SPACE WAR EXPRESS - MAY 22, 2006
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NEWS AS OF 12:30 UTC - May 22, 2006

SPACEWAR

Effects-Based Airpower And Space Power

Washington DC (AFNS) May 22, 2006 - The term effects-based operations (EBO) entered the military lexicon during the Gulf War of 1991 and has propagated widely since then. Initially some Air Force members used EBO to help explain that war's dramatically successful outcome.

SUPERPOWERS

New Tests For Sino-Russian Ties

Beijing (UPI) May 22, 2006 - The strategic partnership forged between China and Russia as a counterweight to American predominance on the world stage a decade ago is gaining momentum.

MISSILE NEWS

Major concern if North Korea launches long-range missile: US

Washington (AFP) May 19, 2006 - The United States warned Friday that it would be a major international concern if North Korea launched a long-range missile, amid reports Pyongyang may be preparing to test-fire the weapon.

THE NEW LIBYA

Just What Is The Libyan Model

Washington (UPI) May 22, 2006 - Although once enemies, the rapprochement between the United States and Libya advanced further this week with the announcement that diplomatic relations between the two countries are being restored.

Will North Korea Take A Lead From Libya

CYBERWARS

Money And Power Up Against The National Security Agency

Washington (UPI) May 22, 2006 - Outraged that some telecom companies are selling out their customers to the government? Then vote with your wallet, or so argues one activist group. But the seemingly good idea may be rather difficult to follow through.

THE STANS

US delegation due Monday in Kyrgyzstan to settle air base rent

Bishkek (AFP) May 20, 2006 - Washington is to send a delegation to Kyrgyzstan to negotiate over Bishkek's demands for a hundred-fold rent increase on a US airbase in the Central Asian state, President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said Saturday.

TERROR WARS

House Will Probe DHS Transport Contract

Washington (UPI) May 22, 2006 - U.S. lawmakers say they will hold hearings to probe a Department of Homeland Security transport contract, which members of Congress from both parties charge raises procurement and security concerns.

UAV NEWS

AFRL Awards ISIS Contracts To Northrop Grumman

Rome NY (SPX) May 22, 2006 - The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) recently awarded two contracts, with a combined value in excess of $15.5 million, to Northrop Grumman in support of its "Integrated Sensor Is Structure (ISIS)" program. ISIS envisions a stratospheric airship operating as a surveillance platform more than 70,000 feet above the Earth.

TERROR WARS

US Officials Explain Guard Border Plan

Washington (UPI) May 22, 2006 - U.S. President Bush's decision to deploy 6,000 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexican border will cost around $756 million. That estimate does not include the funding already programmed in to pay the training and personnel costs for the more than 100,000 soldiers likely to fulfill that duty, a top Pentagon official said Thursday.

NUKEWARS

Israel's Olmert says Iran could obtain nuclear bomb in 'months'

Washington (AFP) May 21, 2006 - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday that Iran could obtain a nuclear bomb in "months" and vowed that Israel would take the "necessary measures" to stop this occurring.

EU offers reactors to Iran, threatens arms embargo

Energy, Iran in focus as German FM begins Gulf tour

Iran refuses to comment on EU nuclear proposal

Suspension of enrichment against Iran's legitimate rights: FM

US works to contain Iran in Gulf: report


Iran Dismisses Badge Law Report As False

Washington (UPI) May 22, 2006 - The Iranian government and a number of experts dismissed reports that a new law had been passed in the Islamic Republic to force Jews, Christians and other religious minorities to wear color-coded badges in public.

Iran May Force Color-IDs On Non Muslims

IRAQ WARS

Assessing The Iraqi Militias

Washington (UPI) May 22, 2006 - If one looks at today's militias in Iraq, the forces of the Shiite Supreme Council of Islamic Revolution in Iraq, or SCIRI, are often new or lower grade older personnel which generally are much better suited to sectarian and ethnic struggles than the SCIRI forces trained by Iran through 2003 as regular forces.

Blood, oil and ancient glories: a factfile on Iraq

Baghdad (AFP) May 20, 2006 - Iraq, which on Saturday formed a national unity government in the midst of widespread bloodshed, sits on some of the world's largest oil reserves.

British FM plays down speedy troop exit from Iraq

Iraqi Oil Output Up Says US In Upbeat Assessment

Italy will switch to civilian role in Iraq: minister

Japan making arrangements on Iraq troops pullout: report

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MISSILE NEWS
LM Tests Extended-Range Cruise Missile

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Orlando FL (SPX) May 23, 2006 - Lockheed Martin announced Monday it has successfully tested its extended-range JASSM system at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. JASSM is an air-to-surface standoff missile system and the world's first stealthy conventional cruise missile.

GPS NEWS
European Galileo Satellite Program In Early Budget Over Run


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Brussels (AFP) May 22, 2006 - Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system has already run more than 400 million euros (513 million dollars) over budget in its first phase, the head of the group managing the project said on Monday. The over run was due mainly to miscalculations for the costs of building and launching two test satellites, said Rainer Grohe, director of the Galileo Joint Undertaking.

UAV NEWS
Unmanned Aircraft Trial For North West Shelf Going Ahead


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Canberra, Australia (SPX) May 23, 2006 - A Defence trial, using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and an Armidale Class patrol boat, will be conducted across Australia's North West Shelf region in September 2006, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence, Senator Sandy Macdonald announced today.

SATELLITE PHONES AND INTERNET
Satellite Phones Ensure We Are Never Lost At Sea

Chicago (UPI) May 22, 2006 - Your wireless Internet connection -- dear workaholic -- will never be lost at sea. Whether you are sailing the Caribbean, the Mediterranean or the open ocean, your wireless broadband will continually be connected to the office, family or friends -- an electronic lifeline back to the mainland.

AeroAstro Launches IVMS Voice Service
Globalstar Applauds New DoD Policy For Procurement Of Satellite Phones
tratos Announces BGAN Mobile Satellite Service For US
CapRock Expands Disaster Services in Preparation For Hurricane Season
New Network Needed to Solve First Responder Communications Crisis


MISSILE DEFENSE
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US consults Europeans on anti-missile site
Washington (AFP) May 22, 2006 - The United States is consulting European allies about deploying missile defenses in Europe to thwart a Middle Eastern ballistic missile threat, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday.

ISRAELI NUKES
Peres warns of arms race if Iran acquires bomb


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Jerusalem (AFP) May 22, 2006 - A nuclear-armed Iran could inspire other regional heavyweights such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia to acquire their own atomic weapons, Israel's Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres said Monday.

WORLD NUKES
Dealing With Nuke Proliferation


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Tokyo (UPI) May 23, 2006 - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan warns the world is at a crucial crossroads and fears instead of aiming for restricted nuclear proliferation. "It seems almost to be sleepwalking down" the path to where a "rapidly growing numbers of states feel obliged to arm themselves with nuclear weapons," said Annan.

NUKEWARS
Germany and China agree Iran should not have nuclear bomb: Merkel


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Beijing (AFP) May 22, 2006 - Germany and China agree that Iran should not be allowed to build nuclear weapons, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday after meeting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.

UN nuclear chief seeks compromise on Iran
Springtime For Ahmadinejad
Iran refuses to negotiate on nuclear work

KOREAN NUKES
US says no better deal for NKorea


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Singapore (AFP) May 22, 2006 - North Korea will not get a better deal by staying away from six-nation negotiations aimed at getting the Stalinist state to end its nuclear program, the top US diplomat to the talks said Monday.


SUPERPOWERS
India defence minister to visit Japan, China to discuss military ties


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New Delhi (AFP) May 22, 2006 - India's defence minister will visit Japan and China this week to forge closer links on military cooperation including anti-terrorism, a defence ministry official said Monday.

CYBER WARS
Singapore to install hundreds more surveillance cameras

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Singapore (AFP) May 22, 2006 - Singapore will install hundreds more surveillance cameras on its streets, including around a central district where the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) meetings will be held in September, a report said Monday.

Two get jail time for music piracy
Personal data stolen on millions of US veterans

TERROR WARS
US Senate Acts Wisely On Hayden


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Washington (UPI) May 23, 2006 - The U.S. Senate has given the Bush administration an extended blank check on domestic electronic phone surveillance. As we predicted in these columns last week, the U.S. Senate confirmation hearings on Gen. Michael Hayden focused on data mining from U.S. domestic phone records during his tenure as head of the National Security Agency.

POLITICAL ECONOMY
The Biggest Kids On The Block Combine Economic Forces


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Paris (UPI) May 23, 2006 - The proposal by the New York Stock Exchange for a $21 billion merger with the Euronext stock market group, along with NASDAQ's 25 percent shareholding in the London Stock Exchange, is probably in the great scheme of global affairs more important than any ups and downs in the relationships between Washington and the European capitals.

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SPACE WAR EXPRESS - MAY 23, 2006
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24/7 Coverage Of Earth in the 21st Century

MISSILE DEFENSE

+ MIT Probe Rejects BMD Research Fraud Claim

Cambridge MA (UPI) May 24, 2006
An internal MIT review has found university officials largely blameless for a three- to four-year delay in examining allegations of research fraud at Lincoln Laboratory, the Boston Globe reported Saturday.

+ Cold War Not Over

Washington (UPI) May 24, 2006
The Cold War is over. The Soviet empire has collapsed. The West has won. The countries of the former Eastern Bloc have nearly all turned to democracy and many have even joined NATO and the European Union. Nuclear weapons (at least some of them) have been dismantled. The world is a far safer place now. Or is it?

CYBER WARS

+ Washington Ablaze In Wake Of NSA Phone Record Scandal

Washington (UPI) May 24, 2006
Disclosure that the National Security Agency has allegedly and covertly obtained the phone records of millions of American from AT&T, BellSouth and Verizon has created a political firestorm in Washington over privacy issues.

TERROR WARS

+ New Law To Punish Animal Rights Terrorism

Washington (UPI) May 24, 2006
The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing Tuesday on proposed legislation aimed at outlawing what its proponents say is economic terrorism by animal rights activists.

+ Extremism On The Rise In Germany
+ Amnesty Condemns US On Human Rights


THE STANS

+ US Navy Personnel In Afghanistan

Washington (UPI) May 24, 2006
The U.S. Navy is increasingly deploying its personnel far from the ocean, in Afghanistan. Cmdr. Jim Hamblet, who previously commanded the Portsmouth, Va.-based Mobile Security Squadron 6, a unit that patrols Iraqi oil platforms in the Persian Gulf, is now in charge of an 82-member reconstruction team in Ghazni province.

+ Attack May Spoil Kashmir Summit

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SUPERPOWERS

+ Chinese And US Scientists To Cooperate

Beijing (UPI) May 26, 2006 - The U.S. National Science Foundation opened an office in Beijing Wednesday, aimed at encouraging greater collaboration between Chinese and U.S. scientists. The office hopes to stimulate ideas and programs in areas including physics, bioscience and information science, said the foundation's director, Arden L Bement.

+ China's Defense Challenge

NUCLEAR DOCTRINE

+ 'Nukes breed nukes,' ElBaradei warns

Washington (AFP) May 25, 2006 - The head of the UN atomic watchdog warned Thursday that world powers must renounce nuclear arms or accept that more and more countries will manage to secure their own bombs.

IRANIAN NUKES
+ Blair: we don't want conflict with Iran, we're too busy

London (AFP) May 25, 2006 - Prime Minister Tony Blair said he did not want to start a conflict with Iran as Britain's armed forces already had enough problems to handle, in interview released Thursday by his office.

