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Aurora Flight Sciences Delivers Major Global Hawk Assembly
Manassas VA (SPX) Apr 11, 2005Aurora Flight Sciences announced last Thursday that it delivered the first aft fuselage for the new RQ-4B model of the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle to prime contractor Northrop Grumman. Defense Scientists Call For Halt To Missile Defense Deployment Funding 
WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 07, 2005A group of top US scientists, including nine Nobel Prize winners, called on Congress Thursday to stop funding deployment of interceptor missiles for a controversial ground-based missile defense system, saying it was incapable of defending against a real attack. Boeing Completes SBSS Pathfinder Preliminary Design Review 
St Louis MO (SPX) Apr 07, 2005Boeing, in partnership with Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) Pathfinder system. |
Space Facility Transferred To Russia
Dushanbe, Tajikistan (UPI) Apr 6, 2005Russia and Tajikistan have agreed to transfer a military space-tracking facility to Russian ownership, local media reported Wednesday. U.S. Military Wants Weapons In Space 
WASHINGTON (UPI) Apr 6, 2005The Bush administration is advocating the weaponization of space to sustain the global dominance of the U.S. military. "Because we depend so heavily on space capabilities, we must be prepared when directed to confront adversaries on the high ground of space," former Air Force Secretary Peter Teets told Congress in March. NJIT Math Professor Helps Navy Detect Subs; Explains Global Warming 
Newark NJ (SPX) Apr 06, 2005The world's oceans, and mathematics, have a lot to say to Eliza Michalopoulou, PhD, associate professor in the department of mathematics at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). |
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Global Hawk Reaches 4,000th Combat Flight Hour
San Diego CA (SPX) Apr 05, 2005Northrop Grumman's RQ-4 Global Hawk reached 4,000 combat hours on March 23 during an operational mission in support of the war on terrorism. XTAR-EUR Enters Full Commercial Service 
Rockville MD (SPX) Apr 05, 2005XTAR Monday announced that XTAR-EUR, the world's first satellite developed for commercial X-band services, has completed its in-orbit testing and is now fully operational. South Korea May Move Up Radar Satellite 
Seoul (UPI) Apr 03, 2005South Korea has announced plans to move up the launch date for a radar-equipped satellite that can provide images at night and in clouds. |
Mathematician Decodes Two International Cipher Systems
Jinan (XNA) Apr 04, 2005Chinese mathematician Wang Xiaoyun has decoded two international cipher systems, MD5 and SHA-1, spotting loopholes in the latter. North Korea Switches Focus, Hopes For Nuclear Talks Diminish 
Seoul (AFP) Apr 01, 2005Hopes for a speedy resumption of six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons drive faded last Friday after Pyongyang declared itself a nuclear power on a par with Washington and said its new goal was regional disarmament. Sea-Based X-Band Radar Platform Completes Initial At-Sea Testing 
Corpus Christi TX (SPX) Apr 04, 2005Air Force Lt. General Henry "Trey" Obering, Missile Defense Agency director, announced March 24 that the Sea-Based X-Band Radar platform vessel had successfully completed five days of initial at-sea testing, having arrived at Kiewit Offshore Services in Corpus Christi, Texas, on March 17. |
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