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March 12, 2010
SPACE TRAVEL
US lawmakers urge Obama to save NASA moon program
Washington (AFP) March 11, 2010
A group of US lawmakers Thursday urged the US administration to save NASA's Constellation project aimed at returning Americans to the moon in the next generation of space travel. "Space exploration has been the guiding star of American innovation," the lawmakers - 10 Republicans and five Democrats - said in a letter to the NASA administrator Charles Bolden. "It is imperative that the United States remain the world's leading spacefaring nation," they added. They urged Bolden to assemble a t ... read more

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MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS

UK Buys Another Skynet 5 Military Comms Satellite
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Lockheed Martin Wins Contract To Build GeoEye-2
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LAUNCH PAD

ASTRA 3B Begins Integration
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DRAGON SPACE

Russian Launch Issues Delaying China's First Mars Probe
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APPOINTMENTS

Northrop Grumman Names Paul Russell to Lead Space Navigation Business Area
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AEROSPACE

Circumpolar Balloon Flights From Esrange Space Center
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ROCKET SCIENCE

SpaceX Static Fire Update
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DRAGON SPACE

China chooses first women astronauts
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ROBO SPACE

Japanese baby-bot with runny nose teaches parenting skills
SPACE TRAVEL

Go Into The Webb Telescope Clean Room
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SPACE TRAVEL

Bipartisan Legislation Introduced To Close The Space Gap
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UAV NEWS

New Israeli drones can reach Iran
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UAV NEWS

US missile strikes kill 12 militants in Pakistan: officials
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MILTECH

Northrop Grumman Demonstrates LITENING Targeting System On US Navy F/A-18E/F
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MILTECH
US Marine Corps Evaluate BAE Onboard Vehicle Power System
Johnson City NY (SPX) Mar 11, 2010
BAE Systems has received a contract to develop an onboard vehicle power management system designed to improve U.S. Marine Corps mission effectiveness by significantly increasing electric power available to ground forces. The contract calls for installation of a power management system in a government-furnished High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle for test and evaluation by the Marine ... more

MILTECH
Russia And India To Develop Joint 5G-fighter By 2016
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 10, 2010
A Russian-Indian fifth-generation fighter jet could be developed by 2015-2016, a Russian defense industry official said on Tuesday. Moscow and New Delhi are expected to sign a contract on a joint development of the new fighter in the near future, focusing on the design concept and technical requirements put forward by India. "I hope that we will be able to build a joint fifth-generat ... more

MILTECH
New Army Black Hawk Succeeds In Combat
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 10, 2010
The Army's new high-tech UH-60 Black Hawk M-model helicopter - equipped with a stronger engine, a digital cockpit and composite rotor blades - performed exceptionally well in Afghanistan during its first major combat deployment, according to a recently completed After Action Review at Fort Campbell, Ky., service officials said. "The M-model Black Hawks were in Afghanistan for 12 months. Th ... more

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UAV NEWS

UK Industry Targets GBP20 Billion Global UAS Market

MILTECH

Oshkosh Receives Contract For M-ATV Interface Upgrades


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SHUTTLE NEWS
US Marine Corps Evaluate BAE Onboard Vehicle Power System

Oshkosh Receives Contract For M-ATV Interface Upgrades

Northrop Grumman Demonstrates LITENING Targeting System On US Navy F/A-18E/F

SHUTTLE NEWS
Poland to host U.S. missiles in April

Poland approves revised US missile shield agreement

Russia worried by US missile defence plan

SHUTTLE NEWS
Raytheon Awarded Contract For SLAMRAAM Long-Lead Purchases

France buys U.S. missiles, upgrades army

Raytheon Laser-Guided Maverick On Track

SHUTTLE NEWS
Pentagon defends under-fire tanker bid

ONR Selects LockMart Team For Sense And Respond Logistics Phase II

Boeing unveils bid for US military tanker contract

SHUTTLE NEWS
Japanese baby-bot with runny nose teaches parenting skills

Chatty robots, flying alarm clocks at top high-tech fair

Robot footballers wow crowd in Germany

SHUTTLE NEWS
World could soon shield most newborns from HIV: Global Fund

Climate Change One Factor In Malaria Spread

Mexico detects first mutation of swine flu

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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Feared gangs regrouping to prey on quake-hit Haiti: police
Port-Au-Prince (AFP) March 10, 2010
Haiti's notoriously violent street gangs are regrouping in the rubble of the capital Port-au-Prince, led by hardcore convicts who escaped in January's earthquake, police told AFP. "There is no doubt: most of the escapees are now holed up in Cite Soleil," a police inspector in that devastated city slum, Rosemond Aristide, said. "These escapees are a danger for the population. They're armed," he warned. "We're looking for them. We've already located around 20. But we dare not go in after them ... read more

DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Cisco unveils system for super-fast Internet

US eases Iran, Cuba, Sudan sanctions to allow Web services

Google firm on China censoring, but no timetable set

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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
ASTRA 3B Begins Integration

Arabsat 5A Satellite Shipped To Launch Site

France To Pay Russia One Billion For 14 Soyuz Carrier Rockets

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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Circumpolar Balloon Flights From Esrange Space Center

Airbus chief says Chinese bet paying off

Russia's Flying Saucer Aerostat Set For Production

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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
UK Buys Another Skynet 5 Military Comms Satellite

Third WGS Satellite Passes On-Orbit Tests

Rockwell Collins Conducts Waveform Testing For JTRS GMR

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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Turning Polyethylene Into A Heat-Conducting Material

US military to step up video-game training

NASA Launches Interactive Simulation Of Satellite Communications

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