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China says manned space station possible around 2020Beijing (AFP) Oct 27, 2010 China said Wednesday that it planned to complete a manned space station around 2020, as the Asian nation pushes ahead with its ambitious space exploration programme. China's Manned Space Engineering Project announced in a statement that it expected to launch a space laboratory before 2016 to study key technology involved in a space station, such as living conditions for astronauts. The country would then develop and launch a core cabin and a second laboratory module around 2020, which would be a ... read more |
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  Minds control computers in study A machine that can allow people to control a computer using just their thoughts could open up the world for locked-in syndrome sufferers, U.S. scientists claim. ... more | .. |
  Contract Awarded For New Battlefield Radar Requirement ThalesRaytheonSystems has been selected as one of two companies to study the viability of an Omni-Directional Weapon Locating (OWL) radar for the U.S. Army. ThalesRaytheonSystems will develop ... more | .. |
 LM Takes Lion's Share Of Sniper Pod ATP-Sensor Enhancement Contract The U.S. Air Force selected Lockheed Martin as the winner of the 60 percent share of the Advanced Targeting Pod-Sensor Enhancement (ATP-SE) competition. Lockheed Martin's Sniper(r) pod offering was ... more | .. |
  Taking Steps To Assure Continuity For Ground Based Midcourse Defense Lockheed Martin has taken the next steps toward assuring continuity for Army war fighters, as its team prepares to bid for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Deve ... more | .. |
  ATK Awarded Components Contract For AAR-47 Missile Warning System ATK has received a $67-million Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract from the U.S. Navy for the production of AAR-47 Missile Warning System Weapon Replaceable Assemblies (WRAs). Th ... more |
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West Palm Beach FL (SPX) Oct 28, 2010Sikorsky Aircraft will design, build and fly two prototype light tactical helicopters as the follow-on advancement to the X2 Technology demonstrator aircraft that unofficially shattered the helicopter world speed record here in September with a flight speed of 250 knots (287 mph). The decision to continue development of the next-generation rotary wing technology will enable Sikorsky and se ... more  
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Oct 28, 2010Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is introducing the newest member of its MiniPOP (plug-in optronic payload) family: the Ultra Light MiniPOP. The new lightweight MiniPOP payload is manufactured using lightweight metals, including Magnesium and Titanium. It is designed to be utilized by small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which demand long endurance; and by Special Ground Forces for inte ... more 
Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) Oct 27, 2010A US drone strike targeted members of the Haqqani network in Pakistan's tribal badlands on Wednesday, killing at least three militants and blowing their a car into a fireball, officials said. The Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked faction is one of the toughest opponents of US troops in Afghanistan and was suspected of playing a role in a December 30 suicide attack on a CIA base in eastern Afghanis ... more |
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US stresses will to cooperate with Russia on missile shieldBerlin (AFP) Oct 27, 2010 The United States wants to cooperate with Russia on setting up an European missile defence shield, a senior US official said Wednesday ahead of next month's NATO summit in Lisbon. "It's absolutely clear we want to do this cooperatively with Russia," assistant US Secretary of State for European and Eurasian affairs Philip Gordon told reporters Wednesday during a visit to Berlin. "Russia faces the same potential threat as Europe," he said, adding that NATO's proposed policy did not aim to undermin ... read more |
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