffer told reporters. "Our capabilities have increased dramatically because we are spending more on defence than we were ... more Analysis: Should YouTube censor al-Qaida? 
Washington (UPI) May 20, 2008 Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., called Monday for YouTube to take down al-Qaida videos that users had posted, but the site said most of the videos his office had flagged did not contain material that violated their guidelines and rejected his request that they act to remove all material from U.S. designated terror groups. In a letter to Eric Schmidt, the chairman and chief executive off ... more BMD Focus: Medvedev's missile pledge 
Washington (UPI) May 20, 2008 It's not exactly a surprise, but it's important news anyway. Russia's new President Dmitry Medvedev has pledged to maintain the top-priority modernization of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces designed to be able to swamp America's ballistic missile defense systems. Speaking in the town of Teikovo in the Ivanovo region 150 miles northeast of Moscow Thursday, Medvedev, the hand-picked ... more |
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San Diego CA (SPX) May 18, 2008NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center and Northrop Grumman have reached an agreement that will enable NASA's Science Mission Directorate to conduct Earth science research with the Northrop Grumman-developed RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Under the Space Act Agreement signed April 30, NASA and Northrop Grumman will bring to flight in 2009 two pre-production Global Hawk ... more Observations From Space: NASA Environmental Data And Lung Disease 
Washington DC (SPX) May 19, 2008NASA gathers a tremendous amount of data on the environment that can be helpful in understanding lung disease. In a session at the ATS 2008 International Conference called "Observations From Space: A Unique Vantage Point for the Study of the Environment and Possible Associations with Disease Occurrence," scientists from NASA, the CDC and the University of Alabama will present research ... more RediStat Partners With ALERT FM For Disaster-Proof Emergency Communications 
Delray Beach FL (SPX) May 19, 2008RediStat has announced a partnership with ALERT FM to provide emergency messaging services to its healthcare clients. In addition, RediStat is developing a ground-breaking video communications service in conjunction with Americas Emergency Network. The announcements were made by RediStat President, Michael Hemlepp, at the Florida Governors Hurricane Conference being held in Ft. Lauderdale. ... more GeoEye Scheduled To Launch Next-Gen EO Satellite 
Dulles VA (SPX) May 19, 2008GeoEye has announced an August 22, 2008 launch date for its next-generation, earth imaging satellite GeoEye-1. Boeing Launch Services and GeoEye finalized this launch date in an amendment to the Launch Service Agreement that was signed on May 7, 2008. GeoEye-1 remains at the Gilbert, Ariz. facility of General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, GeoEye's prime contractor and integrator ... more Heavy dust storm enshrouds Beijing 
Beijing (AFP) May 20, 2008A heavy sandstorm hit Beijing Tuesday, shrouding the Chinese capital in a cloud of yellow dust and hampering visibility, the local environmental department said. Clouds of dust were being blown in from neighbouring Inner Mongolia and Shanxi province as a cold front moved in from the north, the Beijing environmental protection bureau said on its website. Air quality has become a key ... more
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