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India To Cut Satellite Launch Cost By HalfBangalore, India (PTI) Apr 06, 2010 India plans to cut satellite launch cost by half with the heavy-lift rocket that it is developing, a senior space department official said. The country is also aiming a two-to-three fold increase in the number of spacecraft launches from this year, Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation K Radhakrishnan said. GSLV-Mk III that ISRO is developing now would bring down the satellite launch cost at least by half, at present, the launch cost is pegged at around USD 20,000 per kilogram, he said. ... read more |
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Moscow (AFP) April 2, 2010Russia has shipped China 15 advanced surface-to-air missile systems, the director of the Russian plant which produces the weapons was cited by news agencies as saying on Friday. The truck-mounted air defence S-300 batteries, known by NATO as SA-20 Gargoyles, can target aircraft and ballistic missiles at a range of over 15 kilometres. "We just fulfilled a large contract for the delivery t ... more  
Eglin AFB FL (SPX) Apr 06, 2010Raytheon delivered an operationally significant quantity of the Miniature Air Launched Decoy to the U.S. Air Force. This delivery allows the U.S. Air Force to reach its "required assets available" as scheduled. "The commander of Air Combat Command now has the necessary quantity of decoys and support equipment to train, equip and deploy his forces with this mission-essential system," said K ... more  
Falls Church VA (SPX) Apr 01, 2010Raytheon has named David L. Jensen vice president of communications for its Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS) business. Jensen's prime responsibility is leading internal and external communication programs in support of IIS' growth strategy. Jensen came to Raytheon from General Electric where he was senior vice president of marketing and communications for GE Capital International ... more |
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Smoke Alarms, Sprinklers And Closed Doors Can Save Lives In Dorm FiresFayetteville AR (SPX) Apr 06, 2010 Experimenting on a university dormitory that was scheduled to be torn down, fire researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated that the correct combination of automatic fire sprinkler systems, smoke alarms and closed doors provided enough time and safe conditions for residents to escape safely and for firefighters to perform their job without undue hazard. The study's goal was to compare the hazard levels created by room fires in dormitory buildings w ... read more |
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