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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 04, 2009 
Launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., aboard an United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle, Oct. 18, 2009, the Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager (SSULI) developed by NRL's Space Science Division and Spacecraft Engineering Department offers a first of its kind technique for remote sensing of the ionosphere and thermosphere from space. Flying on-orbit the U.S. Air Force ... read more 
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Nov 3, 2009 Israel's military intelligence chief has warned that Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have successfully tested an Iranian rocket that can reach Tel Aviv, the Jewish state's largest urban conurbation. That adds a new urgency to Israel's efforts to develop an effective defensive system capable of shooting down short-range rockets that, if the warning by Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin is cor ... 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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Columbus OH (SPX) Nov 04, 2009Researchers spent two months this summer high in the Peruvian Andes and brought back two cores, the longest ever drilled from ice fields in the tropics. Ohio State glaciologist Lonnie Thompson said that this latest expedition focused on a yet-to-be-named ice field 5,364 meters (17,598 feet) above sea level in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range. The researchers hiked to a col, or saddle ... more  
Syracuse NY (SPX) Nov 03, 2009The U.S. Navy recently selected Lockheed Martin to provide its next-generation of electronic warfare (EW) systems for surface ships, which will significantly improve the Navy's ability to detect threats to the fleet. Under an initial $9.9 million contract award, the company will produce a preliminary design for the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 2 Upgrade by ... more 
Long Beach, Calif. (UPI) Nov 2, 2009 The U.S. Air Force's fleet of B-1 bombers is set to undergo extensive new software upgrades to increase automation and striking power of the warplane in battle-ready scenarios. Jennifer Hogan, a Boeing Co. spokeswoman, told United Press International the customized upgrade under an $84 million contract would be carried in line with requirements received from USAF. She said the ... more |
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Tehran (UPI) Oct 23, 2009 As the United States and its allies haggle with Iran over its nuclear program, Moscow has fueled Western unease about its military links to Tehran by pledging to continue selling arms to the Islamic republic. This has raised speculation that it may brush aside the strident objections of the United States and Israel and supply Iran with advanced S-300PMU surface-to-air missiles that ... more  
Moscow (AFP) Oct 23, 2009Ukraine's top diplomat Friday reassured Russia that Kiev was not in talks with Washington over the new US missile shield plan, as he sought to mend relations eroded by a series of crises. "No one has reached out to Ukraine with the initiative on missile defence," said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko, following what he said were "very constructive" talks with his Russian ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 26, 2009Early in the 20th century, a succession of adventurers and scientists pioneered the exploration of Antarctica. A century later, they're still at it, albeit with a different set of tools. This fall, a team of modern explorers will fly over Earth's southern ice-covered regions to study changes to its sea ice, ice sheets, and glaciers as part of NASA's Operation Ice Bridge. Starting next ... more |
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