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ATK Orion Launch Abort Offers Unmatched Crew Safety For Human Space FlightMinneapolis MN (SPX) Mar 22, 2010 Alliant Techsystems has completed the second of two ground tests of a full-scale attitude control motor (ACM) for the launch abort system (LAS) of NASA's Orion crew exploration vehicle. The second test was conducted on March 17, and evaluated environment extremes and ignition system robustness in addition to confirming the motor performance. The test was conducted at ATK's facility in Elkton, Maryland, where the first successful test was conducted on December 15, 2009. Lockheed Martin, the p ... read more |
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London (UPI) Mar 20, 2009 A new type of armor would use pulses of electrical energy to repel projectiles away from an armored vehicle, British scientists say. Researchers at the Defense Science and Technology Laboratory, better know as "Dstl" and located at four sites in England, say it is possible to corporate material known as supercapacitors into armor that would turn a vehicle into a kind of giant battery, T ... more 
Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Mar 19, 2010Metal Storm has received video footage from the US Navy of Metal Storm weapon systems taking part in an unmanned systems-based live-fire demonstration. This footage is now being made available on the Metal Storm website. China Lake, located on the edge of California's Mojave Desert, was chosen to provide a realistic environment for the demonstrations. With temperatures reaching 110 degrees ... more 
Munich, Germany (SPX) Mar 19, 2010Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) has handed over the first series-production vehicle of the Joint Fire Support Team (JFST) FENNEK to the German Federal Office of Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB) and the Armed Forces at the artillery school in Idar-Oberstein. The vehicles feature special equipment for Joint Fire Support (JFS) tasks and will see deployment to Afghanistan as early as in April 20 ... more |
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LockMart Selected To Advance Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Utility Power PlansManassas VA (SPX) Mar 22, 2010 The U.S. Department of Energy recently selected Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] to receive two grants totaling $1 million to advance the technology commercialization of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC). The grants support the company's effort to produce an economically viable, utility-scale renewable energy source leveraging the temperature difference of the ocean's warm surface water and colder water below. Under the first grant, Lockheed Martin will develop a tool to estimate the amount ... read more |
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