+ Gulf States Fear Iran War
+ Ahmadinejad accuses 'enemies' of plotting ethnic tensions
+ Energy worries, Iran cloud EU-Russia summit
+ Iran faces choice whether to remain isolated: Bush
+ Iran warns Japan not to procrastinate on oil: report
+ Qatar pours cold water on Gulf initiative on Iran
+ Russian official set for nuclear talks in Iran
+ World powers foreign ministers to meet on Iran next week: US

NUKEWARS

+ US envoy rules out new incentives to draw North Korea back to talks

Seoul (AFP) May 25, 2006 - The US envoy to six-party nuclear disarmament talks again ruled out any new incentives to draw North Korea back to the negotiating table as he arrived in South Korea Thursday .

+ North Korea Regulates Ties With South

PAKISTANI NUKES

+ US lawmakers want Pakistan to reopen probe on illicit nuclear network

Washington (AFP) May 25, 2006 - US lawmakers on Thursday called for the reopening of a probe into a nuclear smuggling network led by disgraced Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan amid concerns he could have supplied Iran with nuclear weapon designs.

TERROR WARS

+ NSA Datamining Pushes Tech Envelope

Washington (UPI) May 26, 2006 - Amid the political firestorm surrounding the National Security Agency's use of wiretapping for domestic phone calls, inquiries as to technology as well as legality have become prevalent. Key to most of this is the question as to whether the National Security Agency has overstepped its bounds.

+ US Bringing Terrorists To Book
+ Fighters intercept small plane near Bush flight

NANO TECH

+ Border Patrol Chief Spells Out Growth Plan

Washington (UPI) May 26, 2006 - The head of the U.S. Border Patrol spelled out to Congress Wednesday his organization's five year expansion plan to boost border security. David Aguilar, chief of the Border Patrol, described the National Guard's role in protecting the southern border as a two-year bridge to a more comprehensive, five-year plan in a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee.

IRAQ WARS

+ US to keep force levels in Iraq 'to win': Bush

Washington (AFP) May 25, 2006 - US President George W. Bush on Thursday refused to set a timetable for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq following the creation of its new government, saying "we will keep the force level there necessary to win".

+ Brzezinski Wants Orderly Iraq Withdrawal
+ Marine chief to visit Iraq amid allegations of marines killing civilians
+ Britain pays out over British serviceman's nerve gas tests

EPIDEMICS

+ Iran Bird Flu On UN Agenda

United Nations (UPI) May 24, 2006 - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called on Vietnam to share knowledge gained in a successful campaign against bird flu, but warned the country to not let its guard down in the continuing fight against the disease.

NANO TECH

+ Invisibility Through Nano

New York (UPI) May 26, 2006 - Invisibility cloaks that bend light might develop using nanotechnology, experts tell UPI's Nano World. "There are probably quite a number of useful things you could do with stealth for the military," said researcher John Pendry, a physicist at Imperial College London.

THE STANS

+ Taliban offensive seeks to discourage NATO deployments: NATO chief

Washington (AFP) May 25, 2006 - NATO's supreme commander said Thursday a spring offensive by Taliban fighters appears aimed at discouraging US allies taking part in an expanded NATO-led force in southern Afghanistan.

EARTH OBSERVATION
+ NASA GOES Mission Goes On Schedule

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station FL (SPX) May 26, 2006
The N version of NASA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite series launched on schedule Thursday evening from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The Boeing Delta IV rocket carrying the satellite lifted off at the beginning of its launch window, at 6:11 p.m. Eastern Time.

+ Digital Globe European Partner To Supply Sat Imagery To European Commission

SPACEMART

+ LM And EADS Space To Team On NavSat Systems

Gaithersburg MD (SPX) May 26, 2006 - Lockheed Martin and EADS Astrium announced Thursday they have agreed to team up to ensure the interoperability of the Global Positioning System III and the European Galileo Satellite Navigation programs, considered the world's two most important upcoming navigation spacecraft.

+ Scientists Predict How To Detect A Fourth Dimension Of Space
+ NSF Partnership Funds Instrument For World's Largest Telescope
+ Final Go Given For Ariane 5 Launch
+ EADS Astrium Develops Its Links With The Brazilian Space Industry
+ SES ASTRA Increases Shareholding In ND Satcom To 100 percent
+ Russians harness star power in new battery
+ Checking Out Cheyenne And Testing Relay For Phoenix

SPACEDAILY TEXT EXPRESS - MAY 26, 2006
TODAY'S SPACE
May 26, 2006

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MARSDAILY

- Checking Out Cheyenne And Testing Relay For Phoenix
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Pasadena CA (SPX) May 26, 2006 - Opportunity Status for sol 818-824 Opportunity is healthy and continuing to make its way toward "Victoria Crater." Opportunity made 108 meters (354 feet) of progress in two sols of driving and was approximately 1,000 meters (just over half a mile) from Victoria Crater at the end of Sol 823.

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EARTH OBSERVATION

- Digital Globe European Partner To Supply Sat Imagery To European Commission
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Digital_...Commission.html

Longmont CO (SPX) May 26, 2006 - DigitalGlobe's European business partner, Eurimage in Rome, Italy, has contracted with the European Commission's Joint Research Center to supply worldwide satellite imagery over a four-year period.

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SPACEMART

- EADS Astrium Develops Its Links With The Brazilian Space Industry
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/EADS_Ast...e_Industry.html

Brazilia, Brazil (SPX) May 26, 2006 - EADS Astrium has purchased a 42% stake in the Brazilian company Equatorial Sistemas. This partnership will strengthen the presence of EADS Astrium in Brazil by enabling it to become a privileged partner in Brazilian space programmes in particular those from the Brazilian Space Agency and its industrial part the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research.

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LAUNCH PAD

- Final Go Given For Ariane 5 Launch
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Kourou, French Guyana (SPX) May 26, 2006 - Arianespace has given the go-ahead for its heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission on Saturday carrying the Satmex 6 and Thaicom 5 satellites.

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GPS NEWS

- LM And EADS Space To Team On NavSat Systems
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/LM_And_E...at_Systems.html

Gaithersburg MD (SPX) May 26, 2006 - Lockheed Martin and EADS Astrium announced Thursday they have agreed to team up to ensure the interoperability of the Global Positioning System III and the European Galileo Satellite Navigation programs, considered the world's two most important upcoming navigation spacecraft.

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EARTH OBSERVATION

- NASA GOES Mission Goes On Schedule
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/NASA_GOE...n_Schedule.html

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station FL (SPX) May 26, 2006 - The N version of NASA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite series launched on schedule Thursday evening from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The Boeing Delta IV rocket carrying the satellite lifted off at the beginning of its launch window, at 6:11 p.m. Eastern Time.

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SPACE SCOPES

- NSF Partnership Funds Instrument For World's Largest Telescope
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Kamuela, Hawai'i (SPX) May 26, 2006 - The W. M. Keck Observatory and the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that $5 million of NSF funding has been granted over the next four years to design and construct a major new capability for the Keck I telescope.

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SPACE TRAVEL

- Planetary Society Presents a New World to Congress
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Planetar...o_Congress.html

Washington DC (SPX) May 26, 2006 - May 25 marks the 45th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's 1961 speech to Congress launching the Apollo Program.

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ENERGY TECH

- Russians harness star power in new battery
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Russians...ew_battery.html

Moscow (AFP) May 25, 2006 - Russian scientists have invented a battery that can capture energy not only from the sun, but also from the stars, the head of a research institute at the Dubna Nuclear Institute, near Moscow, said on Thursday.

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SPACEMART

- SES ASTRA Increases Shareholding In ND Satcom To 100 percent
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Chateau de Betzdorf, Luxembourg (SPX) May 26, 2006 - SES ASTRA, an SES GLOBAL company, has announced today that it raises its stake in the satellite communications supplier ND SatCom from 25.1 to 100 per cent by acquiring the 74.9 per cent share from the German-based high-tech group AUGUSTA Technologie AG.

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PHYSICS NEWS

- Scientists Predict How To Detect A Fourth Dimension Of Space
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Durham NC (SPX) May 26, 2006 - Scientists at Duke and Rutgers universities have developed a mathematical framework they say will enable astronomers to test a new five-dimensional theory of gravity that competes with Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.

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SOLAR SCIENCE

- TIMED Mission Extended For Second Time
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/TIMED_Mi...econd_Time.html

Laurel MD (SPX) May 26, 2006 - NASA announced Thursday it is extending the Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics spacecraft's mission for another four years, through 2010. Since its launch in 2001, TIMED has been collecting atmospheric and near-space data during various phases of the solar cycle.

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SOLAR SCIENCE

- Two APL-built Instruments Observe Recent Total Solar Eclipse
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Laurel MD (SPX) May 26, 2006 - Space scientists from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Md., got a first-hand look at what happens to Earth's atmosphere when the sun was abruptly "turned off" during the March 29, 2006, total solar eclipse.

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SPACEWAR

- Chinese And US Scientists To Cooperate
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Chinese_An..._Cooperate.html

- China's Defense Challenge
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Chinas_Def..._Challenge.html

- NSA Datamining Pushes Tech Envelope
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/NSA_Datami...h_Envelope.html

- Border Patrol Chief Spells Out Growth Plan
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Border_Pat...rowth_Plan.html

- Brzezinski Wants Orderly Iraq Withdrawal
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Brzezinski...Withdrawal.html

- Invisibility Through Nano
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Invisibili...rough_Nano.html

- Gulf States Fear Iran War
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Gulf_State...r_Iran_War.html

- US Bringing Terrorists To Book
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Bringin...ts_To_Book.html

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TERRADAILY

- MIT Poet Develops 'Seeing Machine'
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/MIT_Poet...ng_Machine.html

- New Vaccine Development Provides Potent Long-Lasting Immunity
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/New_Vacc...g_Immunity.html

- Cure For Reading Glasses May Be In View
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Cure_For...Be_In_View.html

- Robotic Joystick Reveals How Brain Controls Movement
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Robotic_...s_Movement.html

- When It Comes To Privacy, Gender Matters
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/When_It_...er_Matters.html

- Sweet Success For Pioneering Hydrogen Energy Project
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Sweet_Su...gy_Project.html

- Better Distillation Curve Apparatus Built
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Better_D...atus_Built.html

- Ocean Useful In Hurricane Disaster Relief
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Ocean_Us...ter_Relief.html

- Managing Indian E-Waste
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Managing...an_E_Waste.html


YESTERDAY'S NEWS

- ITER Fusion Reactor Project Agreement Initialed At Brussels Meet
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/ITER_Fus...ssels_Meet.html

- AEROFLEX Adds Plainview PW5032 RadHard To Product Line
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/AEROFLEX...oduct_Line.html

- Hopkins Physics Lab To Build NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Hopkins_...orm_Probes.html

- MSV Accelerates Telecom Satellite Program
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/MSV_Acce...te_Program.html

- American Astronomical Society Releases Statement On Alma
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/American...nt_On_Alma.html

- France Telecom Launches BGAN Service Across United States
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/France_T...ted_States.html

- Arianespace Liftoff Now Set For Saturday
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Arianesp...r_Saturday.html

- Inexpensive Detector Sees The Invisible In Color
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Inexpens...e_In_Color.html

