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Raytheon Tests JSOW Seeker For Hitting Moving Maritime Targets
Tucson AZ (SPX) May 29, 2008Raytheon's AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon C1 variant moved a step closer to free-flight April 1 following successful captive flight tests of the weapon's new infrared camera seeker system. JSOW is a family of low-cost air-to-ground weapons that employs an integrated GPS/Inertial Navigation System that guides the weapon to the target. The JSOW-C1 builds upon the combat-proven JSOW-C we ... more Trimble Introduces GNSS Reference Sensor For Infrastructure And Network Applications 
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) May 29, 2008Trimble has introduced an innovative Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) reference sensor for infrastructure and network applications -- the Trimble NetR3 GNSS reference sensor. Designed to seamlessly integrate into any Trimble VRS (Virtual Reference Station) network or other infrastructure application, the Trimble NetR3 offers a new option for tracking and streaming data. Using Trim ... more Universal Receiver Tester Offers Innovative GPS Test And Simulation Capabilities 
Montreal, Canada (SPX) May 29, 2008Global RF and telematics test solution provider Averna today announced that it has successfully implemented a GPS Constellation Simulator software solution for the Universal Receiver Tester (URT), the company's commercial RF test platform. The solution provides live signal emulation for up to 12 satellites, and is immediately available in pre-release form. The final release will be availab ... more Kyocera Wireless Announces Brew Support And Developer Tools For New M2M Modules 
San Diego CA (SPX) May 29, 2008Kyocera Wireless Corp., a leading global manufacturer of wireless handsets, devices and embedded machine-to-machine modules, announced the availability to early adopters of developer kits for its two new BREW-enabled modules - the Kyocera 300 and the Kyocera 1xD. The new modules allow customers to reduce cost by running tightly integrated BREW applications within the embedded module, minimizing ... more Landmark cluster bomb ban agreed by 111 countries 
Dublin (AFP) May 28, 2008Delegates from 111 nations agreed Wednesday a landmark treaty to ban cluster bombs, Ireland's foreign ministry said, in a deal that lacks the backing of major producers and stockpilers of the lethal weapons. After 10 days of painstaking negotiations at Croke Park stadium in Dublin, diplomats agreed the wording of a wide-ranging pact to outlaw the use, production, transfer and stockpiling of ... more |
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Washington (AFP) May 28, 2008The United States warned Wednesday that it would not let Iran "stall" the world with nuclear negotiations while Tehran pursues what the West fears is an atomic weapons quest. "We cannot allow the Iranian regime to use negotiations to stall for time, hedge its bets and keep open an indigenous route to a nuclear weapon," US national security adviser Stephen Hadley said in a speech. ... more US to withdraw 4,000 troops from Iraq 
Baghdad (AFP) May 29, 2008The US military on Thursday announced the withdrawal of another 4,000 troops from Iraq next month as violence across the country hit a four-year low. The military said it was pulling out troops deployed as part of a controversial "surge" of forces in February 2007. The pullout is in line with US President George W. Bush's plan announced in September to complete the withdrawal of the 30,0000 ... more Iran has a 'lot of explaining to do' on nuclear issue: Rice 
Stockholm (AFP) May 28, 2008Iran must deliver detailed answers following the latest International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on its disputed nuclear programme, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday. "The Iranians have a lot of explaining to do about the IAEA report, which essentially sees them as not cooperating on some very important, dark questions that the international community has about th ... more Denuclearisation of NKorea by end 2008 'a challenge': Hill 
Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2008US nuclear envoy Christopher Hill said Wednesday it will be a challenge to complete the denuclearisation of North Korea by the end of the year. Hill met with his North Korean counterpart Kim Kye-Gwan in Beijing on Wednesday amid efforts to secure from Pyongyang a declaration of its atomic activities originally due at the end of last year. "We're certainly committed to trying to complete ... more US commander senses change in China attitude following quake 
Washington (AFP) May 28, 2008A top US commander said Wednesday he sensed a change in the wind in China following a catastrophic earthquake that has prompted it to embrace outside help, even from the United States and Taiwan. "We are recognizing the obvious," said Admiral Timothy Keating, head of the US Pacific Command. "China's reaction here, in the aftermath of this earthquake, is different than China's reaction has be ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2008The impact of the Chinese earthquake on the nation's economy and inflation will be limited, senior policy makers said Wednesday, as jitters about the disaster haunt the financial markets. The area of southwest China's Sichuan province where the 8.0-magnitude quake struck on May 12 was not big enough to have any real impact on the national economy, Mu Hong, a senior planner, told a briefing i ... more 40 survivors rescued 16 days after China quake: state press 
Beijing (AFP) May 29, 2008Forty half-starved earthquake survivors have been rescued from a remote area in southwestern China a full 16 days after the disaster, state press reported on Thursday. They were flown out by helicopter on Wednesday from the quake-shattered village of Yangjiagou in Sichuan province, the West China Metropolitan Daily said. The survivors had been prevented from escaping by landslides trigge ... more US warships with aid for Myanmar could depart soon: admiral 
Washington (AFP) May 28, 2008US warships carrying relief supplies could leave the waters off Myanmar within days unless its military government relents and accepts greater US assistance, the top US commander in the region said Wednesday. Admiral Timothy Keating, who heads the US Pacific Command, said he would make a recommendation to US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on what to do with the USS Essex and three other ship ... more Japan says may send military aircraft to quake-hit China 
Tokyo (AFP) May 28, 2008Japan is considering sending its first military air mission to China since the end of World War II to transport aid for victims of this month's devastating earthquake, Japanese officials said Wednesday. China has asked Japan's Self-Defence Forces to fly over aid for some of the millions of people left homeless after the devastating quake, said Japan's top government spokesman, Nobutaka Machi ... more Corruption fears as world gives billions for China quake 
Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2008People around the world have reached deep into their pockets to help survivors of China's devastating earthquake, but fears are growing corruption will mean not all donations reach the millions in need. In the two weeks since the quake that rocked southwestern Sichuan province, leaving more than 87,000 people dead or missing, a staggering 34.79 billion yuan (five billion dollars) in donation ... more
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