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C2-C4ISR Systems Constitutes Around 5 Percent Of National Defence BudgetsLondon, UK (SPX) Mar 18, 2010 The considerable growth in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) applications is driving the development of powerful communications systems, high resolution electro-optic sensor subsystems, signal processing and intelligence analytics software. In the digital battlespace, militaries have come to rely more and more upon digital information gathering and sharing. The use of computers, which have doubled in processing power every 18 months, has enabled ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) March 16, 2010Haiti needs 11.5 billion dollars over three years to rebuild after January's earthquake devastated one of the world's poorest countries, a World Bank and United Nations estimate found Tuesday. The sum is a tentative estimate of the cost to rebuild crushed infrastructure and relaunch economic activity, said Sergio Jellinek, World Bank spokesman for Latin America and the Caribbean. "This i ... more  
Edinburgh, Scotland (UPI) Mar 17, 2009 Marine energy projects have been jump-started in Scotland and Northern Ireland in a bid to power the United Kingdom's homes with energy from the sea. The Crown Estate this week granted 10 project licenses to companies committed to build wave and tidal power plants generating up to 1.2 gigawatts of electricity - roughly the capacity of a large nuclear power plan - within 10 years. ... more  
Beijing (AFP) March 17, 2010The World Bank on Wednesday urged China to let its currency rise to contain inflation and stop the economy overheating, predicting that growth will gallop ahead at 9.5 percent this year. "Strengthening the exchange rate can help reduce inflationary pressures and rebalance the economy," the World Bank said in its latest quarterly update on the world's third-largest economy. China is facin ... more |
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Shanghai unveils new-look airport ahead of World ExpoShanghai (AFP) March 14, 2010 Shanghai this week will unveil a brand-new airport terminal - the latest mega-infrastructure project to be completed as the Chinese city prepares to welcome tens of millions of visitors to Expo 2010. The city has spent 2.2 billion dollars on the makeover of Hongqiao airport, located just 35 minutes from the city centre, and made it part of a ultramodern travel hub linking metro, high-speed rail and a proposed maglev train line. The new terminal, which opens on Tuesday, is four times as big as t ... read more |
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