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Taser Receives First Municipal Lease For Its X26 Energy Weapons
Scottsdale AZ (SPX) Sep 24, 2004
Taser announced Wednesday that it received its first municipal lease order for 324 Taser X26 conducted energy weapons and accessories from the Indianapolis Police Department in Indiana. Indianapolis Police utilized this lease program to supplement the 100 units currently deployed by the department.

Bush Says Iran Will Not Get Nuclear Weapon
Crawford TX (AFP) Sep 26, 2004
US President George W. Bush says "all options are on the table" for making sure Iran dismantles its nuclear program, and that Washington will never let Tehran acquire atomic weapons.
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Japan Plans To Develop Advanced Spy Satellite
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 27, 2004
The Japanese government plans to develop an advanced spy satellite for launch in 2010. Government sources say the satellite will be able to distinguish objects on Earth as small as 50 centimeters.

VMU-1 Pioneer UAV Provides Birds Eye View Of Combat Zone
Al Taqaddum, Iraq (SPX) Sep 27, 2004
The fog of war clouding the modern battlefield is getting a whole lot thinner. Marines fighting an insurgency through the maze-like streets of Iraqi cities like Ar Ramadi and Fallujah are finding the enemy more easily thanks to Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1, Marine Aircraft Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing.

ATK Completes Acquisition Of PSI Group
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Sep 24, 2004
ATK has completed its acquisition of the PSI Group following regulatory review from the Federal Trade Commission.

Boeing Moves Advanced MilComm Technology From Theory To Practice
Kent WA (SPX) Sep 24, 2004
Soldiers on the battlefield soon may be able to conduct successful combat operations more quickly and effectively with new communications technology from Boeing.

Lockheed Martin Successfully Tests Tactical Synthetic Aperture Radar
Denver CO (SPX) Sep 24, 2004
Lockheed Martin announced Thursday that its Theatre Airborne Reconnaissance System (TARS) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) successfully performed, for the first time, aboard an operational F-16 at Edwards Air Force Base in California. TARS SAR is the first all weather, day and night, precision radar capability developed for tactical aircraft.

Scientists Find Nanowires Capable Of Detecting Individual Viruses
Cambridge MA (SPX) Sep 23, 2004
Harvard University scientists have found that ultra-thin silicon wires can be used to electrically detect the presence of single viruses, in real time, with near-perfect selectivity.

California Scientists Wage Joint War On Internet Plagues
San Diego CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2004
Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego and the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI), affiliated with UC Berkeley, have joined forces to launch a full-scale assault on viruses, worms and other plagues afflicting the Internet.

Northrop Grumman Begins Testing Advanced EHF Nulling Antenna
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2004
Northrop Grumman has begun testing its Advanced EHF Nulling Antenna for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military satellite communications system.

LockMart Partners With US And Spanish Navies For Second Aegis Demonstration
Moorestown NJ (SPX) Sep 22, 2004
Lockheed Martin and the crews of the Spanish Navy frigate Almirante Juan De Borbon (F-102) and the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG-91) continued the international Aegis success story by completing the second joint Combat System Ship Qualification Trials (CSSQT) last week.

Boeing Moves Advanced MilCom Technology From Theory To Practice
Kent WA (SPX) Sep 22, 2004
Soldiers on the battlefield soon may be able to conduct successful combat operations more quickly and effectively with new communications technology from Boeing.

Boeing, IBM Strategic Alliance Boosts Net-Centric Technology
St Louis MO (SPX) Sep 21, 2004
Boeing and IBM announced a strategic alliance Monday in New York City to address an estimated $200 billion market for ground and space-based systems to enhance the nation's military communications, intelligence operations and homeland security.

A160 Hummingbird Resumes Flight Testing As Boeing UAV
Chicago IL (SPX) Sep 21, 2004
The A160 Hummingbird unmanned aerial vehicle made its first test flight as a Boeing aircraft Friday from an airfield near Victorville, Calif. The successful 80-minute test included both hovering and forward flight.

Successful Minuteman 3 Launch
Vandenberg AFB (SPX) Sep 20, 2004
An unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile was successfully launched from North Vandenberg at 1:01 a.m. September 15.

America Must Reach For Space Dominance: Teets
 WASHINGTON DC (SPX) Sep 20, 2004
On the anniversary of the first man-made object reaching the moon, the Department of Defense's executive agent for space urged America to strive for dominance in space.

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