- ESA Makes World Fire Maps Available Online
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/ESA_Make...ble_Online.html

- Harris Wins Subcontract For Joint Environmental Toolkit As Part Of Raytheon Team
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Harris_W...theon_Team.html

- Balloon Borne Student Experiments From Esrange Space Center
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Balloon_...ace_Center.html

- NASA Names Scales Associate Administrator For Institutions And Management
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/NASA_Nam...Management.html

- ESA Extends SOHO Mission
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/ESA_Exte...HO_Mission.html

- The Totalitarian Temptation in Space
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/The_Tota...n_in_Space.html

- ISS Columbus Module Heads For Kennedy Space Center
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/ISS_Colu...ace_Center.html

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SPACEWAR

- Iran likely to dominate global security agenda for years: report
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_likel...ars_report.html

- Progress but no closure at Iran talks: US
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Progress_b...n_talks_US.html

- AT and T's NSA Legal Woes Continue To Grow
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/AT_and_Ts_...ue_To_Grow.html

- Boeing Delivers First Small Diameter Bomb I System To US Air Force
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Boeing_Del..._Air_Force.html

- Comtech Wins Contract To Retrofit AN/TRC-170 Troposcatter Terminals
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Comtech_Wi..._Terminals.html

- GAO Finds Problems In New DOD Satellite Communications Program
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/GAO_Finds_...ns_Program.html

- Israel Selects Raytheon And Rafael For Short-Range Missile-Defense Interceptor
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Israel_Sel...nterceptor.html

- Nano-Loaded Wireless Sensors
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Nano_Loade...ss_Sensors.html

- Tenix Unveils New Data Transmission Technology
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Tenix_Unve...Technology.html

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TERRADAILY

- Beyond The Hype And The Scare Stories, How Safe Are Nanoparticles
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Beyond_T...oparticles.html

- How Did Continents Split
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/How_Did_...ents_Split.html

- New Attempt To Monitor fisheries
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/New_Atte..._fisheries.html

- Revolutionary Hydrogen Sensor Developed
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Revoluti..._Developed.html

- Climate change threatens EU biodiversity target: Britain
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- Curse or blessing? Barents Sea teems with 'Stalin's crabs'
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TODAYS NEWS IN BRIEF

LAUNCH PAD

+ Heaviest Ariane 5 Payload Orbits Without A Hitch

Kourou, French Guyana (SPX) May 27, 2006
Arianespace's heavy-lift Ariane 5 ECA launched on time and without difficulty late Saturday afternoon, delivering two large telecom satellites into geostationary transfer orbits. The rocket lifted off from its pad at Europe's Spaceport at the start of a 45 minute launch window at 6:09 p.m. local time.

+ Air Force Orders More Space Launches From Orbital
+ Submerged Russian sub launches satellite

OZONE NEWS

+ Ozone Layer Seems To Be Recovering

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center - Huntsville AL (SPX) May 29, 2006
Think of the ozone layer as Earth's sunglasses, protecting life on the surface from the harmful glare of the Sun's strongest ultraviolet rays, which can cause skin cancer and other maladies. People were understandably alarmed, then, in the 1980s when scientists noticed that manmade chemicals in the atmosphere were destroying this layer.

SPACEMART

+ Indian Space Capability Gains Global Recognition

Bangalore, India (PTI) May 29, 2006
Diversifying from selling remote sensing images worldwide, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will soon make a big splash in the area of satellite building and offering launch services to other countries.

+ Justice Department Clears Intelsat-PanAmSat Merger
+ Government and Military Remain Key To Commercial Satellite Revenues

CONSTELLATIONS

+ Mobile Satellite Ventures Accelerates US Satellite Program

Reston VA (SPX) May 29, 2006
Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) and its joint venture partner, MSV Canada, today announced that it had reached an agreement with Boeing to accelerate the deployment of its two North American satellites, which will form the backbone of its satellite-cellular wireless communications network.

STELLAR CHEMISTRY

+ NASA Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission Moves Ahead

San Antonio TX (SPX) May 29, 2006
Just as the Voyager 2 spacecraft is approaching the edge of our solar system, Southwest Research Institute received official confirmation from NASA Headquarters to proceed into the mission implementation phase for the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission.

SOLAR SCIENCE

+ Magnetic Storms Affect Humans As Well As Telecommunications

Moscow, Russia (SPX) May 29, 2006
It has long been established that magnetic storms not only affect the performance of equipment, upset radio communications, blackout radars, and disrupt radio navigation systems but also endanger living organisms. They change the blood flow, especially in capillaries, affect blood pressure, and boost adrenalin.

BLUE SKY

+ Atmospheric Warming Expanding The Tropics

Washington DC (SPX) May 29, 2006
Earth's atmosphere seems to be warming in a way that is drawing the jet streams away from the equator and toward the poles, expanding tropical areas in the process, researchers reported Friday. If the data hold up, it means some of Earth's desert areas will be expanding, and drought conditions could strike formerly well-watered regions around the globe.

MILTECH

+ Paratroopers could fly 200km with new wings system: Jane's

London (AFP) May 26, 2006
A new military parachute system which fits wings on soldiers could enable them to travel to 200 kilometres (124 miles) after jumping, Jane's Defence Weekly defence magazine said Friday.

MISSILE NEWS

+ US urges Russia to reconsider missile sales to Iran

Washington (AFP) May 26, 2006
The United States urged Russia Friday to reconsider its decision to honor a contract to sell TOR-M1 surface-to-air missiles to Iran.

+ US tests ship-based defense system against short-range missile

AEROSPACE

+ Bush, Blair resolve dispute over Joint Strike Fighter

Washington (AFP) May 26, 2006
The United States and Britain announced Friday agreement to end a long-running row over technology that had threatened plans to cooperate in developing a new Joint Strike Fighter aircraft.

IRANIAN NUKES

+ Blair bows to US pressure on Iran, climate change: report

London (AFP) May 28, 2006
British Prime Minister Tony Blair bowed to US pressure by toughening remarks on Iran and softening them on global warming while in Washington, according to a report Sunday that Blair's office denied.

+ Iran FM threatens retaliation in event of US strike
+ Iran has no nuclear ambitions: vice president tells Pakistan
+ Bush administration debates direct talks with Iran: report
+ Iran willing to accept cap on uranium enrichment: envoy
+ Oman shows solidarity with Iran in nuclear standoff: analysts
+ Iran, Russia agree to continue nuclear talks

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

+ Indonesia quake teams using tsunami experience, says UN chief

Washington (AFP) May 28, 2006 - International rescue teams helping victims of the Indonesia earthquake, which has killed over 4,600 people, gained valuable experience in the operation after the 2004 tsunami disaster, UN aid coordinator Jan Egeland said Sunday.

+ Hospitals overwhelmed in Indonesian quake zone
+ New Orleans again vulnerable as new hurricane season opens

SHAKE AND BLOW

+ More quakes show power of Pacific 'Ring of Fire'

Jakarta (AFP) May 28, 2006
The Pacific's volatile "Ring of Fire" unleashed two more earthquakes Sunday, a day after a temblor in Indonesia left more than 3,300 dead in one of the world's most seismically active regions.

+ Earthquakes and volcanoes, Indonesia's twin nightmares
+ Pacific 'Ring of Fire' unleashes another disaster
+ Earthquake in ocean near Tonga
+ Earthquake jolts northern Philippines, no damage or injuries
+ Strong earthquake hits Papua New Guinea

ENERGY TECH

+ US oil and gas industry heads into hurricane season still weak

New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) May 28, 2006
With exploration and production still struggling to catch up to last year's levels, the US's crucial Gulf of Mexico oil and gas industry is gearing up for what could be another dangerous hurricane season.

+ Oil giants turn to Arctic promised land
+ Oil prices firmer on Iran, US demand concerns
+ Strategic Russian pipeline to be re-routed 400 kilometres from Baikal
+ Bush hails House bill opening Alaska wildlife refuge to drilling

CIVIL NUCLEAR

+ India admits more work to be done on nuclear deal with US

New Delhi (AFP) May 26, 2006
More work has to be done on the landmark Indo-US nuclear deal before it goes through Congress, according to New Delhi's top diplomat.


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MISSILE NEWS

+ Pentagon seeking non-nuclear submarine missile: report

New York (AFP) May 29, 2006
The Pentagon is pressing Congress to approve the development of a new weapon that would enable the United States to carry out non-nuclear missile strikes against distant targets within an hour, The New York Times reported in its Monday edition.

MISSILE DEFENSE

+ Rafael Selected For Short-Range Missile Interceptor

Tucson AZ (SPX) May 30, 2006
Raytheon Company and Rafael Armament Development Authority have been selected to develop a new terminal missile defense interceptor to defeat a variety of low-cost, short-range ballistic missile threats. The source selection was made by the Israel Missile Defense Organization.

MILPLEX

+ EADS And Terma Join Forces In Defence Business

Munich, Germany (SPX) May 30, 2006
EADS and Terma, Lystrup, have joined forces to extend their established co-operation in the field of defence. EADS Defence and Security Systems (DS) and Terma have agreed to explore further business opportunities particularly in the fields of Command and Control, Air Defence, Electronic Warfare, Future Soldier Systems and radar technology.

MILTECH

+ SOSTAR-X Released To Service As Test Campaign Starts

Friedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) May 30, 2006
The European SOSTAR-X programme for the development and demonstration of an advanced airborne ground surveillance radar system has started flight testing.

+ Lockheed Martin Demonstrates New Vehicle Armor
+ Raytheon AN SPY-3 Multifunction Radar Successfully Conducts Testing
+ Foster-Miller Receives Large Contract For Military Robot Parts And Service

UAV NEWS

+ UAV Development Will Drive Advanced Aerospace Technologies

London UK, (SPX) May 30, 2006
In 2000, the world market for UAVs represented only approximately $2.4 billion, but in the next decade, that figure is expected to top $15 billion, according to a new visiongain report.

+ Lockheed Martin Wins USAF Deal To Upgrade Sniper
+ Delivery Of The First Contractual Step Of The nEUROn Program

EARTH OBSERVATION

+ Commercial Remote Sensing Satellite Market Stabilizing

Newtown CN (SPX) May 30, 2006
In a new study, "The Market for Civil & Commercial Remote Sensing Satellites," Forecast International is projecting deliveries of approximately 139 imaging satellites worth $16.3 billion over the next 10 years. The first half of the period will be more active than the second, with 97 spacecraft slated for production within the next five years.

+ Digital Globe and Getty Images To Supply Satellite Images To News Media
+ Intermap Technologies Receives Radar Mapping Contract
+ Smiths Detection To Supply Next-Gen Meteorological System
SUPERPOWERS

+ NATO Lacks Muscle To Help US

Washington (UPI) May 30, 2006
Is the expanded "super NATO" America's greatest strategic ally, or is it in reality a hollow shell, multiplying American strategic commitments without providing any significant resources to deal with them?

THE STANS

+ India, Pakistan agree on joint survey of contested marsh

New Delhi (AFP) May 26, 2006
Nuclear rivals India and Pakistan ended two days of talks Friday and agreed to conduct a joint survey of a disputed marshland considered of little strategic value, a spokesman said.

+ Coalition raid kills 50 Taliban in Afghanistan: official

OLD NUKES

+ Russia to remove enriched uranium from satellite states by 2013

Moscow (AFP) May 29, 2006
Russia announced on Monday that it would repatriate by 2013 the enriched uranium from reactors the USSR set up in 17 countries, as part of the Global Threat Reduction Inititative (GTRI).

