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First Soyuz launch from Europe's space base for last quarter 2010Paris (AFP) May 11, 2010 The first launch of Russia's Soyuz rocket from Europe's space base in French Guiana, initially scheduled for the end of 2009, will now take place "during the fourth quarter of 2010," satellite launch operators Arianespace announced on Tuesday. In a press release, Arianespace said it had met in Kourou with the Russian space agency Roskosmos, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the French space agency CNES, its partners in the joint venture. Soyuz, a 43-year-old Soviet-era workhorse of space, will ... read more |
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Paris, France (SPX) May 12, 2010This represents an important milestone in the development of the antisubmarine version of the C295 MPA. It is also a significant entry for Airbus Military into the market of Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW) aircraft, currently dominated by veteran aircraft such as the P-3 Orion and the Atlantique. The C295 MPA/ASW includes two under-wing pylons for the installation of torpedoes and other exter ... more 
Aberdeen Proving Grounds MD (SPX) May 12, 2010The Army's Program Executive Office Soldier showcased some of its products May 5 at the Aberdeen Test Center here. Among those products were the XM153 Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station, the M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun with M2E2 Quick Change Barrel Kit, the lighter weight M240L Medium Range Machine Gun, and the XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System. Lt. Col. Christopher Lehner ... more 
Baltimore MD (SPX) May 10, 2010Northrop Grumman Cobham Intercoms (NGCI) has announced the successful integration of the Vehicle Intercom System - Expanded (VIS-X) into the U.S. Army's Stryker systems integration lab (SIL) environment at the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command Life Cycle Management Command in Warren, Mich. Working with the Program Manager Stryker Brigade Combat Team, VIS-X hardware was seamle ... more |
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For crew of doomed US rig, a night of flames and terrorNew Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) May 11, 2010 The nightmare began with a geyser of mud and water that shot 300 feet into the air. Before anyone could react, gas from deep below the sea found a spark and the Deepwater Horizon was ablaze. One explosion, then a second, shook the offshore drilling rig. Louder than a jet, louder than a bomb, they threw sleeping workers from their beds and tossed men up into the air like grains of sand. Alarms sounded, and all around workers scrambled to escape. Flames erupted from the rig's derrick, spewing ... read more |
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