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Vega Launcher Production Contracts Signed By ESA, Arianespace And ELVParis, France (ESA) Sep 09, 2010 As Vega's development is coming to an end with the qualification flight scheduled in 2011, two contracts were signed to allow the project to move on to the next phase. Yesterday ESA and Arianespace signed the work order for production of the first Vega launcher, after qualification, as part of the Vega flexibility demonstration flights frame contract signed in December 2009. At the same ceremony, Arianespace and the ELV company (European Launch Vehicle, Avio Group) concluded a frame contract ... read more |
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Kuwait City (UPI) Sep 8, 2010 Kuwait looks poised to purchase Patriot missiles from the United States but won't allow its territory to become a springboard for any military assault, a senior defense official said. In a published statement, Kuwaiti Defense Minister Sheik Jaber Mubarak al-Sabah spelled out the intended use of the Patriot missile, clarifying that the $900 million system would boost the military's capab ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 09, 2010Army unmanned aircraft systems officials said success was so great with the integration and testing of the Hellfire missile aboard the Grey Eagle UAS that the Army would begin deployment of four weaponized systems to Afghanistan in the fall. In a Pentagon bloggers roundtable Aug. 25, Col. Greg Gonzalez, program manager for Army UAS said in recent user tests at the National Training Center, ... more  
Luton, UK (SPX) Sep 09, 2010SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, has been awarded a contract by BAE Systems worth circa GBP400M to supply the Praetorian Defensive Aids Sub System (DASS) in support of the Tranche 3A Eurofighter Typhoons. Designed specifically for the Typhoon, the Praetorian DASS comprises Electronic Counter Measures (ECM), Electronic Support Measures (ESM) and Missile Approach Warning (MAW) elements ... more |
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Three US drone strikes kill 18 militants in PakistanMiranshah, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 8, 2010 Three separate US drone strikes in Pakistan's northwestern tribal district killed at least 18 militants on Wednesday, security officials said. Washington has branded the rugged area on the Afghan border - part of which has been hit by Pakistan's catastrophic flooding - a global headquarters of Al-Qaeda and the most dangerous place on Earth. Officials in Washington say the drone strikes are a vital tool needed to protect the 150,000 foreign troops in Afghanistan and have killed a number of high ... read more |
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