IRANIAN NUKES

+ World powers weigh nuclear 'guarantee' for Iran, Russia says

Moscow (AFP) May 29, 2006
World powers are prepared to guarantee Iran's right to develop nuclear energy provided Tehran eases international concerns over its nuclear intentions and cooperates fully with the UN atomic watchdog, Russia said Monday.

NUCLEAR BLACKMARKET

+ US, Japan prepare for controversial smuggling drill

Tokyo (AFP) May 29, 2006
The US and Japan were due to carry out a reduced version of an international anti-smuggling drill on Monday after China and South Korea pulled out apparently through fear of offending North Korea.

+ US, allies hold WMD-seizing drills in Mediterranean

IRAQ WARS

+ Bush bans protests at military funerals

Washington (AFP) May 29, 2006
President George W. Bush on Monday signed a law that bans protests at military funerals, in a bid to counter a group that has staged anti-gay demonstrations at ceremonies for soldiers killed in Iraq.

+ Italy to reduce troops in Iraq in June, pullout by end of year: FM
+ Probes into civilian killings nearing an end: Pentagon
+ Top US general says 'premature' to reach conclusion on Iraq killings

SPACEMART

+ Volvo Aero Components Powering Large Number Of Ariane 5 Launches

Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) May 29, 2006
Volvo Aero's components have helped to lift the Ariane 5 ECA into space on two successful launches in 2006 – including last Saturday's record-breaking satellite payload.

+ AGS To Supply Services For FTI-SAT Program
+ Satelinx To Equip Seniors With Location Base Devices
+ Comtech Wins $1.9M From U.S. Government For Satcom Products
+ ND SatCom Introduces New 2.4m Transportable Ground Terminal
+ Carbon-Based Quantum Dots Could Mean 'Greener,' Safer Technology

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SUPERPOWERS

+ China and India to sign accord to expand military ties

Beijing (AFP) May 29, 2006
China and India signed an agreement Tuesday to expand defence ties, the Chinese foreign ministry said, in a deal that is expected to see the neighbors conduct more military training exercises. The memorandum of understanding was signed during a visit by Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee to Beijing, foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao told reporters.

+ China drops out of joint anti-terrorism exercise
+ Putin sees 'competition' to Sino-Russia security group in Central Asia
+ Russia, China close ranks in Central Asia
+ India seeks friendship with both China, Japan
+ Bush speaks by phone with leaders of France, Russia, Germany

MISSILE DEFENSE

+ US Navy Announces Terminal Descent Intercept

Washington (UPI) May 31, 2006
U.S. sea-based ballistic missile defence capabilities demonstrated a new engagement aspect on May 24 when a Standard Missile 2 Block IV successfully intercepted a ballistic missile target in its terminal descent or endo-atmospheric phase, Jane's Navy International reported May 26.

+ Raytheon, RAFAEL Win Short-Range Missile Tender

ICBM NEWS

+ India Cancels Agni III Test

Washington (UPI) May 31, 2006
The Indian government has decided to cancel the first test-firing of its Agni III inter-continental ballistic missile. The Agni III was the pride of the Indian strategic missile program and was designed to have a range of at least 1,400 miles, and possibly as far as 2,000 miles, giving it the capability of hitting cities across southern China with nuclear weapons.

IRANIAN NUKES

+ US confident incentive package for Iran to be approved

Washington (AFP) May 30, 2006
The United States said it was optimistic that ministers of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany meeting in Vienna this week would endorse a plan to end the crisis over Iran's nuclear program.

+ China confirms world powers to meet Thursday on Iran
+ Crude oil prices rise amid Iran concerns
+ Draft proposal on Iran nuclear dispute
+ EU offer will be test for Iran's real intentions: Solana

NUCLEAR BLACKMARKET

+ Pakistani court hears plea over nuclear scientist

Islamabad (AFP) May 30, 2006
A Pakistani high court has asked the government to inform it of the reasons for the detention of a nuclear scientist whose relatives say he has been held for two years, a lawyer said Tuesday.

+ Malaysia to have nuclear monitoring station

KOREAN NUKES

+ North Korea Keen On South Korea Election

Seoul (UPI) May 31, 2006
North Korea is campaigning to help South Korea's ruling party win upcoming local elections in the hopes of benefiting from its cross-border reconciliation policy which emphasizes massive economic aid.

THE STANS

+ A Long Hot Afghan Summer

Washington (UPI) May 31, 2006
The street violence that shook the Afghan capital Sunday heralds the tide of unrest and frustration that has swept the southern provinces of the country, where the Taliban is waging its fiercest campaign since being ousted from power five years ago by U.S.-led forces.

+ Can Singh Solve Kashmir

MILTECH

+ Boeing To Develop F-15 Mission Planning Software For USAF

St Louis (SPX) May 31, 2006
Boeing received a $13.2 million U.S. Air Force contract to develop new F-15 mission planning software under the Mission Planning Enterprise Contract (MPEC) program.

+ NGC Conducting Flight Tests Of New Electro-Optical Surveillance And Detection System
+ Boeing Delivers Network-Centric JTRS Radios To Future Combat System Program
+ Raytheon SLAMRAAM Program Marks Delivery of First Integrated Fire Control Shelter

TERROR WARS

+ Privacy And Tech Fears Stall Border Plans

Washington (UPI) May 31, 2006
Concerns about privacy, rows over technology and the fear of an economic slowdown caused by delays at the border are threatening U.S. plans to tighten entry requirements for people crossing from Canada.

+ EU Blocks US Anti-Terror Airline Deal

EUROPLEX

+ End to CFE deadlock 'unlikely': diplomatic sources

Vienna (AFP) May 30, 2006
An end to the deadlock over the treaty on conventional forces in Europe (CFE) is unlikely before the end of the week, delegates at an international conference on the matter said Tuesday.

IRAQ WARS

+ US says more Iraq forces active but more attacks

Washington (AFP) May 30, 2006
The US Defense Department reported Tuesday gains in developing Iraq's security forces but also a rise in attacks, higher casualties and greater sectarian violence.

+ 1,500 more US troops to Iraq: Pentagon
+ White House vows details of Iraq killings inquiry to be made public
+ US lawmaker again charges coverup in Haditha, Iraq

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SPACEMART

+ Space Launch Acquired By Space Adventures

Washington DC (SPX) May 31, 2006
Space Adventures announced Tuesday it has completed an agreement to acquire Space Launch Corp. of Fountain Valley, Calif., as a wholly owned subsidiary. Founded in 1999, Space Launch has been developing micro-satellite launch capabilities for the military under a contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

TECH SPACE

+ ESA Proba-2 Spacecraft To Validate More New Technologies

Paris, France (SPX) May 31, 2006
Proba-2, currently under development and due for launch in September 2007, is the second in ESA's series of small, low-cost satellites intended to validate new spacecraft technologies while also carrying scientific instruments. The Proba satellites are part of ESA's In-Orbit Technology Demonstration Program, funded through the General Support Technology Program.

SPACE TRAVEL

+ A Voyage To The Edge Of Sol

Pasadena CA (SPX) May 31, 2006
As the 28-year-old Voyagers 1 and 2 spacecraft approach the edge of interstellar space, they have found that the heliosphere, the "bubble" within which the sun dominates, bulges outward in the northern hemisphere and is pressed inward in the south.

SATURN DAILY

+ Titan Ringed

Pasadena CA (SPX) May 31, 2006
The Cassini spacecraft captured this view of Saturn's largest moon, Titan (5,150 kilometers, or 3,200 miles across) looking out from slightly beneath the giant planet's ringplane.

MARSDAILY

+ Opportunity Gets Dug Into Loose Soil Again

Pasadena CA (SPX) May 31, 2006
Opportunity's wheels dug into loose soil during a drive on sol 833 (May 29, 2006). The drive was planned for about 24 meters (79 feet) but resulted in only 1.5 meters (5 feet) of forward progress. The flight team directed Opportunity on sol 834 to take images for studying the situation and planning a way to drive out of the loose material.

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

+ Extending The Reach Of Disaster Relief From Fire To Flood

Paris, France (SPX) May 31, 2006
Different disasters require different responses and, in turn, multiple technological solutions, which is a costly duplication of resources. REMSAT II, a project supported by ESA’s Telecommunications Department, has, however, successfully extended its forest fire fighting capabilities to the domain of flood relief, saving both resources and lives.

SPACE SCOPES

+ ATK To Provide More Components For James Webb Space Telescope

Minneapolis MN (SPX) May 31, 2006
Alliant Techsystems announced Tuesday it has received a $65 million contract to provide more components and subsystems to Northrop Grumman for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

LAUNCH PAD

+ SES Global Contracts Sea Launch For AMC-21 Satellite

Luxembourg (SPX) May 31, 2006 - SES Global announced Tuesday it has contracted with the Sea Launch Company for a mission on its Land Launch system to send the AMC-21 spacecraft into orbit in mid-2008.

STATION NEWS

+ Russia Prepares To Launch Another Progress Space Truck To ISS

Moscow (RIAN) May 31, 2006
A Progress M-57 space freighter will be launched to the International Space Station on the back of a Soyuz-U rocket on June 24, 2006, the Federal Space Agency said Tuesday.

INTERNET SPACE

+ Old Hardware, New Applications

Chicago (UPI) May 31, 2006
The market for virtual servers -- software that lets computer users employ more than one operating system, whether it is Windows or Linux, on a single server -- is surging. Experts tell UPI's Networking that more than 45 percent of servers in corporate networks purchased in the coming year will be "virtualized," as IT departments seek to squeeze more applications and connectivity out of the same amount of hardware.

VSAT NEWS

+ SES ASTRA Takes Over ND SatCom Shares

Betzdorf, Luxembourg (SPX) May 29, 2006
SES ASTRA announced Monday that it has raised its stake in satellite-communications supplier ND SatCom from 25.1 percent to 100 percent by acquiring the 74.9 percent share from the German-based high-tech group AUGUSTA Technologie AG.

SUPERPOWERS

+ China and India to sign accord to expand military ties

Beijing (AFP) May 29, 2006
China and India signed an agreement Tuesday to expand defence ties, the Chinese foreign ministry said, in a deal that is expected to see the neighbors conduct more military training exercises. The memorandum of understanding was signed during a visit by Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee to Beijing, foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao told reporters.

+ China drops out of joint anti-terrorism exercise
+ Putin sees 'competition' to Sino-Russia security group in Central Asia
+ Russia, China close ranks in Central Asia
+ India seeks friendship with both China, Japan
+ Bush speaks by phone with leaders of France, Russia, Germany
MISSILE DEFENSE

+ US Navy Announces Terminal Descent Intercept

Washington (UPI) May 31, 2006
U.S. sea-based ballistic missile defence capabilities demonstrated a new engagement aspect on May 24 when a Standard Missile 2 Block IV successfully intercepted a ballistic missile target in its terminal descent or endo-atmospheric phase, Jane's Navy International reported May 26.

+ Raytheon, RAFAEL Win Short-Range Missile Tender

ICBM NEWS

+ India Cancels Agni III Test

Washington (UPI) May 31, 2006
The Indian government has decided to cancel the first test-firing of its Agni III inter-continental ballistic missile. The Agni III was the pride of the Indian strategic missile program and was designed to have a range of at least 1,400 miles, and possibly as far as 2,000 miles, giving it the capability of hitting cities across southern China with nuclear weapons.

