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LockMart Breaks Ground On Advanced Radar Test And Measurement Facility
Syracuse NY (SPX) Jul 17, 2008Lockheed Martin has broken ground on a $15 million, 9,600 square foot radar test facility that will provide the company with one of the world's most advanced, large-antenna measurement systems. The new 80' tall structure will be added on to the existing EP-6 building at Lockheed Martin's Radar Systems facility in Syracuse, NY. Once complete in summer 2009, the facility will house one of ... more Russian Army Officers Visit Mountain Combat Center In India 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 17, 2008A delegation of Russian Ground Forces officers will learn about training troops for mountain warfare during a two-week trip to India that started on Monday, a spokesman for the Russian military said. Deputy commander Lt. Gen. Valery Yevnevich, along with officers from Russia's mountain brigades and the Far Eastern Military Command officer training school, will visit a training center in ... more BMD Watch: PAC upgrade orders for Raytheon 
Washington (UPI) Jul 16, 2008 Tuesday was a banner day for Raytheon: The huge U.S. high-tech defense contractor announced more than $190 million in new orders to upgrade Patriot anti-ballistic missile interceptor batteries for South Korea and Kuwait./hl2> Raytheon said in a statement it had won a $38.5 million contract from COMLOG -- its joint venture with the German LFK missile company -- to boost the ... more Russia Defense Watch: Flexing arctic power 
Washington (UPI) Jul 15, 2008 Russia has taken another significant step in building up its military presence at the top of the world. The Russian navy announced Monday it was sending two warships to patrol the waters around the Norwegian-owned islands of Spitsbergen, RIA Novosti reported. The move was a forthright one that could cause diplomatic tension ... more Walker's World: Turk gray wolves prowl 
Toulouse, France (UPI) Jul 16, 2008 It was not easy to see in the glare of the cameras and the fierce Riviera sunlight. But as French President Nicolas Sarkozy launched his grandiose new Mediterranean Union project this week, the shadow of a gray wolf loomed menacingly offstage. The shadow is called Ergenekon. This is the name of the legendary valley in the heart of the mountains of Central Asia where the Turkish race was ... more |
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Washington (AFP) July 16, 2008US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday he wants to send more troops to Afghanistan "sooner rather than later," signaling a shift in priorities from Iraq amid warnings of an accelerating Taliban threat. Gates and Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff also said Pakistan needed to do more to stop the unimpeded flow of Taliban and other fighters into ... more UN chief hails progress on North Korea's nuclear disarmament 
United Nations (AFP) July 16, 2008UN chief Ban Ki-moon welcomes recent progress toward North Korea's nuclear disarmament at the six-party talks in Beijing, his press office said in a statement Wednesday. "The secretary general welcomes the recent progress at the sixth round of the six-party talks in Beijing" and "recognizes this continuing progress as an important contribution to peace and stability in Northeast Asia," the ... more NATO denies Afghan troop buildup, urges Pakistan action 
Brussels (AFP) July 16, 2008The NATO military alliance denied Wednesday that it was massing troops on the Afghan side of the border with Pakistan but urged Islamabad to do more to stop Taliban militants taking refuge. "There is not, nor is there going to be, an incursion of NATO troops into Pakistan. There is no planning for that, there is no mandate for that, and there is no troop movement in that direction," a ... more Khamenei: Iran accepts nuclear talks, has 'red lines' 
Tehran (AFP) July 16, 2008Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that Iran was ready for negotiations over the nuclear crisis but warned it would not step over any "red lines" in the search for a deal. His comments came days ahead of a key meeting between Iran's top nuclear negotiator and the EU foreign policy chief, which will also be attended by a US envoy for the first time in a major policy shift ... more US move on Iran a big shift from 'axis of evil' days, analysts say 
Washington (AFP) July 16, 2008The Bush administration's move to join Iran at nuclear talks echoes its pragmatic steps toward North Korea and shows how far it has come from the "axis of evil" days, analysts said Wednesday. William Burns, the third-ranking US diplomat, is due to meet Iran's nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili in Geneva Saturday on a mission to bolster international demands for Tehran to halt uranium enrichment ... more |
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Farnborough, UK (SPX) Jul 16, 2008Astrium has announced the purchase of further shares in Spot Image from the French Space Agency. This is a significant deal resulting in Astrium holding 81% of Spot Image and therefore becoming the majority shareholder. As part of Astrium, Infoterra and Spot Image will work together within the Earth Observation Division of Astrium Services. This purchase reaffirms Astrium's commitme ... more NASA Robots Perform Well During Arctic Ice Deployment Testing 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 16, 2008Several snowmobiles navigated speedily over arctic ice and snow in Alaska's outback in late June. This scene might seem ordinary except that the recently unveiled snowmobiles are unmanned, autonomous, toy-size robots called SnoMotes - the first prototype network of their kind envisioned to rove treacherous areas of the Arctic and Antarctic capturing more accurate measurements that will help scie ... more ESA Launches Program In Support Of Earth Observation Science 
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 16, 2008Since the advent of Earth observation from space, satellite missions have become central to monitoring and learning about how the Earth works, resulting in significant progress in a broad range of scientific areas. In the mid-1990s, ESA set up its Living Planet Programme and established a new approach to satellite observations for Earth science by working in close cooperation with the scie ... more GeoEarthScope NorCal LiDAR Topography Data Available 
LaJolla, CA (SPX) Jul 17, 2008All data acquired by the GeoEarthScope Northern California Airborne LiDAR project are now available for download to researchers, engineers, planners, students, and others via the GEON portal at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego. The GeoEarthScope Northern California LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) project acquired high resolution topography data starting in ... more The Current Biofuel Market In India 
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Jul 17, 2008The 'Indian Biofuel Industry' report analyzes the current biofuel market in India. It focuses on the causes for the growing demand of biofuels, the manufacturing technologies for the production of biofuels and government regulations. This report also enumerates the opportunities and challenges faced by the biofuel industry in India along with the current trends, addressing the client needs ... more
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