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Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) April 26, 2008The European commercial space-launch consortium Arianespace said Saturday it would make a bid to launch 26 satellites from French Guyana to kickstart the European Union's Galileo satellite navigation programme. The European Parliament on Wednesday signalled its green light for the deployment of Galileo, seen by space experts as a challenge to the US-administered GPS global positioning system ... more EU Galileo satnav project gets final greenlight 
Strasbourg (AFP) April 23, 2008Europe's long-delayed Galileo satellite navigation system passed its final legal hurdle on Wednesday after the European Parliament gave the flag-ship project its green light. In an almost unanimous vote, members of the European Parliament set in stone the legal basis for the system, which has been plagued in the past by technical problems and infighting among EU nations, at a plenary session ... more Shanghai's Own Moon Vehicle Passes Test 
Beijing, China (XNA) Apr 28, 2008Shanghai has developed a lunar rover that it hopes to be chosen for China's first moon landing in 2013, the city government announced yesterday. The Shanghai Science and Technology Commission said the key technology of the rover has passed a technical appraisal by the government. The technology mainly covers the rover's maneuverability and detection sensors. The rover, which hasn't been gi ... more SES Negotiating To Sell AMC-14 To US Government Agency 
Gerroa, Australia (SPX) Apr 23, 2008The fate of geo stationary satellite AMC-14 that failed to achieve its desired orbit in March continues to cause problems for the Luxembourg-based SES group and its underwriters. SpaceDaily has learned that SES has backtracked on their original plan to ditch the Lockheed Martin built A2100 satellite, and is trying to offload the spacecraft to a US government agency before an SES competitor or even one of its own customers buys it from the underwriters. ... more NASA faces long odds in shuttle schedule 
Washington (UPI) April 25, 2008 The United States' three-ship space shuttle fleet faces "significant challenges" in its future orbiter work, the U.S. government has warned. The Government Accountability Office told Congress that completing construction and continuing operation of the $31 billion International Space Station raised the possibility of severe cutbacks, the Houston Chronicle reported from Washington. ... more |
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San Francisco (AFP) April 27, 2008A Microsoft deadline for Internet service company Yahoo to accept its 44.6 billion-dollar (28.5 billion-euro) acquisition offer expired at midnight Saturday, setting the stage for a hostile takeover bid by the software giant. The expiration of the Sunday 0700 GMT deadline -- without comment from either side -- was likely to pave the way for an ugly proxy battle -- a fight by Microsoft for a ... more Nokia And Renault Offer The Latest For Brazilian Auto Buyers 
Espoo, Finland (SPX) Apr 28, 2008Renault Brazil and Nokia Brazil have joined forces to offer technology savvy Brazilians an automobile that combines modern design with the most advanced mobile technology available today. The special edition Sandero Nokia will be the first Renault model produced in Brazil to come equipped with Nokia's complete mobility solution, including device, services and software and original accessories. ... more NASA Officials Turn To Air Force For Guppy Evaluation 
Tinker AFB OK (SPX) Apr 28, 2008Tinker AFB OK (SPX) Apr 28, 2008 NASA officials brought the Super Guppy -- a uniquely-designed aircraft used to transport cargo, including parts of the space shuttle program -- to Tinker AFB in mid-April so that maintainers here could inspect the aircraft and perform some repairs. According to NASA Chief Flight Engineer Henry Taylor, officials chose Tinker AFB because it has a great reputation ... more LIONAX And T-COMM Tracking And Tracing Jointly Launch New Solution For Tire Pressure Monitoring 
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 28, 2008LIONAX and T-COMM Tracking and Tracing, a Dutch company, launched their new TPMS P-eye product at the UK Commercial Vehicle Show, Birmingham. This patented device makes commercial vehicles safer and contributes to reducing their fuel consumption. LIONAX has licensed T-COMM Tracking and Tracing to commercialize in Europe a patented solution for an efficient tire pressure check designed for ... more Digital Angel's McMurdo Unit Receives Order To Equip Swedish Pilots With Personal Locator Beacons 
St. Paul MN (SPX) Apr 28, 2008Digital Angel has announced that it has received a significant order through its Signature Industries subsidiary from exclusive Swedish distributor Cordland Marine AB. Digital Angel will initially supply 600 of the new McMurdo FASTFIND MAX G Personal Locator Beacons to KSAB, part of the Swedish private pilots association, KSAK . As of July 1, 2008, it wi ... more |
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New Malden, UK (SPX) Apr 28, 2008BAE Systems has shown, for the first time, how multiple unmanned air and land vehicles can work under the command of a number of battlefield commanders to deliver vital reconnaissance and surveillance information to front-line troops. The demonstration showed how two unmanned ground vehicles and two unmanned air vehicles can pass information between themselves and their comma ... more NGC Awarded Predator And Reaper UAS Development Contract 
San Jose CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2008Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center for the development and flight-testing of a signals intelligence sensor payload for the U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aircraft System and for the preliminary design of an expanded sensor package for the MQ-9 Reaper UAS. Under this 18-month, cost-plus-incentive fee contract valued at ... more Netherlands Awards Raytheon Paveway Missile Contract 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Apr 28, 2008The Netherlands awarded Raytheon a competitively bid contract for the combat-proven Enhanced Paveway II precision-guided munition April 8. The contract, which is a direct commercial sale for an undisclosed sum, will provide the Netherlands with 200 kits to convert 500-pound "dumb" bombs into the GBU-49, a precision weapon that has been used extensively in Iraq. A representative ... more Boeing And Turkey's HAVELSAN Renew Missile Defense Partnership 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Apr 28, 2008Boeing and HAVELSAN, a leading software and systems company in the Republic of Turkey, have announced a memorandum of understanding to continue pursuing solutions in regional and global ballistic missile defense. Through this MOU, which extends an agreement signed in 2003, the two companies will jointly evaluate and develop opportunities in missile defense, drawing on their existing skills ... more BAE To Develop Military Communications Network 
Burlington MA (SPX) Apr 28, 2008BAE Systems will develop an "intrinsically secure" mobile military communications network designed to protect against cyber attacks. The company will develop and test network protocols that support the integrity, availability, reliability, confidentiality, and safety of network communications and data. The $8.5 million contract, awarded through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ... more
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