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Eurofighter chief says pitch the planeFrankfurt (AFP) Dec 14, 2009 The new head of the Eurofighter consortium has pressed member countries to do more to sell the combat jet abroad, in an German interview published on Monday. "We need more contracts with support from the governments and a more coordinated support strategy," Enzo Casolini told the Financial Times Deutschland newspaper. "Look at what Sarkozy has done for France," Casolini added in ... read more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Dec 09, 2009When the LCROSS rocket stage slammed into Cabeus crater on October 9, creating an impact plume of material that had not seen sunlight for possibly billions of years, it conclusively proved that water ice exists in the dark recesses of the Moon's polar craters. The LCROSS findings delighted William Feldman, a senior scientist at the Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute. "What got me ... more  
Washington (AFP) Dec 8, 2009The US Air Force on Tuesday confirmed for the first time that it is flying a stealth unmanned aircraft known as the "Beast of Kandahar," a drone spotted in photos and shrouded in secrecy. The RQ-170 Sentinel is being developed by Lockheed Martin and is designed "to provide reconnaissance and surveillance support to forward deployed combat forces," the air force said in a brief statement. ... more  
Bangalore, India (PTI) Dec 07, 2009EADS is keen to forge a partnership with ISRO on supersonic and hypersonic aeroplane technologies, a top company official said. "We are looking very much into the future," Chief Technical Officer of EADS, Jean Botti, said here on possible collaboration between the Indian Space Research Organisation and EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company) going forward. "ISRO has a lot of ... more |
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London, UK (SPX) Dec 02, 2009A sophisticated electronic early warning system aimed at combating soaring levels of piracy on the high seas has been developed by engineers at BAE Systems. The company is working in partnership with major ship owners, to assess commercial requirements in order to create the most effective solution to this increasing threat to maritime security. As a result, the team at BAE Systems ... more  
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 01, 2009Researchers at the California Institute of Technology, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and other institutions suggest that the eccentricity of Saturn's orbit around the sun may be responsible for the unusually uneven distribution of lakes over the northern and southern polar regions of the planet's largest moon, Titan. A paper describing the theory appears in the online edition of Nature ... more 
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Nov 30, 2009 Israel is sticking to its guns on a demand the United States allow it to integrate its own electronic warfare suite in Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, even though the Americans have given the green light to install other Israeli systems in the jet. Israel wants to buy an initial batch of 25 F-35s, enough for one squadron, in fiscal 2012 and would like to acquire another 50. ... more |
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