IRANIAN NUKES

+ US confident incentive package for Iran to be approved

Washington (AFP) May 30, 2006
The United States said it was optimistic that ministers of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany meeting in Vienna this week would endorse a plan to end the crisis over Iran's nuclear program.

+ China confirms world powers to meet Thursday on Iran
+ Crude oil prices rise amid Iran concerns
+ Draft proposal on Iran nuclear dispute
+ EU offer will be test for Iran's real intentions: Solana

NUCLEAR BLACKMARKET

+ Pakistani court hears plea over nuclear scientist

Islamabad (AFP) May 30, 2006
A Pakistani high court has asked the government to inform it of the reasons for the detention of a nuclear scientist whose relatives say he has been held for two years, a lawyer said Tuesday.

+ Malaysia to have nuclear monitoring station

KOREAN NUKES

+ North Korea Keen On South Korea Election

Seoul (UPI) May 31, 2006
North Korea is campaigning to help South Korea's ruling party win upcoming local elections in the hopes of benefiting from its cross-border reconciliation policy which emphasizes massive economic aid.

CLIMATE SCIENCE

+ Sea-Surface Warming Linked to Worse Tropical Storms Activity

Washington DC (SPX) May 31, 2006
Climate researchers said Tuesday they may have found a connection between rising sea-surface temperatures over the past 40 years and more intense tropical storm activity across the globe.

+ China, neighbours vow to tackle sandstorm menace

FROTH AND BUBBLE

+ China growth unsustainable on all counts, must change: economist

Beijing (AFP) May 30, 2006
China's growth model, based on the West's economic model with its massive appetite for resources and increasing environmental degradation is unsustainable and will have to change, a leading environmentalist said Tuesday.

+ Pollution turning China's Yangtze river "cancerous"
+ 'Mercury Sponge' Technology Goes From Lab To Market

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

+ Indonesia quake death toll nearly 5,700: official

Jakarta (AFP) May 30, 2006
The death toll from the earthquake that rocked Indonesia's main island of Java at the weekend has risen to at least 5,698, the social affairs ministry said late Tuesday.

+ Deaths Mount In Indonesia

SHAKE AND BLOW

+ Geologists warn Indonesia quake could awaken nearby volcano

Jakarta (AFP) May 30, 2006
Geologists warned Tuesday that simmering Mount Merapi volcano could blow its top in the wake of the powerful quake that devastated swathes of Indonesia's main island of Java.

+ Indonesia's Merapi spews heat clouds and lava
+ Comoros on alert as volcano simmers

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KOREAN NUKES

+ Consortium to terminate North Korean nuclear power reactor project

New York (AFP) May 31, 2006 - An energy consortium that was charged with carrying out the construction of lightwater nuclear power reactors to entice North Korea to end its atomic weapons drive formally decided Wednesday to terminate the project.

IRANIAN NUKES

+ US outlines Iran nuclear policy

Washington (AFP) May 31, 2006 - In announcing Wednesday a US offer to join the talks on Tehran's nuclear program, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice delivered a comprehensive outline of US policy on Iran.

+ A Way Out For Iran
+ US offers to join Iran talks in deal with Russia, China
+ UN nuclear chief calls on Iran to clear way to nuclear talks with US

MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS

+ BAE Systems Delivers Initial F-35 JSF Electronic Warfare System

Nashua NH (SPX) Jun 01, 2006 - BAE Systems has delivered the first electronic warfare system for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program to Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth, Texas.

LASER TECH

+ Quintessence Photonics Wins US DoD Subcontract

Sylmar CA (SPX) Jun 01, 2006 - Quintessence Photonics has announced that it has received a subcontract for the development of high power, high brightness semiconductor lasers as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) program for Architecture for Diode High Energy Laser Systems (ADHELS). QPCI's portion of the DARPA award is for $3.1M including all phases.

+ DSTO Centre of Expertise in Photonics to Boost Defence Research

THE STANS

+ Pakistan Says Bin Laden Not In The Upper Dir

Washington (UPI) Jun 01, 2006 - Pakistani Federal Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao has denied U.S. media reports that Al-Qaida head Osama bin Laden is hiding in Upper Dir. The Daily Times on May 29 quoted Sherpao telling reporters that, "There is no iota of truth in the news report depicting the presence of bin Laden in the NorthWest Frontier Province.

IRAQ WARS

+ Rising Terror Curve In Iraq

Washington (UPI) Jun 01, 2006 - The latest wave of attacks in Iraq confirms the growing capabilities of the Sunni insurgency. The total number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq through Tuesday, May 30, since the start of operations to topple Saddam Hussein on March 19, 2003, was 2,467, according to official figures issued by the U.S. Department of Defense.

+ New Approaches For Reconstructing Iraq
+ Khalilzad Bids For Deal With Insurgents
+ US president 'troubled' by Haditha shootings

SPACEMART

+ Boeing To Develop New Electronic Circuits For Extreme Space Environments

St. Louis MO (SPX) Jun 01, 2006
Boeing announced Wednesday it has joined a university-industry team working to develop a reliable, cost-effective electronic technology that helps robotic and human space missions operate in environments of extreme cold and space radiation.

+ Gilat Provides Cellular Backhaul Infrastructure for Angola Telecom
+ Mobile Satellite Ventures Awarded Two New US Patents
+ QinetiQ Joins Galileo Development
+ Discovery Still On Track For July Launch
+ Kazakh Leader Says First Satellite Means Space-Power Status
+ Spacewalk To Focus On Station Repairs And Experiments
+ Columbus Arrives At Kennedy
+ SpaceX Achieves Key Milestone of Tenth Launch Agreement
+ Voyager Data May Reveal Trajectory Of Solar System

VOLCANIC NEWS

+ Indonesia's Merapi spews longer trails of lava

Jakarta (AFP) May 31, 2006 - Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano maintained a high level of activity for a fifth consecutive day Wednesday, spewing heat clouds and longer trails of lava down its slopes, geologists said.


DISASTER MANAGEMENT

+ Indonesia quake survivors face another wet night outside

Yogyakarta, Indonesia (AFP) May 30, 2006 - Tens of thousands of homeless earthquake survivors in central Indonesia faced another wet night in the open, with rain beginning to fall over the zone at dusk on Wednesday.

+ Pleas for help as Indonesia defends quake aid

SHAKE AND BLOW

+ US weather experts forecast above-normal hurricane threat

Miami (AFP) May 31, 2006 - Caribbean and US coastlines are under greater threat in this year's tropical storm season with five out of nine projected hurricanes expected to rank as intense storms, US climatologists said Wednesday.

+ Powerful hurricane season looms in Atlantic
+ Saffir-Simpson scale ranks hurricane intensity
+ US develops hurricane evacuation plans for pets
+ Subsidence in New Orleans abetted hurricane disaster: study
+ Sprint Nextel Network Strengthened As Hurricane Season Looms

CLIMATE SCIENCE

+ Climate change: Arctic went from greenhouse to icehouse

Paris (AFP) May 31, 2006 - Dramatic shifts in Earth's climate system drove the sea at the North Pole from sub-tropical temperatures to icy chill in the relatively brief span of 10 million years, a series of studies published on Thursday says.


+ Climate change could fuel fiercer hurricane cycles: researchers

Washington (AFP) May 31, 2006 - Human-induced climate change could be fueling increasingly active and deadly hurricane cycles, US researchers said, a day ahead of the official Atlantic hurricane season's start on Thursday.

CIVIL NUCLEAR

+ Iran Calls For Tenders On Two New Reactors

Washington (UPI) Jun 01, 2006 - The deputy chief Iran's Organization for Atomic Energy, Mohammad Saeedi, announced on May 30 that Iran intends to build two new nuclear reactors.

+ Ex-French nuclear chief charged over Chernobyl cover-up

ICE WORLD

+ Belgium to build biosphere in Antarctic

Brussels (AFP) May 31, 2006 - Belgium unveiled plans Wednesday to build the first eco-friendly scientific base in Antarctica, as part of an internationally-organized year of polar activity.

ENERGY TECH

+ Oil prices retreat as US offers talks with Iran

New York (AFP) May 31, 2006 - Crude oil futures fell on global markets Wednesday after the United States offered to hold direct talks with Iran over the Islamic republic's disputed nuclear program.

+ Bottom Line: Shot Commodities

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SHUTTLE NEWS

+ Discovery Still On Track For July Launch

Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jun 01, 2006
NASA officials said Wednesday they remain determined to keep to the current space shuttle launch schedule and to continue to examine possible safety hazards as closely as possible in the meantime. Shuttle Discovery, sitting on its launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, should lift off sometime in July for a flight to the International Space Station.

SPACEMART

+ Kazakh Leader Says First Satellite Means Space-Power Status

Astana (RIAN) Jun 01, 2006
Kazakhstan's president said Wednesday that the forthcoming launch of the country's first communications satellite would be a landmark as it meant Kazakhstan would join the space club. KazSat communications satellite is at the Baikonur space center in the Central Asian republic for preparations ahead of its June 18 launch.

STATION NEWS

+ Spacewalk To Focus On Station Repairs And Experiments

Washington DC (SPX) Jun 01, 2006
International Space Station crew members Pavel Vinogradov and Jeff Williams will embark on a spacewalk Thursday to attempt three repair operations on the orbiting facility and retrieve two science experiment packages.

+ Columbus Arrives At Kennedy

ROCKET SCIENCE

+ SpaceX Achieves Key Milestone of Tenth Launch Agreement

El Segundo CA (SPX) Jun 01, 2006
SpaceX announced that the number of launches on manifest has now reached double digits. The ninth launch, already announced, is with MDA Corporation of Canada and will carry the Cassiope satellite on a Falcon 9 in mid 2008.

SPACE TRAVEL

+ Voyager Data May Reveal Trajectory Of Solar System

Newport Beach CA (SPX) Jun 01, 2006
Nearly 30 years after launch, the two Voyager spacecraft are still operational and returning useful data. In their early years they produced some of the first close up images of the large outer planets.

SATURN DAILY

+ Saturn Moon Enceladus Rolled Over

Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 01, 2006
Saturn's moon Enceladus - an active, icy world with an unusually warm south pole - may have performed an unusual trick for a planetary body: It may have rolled over.

TECH SPACE

+ Boeing To Develop New Electronic Circuits For Extreme Space Environments

St. Louis MO (SPX) Jun 01, 2006
Boeing announced Wednesday it has joined a university-industry team working to develop a reliable, cost-effective electronic technology that helps robotic and human space missions operate in environments of extreme cold and space radiation.

VSAT NEWS

+ Gilat Provides Cellular Backhaul Infrastructure for Angola Telecom

Petah Tikva, Israel (SPX) Jun 01, 2006
Jun 01, 2006--Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has announced that it will provide communications equipment and services to Angola Telecom, one of the largest operators in Sub-Saharan Africa.

PATENT SPACE

+ Mobile Satellite Ventures Awarded Two New US Patents

Reston VA (SPX) Jun 01, 2006
Mobile Satellite Ventures, LP (MSV) has announced that the United States Patent Office has awarded the company two more patents to bolster its extensive ancillary terrestrial component (ATC) patent portfolio. This award brings the number of patents to eleven total U.S. ATC patents issued recently to MSV.

