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Gearing Up For World's Largest Rocket Contest Arlington VA (SPX) Feb 13, 2008 
Students around the country are testing altimeters and trimming tail fins in anticipation of qualifying for the final round of the Sixth Annual Team America Rocketry Challenge in May. A total of 643 middle and high school teams from 43 states and the District of Columbia have registered for the world's largest rocket contest and are designing and building their vehicles by hand. The contes ... read more |
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Jules Verne ATV Launch Approaching
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 13, 2008After the successful launch of ESA's Columbus laboratory aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis on Thursday (7 February), it is now time to focus on the next imminent milestone for ESA: the launch of Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) to be sent to the International Space Station. The 20-tonne European resupply and space-tug module will be carried into orbit by a special versio ... more Stratos Introduces New SCADA VSAT Service For Oil And Gas Utility Markets 
Bethesda, MD (SPX) Feb 13, 2008Stratos Global Corp. a global provider of mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions - has introduced its DataSat II shared-hub VSAT service to support supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) applications for U.S. upstream oil, gas and utility companies. Based on Gilat's high-performance SkyEdge VSAT platform, DataSat II from Stratos offers acceleration, VPN, QoS, high ... more HP And Qualcomm To Deliver Options For Worldwide Internet Access 
Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Feb 14, 2008HP and Qualcomm will work together to incorporate Qualcomm's Gobi TM global mobile Internet technology in select 2008 HP business notebooks to enable high-speed connectivity on 3G UMTS HSPA / EV-DO networks with a single wireless solution. Gobi technology enhances HP notebook customers' choice of mobile operators and will help increase international roaming capabilities. ... more Sidley Austin Represents PT Indosat On 228.5 Million USD Financing For Satellite Project 
Singapore (SPX) Feb 13, 2008International law firm Sidley Austin recently represented Indonesian telecom company PT Indosat Tbk in obtaining US$228.5 million in financing to construct and launch a new satellite, the Palapa-D. The satellite is under construction by Thales Alenia France and will be launched into orbit by a Chinese launch vehicle manufactured by Beijing Talentway Technology Corporation. The financing wa ... more satLINK Iridium Now Certified For Installation On Boeing 757 And 767 Fleets 
Miami FL (SPX) Feb 13, 2008Avionica is pleased to announce Boeing 757 and Boeing 767 STC availability for satLINK, the Iridium satellite-based voice and data communications alternative. FAA STCs ST03529AT and ST03529AT have been granted to Avionics Support Group, who now offer our mutual customers both kit fabrication and installation for this product. Avianca, the second oldest airline in the world, was the launch ... more |
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Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Feb 12, 2008Atheros Communications is demonstrating its Radio-on-Chip for Mobile (ROCm) family of wireless technologies, including its industry-leading mobile WLAN solutions, its Bluetooth for PCs and Headsets, and its new GPS product portfolio at Mobile World Congress 2008. The ROCm family features high-performance, low-power wireless connectivity to deliver the most satisfying end-user experience with an ... more RFMD Introduces Location Solutions Designed To Enable Location-Based Services In Mobile Devices 
Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Feb 12, 2008RF Micro Devices announced the introduction of the RF8000 series of location solutions for GPS applications. RFMD's highly integrated, low power RF8000 series of location solutions features software-based, system-on-chip (SoC) architectures and is designed specifically for energy-sensitive mobile devices enabling location- based services. Mobile device manufactu ... more Trimble Offers Free Geocaching Application For GPS-Enabled Nokia Mobile Phones 
Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Feb 12, 2008Trimble announced the availability of a free, ad-supported version of its Geocache Navigator application for select Series 60 Nokia devices with integrated GPS capabilities. Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunt that is rapidly gaining widespread adoption worldwide. Geocache Navigator is the only application that brings geocaching capabilities to the mobile ... more Garmin Mobile XT Brings Google Local Search And Panoramio Photo Navigation To Smartphones 
Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Feb 12, 2008Garmin International announced that Garmin Mobile XT users will soon have access to Google Local search and Google's Panoramio picture sharing. Garmin Mobile XT is an all-in-one software solution that turns smartphones with internal GPS into full-feature Garmin navigators. These new Garmin Mobile XT capabilities will be available to customers for no additional cost and will allow them to navigat ... more |
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Arlington, Va. (UPI) Feb 12, 2007 When you consider how much money Americans spend on defense -- about $4 trillion so far in this decade alone -- it's amazing what a poor job we do of maintaining our military arsenal. In the years since the Cold War ended, the U.S. Navy's fleet has shrunk by half to fewer than 300 ships, the U.S. Air Force's planes have "matured" to twice the age of the commercial airline fleet, and ... more Elbit Systems Unveils New Family Of Thermal Weapon Sights For Infantry 
Haifa, Israel (SPX) Feb 12, 2008Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop introduces LILY, a new family of lightweight Thermal Imaging Weapon Sights designed for use by individual infantry soldiers; and POPEYE, a low cost lightweight head/helmet mounted thermal imaging monocular. Based on Elop's many years of experience and feedback from combat operational use of its Thermal Imagers worldwide, the new systems provide significant ... more Harris Provides American Forces Network With Broadcast System To Reach One Million Troops 
Cincinnati OH (SPX) Feb 13, 2008Harris has been awarded a contract from broadcast systems integrator Snader and Associates to provide a comprehensive broadcast communications system for the American Forces Network. The American Forces Network delivers news, information and entertainment to almost one million troops worldwide outside of the United States. Snader and Associates is designing the new broadcast system, which ... more Robotic Rats To Aid In Rescue Missions 
Rehovot, Israel (SPX) Feb 12, 2008A new initiative, bringing together nine research groups from seven countries, including teams of robotics and brain researchers from Europe, the USA and Israel, has recently been set up with the aim of imitating nature. Based on principles of active sensing adopted widely in the animal kingdom, the multinational team is developing innovative touch technologies, including a 'whiskered' robotic ... more
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