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KC-45 Advanced Aerial Refueling Boom Concludes Testing Phase
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 06, 2008The advanced Aerial Refueling Boom System (ARBS) for Northrop Grumman's KC-45 Tanker has completed its testing and validation phase. Over the final two-day flight test period, the ARBS conducted more than 20 contacts with an F-16 fighter aircraft and, thereby, successfully achieved all remaining test objectives. Completion of the boom test program confirmed the capabilities and maturity of ... more Germany denies Pentagon claim of seeking armed drones 
Berlin (AFP) Aug 5, 2008Germany on Tuesday denied a Pentagon report that its military was seeking to buy new armed drones that the United States recently began flying in Iraq and Afghanistan. "There are no plans to purchase a fighter drone for the Bundeswehr," a spokesman for the defence ministry in Berlin said. In notifications to Congress, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Monday that Germany ... more Any Iranian attempt to close Gulf 'self-defeating': Pentagon 
Washington (AFP) Aug 5, 2008The Pentagon said Tuesday that any move by Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz would be "self-defeating" because its weak economy is so heavily dependent on oil revenues. "Shutting down the Strait, closing down the Persian Gulf, would be sort of a self-defeating exercise," said Geoff Morrell, the Pentagon press secretary. "That doesn't say anything about whether we tolerate such a thing to ... more Gitmo detainees subject to detention even if acquitted: Pentagon 
Washington (AFP) Aug 5, 2008Some detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba will likely never be released because of the danger they pose, and those tried and acquitted will still be subject to continued detention as enemy combatants, a Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday. Geoff Morrell, the Pentagon press secretary, made the remarks as Salim Hamdan, a Yemeni, awaited a verdict in the first war crimes trial to be held under a ... more Six powers to hold talks Wednesday on Iran nuclear program 
Washington (AFP) Aug 5, 2008The six world powers involved in talks on Iran's nuclear program will hold a conference call Wednesday to decide their next step, after Tehran failed give a final answer to an incentives package, a US State Department spokesman said Tuesday. "If we are not going to receive a clear response, a clear message from them, we are going to have no choice but to pursue additional measures," spokesman ... more |
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Brussels (AFP) Aug 5, 2008Iran promised in a letter Tuesday a final response to an offer from six world powers relating to its nuclear programme but said it first needed some clarifications about the proposals, an EU source said. Earlier the United States said that world powers would discuss their next move on Wednesday and indicated that Tehran faced a fourth set of UN Security Council sanctions if it failed to give ... more Pentagon extends Marine deployment in Afghanistan 
Washington (AFP) Aug 5, 2008The Pentagon has extended the deployment of 1,250 Marines in Afghanistan for 30 days until November to keep up the momentum of training of Afghan security forces, a spokesman said Tuesday. The marines, part of a 3,500-strong contingent sent earlier this year for seven months, are training Afghan police in the southern and western parts of the country. "They have been extended to ... more Hiroshima A-bomb museum strives to keep memories alive 
Hiroshima, Japan (AFP) Aug 5, 2008Few visitors to Hiroshima's memorial museum linger long to look at the photos of scorched victims, a child's burnt lunchbox or the shadow of someone who was incinerated. Perhaps the images are too harrowing, or maybe they are just short of time. More than 50 years after it opened, curators of the museum are reviewing the exhibition to try to convey a stronger message and stop memories of ... more Thompson Files: Crisis denial syndrome 
Arlington, Va. (UPI) Aug 5, 2008 Surveys of U.S. public opinion indicate consumer confidence is very low and four out of five voters think the nation is on the wrong track. President George W. Bush gets much of the blame for the public's pessimism. But maybe the presumptive nominees of the two major parties who are running to replace him deserve some of the blame too, because neither seems willing to face up to the ... more World oil prices fall 
Singapore (AFP) Aug 5, 2008World oil prices fell in Asian trade Tuesday as fears about slowing US demand offset worries about tension over oil-rich Iran's controversial nuclear programme, dealers said. In afternoon trade, New York's main contract, light sweet crude for September delivery, fell 1.10 dollars to 120.31 dollars a barrel from 121.41 dollars at the close of floor trading in the United States on Monday. ... more |
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Robins AFB GA (AFPN) Aug 06, 2008The Defense Logistics Agency kicked off its fuel cell forklift pilot project here July 24 at the Defense Depot Warner Robins. It is part of an effort to find alternative energy sources and reduce America's growing dependence on energy imports. The DDWG, in collaboration with the DLA Research and Development Program, held the kickoff to introduce the second in a series of pilot projects to ... more SpaceX Conducts Full Thrust Firing Of Falcon 9 Rocket 
Mcgregor TX (SPX) Aug 05, 2008Space Exploration Technologies has conducted the first nine engine firing of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle at its Texas Test Facility outside McGregor on July 30th. A second firing on August 1st completed a major NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) milestone almost two months early. At full power, the nine engines consumed 3,200 lbs of fuel and liquid oxygen per second ... more Satgate Contracts Four Transponders At New SES ASTRA Orbital Position 
Betzdorf, Luxembourg (SPX) Aug 05, 2008SES ASTRA has announced that, via its Nordic affiliate SES SIRIUS, it has contracted four transponders on its new orbital position at 31.5 degrees East to the Lithuanian satellite services provider SatGate. SatGate is using the capacity to provide broadband and internet connectivity to households and end customers in Eastern and Central Europe, Russia and its neighbouring countries and the ... more Proton Launch With Inmarsat Satellite Delayed 
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Aug 05, 2008The launch of a Proton M Breeze M vehicle with the Inmarsat-4 F3 satellite has been delayed to allow time to replace and retest a launcher electrical component. During prelaunch testing in Baikonur, a problem was discovered with the flight computer on the Breeze M upper stage. The vendor-supplied flight computer was replaced over the weekend. To ensure mission success, Khrunichev ... more Global Air Quality Checks Delivered Hourly From Space 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Aug 05, 2008The GOME (Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment)-2 scanning spectrometer on board Metop-A is now delivering hourly reports on the amount of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in the Earth's troposphere. A sophisticated data processing system, which produces maps showing global NO2 concentrations based on processed GOME-2 data, was developed by the German Aerospace Center (DLR). NO2, together with aerosol ... more
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