GPS NEWS

+ QinetiQ Joins Galileo Development

Farnborough, England (SPX) Jun 01, 2006
QinetiQ announced Wednesday it has signed a contract to join the European consortium conducting Phase CDE1 of development of the Galileo satellite constellation.

EXO WORLDS

+ Dawn Team Looking Good For Launch Next Year

Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 01, 2006
Dawn is making good progress preparing for its 2007 launch. Let's look forward to some of what must happen during the next year on the most visible part of the project - the spacecraft - to prepare for its launch.

+ Like Planet, Like Sun

VOLCANIC NEWS

+ Indonesia's Merapi spews longer trails of lava

Jakarta (AFP) May 31, 2006 - Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano maintained a high level of activity for a fifth consecutive day Wednesday, spewing heat clouds and longer trails of lava down its slopes, geologists said.

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

+ Indonesia quake survivors face another wet night outside

Yogyakarta, Indonesia (AFP) May 30, 2006 - Tens of thousands of homeless earthquake survivors in central Indonesia faced another wet night in the open, with rain beginning to fall over the zone at dusk on Wednesday.

+ Pleas for help as Indonesia defends quake aid

SHAKE AND BLOW

+ US weather experts forecast above-normal hurricane threat

Miami (AFP) May 31, 2006 - Caribbean and US coastlines are under greater threat in this year's tropical storm season with five out of nine projected hurricanes expected to rank as intense storms, US climatologists said Wednesday.

+ Powerful hurricane season looms in Atlantic
+ Saffir-Simpson scale ranks hurricane intensity
+ US develops hurricane evacuation plans for pets
+ Subsidence in New Orleans abetted hurricane disaster: study
+ Sprint Nextel Network Strengthened As Hurricane Season Looms

CLIMATE SCIENCE

+ Climate change: Arctic went from greenhouse to icehouse

Paris (AFP) May 31, 2006 - Dramatic shifts in Earth's climate system drove the sea at the North Pole from sub-tropical temperatures to icy chill in the relatively brief span of 10 million years, a series of studies published on Thursday says.


+ Climate change could fuel fiercer hurricane cycles: researchers

Washington (AFP) May 31, 2006 - Human-induced climate change could be fueling increasingly active and deadly hurricane cycles, US researchers said, a day ahead of the official Atlantic hurricane season's start on Thursday.

CIVIL NUCLEAR

+ Iran Calls For Tenders On Two New Reactors

Washington (UPI) Jun 01, 2006 - The deputy chief Iran's Organization for Atomic Energy, Mohammad Saeedi, announced on May 30 that Iran intends to build two new nuclear reactors.

+ Ex-French nuclear chief charged over Chernobyl cover-up

ICE WORLD

+ Belgium to build biosphere in Antarctic

Brussels (AFP) May 31, 2006 - Belgium unveiled plans Wednesday to build the first eco-friendly scientific base in Antarctica, as part of an internationally-organized year of polar activity.

ENERGY TECH

+ Oil prices retreat as US offers talks with Iran

New York (AFP) May 31, 2006 - Crude oil futures fell on global markets Wednesday after the United States offered to hold direct talks with Iran over the Islamic republic's disputed nuclear program.

+ Bottom Line: Shot Commodities

KOREAN NUKES

+ Consortium to terminate North Korean nuclear power reactor project

New York (AFP) May 31, 2006
An energy consortium that was charged with carrying out the construction of lightwater nuclear power reactors to entice North Korea to end its atomic weapons drive formally decided Wednesday to terminate the project.

IRANIAN NUKES

+ US outlines Iran nuclear policy

Washington (AFP) May 31, 2006
In announcing Wednesday a US offer to join the talks on Tehran's nuclear program, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice delivered a comprehensive outline of US policy on Iran.

+ A Way Out For Iran
+ US offers to join Iran talks in deal with Russia, China
+ UN nuclear chief calls on Iran to clear way to nuclear talks with US

MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS

+ BAE Systems Delivers Initial F-35 JSF Electronic Warfare System

Nashua NH (SPX) Jun 01, 2006
BAE Systems has delivered the first electronic warfare system for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program to Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth, Texas.

LASER TECH

+ Quintessence Photonics Wins US DoD Subcontract

Sylmar CA (SPX) Jun 01, 2006
Quintessence Photonics has announced that it has received a subcontract for the development of high power, high brightness semiconductor lasers as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) program for Architecture for Diode High Energy Laser Systems (ADHELS). QPCI's portion of the DARPA award is for $3.1M including all phases.

+ DSTO Centre of Expertise in Photonics to Boost Defence Research

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NUKEWARS

+ World powers agree breakthrough on Iran nuclear program

Vienna (AFP) Jun 1, 2006 - A day after the United States said it could join talks on Iran's disputed nuclear program, world powers agreed Thursday on a breakthrough package of incentives and sanctions to get Iran to suspend nuclear fuel work that has raised fears of weapons development.

+ Iran will not negotiate nuclear program with US: minister
+ Text of British foreign secretary's statement on Iran's nuclear program

MILPLEX

+ Four US soldiers dead in helicopter crash in southern US

Miami (AFP) Jun 1, 2006
A US military helicopter crashed Thursday in the southern state of Georgia, leaving four soldiers dead and one injured, the military said.

MISSILE NEWS

+ New Cruise Missile Successful In First Flight Test

Eglin AFB FL (SPX) Jun 02, 2006
The Air Force's newest cruise missile was successfully launched for the first time May 18. The Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile - Extended Range was released from a B-1B Lancer and cruised more than 400 nautical miles to its target at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.

+ LM Tracking Antenna Supports Minuteman III Flight Test

MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS

+ Boeing Completes Environmental Tests For Wideband Gapfiller Satellite

St Louis MO (SPX) Jun 02, 2006
The first of Boeing's three Wideband Gapfiller Satellites has successfully completed key dynamic environmental tests, confirming the spacecraft's structural design and mechanical integrity, the company announced Thursday.

KOREAN NUKES

+ US pours cold water on North Korean invite for direct talks

Washington (AFP) Jun 1, 2006
The United States poured cold water Thursday on a proposal by North Korea for direct talks to end a nuclear standoff.

+ US rejects North Korean overture
+ Blix commission cautions against regime change in Iran, N. Korea

MILTECH

+ Test Demonstrates Total Force Concept

Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Jun 02, 2006
While many airmen were demonstrating their ability to survive and operate in a hostile environment at Camp Corum during the recent operational readiness exercise, a group of testers here were busy demonstrating another facet of the Air Force Flight Test Center's wartime mission.

+ US Marine Corps Awards GD Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle Contract
+ BAE Systems To Provide Enhanced Vision For US Army Combat Vehicles
+ BlastGard Introduces New Aviation Product Line
+ GD To Procide RG-31 Mine Protected Vehicles For Canadian Military

AEROSPACE

+ Australians Learn From US C-17 Mission

Townsville, Australia (SPX) Jun 02, 2006
Two C-17 Globemaster IIIs from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, arrived here last week at the Australian Defense Force's request. U.S. Airmen are moving Australian forces and equipment to Darwin, Australia, to allow the Australian military to quickly respond to unrest in neighboring East Timor.


THE STANS

+ Afghan spring offensive stronger than expected: Dutch army chief

The Hague (AFP) Jun 1, 2006
The offensives against NATO forces in Afghanistan are particularly strong this spring, the commander of the Dutch armed forces said Thursday, shortly after Dutch soldiers were ambushed in the south of the country.

ROBO SPACE

+ International Planetary Probe Meeting Set

Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 02, 2006
Robotic exploration of planets with atmospheres is the topic of NASA's Fourth International Planetary Probe Workshop this month in Pasadena, Calif.

SPACEMART

+ Orbital To Supply Six Satellite Payloads For ORBCOMM

Dulles VA (SPX) Jun 02, 2006
Orbital Sciences announced Thursday it has received a $17 million contract from its subsidiary ORBCOMM Inc. to supply six data communications satellite payloads. The contract also includes options for two additional payload sets. If exercised, the options would bring the total contract value to $21.5 million, the company said in a statement.

+ ESOC Goes To SpaceOps 2006

ENERGY TECH

+ Physicists Persevere In Quest For Inexhaustible Energy Source

Madison WI (SPX) Jun 02, 2006
As gas prices soar and greenhouse gases continue to blanket the atmosphere, the need for a clean, safe and cheap source of energy has never seemed more pressing. Scientists have long worked to meet that need, exploring alternative energy technologies such as wind and solar power.

+ Biodiversity Key To Sustainable Biofuel
+ Ditch the tie, Japan tells workers as "Cool Biz" drive begins

SHAKE AND BLOW

+ US wary as Atlantic hurricane season starts

New Orleans (AFP) Jun 1, 2006
The Atlantic hurricane season started Thursday with experts predicting more storm misery on Caribbean and US coasts while New Orleans is still battling to get over the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.

VOLCANIC NEWS

+ Indonesian volcano active for sixth day

Jakarta (AFP) Jun 1, 2006
Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano spilled lava and heat clouds for a sixth consecutive day Thursday, sending trails of molten rock down its western slope for the first time, scientists said.

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

+ Indonesia quake toll soars as hospitals strained

Bantul, Indonesia (AFP) Jun 1, 2006
The number of casualties from the Indonesian quake soared Thursday as the United Nations said hospitals were overcrowded and still lacked basic supplies to treat the mass of injured.

+ VP wants quake relief delivered monthly, not daily

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ICBM NEWS

+ India Pulls The Plug On The Agni 3 ICBM Project

Washington (UPI) Jun 05, 2006
The Agni III ICBM, the pride of India's strategic deterrent force, has been shot down before it could even conduct its first test flight. Why did the Indian government pull the plug? The ambitious rail and road-mobile Agni III was the pride of the Indian strategic missile program and was designed to have a range of at least 2,000 miles, giving it the capability of reaching almost all of China with nuclear weapons.

SPACEWAR

+ Japanese Military Going Into Space

Tokyo (UPI) Jun 05, 2006
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party has drafted a bill to allow Japan's military into space. The calls for the military to venture into space within the parameters of self-defense rights. That would be a drastic change from the current civilian-based limitations that Japan has placed on space ventures.

+ AFSO 21 Crucial To Achieving New Vision
+ CENTAF Releases Airpower Summary

GPS NEWS

+ Lockheed Martin And EADS To Cooperate On Satellite Navigation Standards

Gaithersburg MD (SPX) Jun 05, 2006
Lockheed Martin and EADS Astrium announced Sunday they have signed a teaming agreement to ensure interoperability of the Global Positioning System III and the European Galileo Satellite Navigation programs - the world's two most important upcoming satellite navigation systems.

MISSILE NEWS

+ FMS Pakistan HARPOON Block II Anti-ship Missiles

Washington DC (SPX) Jun 01, 2006
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Pakistan of HARPOON Block II Anti-ship Missiles as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $370 million.

MILTECH

+ US Army Shifts Training Focus To Stryker Teams

Schofield Barracks HI (AFNS) Jun 05, 2006
The U.S. Army 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team continues to transform with five new units and a fleet of new, highly mobile, survivable and lethal Stryker vehicles. Similarly, the brigade's 5th Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, is continuing to transform training by shifting from individual soldier tasks to Stryker team building exercises.

+ Samsung SDI develops new 3D technology

TERROR WARS

+ Senate Bill Means Wider Briefing On Spying

Washington (UPI) Jun 01, 2006
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is moving to end a long-standing arrangement under which just a few members of congress are briefed on the most sensitive of U.S. intelligence activities.

