Space Business News
March 18, 2010
SPACEMART
Ariane Chair Says Existing Launch Services Meet Industry Needs
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 18, 2010
The push by certain telecommunications operators for additional players in the space lift marketplace could work to the satellite industry's own detriment, generating an overcapacity situation and potentially creating launch services quality issues. This was the conclusion of several participants in a panel discussion on the launch sector's future, which was organized as part of the Satellite 2010 conference of telecommunications executives, managers and service providers. Taking part in the ... read more

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GPS NEWS

GMV To Provide GPS Tech For Malaysian Urban Transportation System
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LAUNCH PAD

Launch Of Nimiq 6 In 2012
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LAUNCH PAD

Shootout at Indian space facility
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ROBO SPACE

Robot helps stroke victims use their arms
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Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

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ROCKET SCIENCE

Green Satellite Fuel Designed To Make Space Safer
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UAV NEWS

C2-C4ISR Systems Constitutes Around 5 Percent Of National Defence Budgets
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MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS

Elbit Systems Awarded Contract For Command, Control And Communications System For ADF
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MILTECH

Soldiers Look For Better Reaction Time And Increased Lethality
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MILTECH

C-130E Completes Last Combat Mission
DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Haiti reveals ambitious reconstruction plan
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Haiti reconstruction estimated at 11.5 billion dollars
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ENERGY TECH

Marine energy takes off in the U.K.
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TRADE WARS

World Bank urges China to let currency rise
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TRADE WARS

Mobile 'apps' a 17.5-billion-dollar market by 2012: study
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TRADE WARS
Rio Tinto staff face trial in China on Monday
Beijing (AFP) March 17, 2010
An Australian executive faces trial in China next week in a case that has badly strained relations, the government in Canberra and a Chinese lawyer involved in the case said Wednesday. Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu, an Australian passport holder, and three Chinese employees of the Anglo-Australian mining giant will go on trial in Shanghai on Monday, they said. A spokeswoman for Australia' ... more

AEROSPACE
Shanghai unveils new-look airport ahead of World Expo
Shanghai (AFP) March 14, 2010
Shanghai this week will unveil a brand-new airport terminal - the latest mega-infrastructure project to be completed as the Chinese city prepares to welcome tens of millions of visitors to Expo 2010. The city has spent 2.2 billion dollars on the makeover of Hongqiao airport, located just 35 minutes from the city centre, and made it part of a ultramodern travel hub linking metro, high-speed ... more

TRADE WARS
Chinese ad firms seek talks with Google over pullout threat
Beijing (AFP) March 17, 2010
A group of 27 Chinese advertising agencies have sent Google a letter calling for talks over compensation for possible business losses if the Internet giant pulls out of the country. The letter, confirmed Wednesday by Google and one of the agencies, complained that the US firm kept them in the dark about whether it plans to make good on a threat to leave China over censorship and cyberattacks ... more

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INTERNET SPACE

AOL plants Seed for Internet Age news operation

CAR TECH

London taxi parts to be made in China


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UAV NEWS
C-130E Completes Last Combat Mission

Soldiers Look For Better Reaction Time And Increased Lethality

500th Directional Infrared Countermeasures System Delivered

UAV NEWS
Aegis Weapon System Tested During International Multiple Ship Demonstration

India's missile shield test fails: officials

India's defense shield test fails

UAV NEWS
Belarus touts anti-air defense system for Venezuela

Raytheon Awarded Contract For SLAMRAAM Long-Lead Purchases

France buys U.S. missiles, upgrades army

UAV NEWS
US says needs base to defend Japan

Germany now world's No. 3 arms exporter

Market For Military Robots Will Reach $9.8 Billion By 2016

UAV NEWS
Robot helps stroke victims use their arms

Avatars In Space

Japanese baby-bot with runny nose teaches parenting skills

UAV NEWS
Vietnam records second bird flu death this year

Bangladesh slaughters 117,000 birds over avian flu

World could soon shield most newborns from HIV: Global Fund

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FAST TRACK
Siemens to join Chinese bid for Saudi rail contract: report
Frankfurt (AFP) March 16, 2010
The German industrial group Siemens has teamed up with a Chinese public consortium to bid for a big Saudi Arabian rail contract, the Financial Times said Tuesday, citing sources close to the matter. Siemens decided to join forces with the state-owned China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation, which could win the seven-billion-dollar (five-billion-euro) tender, a sign of growing Chinese strength in the rail sector, the newspaper said. The Haramain rail project is designed to link the S ... read more

FAST TRACK
AOL plants Seed for Internet Age news operation

Dotcom celebrates 25th birthday

Ambitious plan seeks to make US a broadband leader

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FAST TRACK
Launch Of Nimiq 6 In 2012

Shootout at Indian space facility

Arabsat-5A And COMS Begin Prep For Second Ariane 5 mission Of 2010

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FAST TRACK
Shanghai unveils new-look airport ahead of World Expo

First A400M Ferried From Seville To Toulouse

F-35B STOVL-Mode Flight

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FAST TRACK
Elbit Systems Awarded Contract For Command, Control And Communications System For ADF

UK Buys Another Skynet 5 Military Comms Satellite

NATS Services, Thales UK And VT Group Announce JMATS Agreement

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FAST TRACK
Metallic Glass Yields Secrets Under Pressure

Ultra-Powerful Laser Makes Silicon Pump Liquid Uphill With No Added Energy

Raytheon, Motion Reality Ink Agreement For Virtual Applications

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