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TanDEM-X Certified Ready For SpaceBonn, Germany (SPX) May 03, 2010 The construction of the German radar satellite TanDEM-X (TerraSAR-X add-on for Digital Elevation Measurement) is complete and the satellite has been qualified for space operations during a series of tests conducted at IABG in Ottobrunn, near Munich. As with its 'twin' satellite TerraSAR-X, the TanDEM-X project has been implemented as a public-private partnership (PPP) between the German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and Friedrichshafen-based Astrium GmbH. ... read more |
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Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Apr 19, 2010 Israel is mulling the purchase of more Boeing F-15Is or Lockheed Martin F-16Is to fill the operational gap caused by the growing delays - and soaring price tag - of the ill-starred F-35 stealth fighter the air force wants to buy. Jane's Defense Weekly reported the Israeli air force is considering the acquisition of one squadron - 18-24 aircraft - if the delay in developing the F-35, ... more  
Paris (AFP) April 19, 2010Iceland's Eyjafjoell volcano is emitting between 150,000 and 300,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) per day, a figure placing it in the same emissions league as a small-to-medium European economy, experts said on Monday. Assuming the composition of gas to be the same as in an earlier eruption on an adjacent volcano, "the CO2 flux of Eyjafjoell would be 150,000 tonnes per day," Colin Macphers ... more 
Reykjavik (AFP) April 19, 2010Iceland's Eyjafjoell volcano has started spewing out less ash, a sign the eruption could be tapering off and that Europe's air traffic nightmare could be coming to an end, experts said Monday. "Currently the eruption has diminished markedly," Bryndis Brandsdottir of the University of Iceland told AFP, basing her comment on seismological radar readings in Reykjavik. "The ash column does n ... more |
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Taiwan developing 'carrier killer' for navy: reportTaipei (AFP) April 12, 2010 Taiwan has unveiled the first images of a high-tech missile corvette specifically designed to counter the threat of China acquiring an aircraft carrier, officials and media said Monday. A computerised graphic of the 1,000-tonne "carrier killer," which has so far been kept secret from the public, has gone on display at Taipei's military museum, run by the defence ministry. The vessel will be capable of cruising at speeds of up to 55 kilometres (34 miles) an hour and boast technologies helping it ... read more |
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