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June 17, 2010
MILTECH
IAI Presents Strikes - 122mm Precision Rocket
Haifa, Israel (SPX) Jun 17, 2010
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will unveil a series of effective and affordable weapon systems at this year's Eurosatory Symposium and Exhibition in Paris. These systems share the common vision of affordability and precision, transforming "statistical" artillery into precision weapons. IAI's vision of future weapon systems stresses the ability to create highly precise systems that enable the support fire elements to do their jobs faster, more accurately and with much less collateral damag ... read more

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MILTECH

New Micro-Gyro For DARPA Program Continues Development
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FROTH AND BUBBLE

Australia to send toxic waste to Denmark for treatment
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

NASA Demonstrates Tsunami Prediction System
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GPS NEWS

Solar flare activity might threaten GPS
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SHAKE AND BLOW

NASA demos tsunami prediction system
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GPS NEWS

Israel asks U.S. for more precision bombs
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GPS NEWS

Delorme To Preview Highly-Anticipated PN-60W GPS With SPOT Satellite Communicator
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GPS NEWS

Chinese GPS Moves Closer
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SOLAR SCIENCE

NASA Keeping A Wary Eye On Space Weather
UAV NEWS

US Army Testing Rugged Autonomous Robot Vehicle
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SOLAR DAILY

Google Donates 3,000 Solar Chargers To International Medical Corps
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LAUNCH PAD

Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne Celebrates 50 Years
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GPS NEWS

China Launches Fourth Nav Satellite
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TERROR WARS

Texas man charged with trying to help Al-Qaeda
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FARM NEWS
Sowing Seeds With New Agricultural Carbon Accounting Tool
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Jun 04, 2010
Carbon dioxide emissions from agricultural activity in the United States can now be tracked with unprecedented resolution because of a method developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. A team led by Tristram West uses satellite remote sensing, computational resources and high-resolution national inventory datasets to pinpoint agricultural-based carbon emissions nationwide. The metho ... more

CLIMATE SCIENCE
Earth On The Rocks
Moffet Field CA (SPX) Jun 04, 2010
Greenland's coastal areas, rebounding like a sponge as the ice melts away, is rising upward about an inch a year. Geophysicists at the University of Miami found that if the trend continues, the acceleration could be as much as two inches per year by 2025. "It's been known for several years that climate change is contributing to the melting of Greenland's ice sheet," said Tim Dixon, a co-au ... more

LAUNCH PAD
Preparations For First Falcon 9 Test Launch
Hawthorne CA (SPX) Jun 03, 2010
SpaceX is now targeting Friday, June 4th for its first test launch attempt of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The primary schedule driver for the first Falcon 9 test launch has been certification of the flight termination system (FTS). The FTS ensures that Air Force Range safety officials can command the destruction of the vehicle should it stray from its designated flight path. The suc ... more

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GPS NEWS

Airmen Upgrade GPS Constellation

MILTECH

Viper Strike Being Added To KC-130J Arsenal


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SUPERPOWERS
New Micro-Gyro For DARPA Program Continues Development

Elbit Systems Introduces New Dual Remote Weapon Station (DRWS)

MoD Scientists Develop Upgraded Body Armour

SUPERPOWERS
Raytheon Receives Contract To Advance Patriot Capabilities

Boeing And Northrop Grumman Partner For MDA Contract Competition

Emirates ready for $7B THAAD deal

SUPERPOWERS
Raytheon To Develop New Airborne TOW Launcher

Scrapping S-300 deal could cost Moscow

Taiwan to test missile that could reach Beijing: report

SUPERPOWERS
Gates defends arms sales to Taiwan

Eyeing Iran, Saudis upgrade F-15 fleet

Pakistan gets F-16s on stiff conditions

SUPERPOWERS
Robot cat Doraemon's gadgets come to life in Japan show

NASA Expanding Tests Of Star Wars-Inspired "Droids"

Bid to curb oil spill in 'hands' of deepsea robots

SUPERPOWERS
HIV: Nurse-monitored treatment gets OK in S.African trial

The Dilemma Of Plants Fighting Infections

WHO head defends management of swine flu pandemic

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FLOATING STEEL
Northrop Grumman To Supply Nav Systems For Italian Navy Submarines
Freiburg, Germany (SPX) Jun 03, 2010
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract by the Italian shipyard Fincantieri to deliver two full navigation suites for the second pair of U212A class submarines being built for the Italian Navy. This new contract represents the natural evolution of the joint German-Italian Submarine Program. Fincantieri, which has already constructed and delivered the first two submarines to the Italian Navy, is also building the second pair of boats at its Muggiano shipyard. The navigation suites, compr ... read more

FLOATING STEEL
US Army Awards Lockheed Martin Contract For Additional PTDS Aerostat Systems

AirShow China expecting robots, acrobatics

GE unveils new turbocharged gas engine

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FLOATING STEEL
How Does One Weigh The Greenhouse Gas Carbon Dioxide

New Process Is Promising For Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars

Reinventing The Wheel Naturally

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FLOATING STEEL
VoIP Phones For Defense Manufacturers And Militaries Worldwide

WIN-T Team Completes Design Milestone For Key Subsystem

Thales Australia wins ship SATCOM contract

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FLOATING STEEL
Raytheon Receives Contract To Advance Patriot Capabilities

Boeing And Northrop Grumman Partner For MDA Contract Competition

Emirates ready for $7B THAAD deal

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FLOATING STEEL
Free-range eggs: Not as healthy as regular

Genomic sequence of Atlantic salmon sought

US expands Gulf of Mexico no-fishing area

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