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MEADS Life Cycle Costs Significantly Lower Than Fielded SystemsOrlando FL (SPX) Sep 28, 2010 The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program has presented a required life cycle cost estimate to the three partner nations that proves the MEADS system design will significantly reduce the cost of ownership compared to air and missile defense systems that are currently fielded. MEADS will especially reduce operation and support (O and S) costs. Ordinarily, over two-thirds of the total cost of ownership is spent in this area, but MEADS O and S costs are about half. Savings result from fe ... read more |
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Arms deal will anger Iran, cheer Israel
Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Sep 14, 2010 The massive U.S. arms deal with Saudi Arabia, reportedly worth $60 billion and counting, will undoubtedly calm Riyadh's fears of Iran by considerably expanding the offensive capabilities of the kingdom's air force. But it will antagonize the Islamic Republic at a time of high tension with the United States and is sure to lead to a significant boost in the supply of even more advanced U. ... more US plans massive arms sale to Saudi to counter Iran threat
Washington (AFP) Sept 13, 2010The United States plans to offer Saudi Arabia 60 billion dollars' worth of hi-tech fighters and helicopters to help counter the threat posed by Iran, in the largest ever US arms deal, officials said Monday. A senior defense official said President Barack Obama's administration would formally notify Congress this week or next about the groundbreaking deal, which follows months of talks with t ... more Utah State Second In US For Space Research Funding
Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Sep 13, 2010Utah State University is the number two university in the United States when it comes to funding for space research, joining the ranks among other prestigious research institutions that include Johns Hopkins University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. With more than $51.8 million in research and development expenditures in 2008, USU ranks second among all universities in the nati ... more |
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World Map Of Methane ConcentrationsBonn, Germany (SPX) Sep 09, 2010 What works on a small scale also works on a large scale. For the last several years, a helicopter-mounted measuring instrument developed by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has been hard at work detecting methane leaks from natural gas pipelines. From 2014, a similar instrument will be used on a German/French satellite orbiting Earth at an altitude of 650 kilometres. The climate mission Merlin (Methane Remote Sensing Lidar Mission) will track down the gr ... read more |
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