+ Boeing Team Pursue Secure Border Initiative
+ SBInet Proposal Reflects Border Security Experience

SUPERPOWERS

+ Rumsfeld urges China to come clean on military spending

Singapore (AFP) Jun 3, 2006
US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld urged China Saturday to explain its increased military spending to the world, saying it was in its interest to demystify actions that others find potentially threatening.

+ Moscow Facing A Complex Chinese Challenge
+ US scientist, once suspected China spy, settles lawsuits

+ G8, China, India and others pledge to boost education standards

MILTECH

+ Armor Holdings Receives Armor Component Order for Up-Armored HMMWV

Jacksonville FL (SPX) Jun 05, 2006
Armor Holdings has announced the receipt of an order from AM General valued at $87.4 million under a blanket purchase agreement to provide armor components for the M1151 and M1152 Up-Armored HMMWV program.

EUROPLEX

+ Naval moves seek to warm Israel-NATO ties

Brussels (AFP) Jun 4, 2006
An Israeli frigate is to take part in NATO naval exercises in the Black Sea this month, the latest example of efforts to boost cooperation, although ties remain cool, officials and analysts say.

NUKEWARS

+ Iran Intransigence Threat To NPT

Washington (UPI) Jun 05, 2006
A top State Department official said if the international community fails convince Iran to give up its uranium enrichment program, it will dramatically undermine the 40-year-old Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, an international agreement credited with preventing new states from developing nuclear weapons.

+ Iran will not discuss its right to enrichment: Ahmadinejad
+ Iran's supreme leader stands by nuclear programme
+ Rice brushes aside Iran threat on oil supplies
+ Rumsfeld plays down Ahmadinejad statement on nuclear proposal
+ US echoes Gulf fears of pollution from Iran's nuclear program
+ US sweetens offer to Iran: diplomats
+ What About Israel And Iran

IRAQ WARS

+ Learning The Hard Truths On Iraq

Washington (UPI) Jun 05, 2006
There are no good strategic options in Iraq, and there is a serious risk of failure regardless of the policies the United States pursues. The United States also has increasingly limited options.

+ Iraqi Model Becomes A Failed Strategy
+ Losing The Shiites

TECTONIC FORCES

+ Scientists say no big Indonesia quake again soon

Yogyakarta, Indonesia (AFP) Jun 4, 2006
There is little danger of another strong earthquake on Indonesia's Java island in the near future, scientists said Sunday, as jittery survivors endured more aftershocks.

+ Red alert still in effect at Indonesian volcano

+ Volcano fears? Indonesians turn to rice cakes

SHAKE AND BLOW

+ Indonesia to make community grants for quake reconstruction

Jakarta (AFP) Jun 4, 2006
The Indonesian government will disburse reconstruction aid to quake survivors in the form of community grants to encourage collective rebuilding, reports said here Sunday.

+ Injured and alone, disabled quake survivor returns home
+ Tough start for Indonesia's quake babies

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

+ Future Hurricane Disasters May Become More Costly

Cullowhee NC (SPX) Jun 05, 2006 - As the 2006 hurricane season gets under way, nationally known hurricane impact researcher Rob Young, associate professor of geosciences at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C, says the manner in which the federal government responded to last year's hurricane disasters will make future disasters even more costly.

+ Sinking Levees

+ Climate Change Responsible For Increased Hurricanes

MONSOON NEWS

+ Early monsoon death toll tops 100 in India

New Delhi (AFP) Jun 3, 2006
The death toll from lightning strikes and powerful storms rose to 105 Saturday as annual summer monsoon rains tore through India earlier than usual, authorities said.

+ 29 dead, 100,000 evacuated as rains drench southern China
+ Pakistan to relocate 55,000 earthquake survivors

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ROBO SPACE

+ IEDs Influencing Robotic Warfare Concepts

Tallahassee FL (SPX) Jun 06, 2006
Over the past three years, thousands of American soldiers in Iraq have been horribly injured or killed by improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The explosives, placed near or buried under roadways and often detonated by remote control, frequently target U.S. military vehicles and convoys -- often with deadly success.

+ A Better Wetware Interface
+ iRobot Awarded 64.3 Million Contract For PackBot Robots

MISSILE DEFENSE

+ NGC Promotes International Cooperation On Key Missile Defense Programs In Seville

Reston VA (SPX) Jun 06, 2006
Northrop Grumman will promote international cooperation on key missile defense programs at the Association Aeronautique et Astronautique de France (AAAF) International Conference on Missile Defence, June 7-9 in Seville, Spain.

SPACEWAR

+ Defining A Warfare Doctrine For Circumterrestrial Space

Washington (UPI) Jun 06, 2006
This summer the United States plans to publish its new space doctrine stipulating the deployment of weapons in circumterrestrial space.

NUKEWARS

+ Experts Differ On How To Deal With Iran

Washington (UPI) Jun 06, 2006
Experts are divided in whether Iran will seek to head off a confrontation with the West over its nuclear program. A conference last week at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank, heard conflicting assessments on how Tehran was likely to react to the latest proposals presented to them about dismantling their nuclear program from the United States and the European Union Trio, or EU3 nations of Britain, France and Germany.

ENERGY TECH

+ UW-Madison Professor To Coordinate US Fusion Science Effort

Madison WI (SPX) Jun 06, 2006
A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor will be the liaison between United States plasma and fusion science researchers and a group that is building the U.S. share of ITER, an international fusion experiment that eventually could lead to an abundant, economical and environmentally benign energy source.


+ Wind Energy Research Reaps Rewards
+ Security And The Energy End Game
+ Global Clean Water Scarcity A Failure Of Public Policy

WATER WORLD

+ Global Clean Water Scarcity A Failure Of Public Policy

Albuquerque NM (SPX) Jun 06, 2006 - Now is the time to address the devastating effects of increasing water scarcity and declining water quality around the world, according to a recently released white paper written jointly by Sandia National Laboratories and the Washington think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

SAUDI ARABIA

+ Saudi Arabia Vital To US Goals Despite S11

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (UPI) Jun 06, 2006
Defeating al-Qaida, stabilizing Iraq, brokering peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians, and preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear power -- these are the most important objectives of the United States in the Middle East. And on each of them, Saudi Arabia is largely in agreement with the American position.

THE STANS

+ Pakistani Economy Enjoying Boom Times

Washington (UPI) Jun 06, 2006
War is not often seen as a source of economic growth, but Pakistan seems likely to emerge as one of the main beneficiaries of the Bush administration's War on Terror.

IRAQ WARS

+ No Answers To New Iraq Terror

Washington (UPI) Jun 06, 2006
The latest wave of attacks in Iraq confirms the growing capabilities of the Sunni insurgency. The total number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq through Monday, June 5, since the start of operations to topple Saddam Hussein on March 19, 2003, was 2,478, according to official figures issued by the U.S. Department of Defense.

+ New Type Of Police Force Needed
+ Southern Iraq Marshes Show Progress Toward Recovery

UAV NEWS

+ Rafael Demonstrates Skylite B Mini-UAV Yo Israel Defense Forces

Haifa, Israel (SPX) Jun 06, 2006
RAFAEL Armament Development Authority Ltd conducted a demonstration of its tactical mini-UAV, SkyLite B, for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) today. The UAV is part of the SkyLite family of mini-UAVs that gather intelligence for field and Special Forces using an electro-optic sensor.

MILTECH

+ Eye-Catching Mobile Security On Its Way

Washington (UPI) Jun 06, 2006
The mobile phone may soon be equipped with a higher level of security thanks to Leeds, United Kingdom-based technical solutions company xVista and its iris-scanning technology. The company says it has developed what it considers to be United Kingdom's first iris-scanning system that can be housed within compact low-power computing systems such as a camera mobile phone.

TERROR WARS

+ Canadian Troops Told Geneva Convention Does Not Apply To Taliban And al-Qaida

Washington (UPI) Jun 06, 2006
Canadian troops in Afghanistan have been told the Geneva Conventions and Canadian regulations regarding the rights of prisoners of war don't apply to Taliban and al-Qaida fighters captured in action.

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MISSILE DEFENSE

+ Israel Plans New Arrow Mark 4

Washington (UPI) Jun 07, 2006 - Israel Aircraft Industries subsidiary Elta Group, the Israel Air Force, and the Israeli Ministry of Defense are designing components for the Arrow Mark IV, which will have qualitatively better performance than current versions. According to a report, which cited Israeli defense sources, the Arrow Mark IV will have a new radar unit, improved interceptor missiles, and other components that will convert the system from a theater anti-ballistic missile defense system into an integrated nationwide anti-ballistic missile defense system.

+ Successful Test Flight for Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missiles
+ AEGIS BMD Weapon System Tracks Advanced, Separating Ballistic Missiles
+ Congress Queries New Trident Warhead Plan
+ Japan SM-2 Block IIIB STANDARD Missiles

AEROSPACE

+ Terma Selected To Manufacture Key Components Of F-35 JSF

Lystrup, Germany (SPX) Jun 07, 2006 - The U.S. aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin has selected Terma for the supply of Conventional Edges for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Horizontal Stabilizer. The selection will lead to a contract under which Terma will produce the high-tech carbon-fibre composite parts.

NUKEWARS

+ Nuclear Suppliers Group Urges Iran To Cooperate With IAEA

Brasilia (AFP) Jun 07, 2006 - The 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group has urged Iran to "cooperate fully" with the UN nuclear watchdog agency IAEA and seek a diplomatic solution to the dispute over its nuclear program. A meeting last week of the NSG, which sets guidelines for the export of nuclear-related equipment, material and technology, focused particularly on Iran, the Brazilian foreign ministry said.

+ Iran Sees Positives In Nuclear Proposal
+ Iranian Response To Nuclear Offer Gives Hope To Major Powers

SUPERPOWERS

+ Growing Sino-India Military Ties

New Delhi (UPI) Jun 07, 2006 - Indian defense minister Pranab Mukherjee's recent visit to Japan, China and Singapore indicates the emergence of a creative regional security strategy that boosts New Delhi's global image, Indian defense analysts said Tuesday.


+ Senior US General Holds Talks With Top Brass Of India Military

TERROR WARS

+ Border Mission Drains War 'Reset' Fund

Washington (UPI) Jun 07, 2006 - When the Senate took $1.9 billion out of the war supplemental to fund border security last month, $1.6 billion came out of funds to replace equipment destroyed or worn out from four years of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. The money was diverted at the behest of the White House in a last-minute bid to address growing political unrest about illegal immigration.

IRAQ WARS

+ Ban The Falafel

Washington (UPI) Jun 07, 2006 - Recent news reports from the Iraqi capital indicate that radical Islamists are launching a campaign to prohibit the sale of ... falafel. Yes, you heard right, falafel. While this is the sort of news you might expect to hear from a late-night stand-up comedian on television, sadly, this is not a joke.

SPACE TRAVEL

+ Griffin Welcomes Russian Help In Future Space Missions

Washington DC (SPX) Jun 07, 2006
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said he would welcome Russian participation in future space exploration missions that go beyond the International Space Station. At a news briefing Monday, in which Griffin and other NASA officials discussed several reorganizations under way to prepare for future human flights to the Moon and Mars under the Constellation Program, he responded to a question about the potential for more U.S.-Russian cooperation in space.

