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Apache to Field Ground Fire-Detection SystemNashville TN (SPX) Apr 28, 2011 Apache attack helicopters will soon field a new, high-tech Ground Fire Acquisition System, which uses cameras and infrared sensors to instantly identify the source location of ground fire, service officials said. "GFAS (Ground Fire Acquisition System) detects ground fire. It allows us to take information about incoming fire, get our sensors on it and identify and prosecute ground targets," said Maj. Justin Highley, Assistant product manager for the Longbow Apache. The infrared sensors built ... read more |
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 Boeing Vigilare System Completes Operational Testing in Australia The Boeing Vigilare network centric command and control system has passed its last formal operational test. Testing took place at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Williamtown's Eastern Regiona ... more | .. |
  Panetta: savvy US politico to tackle defense budget Leon Panetta, the CIA director expected to take over as the next US defense secretary, is a political heavyweight with a knack for budgets who will have to rein in the Pentagon's massive spending. ... more | .. |
 US Army's new Lakota packed with high-tech gear The Army National Guard is preparing to receive the first light utility helicopter equipped with a new, state-of-the-art mission equipment package. The new MEP aboard the UH-72A Lakota light u ... more | .. |
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  US Customs and Border Protection P-3 Orion Upgrade Lockheed Martin has delivered the second P-3 Orion with new Mid-Life Upgrade enhancements to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). This newly re-winged P-3 joins CBP's first upgraded Orion ... more | .. |
 Aviators Praise F Model Chinook The U.S. Army and its industry partner Boeing have built 126 CH-47 Chinook "F" model helicopters, the latest modernized cargo aircraft built with state-of-the-art avionics, automated flight controls ... more | .. |
  Russia tests missiles amid nuke talks Russia has successfully test-fired a Sineva ballistic missile from one of its nuclear-powered submarines, a spokesman of the Russian Defense Ministry said. ... more | .. |
  First Flight of Heavy-Fuel Powered Fury 1500 UAS AME Unmanned Air Systems (AME UAS) announces the successful first flight of the Fury 1500 Small Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (STUAS) powered by a heavy-fuel engine. The successful flight occurred ... more |
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AI systems proposed to boost launch cadence reliability and traffic management
China debuts Long March 12A reusable rocket in Jiuquan test flight
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 India scraps Gripen from its jet shortlist India has scrapped Saab's Gripen from its fighter jet shortlist in its drive to modernise its armed forces, the Swedish aircraft builder said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Panetta to Pentagon in Obama shake-up President Barack Obama will Thursday name CIA director and Washington powerplayer Leon Panetta defense secretary, reshuffling his security team at a pivotal moment for US military strategy. ... more | .. |
  Libyan lifeline port 'safe' but refugees want out Libyan rebels said on Wednesday they pushed Moamer Kadhafi's missiles out of range of Misrata port, even as hundreds of African refugees cowered from loud blasts which rocked the besieged city. ... more | .. |
  Crocker: veteran diplomat gets Kabul hot seat Seasoned diplomat Ryan Crocker will have to draw on a wealth of experience honed in the world's hotspots if, as expected, he becomes the US ambassador to Kabul at a time of frosty ties. ... more |
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 N.Korea makes progress at nuclear site: images North Korea is making progress on a project that it says is a light water reactor but has raised overseas concerns, a US think tank said Wednesday after obtaining satellite images. ... more | .. |
 Libyan tribes call on Kadhafi to go Libya's tribes urged Moamer Kadhafi on Wednesday to cede power, as rebels backed by NATO air strikes said they forced the strongman's missiles out of range of the lifeline port of Misrata. ... more | .. |
 General Petraeus, war 'hero' in Iraq, to lead CIA General David Petraeus, named to take charge of the CIA, emerged as America's most dominant military officer in the Iraq war and has tried to turn around another troubled mission in Afghanistan. ... more | .. |
 Afghan pullout to be slow process, warns US general A top US officer returning from commanding US Marines in Afghanistan's restive southwest emphasized Wednesday that the pullout of foreign troops from the country would be a slow, drawn-out process. ... more |
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OPERA satellite data sharpens US crop and water management
Alen Space begins SATMAR satellite validation over Bay of Algeciras
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 Thai soldiers wounded in latest clashes Sporadic fighting continued for a fifth day on the disputed Thailand-Cambodia border, with 10 Thai soldiers wounded since the weekend. ... more | .. |
 Outside View: Solutions needed During World War II, the U.S. Navy's construction battalions, affectionately known as "Seabees," bragged that accomplishing the difficult was easy and the impossible just took a bit longer. Today, the United States and the Obama administration face an array of foreign policy problems that include the intractable and the seemingly impossible. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan missile can reach Beijing: report Taiwan has developed a missile capable of reaching Beijing and tested it successfully three years ago, a report said Wednesday, citing a former defence minister. ... more | .. |
 French hostages plead for freedom in Qaeda video Al Qaeda's North African arm has released a video apparently showing four French nuclear workers kidnapped last year in North Africa urging France to pull its troops out of Afghanistan. ... more |
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 Carter meets N. Korea parliament head during peace bid Former US president Jimmy Carter met North Korea's de facto head of state in Pyongyang Wednesday during his visit aimed at easing regional tensions and pushing nuclear disarmament. ... more | .. |
India, Pakistan open trade talks India and Pakistan on Wednesday began their first trade talks since the 2008 Mumbai attacks, opening a two-day session designed to boost business between the nuclear-armed rivals. ... more | .. |
 China's army chief of staff to visit US in May China's army chief of staff will visit the United States in mid-May, the defence ministry said Wednesday, as the two countries try to bolster military relations despite their growing rivalry. ... more |
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Molecular catalyst switches between hydrogen and oxygen production
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  Iraq culture chief, top cop escape assassination Iraq's top theatre and film official narrowly escaped assassination on Wednesday when a magnetic "sticky bomb" affixed to his car detonated shortly after he parked it, he told AFP. ... more | .. |
AU urges end to military action targeting Libyan officials The African Union Wednesday urged an end to military actions targeting senior Libyan officials, two days after an allied air strike hit Moamer Kadhafi's compound in Tripoli. ... more | .. |
NATO agrees to establish civilian post in Libya NATO allies have agreed to establish a civilian post in Libya's eastern rebel bastion of Benghazi in an effort to step up political contacts with the opposition, an alliance source said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Petraeus to head CIA, Panetta to lead Defense: reports CIA director Leon Panetta will become the new US defense secretary, while General David Petraeus will replace him, in a major shakeup of President Barack Obama's security team, ABC and NBC television reported Wednesday. ... more |
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 Raytheon Awarded Contract for Patriot Tactical Missile Upgrades Raytheon has been awarded a $58.3 million contract for Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tactical, or GEM-T, missiles. The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM), Redstone Arsenal, Ala ... more | .. |
  Missile Warning Satellite Encapsulated in Launch Vehicle Payload Fairing The first Lockheed Martin-built Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) spacecraft was encapsulated into its payload fairing April 20 in preparation for an early May liftoff aboar ... more | .. |
 Outside View: Justifying a massacre As Iraqi forces raided an Iranian opposition camp this month in what has been described by the chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations as a "massacre" and by British politicians as a "crime against humanity," it is clear that the continued ban on the MEK in the United States is being used by Iraq and Iran to justify the massacre of members of this group. ... more | .. |
 China's army chief to visit US in May: state media China's army chief of staff will visit the United States in May, state media confirmed on Tuesday, as the two countries try to bolster military relations despite their growing rivalry. ... more |
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