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Nuclear ballistic missile command and control technology still a prime military concern

Artur Nowak — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:56:45 +0000

No one is indifferent when it comes to nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). These doomsday weapons represent one of the most politically volatile and emotional issues people have faced for more than half a century. These weapons are scary, and it’s not hard to see why. Each missile can deliver about 10 times the destructive power of the bombs dropped in 1945 on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Some of these missiles also carry multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles (MIRVs), which increases their destructive power.

Source: www.militaryaerospace.com

Harris Corporation Receives $26.4 Million Order to Supply Falcon Tactical Communication Systems to the Jordan Armed Forces

Artur Nowak — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:54:19 +0000

Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has received a $26.4 million order from the Kingdom of Jordan for Falcon III and Falcon II radios. These tactical radio systems will provide modernized tactical communication capabilities to the country’s military.

Harris will deliver the radios to serve as the communications core of a modernized system for command, control, communication, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, or C4ISR.

“Jordan’s military will be deploying this C4ISR system as part of a range of security missions,” said Brendan O’Connell, president, Department of Defense Business, Harris RF Communications. “Harris is providing state-of-the-art tactical communications solutions that enable Jordan military personnel to maintain secure communications in the most demanding of environments on the battlefield.”

Harris RF Communications is the leading global supplier of secure radio communications and embedded high-grade encryption solutions for military, government and commercial organizations. The company’s Falcon® family of software-defined tactical radio systems encompasses manpack, handheld and vehicular applications. Falcon III is the next generation of radios supporting the U.S. military’s Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) requirements, as well as network-centric operations worldwide. Harris RF Communications is also a leading supplier of assured communications® systems and equipment for public safety, utility and transportation markets — with products ranging from the most advanced IP voice and data networks to portable and mobile single- and multiband radios.

About Harris Corporation

Harris is an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has approximately $6 billion of annual revenue and about 17,000 employees — including nearly 7,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class assured communications® products, systems, and services. Additional information about Harris Corporation is available at www.harris.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that reflect management’s current expectations, assumptions and estimates of future performance and economic conditions. Such statements are made in reliance upon the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The company cautions investors that any forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results and future trends to differ materially from those matters expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Statements about the expected value of the program to Harris are forward-looking and involve risks and uncertainties. Harris disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Kansas, Missouri fight to keep Marine data center

Artur Nowak — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:50:39 +0000

Kansas and Missouri officials are working together to fend off New Orleans’ effort to lure a Marine Corps data center and its 400 high-paying jobs away from Kansas City.The congressional delegations and governors from both states have written to Marine Corps Commandant James F. Amos, arguing to keep the center where it is.

Source: www.news-leader.com

Mind control could be future of warfare

Artur Nowak — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:46:24 +0000

Wars of the future might be decided through manipulation of people’s minds, concludes a report this week from the UK’s Royal Society. It warns that the potential military applications of neuroscience breakthroughs need to be regulated more closely.

Source: www.newscientist.com

Robot ethics won’t clean up combat

Artur Nowak — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:48:43 +0000

TECHNOLOGY is often described as a way to reduce war’s costs, passions, and thus its crimes. The poet John Donne predicted in 1621 that the invention of better cannons would mean that wars would “come to a quicker ends than heretofore, and the great expence of bloud is avoyed.’’ Alfred Nobel thought the same of dynamite, as did the inventors of everything from the machine gun to the atomic bomb.

Full story: http://bostonglobe.com

DARPA eyes boosting embedded computing without adding heat and size

Artur Nowak — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:46:36 +0000

Computer scientists at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., are asking for industry’s help in an effort to develop military embedded systems technology that boosts performance dramatically without increasing size, weight, and waste heat.

Source: www.militaryaerospace.com

Alaska’s spaceport turns to tiny sats after missile defense

Artur Nowak — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:44:38 +0000

After a couple lackluster years, when a single launch was good news, new ways of using existing technology could revive the nation’s only high latitude, full-service spaceport.

