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New Product Enhances Security In Satellite Control Center Applications
Colorado Springs, CO (SPX) Jun 24, 2008RT Logic has reported the successful PL4 (Protection Level 4) C and A (Certification and Accreditation) of the RTGuard Cross Domain Solution product. RT Logic's RTGuard is a cost-effective, low-risk, CDS (Cross Domain Solution). The PL4 C and A allows RTGuard to be quickly deployed in satellite control centers. The system provides secure, bidirectional transfer of control and status infor ... more Global Mobility Wargame Explores Future Of Air Mobility 
Fort Dix NJ (AFNS) Jun 24, 2008Wartime planners from across the Air Force, Army and coalition nations investigated future concepts in air mobility through Global Mobility Wargame 2008 from June 16 to 20 at the Air Force Expeditionary Center here. First held in 2002, Global Mobility Wargame, or GLOMO, is an annual event bringing together people who can help the Air Force's and Department of Defense's global mobility and ... more Its A Shamal World For Combat Weather Airmen 
Joint Base Balad, Iraq (AFNS) Jun 24, 2008Some Airmen here have jobs to predict the future. They don't predict winning lottery numbers or the location of a special someone; combat weather forecasters predict something more precious to flight operations than money or love -- they predict the weather. Ten Airmen assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron Combat Weather Flight provide accurate weather information ... more New Radar Facility To Open 
Ellsworth AFB SD (AFNS) Jun 23, 2008Officials from the Ellsworth Air Force Base and Minot AFB, N.D., Radar Approach Control Facilities are preparing to open the Dakota Air Traffic Control Facility this summer here. The facility will be a noncontiguous, co-located RAPCON and will service both bases and the region. "The current Ellsworth RAPCON provides radar-based traffic service to all aircraft within 40 miles of Ellsw ... more Russia Faces Melting Ice Menace At Critical Facilities 
Moscow (UPI) Jun 23, 2008 Global warming could deal destructive blows to Russia's defense infrastructure over the next 22 years, a top official said in Moscow last week. Defense infrastructure, including key airfields, oil storage facilities and strategic oil reservoirs, could all be destroyed if the hard permafrost covering the ground year-round across Russia's far north melts by 2030, Russia's ... more |
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Washington (AFP) June 23, 2008The chief of the US military, Admiral Michael Mullen, said Monday he needed three more brigades in Afghanistan to battle Taliban fighters and train Afghan forces. "We are short of forces there," Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during a meeting of military officers. "I need at least an additional three brigades, one of them a training brigade," Mullen said. A ... more China Spending Billions To Build Up Military Capacity Part One 
Moscow (UPI) Jun 23, 2008 Last year, the three nations with the world's biggest military expenses were the United States -- $547 billion, Britain -- $59.7 billion, and the People's Republic of China -- $58.3 billion. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute -- SIPRI -- published these figures in its 2008 annual report. There are other estimates, but they are not radically different. Many research or ... more Landmark NKorea nuclear declaration expected Thursday 
Washington (AFP) June 23, 2008North Korea is expected to end months of delays and hand over its long-awaited accounting of its secretive nuclear programs later this week, the White House said Monday. But White House spokeswoman Dana Perino warned that even if Pyongyang does hand over the declaration on Thursday, it would not herald any immediate changes in US policy as the hermit nation seeks to end its isolation. ... more Raytheon Awarded DARPA Contract To Increase System Information Assurance 
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Jun 24, 2008Raytheon has been awarded a contract to evaluate the effectiveness of new technology for increasing system information assurance. The technology, which defends against potential attacks carried out by the operators of systems, was developed for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, by Teknowledge Corporation, Palo Alto, Calif. Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) is ... more Iran's Melli Bank: the target of sanctions 
Tehran (AFP) June 24, 2008Iran's Bank Melli, the newest target for European sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear defiance, is the oldest bank in the country and has already been hit by punitive measures from the West. In October 2007, the United States included Bank Melli in a broad range of sanctions measures against Iranian institutions on the grounds that it provided banking services to the nuclear drive and ... more |
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Manila (AFP) June 23, 2008More than 800 people were on board the ferry that sank in the Philippines, its owners said Monday, up from an original number of 747 passengers and crew. The ferry was carrying 751 passengers and 111 crew when it went down in heavy seas in the central Philippines on Saturday, Sulpicio Lines vice president Sally Buaron said. But checks were underway to determine if even more passengers ... more 40 survivors washed ashore in typhoon-hit Philippines 
Manila (AFP) June 23, 2008At least 40 typhoon survivors made it to shore in the Philippines but not all were from a ferry that sunk with more than 850 onboard, a local official told a radio station on Monday. "Not all of them came from the sunken ferry," mayor Eduardo Andueza told DZBB radio from Claveria town on Burias island in the central Philippines. "Some were survivors of fishing vessels that also sank duri ... more Enhanced EO Satellite UK-DMC-2 Passes Test Readiness Review 
Guildford, UK (SPX) Jun 24, 2008SSTL's privately funded UK-DMC-2 has passed its Test Readiness Review (TRR) at its Manufacturing Integration and Test Facilities in Guildford, UK. Scheduled for build completion in September 2008, the new Earth Observation satellite will provide higher performance imaging capabilities to the Disaster Monitoring Constellation which is operated by SSTL's subsidiary DMCii. UK-DMC-2 will carry ... more GAO Report Reveals Continuing Problems With NPOESS 
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 24, 2008Today, the House Committee on Science and Technology's Energy and Environment Subcommittee continued its oversight of the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS). "This program is vital to our daily lives," said Subcommittee Chairman Nick Lampson (D-TX). "When launched, NPOESS will be the primary source of information the National Weather Service uses t ... more Scientist: Hybrid embryos produced quickly 
Newcastle, England (UPI) Jun 20, 2008 British scientists say they have produced nearly 300 hybrid embryos since they began inserting human DNA into cow eggs in January. Project leader Lyle Armstrong told the BIO biotechnology conference in San Diego the scientists found producing embryos for stem cell research in their controversial project was easier than expected, the Financial Times reported Friday. Armstrong told ... more
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