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New Method For Making Improved Radiation Detectors
Upton NY (SPX) Jun 05, 2007Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, with funding from DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration*, have devised ways to improve the performance of radiation detectors, such as those used by law enforcement agencies to locate and identify radioactive material. The improved sensors, for which the Laboratory has filed a U.S. provisional patent app ... more Raytheon-Led Warrior Training Alliance Wins US Army Warfighter FOCUS Program 
Reston VA (SPX) Jun 06, 2007The Warrior Training Alliance (WTA), led by prime contractor Raytheon Technical Services Company in collaboration with Computer Sciences Corporation, has been selected to oversee the landmark consolidation of the U.S. Army's live, virtual and constructive training operations and support systems worldwide. The Warfighter Field Operations Customer Support (FOCUS) contract to improve the read ... more Coping With Gaza's Rockets 
Sderot, Israel (UPI) June 05, 2007Palestinian militants have launched 294 rockets and mortar bombs into Israel since May 15, presenting the government with a problem: How to stop them? Two-thirds of those projectiles were Qassam rockets, pipes packed with propellants produced by dissolving sugar with fertilizers and explosives whose range of destruction is fairly small. The launchers are disposable. The physical damage the ... more In Praise Of Pessimism 
Washington (UPI) June 05, 2007Many of these columns have been critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Others have been critical of American President George W. Bush. Those who object to my criticism of Putin see me as a conservative, while those who dislike my criticism of Bush see me as a liberal. But I am neither a conservative nor a liberal. Instead, I am a pessimist -- at least insofar as international relations ar ... more Boeing Completes Critical Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite Tests 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Jun 06, 2007Boeing has successfully completed end-to-end testing of the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) payload command and control system, paving the way for the launch of the first WGS satellite this summer. During the tests, the newly-installed WGS ground station equipment at the Camp Roberts Wideband Satellite Communications Operations Center in Paso Robles, Calif., communicated with a WGS satellite ... more |
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Paris (AFP) Jun 05, 2007President Nicolas Sarkozy makes his debut on the world stage at the Group of Eight summit of rich countries this week, a month after winning office on a pledge to bolster France's international role. Sarkozy is stepping into the shoes of his predecessor Jacques Chirac who was the G8 club's elder statesman when he retired after 12 years in office. But the 52-year-old French president will b ... more Airline Sector Aims For Zero Emisssions By 2050 
Vancouver (AFP) Jun 05, 2007The airline sector must aim for zero carbon-dioxide emissions by 2050, an industry association says, but not everyone is heeding its call for a joint effort by aircraft manufacturers, carriers and public authorities. "We have to move all forward in the same direction" toward reducing CO2 emissions to zero percent, the International Air Transport Association said in Vancouver Monday at the annual ... more Florida Rejects Clean Coal Bid As Public Ignores Cost Of National Self Sufficiency 
Juno Beach FL (SPX) Jun 06, 2007Florida Power and Light Company (FPL) said that it is deeply disappointed in the Florida Public Service Commission's (PSC) ruling that failed to recognize the utility's need to build an advanced clean coal technology power plant to meet customers' future energy demands. For several years, FPL has received strong encouragement through the Florida Energy Plan, the Florida legislature and the ... more Powerful Cyclone Threatens Oil Industry In Oman 
Muscat, Oman (AFP) Jun 05, 2007A cyclone packing huge winds of up to 260 kilometres an hour advanced towards the Gulf state of Oman on Tuesday, posing a potential threat to the key route for oil exports from the energy-rich region. Oman has evacuated about 7,000 people from coastal areas in the sultanate, where the weather service said Cyclone Gonu was expected to make landfall by early Wednesday. The first signs of the ... more AeroAstro Completes Preliminary Design Review For STP-SIV Spacecraft 
Ashburn VA (SPX) Jun 05, 2007AeroAstro, along with prime contractor Ball Aerospace and Technologies, has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the DoD Space Test Program Standard Interface Vehicle (STP-SIV) program. Ball Aerospace and Technologie (BATC) and AeroAstro were awarded the Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract in 2006, for up to six vehicles, with the first vehicle contract valued ... more |
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Pascagoula MS (SPX) Jun 05, 2007The U.S. Navy today awarded Northrop Grumman a $2.4 billion fixed-price incentive contract for the detail design and construction of the amphibious assault ship, LHA 6. Work will be performed primarily at the company's shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., and ship delivery is scheduled for 2012. "This contract award reinforces the U.S. Navy's confidence that we have recovered from the effects of ... more Lockheed Martin Completes Significant System Design Milestone On TMOS Program 
San Jose CA (SPX) Jun 05, 2007Lockheed Martin has completed a successful System Design Review (SDR) of the TSAT Mission Operations System (TMOS) with the U.S. Air Force. The two-day event concluded the system review of TMOS architecture and requirements allocation for this critical element of the Global Information Grid. "The completion of the System Design Review marks a critical milestone for the program while building ... more US Encourages Responsible Behavior In Space-Faring Nations 
Washington DC (USINFO) Jun 05, 2007U.S. officials say the National Space Policy, released in October 2006, is the natural evolution of a half-century of space-related policies, and that China's anti-satellite test in January, though cause for concern, is not part of a new "arms race" in orbit. Also, some technical experts and members of Congress have expressed concern that President Bush's policy conveys a unilateralist attack ... more Iraqi Kurds Face Crunch Time 
Washington (UPI) June 04, 2007For four years, the enthusiastically pro-American enclave of Kurdistan in Northern Iraq has been portrayed as the one shining beacon of hope in the sinister chaos of Iraq. But that bright beacon now threatens to set off a regional fire that could wreck NATO's southern flank. Bush administration policymakers and their U.S. media cheering section held out the Kurdish enclave as proof that ... more Will The Guns Of August Go Atomic 
Washington (UPI) June 04, 2007World peace is now at risk because of "new crazies who say, 'Let's go and bomb Iran.'" So spoke Mohammed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency. He didn't mention names. But the latest "bombs away" clarion call came from no less a neocon giant than Norman Podhoretz, the original godfather of the movement that played a critical role in bringing down the Soviet empire. ... more
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