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Space Professional Development Program Is First-Of-Its-kind
Peterson AFB CO (AFNS) Apr 24, 2007The first course of a five-course, space certificate pilot program initiated by Air Force Space Command and the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs concludes this month for 20 space professionals. The goal of this "first-of-its-kind" program is to increase the technical foundation of space pros and encourage them to pursue advanced academic degrees relevant to the space professional ... more Boeing and iRobot Team to Develop New Recon Robot For Military And Civil Use 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Apr 24, 2007Boeing and iRobot have announced they have signed a teaming agreement to design and develop a next-generation, small unmanned ground vehicle (SUGV) called the SUGV Early. The vehicle will provide military, civil and commercial users with unprecedented reconnaissance and secure, real-time intelligence capabilities. The SUGV Early will be a smaller, lighter version of the iRobot PackBot, whi ... more Beacon Illuminator Laser Shows High Reliability In Ground And Flight Tests 
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2007The Northrop Grumman-built Beacon Illuminator Laser (BILL), which is part of the targeting system for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser (ABL) aircraft, has shown high reliability during ground tests that began in July 2006 and in flight tests initiated late last year. In-flight firings consistently lasted longer than 90 seconds, reaching the same power level achieved during ... more Raytheon Demonstrates New DCGS Web-Portal Capabilities To Improve Intelligence Sharing Across Military Services 
Garland, TX April 18, 2007Raytheon recently demonstrated new key Web-portal capabilities, much like the Internet, that will improve intelligence sharing across the military services and intelligence agencies and facilitate closer collaboration. After the 9/11 Commission stressed that the military services need to collaborate more closely through improved technologies, Raytheon demonstrated to program officials in v ... more Dodgen Joins Northrop Grumman As Vice President Of Strategy For Missile Systems Business 
Reston VA (SPX) Apr 20, 2007Northrop Grumman has appointed retired US. Army Lt. Gen. Larry J. Dodgen, former commander of U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/U.S. Army Forces Strategic Command, has joined the company as vice president of strategy for the company's missile systems business. Dodgen reports directly to Jerry B. Agee, corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman's Mission Systems se ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) April 23, 2007Nuclear power is not the long-term answer to China's energy needs due to limited global uranium supplies and problems with nuclear waste disposal, state media on Monday quoted a top official as saying. "Nuclear power cannot save us because the world's supply of uranium and other radioactive minerals needed to generate nuclear power are very limited," Chen Mingde, vice chairman of the Natio ... more Why GNEP Can Not Jump To The Future 
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 24, 2007Congress is now considering whether to approve or zero out the $405 million that President Bush is proposing to spend in fiscal year 2008 on the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP)-a program aimed at rendering plutonium inert in nuclear weapons but still useful in nuclear power plants. Nuclear experts at the National Academy of Sciences have long questioned the practicability of the t ... more Biodiesel Will Not Drive Down Global Warming 
London UK (SPX) Apr 24, 2007EU legislation to promote the uptake of biodiesel will not make any difference to global warming, and could potentially result in greater emissions of greenhouse gases than from conventional petroleum derived diesel. This is the conclusion of a new study reported in Chemistry and Industry, the magazine of the SCI. Analysts at SRI Consulting compared the emissions of greenhouse gases by the ... more India And Japan Sign Pact On Global Warming 
Tokyo (AFP) April 23, 2007Japan signed a deal Monday to help fast-growing India fight global warming as the two countries look ahead to a framework after the landmark Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. Under the agreement, Japan will invest in India's energy industry and transfer energy-saving technology. It comes two weeks after Japan sealed a similar agreement with China during a landmark visit here by Chinese Premi ... more Buried Residual Oil Is Still Affecting Wildlife Decades After A Spill 
Bell House MS (SPX) Apr 24, 2007Nearly four decades after a fuel oil spill polluted the beaches of Cape Cod, researchers have found the first compelling evidence for lingering, chronic biological effects on a marsh that otherwise appears to have recovered. Through a series of field observations and laboratory experiments with salt marsh fiddler crabs (Uca pugnax), doctoral student Jennifer Culbertson and colleagues found ... more |
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