+ US Astronauts To Fly New Space Ship By 2014

LAUNCH PAD

+ Sea Launch Prepares For Galaxy 16 Liftoff

Long Beach CA (SPX) Jun 07, 2006
Sea Launch announced Tuesday that the Odyssey Launch Platform and its accompanying Sea Launch Commander have departed Home Port in Long Beach in preparation for the company's third satellite launch of the year: PanAmSat's Galaxy 16. The liftoff is scheduled for the opening of a two-hour launch window, at 12:50 a.m. Pacific Time on June 17.

+ Peckham Named Sea Launch President And General Manager

SPACEMART

+ EADS Astrium Awarded Third Satellite By ARABSAT

Paris, France (SPX) Jun 07, 2006
EADS Astrium and ARABSAT announced Tuesday they have signed a contract for the construction of the BADR-6, or "Full Moon," satellite. Scheduled to enter service in 2008, BADR-6 will provide communications services over a wide area encompassing the entire Middle East and North Africa region, from Morocco to the Gulf and a large part of sub-Saharan Africa.

+ France Telecom To Offer Thuraya Services In Algeria

EARTH OBSERVATION

+ First CloudSat Images Wowing Scientists

Washington DC (SPX) Jun 07, 2006
The first images from NASA's new CloudSat satellite already are revealing never-before-seen 3-D details about clouds. Mission managers tested the flight and ground system performance of the satellite's Cloud-Profiling Radar in late May, and they found it to be working perfectly.

+ UAE To Monitor Construction Sites Via Satellite

ENERGY-TECH

+ New China Mega Dam Avoids Building 50 Nuclear Reactors

Beijing (AFP) Jun 07, 2006
China has given the go-ahead for its third-largest dam, as part of its Herculean endeavor to control the waters of the Yangtze river and generate electricity, state media said Tuesday.

+ China Blasts Away Huge Wall At Three Gorges Dam
CLIMATE SCIENCE

+ Annan Warns Of Poverty And Conflict As Deserts Expand

Algiers (AFP) Jun 07, 2006
UN chief Kofi Annan warned Monday of worsening poverty and conflict if nothing is done quickly to save the world's drylands from desertification, especially in Africa.

+ Environment Across China Getting Worse

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MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS

+ Lockheed Martin Delivers Upgraded P-3 Maritime Surveillance Aircraft

Eagan MN (SPX) Jun 08, 2006
Lockheed Martin has delivered the 10th upgraded P-3C maritime surveillance aircraft originally contracted by the U.S. Navy's Naval Air Systems Command as part of a foreign military sale to the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN).

MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS

+ LM Opens New Laboratory To Study Network Enabled Capabilities

Farnborough, UK (SPX) Jun 08, 2006
Lockheed Martin has opened a new state-of-the-art laboratory in Farnborough. The new reconfigurable experimentation facility--called "Swift" because it will rapidly develop solutions to complex problems--will help Lockheed Martin and its civil and military customers collaborate to create new solutions to address emerging threats and other operational challenges using network enabled capabilities (NEC).

MILTECH

+ Ultra Electronics MSI Supplies Advanced Hand Controls For Stryker

Wallingford CN (SPX) Jun 08, 2006
Ultra Electronics Measurement Systems has signed a contract with Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace worth $386,000 to provide advanced technology hand controls for the Protector, a Remote Weapon Station (RWS) used on the U.S. Army's Stryker armored vehicle.

MILTECH

+ The First A330 MRTT Aircraft Platform Delivered For Military Modification

Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jun 08, 2006
The initial A330 aircraft to be converted into a multi-role tanker/transport (MRTT) was delivered to the final outfitting facility, where the Royal Australian Air Force aircraft will receive mission equipment that includes a state-of-the-art centerline Air Refueling Boom System (ARBS), two under-wing hose and drogue pods, plus a centerline hose and drogue refueling unit.

THE STANS

+ Pakistan Hikes Defence Spendings

Islamabad (AFP) Jun 08, 2006
Pakistan on Monday increased defence spending by 12 percent and announced the highest ever allocation of funds to fight poverty in its new budget for fiscal year starting July 1.

TERROR WARS

+ Indonesia Warns Rumsfeld Over US Approach To War On Terror

Jakarta (AFP) Jun 08, 2006
Indonesia's defense minister bluntly warned US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Tuesday that an overbearing US approach the war on terrorism has led many in the world to view US power as a threat.

TERROR WARS

+ New Law Will Exempt Spies From Privacy Act

Washington (UPI) Jun 08, 2006
A little-noticed proposal from the Senate Intelligence Committee would exempt federal agencies from important provisions of the Privacy Act in the name of the war against terrorism.

TECH SPACE

+ Raytheon Delivers Final APG-73 Radar For Super Hornet

El Segundo CA (SPX) Jun 08, 2006
With its final mechanically scanned APG-73 radar system for the F/A-18E/F headed to the U.S. Navy, Raytheon has received a contract worth up to $22.8 million to provide spares and support for the successful program.

MISSILE DEFENSE

+ AEGIS BMD System Tracks Separating Incoming Missiles

Kauai HI (SPX) Jun 08, 2006
Lockheed Martin's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense weapon system, using a prototype signal processor, successfully tracked several advanced ballistic missile targets in separate tests off the coast of Hawaii in April, the company announced Tuesday.

NUKEWARS

+ Diplomacy 101, Lies And Spin

Washington (UPI) Jun 08, 2006
Rule 1 in diplomatic negotiations between belligerents is no preconditions. Unless, of course, unconditional surrender, a la Nazi Germany and imperialist Japan, is the objective. Bogged down in an insurgency that has spawned bloody anarchy, the U.S. is in no position to squeeze Iran into giving up its nuclear ambitions.

TERROR WARS

+ Old Faces At The CIA

Moscow (UPI) Jun 08, 2006
U.S. Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden has been sworn in as CIA director and, unlike his predecessor, also as first deputy of John Negroponte, director of National Intelligence. This signifies the subordinate position of the once unquestionable authority in the U.S. intelligence community.

TERROR WARS

+ Boeing Wins Demonstration Contract To Detect Biological Warfare Agents

St Louis (SPX) Jun 08, 2006
Boeing and a team of U.S. bio-defense companies will modify the ScanEagle unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to look for biological warfare agents as part of a program funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) of the U.S. Department of Defense.

TRADE WARS

+ Koreas Agree On Business Deals

Seoul (UPI) Jun 08, 2006
North and South Korea reached an agreement Tuesday on greater economic cooperation focusing on light industry and natural resources development, despite lingering military tensions.

CIVIL NUCLEAR

+ Scientists Tackle Long-Standing Questions About Plutonium

Livermore CA (SPX) Jun 08, 2006 - Scientists have gone a long way to solving a question about the nature of plutonium that has remained a mystery since the Manhattan Project. Plutonium behaves like no other element in nature.

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MISSILE NEWS

+ US Weapon Plans Threaten Missile Proliferation

Moscow (AFP) Jun 09, 2006
US plans to develop low-yield nuclear weapons and to use ballistic missiles for carrying conventional warheads are threatening the world's nuclear non-proliferation regime, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov charged Wednesday.

MISSILE DEFENSE

+ Raytheon To Develop Standard Missile-3 for Sea-Based Missile Defense

Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 09, 2006
Raytheon announced Thursday it has been awarded a $424 million U.S. Navy contract - including options - to develop Standard Missile-3 Block IA and continue Block IB development, leading to sea-based missile defense deployment.

+ Pentagon Approves Missile Sales To Japan
+ RTI Selected By LM Team For The Aegis Open Architecture Weapon System

UAV NEWS

+ Predators Provide Eyes In The Sky Over Afghanistan

Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan (AFNS) Jun 09, 2006
What has a 50-foot wingspan, buzzes like a giant insect and can put an AGM-114 Hellfire missile through a window from 8,000 miles away? It is the Air Force's MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle, and it's arguably one of the most requested assets in Operation Enduring Freedom, said Capt. Jonathan Songer, commander of the Predator launch and recovery element here.

+ BAE Systems To Convert 20 F-4 Phantoms Into Target Drones

SUPERPOWERS

+ China, US Hold Military Talks Following Heated Exchanges

Beijing (AFP) Jun 09, 2006
China and the United States held high-level talks here Thursday aimed at improving military ties, officials said, following recent heated exchanges between the two world powers over defense issues.

IRANIAN NUKES

+ UN Watchdog Says Iran Accelerated Uranium Enrichment

Vienna (AFP) Jun 09, 2006
Iran accelerated uranium enrichment on the same day this week that world powers asked it to halt the work and open talks to guarantee it will not make nuclear weapons, the UN atomic agency said Thursday in a report obtained by AFP.

KOREAN NUKES

+ UN Finds Highly Enriched Uranium Traces In Iran

Vienna (AFP) Jun 09, 2006
United Nations inspectors have found new traces of highly enriched uranium in Iran, in equipment at a technical university in Tehran, the UN nuclear watchdog said Thursday in a confidential report obtained by AFP.

IRAQ WARS

+ The Terror Of Iraq Dies

Vancouver, Canada (UPI) Jun 09, 2006
The man who made Iraq tremble died Thursday, killed in a U.S. air strike, along with several of his followers. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was his nom-de-guerre; a Jordanian by birth, his real name was Ahmed Fadel Nazzal al-Khalayila.

+ Iraq Al-Qaeda Chief Zarqawi Killed In Air Strike
+ Why Maliki Is Failing

NUKEWARS

+ SKorean FM 'Deeply Concerned' Over NKorean Missile Activity

Seoul (AFP) Jun 09, 2006
South Korea's foreign minister on Wednesday expressed deep concern over recent reports that North Korea may be preparing to test-fire a long-range missile. "South Korea and the United States are deeply concerned," Ban Ki-Moon said, urging the communist nation not to take steps that would aggravate the situation.

SPACEMART

+ Space Systems Loral To Build Satellite For Sirius

Palo Alto CA (SPX) Jun 09, 2006
Space Systems/Loral announced Thursday it has been chosen by Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. to build SIRIUS FM-5, a powerful new geostationary satellite for use in its satellite radio service.

+ NASA Ames Lays Out CEV Tasks
+ ESA Picks SSTL To Develop Atmospheric CO2 Detector
+ Gilat Completes SkyEdge VSAT Network For Telefonica Brazil
+ Digital Angel Awarded Contract For Satellite-Based Tracking
+ Globalstar Receives Initial Authority For New Alaska Satellite Ground Station

GPS NEWS

+ Saft To Supply Li-ion Batteries For Galileo Satellites

Paris, France (SPX) Jun 09, 2006
ESA announced Thursday it has selected Saft Batteries lithium-ion modules to provide onboard power for the four satellites comprising the In-Orbit Validation phase of the Galileo global navigation system.

EARTH OBSERVATION

+ EarthData Wins 16 Million Contract To Map Papua New Guinea

Frederick MD (SPX) Jun 09, 2006
EarthData International announced Thursday it has been awarded a $16 million contract by the Australian government to produce the first-ever high-resolution image and terrain maps of Papua New Guinea. The Australian government is funding the project under a memorandum of understanding with the government of Papua New Guinea.

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SPACEWAR

+ Air Force Space Command Delivers Capability For Direct Zarqawi Hit

Peterson AFB, CO (SPX) Jun 12, 2006
Air Force Space Command delivered space combat effects for the precision strike that resulted in the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, head of al-Qaeda in Iraq. A Global P