Archive for March, 2008
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
An engineer who conspired with family members to export United States sensitive military
technology to the People’s Republic of China was sentenced today to 293 months in federal prison.
Chi Mak, 65, of Downey, a former engineer for defense contractor Power Paragon, orchestrated the conspiracy to obtain naval technology and to illegally export the material to the PRC. He was sentenced this morning by United States District Judge Cormac J. Carney, who also imposed a $50,000 fine.
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Over 400 people were arrested in Nepal on Monday as the authorities clamped down on peaceful demonstrations against Chinese human rights abuses in Tibet.
“Nepal is sending a message of no-tolerance of dissent by arresting peaceful demonstrators,” said Amnesty International, cautioning that the latest wave of repression extends beyond Tibet-related protests. “This is the latest in a series of clampdowns on peaceful demonstration as elections approach.”
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
The United Nations envoy tasked with helping Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia resolve their dispute over the official name of the latter country, will hold talks tomorrow with both sides at the world body’s headquarters in New York.
A substantial gap remains between the two parties’ positions despite their willingness to continue the process of UN-led negotiations, Matthew Nimetz, the Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy on the issue, said after a round of talks earlier this month.
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
Elbit Systems Ltd. will supply Skylark(R) I UAV systems to France’s Special Forces, as it won a tender involving 10 of the leading UAV manufacturers worldwide. This contract marks Elbit Systems’ first UAV contract with France.
The selection of the Skylark(R) mini-UAV system attests to Elbit Systems’ leadership in the UAV global market, where the Company’s UAV family performs a central role in the global war of terror and is being used by militaries and homeland security forces worldwide.
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command has awarded General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products a contract worth $166.4 million for the production of 2.75-inch Hydra-70 rockets. The award is part of a five-year requirements contract signed in 2005 that has a total potential value of more than $900 million if all options are exercised.
Hydra-70 is a family of unguided rockets offering several warhead configurations that enable an aircrew to match the rocket to the specific mission. Rockets can be fired from a variety of rotary and fixed-wing platforms, including the U.S. Army Apache and U.S. Marine Corps Cobra
attack helicopters, the U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon and combat aircraft of many nations worldwide.
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
The Boeing Company has been awarded a $49.5 million U.S. Air Force contract to integrate the Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) into 145 F-15E aircraft.
The contract includes hardware and installation services on the aircraft, as well as initial pilot equipment, such as helmets and visors. Installation in the first F-15E is expected in October, with contract completion in December 2010.
“When this contract is implemented, JHMCS will be integrated on F-15C, D and E aircraft,” said Phil King, JHMCS program manager for Boeing. “Demand for the system continues to be strong because it has proven to be one of the most valuable tools available to our warfighters.”
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
A1 missile, a Strategic Surface to Surface missile, with a range capability of 700 km was successfully launched at 10.15hrs from Island Launch Complex off Dhamra, Orissa by Army unit. The missile had a textbook performance in terms of Range, Accuracy and lethality.
A1 was developed by ASL, the premier missile development Laboratory of DRDO in collaboration with DRDL & RCI and integrated by BDL, Hyderabad. This has been an effort of consortium of DRDO labs viz. VRDE, R&D(E), ITR and major public and private industries.
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
On 21 march, 2008, DCNS rolled out SSBN Le Terrible, the fourth and last Le Triomphant-class new-generation nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine at a ceremony attended by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Over 3,000 people witnessed the roll-out at DCNS’s Cherbourg shipyard, the home of excellence in French submarine construction for over 100 years.
SSBN Le Terrible is the fourth and last boat of the Le Triomphant class which is progressively replacing the earlier Le Redoutable class. Like its predecessors, the Le Terrible will be assigned to the French Navy’s Strategic Ocean Force (FOST).
