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Inventors unveil commercial spacesuitNew York (UPI) Jul 19, 2010 Two inventors, one American and one Russian, unveiled their design for a commercial spacesuit in New York, officials said. Moscow spacesuit engineer Nikolay Moiseev and New York inventor and artist Ted Southern formed a partnership they call Final Frontier Design and hope to attract commercial space companies like SpaceX, Orbital Sciences and Virgin Galactic as customers, SPACE.com reported Friday. Their suit is designed to be worn inside a spacecraft during launch and re-entry, is fully ... read more |
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Baghdad, Iraq (SPX) Jul 21, 2010Short and squat in stature, with spindly legs sticking out underneath and a loud, whiny engine like a leaf-blower on steroids, the gasoline-powered Micro Air Vehicle, or gMAV, won't be winning beauty contests anytime soon. But this ugly duckling of the unmanned aerial systems world is in fact a valuable tool, especially when conducting route clearance missions in search of improvised explo ... more 
Edwards Air Force Base CA (SPX) Jul 21, 2010Northrop Grumman Corporation's first Block 40 RQ-4 Global Hawk high altitude long endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has completed envelope expansion flights, just six months after conducting its first flight. The Block 40 aircraft will be equipped with the high performance Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) sensor and is the first of 22 Block 40 Globa ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 20, 2010Russia's new generation S-500 air defense system will resolve the country's missile defense problems when it enters service, Air Force Commander Colonel General Alexander Zelin said on Tuesday. "The S-500 air defense system is a system that will solve Russia's missile defense problems," Zelin said. Answering a question about the S-500's technical specifications, Zelin said: "I would ... more |
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Thales UK wins Congo army radio contractKinshasa, Democratic Republic Of Congo (UPI) Jul 20, 2010 Thales has received a contract to provide PRC-6809 multiband inter/intra team radios and TRC 3700 HF tactical radios to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The contract is funded by the U.S. Department of State's Africa Peacekeeping Program, AFRICAP, and also is supported by the U.K. Embassy in the Congo. The purpose of the project is to provide tactical communications and training to the army of the Congo for a rapid reaction force made up of 12 battalions. The Congolese govern ... read more |
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