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Weather Agency Provides Edge To Warfighters
Offutt AFB NE (AFPN) Aug 15, 2008Today's warfighters are constantly looking for any combat advantage that they can gain on their enemies. One factor that can be the difference between a failed mission and a successful one is the weather. Bad weather can disable a Global Positioning System unit or cause low visibility for an aircraft mission. Airmen at the Air Force Weather Agency here work around the clock to provide ... more WW2 Ammunition Finds New Life In War On Terrorism 
Hurlburt Field FL (AFPN) Aug 15, 2008A team of Air Force weapons specialist turned to ammunition first introduced into service in 1942 to provide lower cost training ammo for the AC-130 Gunship's 40mm cannon. Gunship training with the 40mm Bofors cannon normally calls for high explosive incendiary ammunition produced in the 1970s and 1980s. However, recent ammunition shortages, low availability and high purchase costs have ... more US missile shield nothing to celebrate: Polish town's mayor 
Warsaw (AFP) Aug 14, 2008As Warsaw and Washington clinch a deal on basing part of a US missile shield in Poland, the mood of the mayor is grim in the northern town which is the planned home of the silos. "This is a day of mourning for us," Mariusz Chmiel, mayor of the small northern Polish community of Redzikowo, told AFP in a telephone interview. "The shield is meant to defend the United States, not us. On the ... more US cancels second military exercise with Russia: Gates 
Washington (AFP) Aug 14, 2008The US military has canceled a second exercise with Russia later this month and will re-examine its ties with Moscow in the wake of the Georgia conflict, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday. "We have canceled our participation in a multi-national naval exercise with Russia that was due to begin tomorrow," Gates told a press briefing at the Pentagon. "We've also canceled a ... more Iran says open to dialogue on nuclear stand-off 
Istanbul (AFP) Aug 14, 2008Iran is open to dialogue to resolve the standoff on its controversial nuclear programme, but will not give up its right to possess atomic energy, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday. "We believe that dialogue is the best way to resolve the issue and we are always ready for dialogue," Ahmadinejad told reporters here after talks with his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul. ... more |
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Cherry Hill NJ (SPX) Aug 15, 2008Lockheed Martin has developed the Suspicion Vessel Focuser (SVF) -- a novel software technology that allows naval watchstanders to monitor large numbers of ships and focuses their attention on those that pose the greatest threat. In today's environment, the nation's seaports and maritime assets are vulnerable to asymmetric threats. With thousands of ships to track and volumes of data to ... more Boeing Awarded US Navy Contract For Countermine System 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Aug 15, 2008Boeing has been awarded a $153 million U.S. Navy contract to design and develop the Countermine System (CMS) for the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City, Fla. The CMS, part of the Navy's effort to field a comprehensive Assault Breaching System, will help minimize mine-related combat losses during amphibious landings. "The CMS will neutralize mines in the beach and surf zone in advance ... more 130 Russian armoured vehicles move deeper into Georgia: Tbilisi 
Tbilisi (AFP) Aug 14, 2008About 130 Russian armoured vehicles on Thursday moved out of Georgia's western flashpoint city Zugdidi and penetrated deeper into Georgian territory, a top Georgian official said. After leaving Zugdidi and travelling in the direction of Kutaisi, Georgia's second-largest city, the vehicles stopped in the village of Teklati, Interior Ministry Spokesman Shota Utiashvili told AFP. "For the ... more China's quake reconstruction to cost nearly 150 billion dollars: govt 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 14, 2008Nearly 150 billion dollars are needed to rebuild areas in southwest China devastated by a massive earthquake in May, the government said on Thursday. The 51 worst-hit counties and cities will need about one trillion yuan (145.7 billion dollars), said the National Development and Reform Commission, the top economic planning agency, in a statement on its website. That was more than one ... more Anti-Noise Silences Wind Turbines 
Chemnitz, Germany (SPX) Aug 12, 2008If wind turbines clatter and whistle too loudly, they are only permitted to operate under partial load to protect the local residents but this also means a lower electricity output. An active damping system cancels out the noise by producing counter-vibrations. If wind energy converters are located anywhere near a residential area, they must never become too noisy even in high winds. Most ... more |
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Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Aug 14, 2008The ELA-3 launch zone at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana is alive with activity for the fifth time this year, as the latest Ariane 5 is readied for its August 14 liftoff on a flight to orbit the Superbird-7 and AMC-21 telecommunications satellite payloads. Preparations for the mission entered their final phase this morning (August 13) after the heavy-lift Ariane 5 ECA was transferred ... more GeoEye's Next-Gen Satellite Launch Moves To September 4 
Dulles VA (SPX) Aug 14, 2008GeoEye has announced that United Launch Alliance (ULA) has initiated a change in the target launch date for GeoEye-1 from August 22 to September 4, 2008. This added time is needed to allow for the positioning of resources to support receipt of down-range telemetry from the Delta II booster vehicle after launch and initial flight from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. ULA has submitted ... more MIT's Lincoln Lab Upgrades Sputnik-Era Antenna 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Aug 14, 2008A mammoth MIT antenna installed in 1957 as the first radar system to conduct space surveillance (it observed the Sputnik satellite) is poised for many more years of key observations thanks to a recently completed renovation. Lincoln Laboratory's Millstone Hill Radar (MHR) antenna is one of the world's principal tools for maintaining the Deep Space Catalog--the listing of the more than ... more AsiaSat Appoints New General Manager China 
Hong Kong (SPX) Aug 14, 2008Asia Satellite Telecommunications has announced the appointment of Mr. Zhang HaiMing as its new General Manager China. Mr. Zhang will oversee all AsiaSat's marketing, sales and customer relations activities inthe Mainland China market, leading a strong team to continue driving business development and strengthening service support to customers in China. AsiaSat's Chief Executive ... more Yahoo Launches Fire Eagle 
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2008Yahoo! has announced the general availability of Fire Eagle, an open platform that helps users take their location to the Web while giving them the ability to easily control how and where their location data is shared. Fire Eagle gives users a place to store and manage information about their location, and offers developers clear protocols for updating or accessing that information. Because ... more
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