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PicoSAR Flying On The Camcopter S-100 UAV
Vienna, Austria (SPX) Jul 14, 2008Schiebel Elektronische Geraete GmbH and SELEX Galileo are delighted to announce the first flight of a PicoSAR radar-equipped CAMCOPTER S-100 UAV. This adds a compact radar capability to the successful CAMCOPTER S-100 UAV, giving it an all weather, long range ground mapping and moving target indication capability. After a week of installation and integration activities, PicoSAR flew success ... more Successful Hungarian Missile Trials With Gripen 
Vidsel, Sweden (AFNS) Jul 14, 2008The Hungarian Air Force has carried-out a series of successful live firing trials with its Gripen fighters fitted with Sidewinder air-to-air missiles at FMV's Vidsel test range in Sweden. It was the PUMA Squadron, from the Hungarian Air Force Kecskemet Air Base, which flew into Vidsel with six Gripen fighter aircraft during the second week in June. The purpose of the week long visit was to ... more NGC And Oshkosh JLTV Undergoes Successful Armor Testing 
Reston VA (AFNS) Jul 14, 2008The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) family of vehicles offered by Northrop Grumman and Oshkosh Defense has undergone successful armor testing as the U.S. Department of Defense nears its selection of competing JLTV teams. Oshkosh and Plasan USA, which was selected to design and engineer the vehicle's armor, conducted ballistic and mine-blast testing on the team's JLTV prototype. ... more Nine NATO force soldiers killed in Afghanistan: ISAF 
Kabul (AFP) July 13, 2008Nine soldiers with the NATO-led force in Afghanistan were killed in heavy clashes near the Pakistan border on Sunday, the alliance's International Security Assistance Force said. Another 15 ISAF soldiers were wounded along with four Afghan troops, the force said in a statement. It was one of the deadliest battles for the international forces that arrived in Afghanistan in late 2001 to ... more EADS confident of clinching US tanker deal by 2009 
Farnborough, England (AFP) July 13, 2008European aerospace group EADS is confident of landing the US contract to produce a new generation of aerial fuel tankers by the end of the year, bosses said Sunday. "We will get the tanker contract, because we have the best airplane," EADS chief Louis Gallois he told a seminar ahead of the Farnborough International Air Show south-west of London, which kicks off Monday. John Young, who ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2008 It was an ultimatum of sorts by a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee to Pakistan's new civilian government: Either the government gets serious about flushing out al-Qaida and Taliban fighters from their safe havens in Pakistan's tribal border areas, or aid to Pakistan's military will have to be reassessed. Pakistan cannot reduce -- let alone end -- the Taliban's cross ... more US, Iraq still aiming for troop deal this year: officials 
Washington (AFP) July 13, 2008The United States and Iraq remain committed to striking a deal on the status of US troops in Iraq before the end of the presidency of George W. Bush, officials from both countries said Sunday. Iraq's national security advisor Muwaffaq al-Rubaie said the two sides were still seeking a pact by July 31 as Baghdad and Washington publicly had hoped, rejecting a Sunday report that the governments ... more US contractor in Iraq accused of electrocution deaths 
Washington (AFP) July 11, 2008The biggest US military contractor in Iraq, KBR, was steeped in another scandal Friday as lawmakers, families and experts accused it of recklessly causing the electrocution deaths of US soldiers. "While I had always been prepared to hear that one of my sons died by way of a firefight or a roadside bomb, I was dumbstruck to hear that my son was electrocuted while taking a shower in his living ... more Time for US to leave Iraq? Not so fast, say analysts 
Washington (AFP) July 13, 2008US President George W. Bush long has vowed that the United States would leave Iraq if asked by Baghdad's leadership, but now that the request has been made, Bush is in no hurry to exit, analysts say. Iraqi leaders have pressed for a withdrawal timetable as part of negotiations over the US military role beyond December 31, when the UN mandate which provides the legal basis for a foreign troop ... more A Cowardly US Press Under Report The State Of War 
Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2008 A person my age has watched many things decline in America, and few get better. As one of my neighbors says, everything good is gone or going. In that category we must now include good reporting. When I started work in Washington in 1973, it was axiomatic that a newspaper reporter talked to many sources for any story. The story, in turn, reflected a number of viewpoints and perspective ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2008 Last week the media reported security contractors working in Iraq no longer will receive immunity from prosecution in that nation under a deal being brokered by Iraqi and U.S. officials. As the lifting of immunity for foreign private security contractors has long been a demand from Iraqi lawmakers in the proposed status of forces agreement between Baghdad and Washington, which they hope ... more Researchers Design Model For Automated, Wearable Artificial Kidney 
Los Angeles, CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2008Two researchers from UCLA and the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System have developed a design for an automated, wearable artificial kidney, or AWAK, that avoids the complications patients often suffer with traditional dialysis. The design for the peritoneal-based artificial kidney - which is "bloodless" and reduces or even eliminates protein loss and other dialysis ... more Asia sets stage for disaster relief exercise with key powers 
Washington (AFP) July 12, 2008After much debate, Asia is finally expected to agree to hold its first civilian-military disaster relief exercise with key powers such as the United States, Russia and the European Union. It will set the stage for real emergency response to disasters, such as the recent cyclone that ravaged Myanmar and left 138,000 dead or missing as its ruling military junta came under strong criticism for ... more Outside View: Gazprom raises prices 
Moscow (UPI) Jul 11, 2008 On July 8 Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller reported his company's plans to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. He spoke about a steady, long-term growth of gas prices for all consumers, be they in Western Europe, next-door neighbors or at home. Miller specified that by the end of this year the average European price for natural gas will exceed $500 per 1,000 cubic meters, compared with the current ... more Bombardier launches 'green' aircraft programme 
Farnborough, England (AFP) July 13, 2008Canadian planemaker Bombardier announced here Sunday the launch of a series of environmentally friendly single-aisle jets, scheduled to enter service in 2013. German carrier Lufthansa had signed a letter saying it was interested in buying 30 of the CSeries jets and possibly as many as 60, Bombardier said in a statement. Lufthansa could be followed by other airlines after Bombardier said ... more
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