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Boeing Phantom Works to Lead Research On X-48B Hampton VA (SPX) May 08, 2006 
In cooperation with NASA and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, the Phantom Works organization of Boeing is taking another step toward exploring and validating the structural, aerodynamic and operational advantages of a futuristic aircraft design called the blended wing body, or BWB.
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LM Receives $379M For PAC-3 Missile Production
Dallas TX (SPX) May 08, 2006Lockheed Martin received a $379 million contract from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command for the production of 112 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missiles. Aerosonde Mk4 UAV Sets New Endurance Mark 
Victoria, Australia (SPX) May 08, 2006Flying from the Aerosonde test facility in western Victoria, a Mk4 Aerosonde UAV today set an unofficial world endurance record of 38 hrs and 48 minutes. The current record is 30 hrs and 24 minutes. NGC Successfully Demonstrates S-Band AESA Radar Capability 
Baltimore MD (SPX) May 08, 2006Northrop Grumman has tested a new S-band active electronically scanned array radar technology intended to provide the U.S. Navy with an alternative to the current S-band, ship-based radars. |
Russia's Arms Orders To Go Up 20 Percent
Moscow (AFP) May 08, 2006Russian arms orders will rise next year by more than 20 percent to 8.8 billion euros (11.2 billion dollars) mainly for new nuclear weapons and outfitting rapid reaction forces, a senior official said Saturday. Japan Aims To Revamp Rules For Military Cooperation With US 
Tokyo (AFP) May 08, 2006Japan aims to revamp plans that spell out how its troops would work with the US military in the wake of a North Korean attack, hostilities in the Taiwan Strait and other emergencies, a report said Friday. US Strategy On Ukraine 
Moscow (UPI) May 08, 2006The speech made by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney at the Baltic and Black Sea Summit in Vilnius has shown that the United States is ready for a continued complication of relations with Russia. |
Germany Army Presents New Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle PUMA
Munster, Germany (SPX) May 08, 2006The public got its first look at the German Army's new PUMA infantry fighting vehicle during the Army's fifty-year anniversary celebrations in Munster. In the presence of several hundred guests including politicians, the military, industry, and the media, the initial prototype gave a strong impression of its importance for current and future military missions. US War Doctrine And Iran 
Washington (UPI) May 08, 2006The Paris meeting on Iran, which the media dubbed "secret" because journalists were barred from it from start to finish, ended in failure as expected. India Moves Forward On Kashmir 
New Delhi (UPI) May 08, 2006India is tackling the decades-long Kashmir dispute, with the government and an umbrella organization of Kashmiri separatist groups agreeing on setting up a "mechanism" to continue and sustain the ongoing peace process, Indian political analysts said Friday. |
Problems For The Anti-War Coalition
Washington (UPI) May 08, 2006One of the more amusing aspects of the debacle in Iraq has been the performance of the anti-war Left. Far from "mobilizing the masses for peace," it has had about as much impact as a slingshot on a Kaiser-class dreadnought. Destroying The Village To Save It In the 21st Century 
North Manchester IN (UPI) May 08, 2006One infamous line from the Vietnam War was, "It became necessary to destroy the village to save it." The Bush Administration has carried this thinking to stratospheric heights. How Goss Failed At CIA 
Washington (UPI) May 08, 2006J Porter Goss took over the CIA, confident he had all the answers. He did. The problem was they weren't the answers to the questions he had to deal with. Porter's shock resignation Friday took Washington by surprise. |
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