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Russian Aircraft Corporation (RAC) MiG successfully implements the MiG-29K/KUB production program while fulfilling the contract for these aircraft delivery to the Indian Navy. On 18th March 2008, during the visit of India’s Chief of Naval Staff Sureesh Mehta the first serially produced MiG-29KUB (tail number 113) performed its maiden flight at the RAC MiG test airfield in Lukhovitsy near Moscow. The aircraft was flown by Pavel Vlasov, RAC MiG Chief test pilot.
The ship borne fighter traditionally practiced a few taxing and take-off runs before taking to the skies for a 42-minute sortie. In the course of the sortie all aircraft design performances as per the technical requirement were validated. RAC MiG contract package for the delivery of the multifunctional carrier-based fighters to the Indian Navy was signed on January, 20, 2004. It envisages the delivery of 12 MiG-29К and 4 MiG-29КUB along with the training of the customer’s flight and technical crew’s, the delivery of simulators and spare parts and the setup of aircraft service support. The contract also provides for another 30 aircraft option to be delivered by 2015.
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
After waiting for more than a year and a half from the christening of the seventh C-17 Globemaster III added to Hickam Air Force Base’s fleet of eight, the men for whom it was named finally got their ride March 13 here. A group of 40 surviving veterans from the famed 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the 100th Infantry Battalion shuffled onboard to the “Spirit of Go For Broke” and took to the sky for a 45-minute tour around some of the Hawaiian Islands. Not only was the flight a historic occasion for the World War II vets, there was a special flight for a father and son.
Chief Master Sgt. Irvin Yoshino, the superintendent with the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 154th Wing F-22 Raptor Program Integration Office was able to go on the flight with his father, 87-year-old George Yoshino who was a rifleman with company K, 442nd RCT, from 1944 to 1946.
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
While many are focused on the formal protest of the recent KC-45A contract award, the needs of the warfighter remain unchanged. The US Air Force’s nearly 50-year-old KC-135 Stratotanker must be replaced with a newer, more capable aircraft as soon as possible. “This is a matter of national security and we can’t lose sight of that as a nation. It’s critically urgent that we get on with bringing a new tanker into our fleet; our global range and global reach rely on the tanker,” said Gen. Arthur J. Lichte, the commander of Air Mobility Command.
“Tankers give us the ability to go anywhere on the face of the planet and strike our enemies, or deliver cargo or humanitarian aid.” The tanker procurement, if it goes as planned, is still a 30-year process, which means Airmen could still be flying the KC-135 into the year 2040, the general said. Considering most airlines retired the commercial version of the KC-135 — the Boeing 707 — years ago, “It’s unconscionable for us to ask our Airmen to fly in, and attempt to maintain, aircraft that are 80 years old,” he said.
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
A B-1B Lancer from the 9th Bomb Squadron here became the first US Air Force aircraft to fly at supersonic speed using an alternate fuel March 19 in a flight over Texas and New Mexico. The fuel, a 50/50 blend of synthetic and petroleum gases, is being tested as part of an ongoing US Air Force program to help the environment and to use a fuel produced domestically.
US Air Force officials are in the process of evaluating and certifying this alternative fuel, which is derived from natural gas using the Fischer-Tropsch process, for use in all Air Force aircraft. “The goal is to have every aircraft using synthetic fuel blends by 2011,” said Maj. Don Rhymer, assigned to the Air Force Alternative Fuels Certification Office. “By 2016 we hope at least 50 percent of this fuel will be produced domestically.”
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
More than three decades after a daring attempt to rescue prisoners of war in Vietnam ended in tragedy, a retired Navy SEAL was honored March 18 in Coronado, Calif. for saving the lives of his comrades. Adm. Joseph D. Kernan, Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC) presented retired Lt. (SEAL) Philip L. “Moki” Martin the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with combat “V” for valor during a ceremony at NSWC.
Martin, who was a chief warrant officer at the time of the mission, was recognized for his courage, bold leadership and loyal devotion to duty during Operation Thunderhead in 1972.
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