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US First Littoral Combat Ship Under Way
Marinette WI (SPX) Aug 01, 2008History has been made as the nation's first Littoral Combat Ship, Freedom (LCS 1), put to sea for the first time, marking the beginning of Builder's Sea Trials for the first-in-class coastal surface combatant. The agile 378-foot Freedom, designed and built by a Lockheed Martin-led industry team, is conducting Builder's Sea Trials in Lake Michigan. The trials - which are a coordinated ... more BAE Recognized With Two Top Ten Greatest Inventions Awards 
Arlington VA (SPX) Aug 01, 2008BAE Systems was recognized for its contributions to the Objective Gunner Protection Kit (O-GPK) and its role on the Raytheon / BAE Systems Excalibur team at the 6th Annual U.S. Army Top Ten Greatest Inventions Awards. The winners are selected by soldiers from active U.S. Army divisions and the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. "This recognition shows our strong relationship ... more US commander, Tajik president meet for Afghan border talks 
Dushanbe (AFP) July 31, 2008The head of the US military's Central Command held talks in Tajikistan Thursday on securing the border with Afghanistan, which is often crossed by drug runners and militants. "We appreciate the friendship and support of the Tajik people ... We cooperate with the Tajik government to secure the Tajik-Afghan border," Lieutenant-General Martin Dempsey told reporters in Dushanbe. Dempsey held ... more US holds back from imposing strict nuclear deadline on Iran 
Washington (AFP) July 31, 2008The United States held back Thursday from insisting on a strict deadline for Iran to give world powers a final answer to their incentives package to defuse a showdown over Tehran's nuclear program. "I didn't count the days. It's coming up soon," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters when asked if Saturday is the deadline for Iran to accept or reject the offer. A day ... more First B-52H Reaches Retirement 
Minot AFB ND (AFPN) Aug 01, 2008The first B-52H Stratofortress reaches retirement after more than 45 years of dedicated service to the country July 24 here on its final flight to Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. "It is a truly sad time when we decommission a plane," said Lt. Col. Bill Stahl, 5th Maintenance Group deputy commander. "But, the aircraft has served her country well." The B-52H with tail number LA1023 was ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Jul 31, 2008 Lentil soup and a crust of bread as the first, second and third course at a recent G8 summit in Japan might at least have conveyed the impression the leaders of the world's principal industrialized nations were focused on a fast-unfolding food shortage engulfing the entire planet. Instead, the convivial summiteers feasted on a six-course lunch at a five-star lakeside hotel on the island ... more Vaccine For Protection Against Black Plague Bioterror Attack 
Orlando FL (SPX) Aug 01, 2008A University of Central Florida researcher may have found a defense against the Black Plague, a disease that wiped out a third of Europe's population in the Middle Ages and which government agencies perceive as a terrorist threat today. UCF Professor Henry Daniell and his team have developed a vaccine that early research shows is highly effective against the plague. Findings of his National ... more Japan raids company over nuclear exports 
Tokyo (AFP) July 31, 2008Japanese police on Thursday raided a machine tool maker for exporting equipment without government approval that can be used to make nuclear weapons, officials said. Television footage showed officers raiding the headquarters of Horkos Corp. near the western city of Hiroshima, which was the site of the world's first atomic bombing on August 6, 1945. Police were suspicious about the ... more Libya Negotiates Weapons Deal With Russia 
Moscow (AFP) July 31, 2008Libya is negotiating with Moscow to buy Russian weapons and for the construction of a nuclear power station, the countries' prime ministers said on Thursday. "The Libyan leadership confirmed its interest in acquiring high-quality products from the Russian defence industry," Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying by Interfax and ITAR-TASS after a meeting with Libyan Prime ... more Iran again rejects nuclear deadline 
Tehran (AFP) July 31, 2008Iran on Thursday rejected any deadline to give its final response to a package drawn up by world powers seeking to end the nuclear crisis, and said there should be more negotiations to reach a deal. "The language of deadline-setting is not understandable to us. We gave them our response within a month as we said we would, now they have to reply to us," Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki ... more |
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Jerusalem (AFP) July 31, 2008Israel expressed concern on Thursday about a German company's contract to build three liquefied natural gas plants in Iran amid sanctions aimed at halting Tehran's nuclear enrichment programme. "The ministry will talk to the highest officials within the German government to obtain clarification and express its concern over the fact that the German office of export controls gave its green ... more Analysis: Turkmenistan and Gazprom 
Washington (UPI) Jul 31, 2008 Eurocrats perturbed by Gazprom's growing dominance of Europe's natural gas market and its hardball capitalist tactics, take heart -- several days ago Gazprom's mighty CEO Alexei Miller was humbled by Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. In tough negotiations Berdimuhamedov forced Miller to agree to pay "market rates" for future long-term deliveries of Turkmen gas, according to a brief ... more Scientists Demonstrate Highly Directional Semiconductor Lasers 
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 01, 2008Applied scientists at Harvard University in collaboration with researchers from Hamamatsu Photonics in Hamamatsu City, Japan, have demonstrated, for the first time, highly directional semiconductor lasers with a much smaller beam divergence than conventional ones. The innovation opens the door to a wide range of applications in photonics and communications. Harvard University has also file ... more Quantum Ships Carbon Composite Hydrogen Storage To Japan 
Irvine CA (SPX) Aug 01, 2008Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide has announced that it has designed, developed and shipped a new generation of ultra light weight advanced composite hydrogen storage units for Suzuki Motor Corporation's Fuel Cell Vehicle Program. These unique systems for Suzuki were developed, analyzed, and tested to meet the Japanese Government requirements. The higher fuel density ... more Louisiana Enacts Comprehensive Advanced Biofuel Legislation 
Baton Rouge LA (SPX) Aug 01, 2008Governor Bobby Jindal has signed into law the Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative, the most comprehensive and far-reaching state legislation in the nation enacted to develop a statewide advanced biofuel industry. Louisiana is the first state to enact alternative transportation fuel legislation that includes a variable blending pump pilot program and a hydrous ethanol pilot program. ... more
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