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 Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Aug 19, 2009 
Boeing, working with industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), has completed construction of a second interceptor test silo for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system at Vandenberg Air Force Base. The new underground silo provides additional test capability for the United States' only defense against long-range ballistic missile threats. "Having this second ... read more 
Baltimore MD (SPX) Aug 19, 2009A Northrop Grumman-led team has successfully demonstrated the integration of the AN/SPQ-9B radar and Naval Expeditionary Overwatch (NEO) system sensor data into the Integrated Combat Management System (ICMS) at the Navy's Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS) at Dam Neck, Va. The team included Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren and Harris Corporation. NEO is sponsored by the ... more
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Apple blocking Dalai Lama, Kadeer, iPhone apps: report
US telecom company fined for bribing Chinese officials Apple blocking Dalai Lama iPhone applications: report Detroit flight plot may prove boon for security firms AT&T wants out of landline business Apple wins iPod hearing loss lawsuit Nuance buys British voice-to-text company SpinVox Facebook, Twitter to face more sophisticated attacks: McAfee Google plans Android event in January Hacker pleads guilty in huge credit card theft case 
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London (AFP) Aug 17, 2009Lemon-headed aliens, scrambled fighter jets and mysterious lights over a cemetery were among details of some 800 UFO sightings released by British authorities Monday. But another intriguing finding to emerge from the 1981-1996 archives was a surge in reports at the time of UFO-related blockbusters such as 1996's "Independence Day," not to mention the British television run of "The X-Files." ... more  
Washington (UPI) Aug 17, 2009 Amid continuing tension over political upheaval in Iran, the U.S. Defense Department says it wants to accelerate production of a 30,000-pound "ultra-large bunker-buster" bomb designed to destroy deeply buried installations. The Pentagon has requested Congress to provide the necessary funding to ensure that the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, a next-generation bomb known as MOP and built by ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 18, 2009Russia's troubled Bulava ballistic missile will be developed and put into service with the Navy, the general designer of the Rubin design bureau for marine engineering has said. The missile, which is being developed by the Moscow-based Institute of Thermal Technology (MITT), has suffered six failures in 11 tests. The general director of the institute has resigned over the failures, seen as ... more |
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Moorestown NJ (SPX) Aug 14, 2009The Aegis Weapon System destined for Australia's first Air Warfare Destroyer began a four month testing program at the Lockheed Martin Aegis Production Test Center. When testing concludes, the full Aegis Weapon System will be ready for installation in HMAS Hobart, the first of three Australian Air Warfare Destroyers under contract. Lockheed Martin's Production Test Center replicates ... more  
Moscow (AFP) Aug 13, 2009Russian warships were scouring the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday for a cargo ship that vanished two weeks ago and is feared hijacked in an audacious pirate attack or mafia feud, the navy said. The hunt is being led by the guided missile frigate Ladny from Russia's Black Sea Fleet, which passed through the Straits of Gibraltar Wednesday en route to join an international search now under way for ... more  
Carpinteria CA (SPX) Aug 14, 2009A deployable satellite reflector and boom assembly from Northrop Grumman will help NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) map soil moisture and the freezing and thawing cycles globally with unprecedented accuracy, resolution and coverage. The company's AstroMesh-Lite configuration deployable reflector will be used on JPL's Soil Moisture Active/Passive (SMAP) mission targeted for launch in ... more |
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