Source: juneauempire.com

U.S. Air Force Recommends Pioneering’s Safe-T-element® for Military Family Housing

Artur Nowak — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:59:17 +0000

Pioneering Technology Corp. (TSX-V: PTE; OTC BB: PTEFF), (“Pioneering”), an energy smart product innovation and consumer goods company, announced that Headquarters for the U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency (“HQ AFCESA”) recommends the installation of Safe-T-element on all existing residential ranges to improve the “quality-of-life” for tenants of government-owned, government-operated Military Family Housing (“MFH”). The announcement was made at the Professional Housing Management Association/Military Housing and Lodging Institute’s Professional Development & Trade Expo in San Diego.

The recent A-Gram written by Senior Fire Protection Engineer Raymond N. Hansen and distributed to all base civil engineers, fire prevention, facility managers and housing managers entitled Range Top Fire Prevention System for Residential Type Kitchen Ranges, instructed that, “(Military) installations now have the opportunity to prevent the most common cause of MFH fires and potentially reduce operating costs. This product (Safe-T-element) is unique because it prevents a fire rather than trying to suppress it”.

The A-Gram goes on to highlight the following:

“Cooking is the leading cause of residential fires (44%). Previously, systems intended for fire suppression were the only option, but they cost more money than they saved. Now a solution is available that will prevent these fires from ever starting. This is the supplemental safety device known as the Safe-T-element”…

…”Installation of the Safe-T-element device on existing coil burner ranges is suggested as a “quality-of-life” improvement for tenants of government-owned, government-operated MFH. An additional benefit is reducing the number of responses that will be required from the installation’s fire emergency services”…

…”Also, Section 6-3.2 of UFC 3-600-01, Fire Protection Engineering for Facilities, requires that a residential range-top extinguishing system be installed to protect certain residential-type ranges installed in non-residential-type buildings. The Safe-T-element device is approved in lieu of those required range top extinguishing systems, which will significantly reduce range installation costs and increase fire safety”.
Pioneering’s patented Safe-T-element cooking technology has a track record of success helping to prevent stove top cooking fires while also saving energy. Available on new ranges or as a retrofit, this technology is now installed on over 60,000 ranges in multi-residential housing throughout North America and in thousands of Military Family Housing units on U.S. military bases around the world.

Pioneering CEO Kevin Callahan noted that, “This is a very meaningful development for this technology which is having great success in MFH housing around the world helping protect those who protect us. We are grateful for the confidence the military has placed in this product and we are honored to be playing a small role in helping to protect these men and women and their families from the dangers of stovetop cooking fires”.
About The Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency (“AFCESA”): AFCESA is a Field Operating Agency of the United States Air Force. The agency manages contracts that provide civil engineer support to help restore and modernize buildings and infrastructure at Air Force bases around the world.For more information visit: www.afcesa.af.mil

About Pioneering Technology Corporation: Pioneering is an “Energy Smart” product innovation company based in Mississauga, Ontario, that engineers and brings to market energy smart solutions for consumer products making them safer, smarter and/or more efficient. The patented Safe-T-element® cooking system is engineered to help prevent stovetop cooking fires, the number one cause of fire in North America, and to reduce the amount of electricity required to cook. Pioneering trademarks include Safe-T-element®, Safe-T-Sensor™, Powergrill™, Battery Eliminator®, Powerpak™ and the Hydro-free Furnace Fan™. For more information visit www.pioneeringtech.com

Hardcore dumps servers in liquid

Artur Nowak — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:54:57 +0000

Totally submerging electronic components in a coolant liquid is not new – the military has used the technique for a while – but it has now broken into the datacentre’s heartland of rack servers, with significant claims about slashing carbon footprints, energy consumption and the total cost of ownership of large datacentres. Given that the underlying technology is not new, the chances are the claims will be substantiated.

Source: www.businesscloud9.com

India to buy 126 Rafale fighter jets in $11B deal

Artur Nowak — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:52:14 +0000

India is buying 126 French-made combat aircraft in a massive $11 billion deal that will increase the might of the world’s fourth largest air force with the first exported Rafale jets. India has become the world’s biggest arms importer as an economic boom has allowed it to push modernization of its military, and major arms manufacturers are wooing the country as it replaces its obsolete Soviet-era weapons and buys new equipment.