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X-51A WaveRider Flight Test On May 25Edwards AFB CA (SPX) May 21, 2010 Boeing has announced that the X-51A WaveRider will make its first hypersonic flight test attempt from Edwards Air Force Base on Tuesday, May 25. The unmanned aerial vehicle will be released from a B-52 bomber off the southern California coast. The X-51A is expected to fly autonomously for five minutes - powered by a supersonic combustion ramjet (scramjet) motor - accelerate to about Mach 6 and transmit large amounts of data to ground stations before it splashes down into the Pacific and breaks up, ... read more |
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USS Cheyenne, At Sea (SPX) May 20, 2010Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Cheyenne (SSN-773) in conjunction with Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet and members of Naval Special Warfare Group (NSWG) 3 successfully fired a Block IV-E Tomahawk Land Attack Missile. The missile launch took place off the southern coast of California into China Lake Test Range and marks the first time a forward-deployed operational command acted as the Tom ... more  
Canberra, Australia (UPI) May 20, 2010 Engineers from Turbomeca and Rolls-Royce are in Australia investigating a major engine failure on one of the new MRH90 helicopters that are now all grounded. The Australian Defense Force's army has 11 MRH90s purchased from European manufacturer EADS and the defense ministry awaits delivery of another 29 as part of the $4 billion deal. But the ministry quietly grounded all 11 in l ... more  
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) May 20, 2010BP faced accusations of a cover-up Thursday as pressure mounted for an accurate estimate of how much oil has really been gushing out of a ruptured pipe deep in the Gulf of Mexico for the past month. "We cannot trust BP," said Representative Edward Markey, chairman of the House subcommittee on energy and environment. "It's clear they have been hiding the actual consequences of this spill." ... more |
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German '4G' phone auction raises over 4.3 billion eurosBerlin (AFP) May 20, 2010 Europe's first auction of "fourth generation" frequencies, which promise to revolutionise what mobile phones can do, raised more than 4.3 billion euros (5.3 billion dollars), authorities said Thursday. The German auction, which began April 12 in the western city of Mainz, wrapped up after 224 rounds of bidding and with the coveted licences going to four sector giants, a Federal Network Agency spokesman said. Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone and O2 claimed the top licences while E-Plus clinched lesser- ... read more |
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