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Boeing
SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 19, 2008 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] announced today that it has successfully completed Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) upgrades on C-130 aircraft AMP 3 (H3). The aircraft moved into ground test and evaluation at Boeing’s Global Services & Support facility in San Antonio on Sept. 26. AMP 3 reached its “power […]

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Moscow, Nov 20: With India and Russia bolstering their naval armada in the Gulf of Aden, the two countries would hone in on anti sea-piracy operations in the upcoming INDRA-2009 joint naval exercise in the Indian Ocean in January next year.
“A task force from the Pacific Fleet, led by the Varyag missile cruiser, […]

Andrea Thompson
Senior Writer SPACE.com
Yahoo News
Mars has vast glaciers hidden under aprons of rocky debris near mid-latitude mountains, a new study confirms, pointing to a new and large potential reservoir of life-supporting water on the planet.
These mounds of ice exist at much lower latitudes than any ice previously found on the red planet.
“Altogether, […]

By JOHN T. BENNETT
Published: 20 Nov 12:50 EST (17:50 GMT)
Defense News
Pentagon acquisition executive John Young says the U.S. Air Force will spend $8 billion to upgrade 100 F-22 fighters, which he said would be “lesser models” without the modifications.
Undersecretary of Defense John Young the U.S. Air Force will spend $8 billion to upgrade 100 F-22 […]

19:00 AEST Wed Nov 19 2008
By ninemsn staff
9 News
Moving ceremonies to commemorate the country’s best known sea tragedy — the loss of HMAS Sydney — have led to renewed calls for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to instigate a search for the wreck of the mystery ship at the heart of Australia’s greatest maritime disaster, the […]

November 20, 2008
(ChattahBox) — Exploiting the difference in temperature between seawater near the surface and deep down could supply the world with near limitless cheap green power. As the price of fossil fuels soars, private companies from Hawaii to Japan are racing to build commercial underwater plants. The trick is to exploit the difference in […]

JR/MMA 19 November, 2008 09:58:00
Military World
China has strongly rejected a recent suggestion by British Premier Gordon Brown that Beijing could send its troops to Afghanistan.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in a statement on Monday that China never sends its troops abroad unless they are part of the United Nation’s peacekeeping operations, […]

18 Nov 2008 | Ref. 286/2008
News Release
BAE Systems
Melbourne, Australia – BAE Systems announced today that its Nulka Anti-Missile Decoy System has achieved yet another significant milestone – installation on the 100th US Navy warship.
Nulka is a rocket propelled active decoy designed to lure anti-ship missiles away from the intended target. Originally conceived in Australia, […]

Royal Navy
Eight suspected pirates apprehended by crew members from Royal Navy frigate HMS Cumberland off Africa’s east coast last week have been handed over to the custody of the Kenyan Police today, Tuesday 18 November 2008.
The suspected pirates were caught on Tuesday 11 November 2008 when HMS Cumberland, deployed to the Gulf of Aden, saw […]

World defence Industry Files
The Minister for Defence, the Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon MP, today announced First Pass approval for Phase 4 of the LAND 121 project, that will seek to replace some of the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) 4200 Land Rovers with a fleet of protected light mobility vehicles.
Opening the 10th Land Warfare Conference in Brisbane, […]