Fused Data Sets Lamar River Valley, Yellowstone National Park. Images by HyPerspectives Inc.
Bozeman - June 10, 2002 HyPerspectives, a Bozeman company that specializes in analyzing remotely sensed images of the earth, won a $100,000 contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop new methods for identification of camouflaged military targets. The company will use ecological data collected in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem to help the Air Force solve security and defense problems.
India's Ruling BJP Party Proposes "Missile Man" For President New Delhi (AFP) June 10, 2002 Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee proposed Monday that the artchitect of India's ballistic missile program, Abdul Kalam, be the nation's new president, reports said.
Space Critical To US Military And Operation Enduring Freedom Washington - Jun 11, 2002 Undersecretary of the Air Force Peter B. Teets said May 21 that Operation Enduring Freedom is showing the importance of space assets to national security, pointing to the use of the Global Positioning System to guide bombs to targets against the Taliban and al-Qaida as the perfect example.
XCOR EZ-Rocket to Participate at AirVenture 2002 Mojave - June 10, 2002 XCOR Aerospace announced today that the XCOR EZ-Rocket will participate in the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) "AirVenture Oshkosh 2002" July 23 through 29 at Wittman Field in Oshkosh, WI. Plans are underway to determine the schedule for flight demonstrations of the EZ-Rocket.
ESA's Atmospheric Re-entry Demonstrator On Display At Toulouse Show Paris (ESA) Jun 11, 2002 ESA's Atmospheric Re-entry Demonstrator has now arrived at Cite de l'Espace in Toulouse, France where it will form part of the Ariane 5 launcher exhibit. The ARD is Europe's first step towards developing a re-entry vehicle so that people and equipment can be sent into space -- and brought back safely.
US Says It Halted Al-Qaeda Dirty Nuke Plot Washington (AFP) June 10, 2002 Investigators thwarted a plot to detonate a radiation-laced dirty bomb in the United States by arresting a US "terrorist" linked to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Monday.
Rumsfeld Charges Iraq Actively Developing Germ Weapons Manama (AFP) June 10, 2002 Calling Iraqi President Saddam Hussein a "world class liar," US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Monday pressed US charges that Iraq is actively developing biological arms and other weapons of mass destruction.
Kyoto Climate Protocol Dismissed By Top White House Official Washington Jun 10, 2002 A top White House official on Sunday dismissed the Kyoto Protocol, the first coordinated world response to tackling global warming by requiring industrialized countries to cut their greenhouse gas emissions.
"The so-called Kyoto treaty would not do anything to mitigate the problems of global climate change," said White House chief of staff Andrew Card on Fox News Sunday.
GPS Brings Real Time Tracking To Australian Logistics Sydney - Jun 11, 2002 Allied Express today announced it will become the first major player in the $18 billion transport and logistics industry in Australia to provide customers with a revolutionary delivery management system that will give them the ability to track consignments using satellite technology.
Russia To Bid For Finnish Nuclear Power Plant Contract Moscow (AFP) June 10, 2002 Russia intends to bid for the construction of a nuclear reactor in Finland, the Russian minister for atomic energy, Alexander Roumiantsev, told the Itar-Tass agency on Monday.