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U.S. Sentences Three for Military Tech Leaks to China
Relevance Score: 5.005 2009-08-11 14:32:17
The U.S. has sentenced three Chinese men to federal prison for attempting to export technology with potential military applications to China, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday. In separate cases, two of the men were charged with attempting to export thermal-imaging cameras, and a third was charged with illegally exporting hundreds of integrated circuits that could be used in military radar systems, the department said in a statement. The men, all from Beijing, were given prison terms of between 20 months and five years in rulings handed down starting last week. Their exports to China were illegal without clearance from the U.S. Department of Commerce because the items have both military and non-military uses, the statement said. In the case of the integrated circuits, prosecutors argued that the defendant was using a front company in the U.S. to ship items to his company in Beijing, it said. A catalog from the man's Beijing company was found to carry pictures of military craft and state a goal of helping "facilitate the building of the national defense of China," the statement said, citing the sentencing brief. Prosecutors also argued that the man supplied restricted U.S. technology to several Chinese customers, including one linked to a state-owned company that makes missile systems and spacecraft. The two men in the thermal cameras case were arrested at the Los Angeles airport last year after 10 of the cameras were found in their luggage, either stuffed in their shoes or hidden in their packed clothes. The cameras are contained in two-inch cubes and are sensitive enough to detect heat on an object too small to be seen by the naked eye, the statement said. The U.S. has imprisoned and fined multiple Chinese nationals over military technology exports to China in recent years. Defendants in those cases have attempted to export technology including fighter jet components and night vision equipment.
Taiwan To Buy Military Helicopters From Europe
Relevance Score: 3.070 2010-02-05 15:51:55
Taiwan plans to buy military helicopters from a European manufacturer which could anger China after the storm over U.S. arms sales to the island nation. As per defence ministry spokesman Martin Yu, the Taiwan air force will buy EC-225 search-and-rescue helicopters from the European manufacturer. Earlier, China has blasted the US over a planned $6.4 billion arms package for Taiwan, saying it would place sanctions on U.S. firms that sell arms to the self-ruled island. Beijing considers Taiwan as a breakaway province of China. According to reports, Taiwan will sign a $111 million deal to buy up to 20 choppers from Eurocopter. Eurocopter is a subsidiary body under German-based firm EADS. The EC-225 is considered a dedicated search and rescue craft rather than a combat helicopter. China has claimed sovereignty over Taiwan since 1949 after Mao Zedong's forces won the Chinese civil war. Then, Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists fled to the island. Since then, Beijing has been threatening to bring Taiwan under its rule, by force if required. Taiwan seeks advanced weapons to update its military, which is far away in balance of power than China. Under an arms package to Taiwan, the U.S. President Barack Obama had proposed arms sales including Black Hawk helicopters, Patriot range missiles and advanced command-and-control technology.
China Hits Back At U.S. Arms Sale To Taiwan
Relevance Score: 2.570 2010-02-08 17:44:25
China's foreign minister warned that U.S. will sell $6.4 billion of arms to Taiwan will harm Chinese efforts to unify peacefully with the island, the ministry said Sunday, after China suspended U.S. military exchanges and threatened unprecedented sanctions against American defense companies. Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi informed the planned weapons sales to self-governing Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its territory, were a "crude interference in China's internal affairs" and would hurt its national security. Beijing's strong response to Friday's U.S. announcement of the weapons sales, while not entirely unexpected, was swift and indicated that it plans to put up a greater challenge than usual as it deals with the most sensitive topic in U.S.-China relations. "This is the strongest reaction we've seen so far in recent years," informed Stephanie T. Kleine-Ahlbrandt, northeast Asia project director for the International Crisis Group. "China is really looking to see what kind of reaction it's going to receive" from President Barack Obama, she informed. ‘Severe harm’ China's Defense Ministry said the arms sales would cause "severe harm" to overall U.S.-China cooperation. Vice ministerial-level talks on arms control and strategic security were postponed. Defense Ministry spokesman Huang Xueping said the Chinese military would fight any move to hurt the country's sovereignty. "We will never give in or compromise in this issue," Huang informed in a statement. In comments made during a visit to Cyprus on Saturday, Foreign Minister Yang urged Washington to respect China's interests and revoke the arms sale decision immediately to avoid undermining bilateral relations, the Foreign Ministry said. He said the U.S. sales "jeopardized China's national security and China's peaceful reunification efforts." The warning came as the U.S. seeks Beijing's help on issues including the global financial crisis and nuclear standoffs in North Korea and Iran. Tensions were already high after recent U.S. comments on Internet freedom and a dispute between Google and China, as well as Obama's plan to meet with Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama this year. China's Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei told U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman that the sales of Black Hawk helicopters, Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles and other weapons to Taiwan would "cause consequences that both sides are unwilling to see," the ministry informed. Sanctions against U.S. companies The ministry also threatened sanctions against U.S. companies involved in the arms sales, which hasn't happened in past sales to Taiwan. "Our action regarding Taiwan reinforces our commitment to stability in the region," U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley informed in Washington on Saturday. "We know China has a different view. Given our broad relationship with China, we will manage this issue as we have in the past." The United States is Taiwan's most important ally and largest arms supplier, and it's bound by law to ensure the island is able to respond to Chinese threats. China responds angrily to any proposed arms sales, however, and it also cut off military ties with the U.S. in 2008 after the former Bush administration announced a multibillion-dollar arms sale to Taiwan. A similar cutoff of military ties was expected this time, but it comes as Washington and Beijing wanted to improve normally frosty relations between their armed forces. The U.S. has tried to use military visits to build trust with Beijing and learn more about the aims of its massive military buildup. "In the past, these kinds of suspensions have lasted for three to six months, with some parts of the military-to-military relationship suspended beyond that," informed Phillip Saunders, a distinguished research fellow at the National Defense University in Washington. "I expect something similar this time." Upcoming trip to U.S. It's not known whether the arms sale will affect President Hu Jintao's expected visit to the U.S. this year or a summit on nuclear safety in the U.S. this spring. Experts on China warned Beijing could take further steps to punish the United States to show its newfound power and confidence in world affairs. The latest suspension of military ties should affect planned visits to China by U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. A visit to the U.S. by the Chinese military's chief of the general staff, Gen. Chen Bingde, could also be called off. The U.S. Congress has 30 days to comment on the newest arms sales before the plan goes forward. Lawmakers traditionally have supported such sales. Though Taiwan's ties with China have warmed considerably since Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou took office 20 months ago, Beijing has threatened to invade if the island ever formalizes its de facto independence. China has more than 1,000 ballistic missiles aimed at Taiwan. Ma told reporters Saturday that the deal should not anger the mainland because the weapons are defensive, not offensive.
China’s GNSS Program, Compass - Beidou 2, Launches New GEO Satellite
Relevance Score: 2.460 2010-01-17 12:09:36
China successfully launched another Compass satellite into geostationary orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern Sichuan province at about 0:12 a.m. Beijing Time on Sunday (January 17). It was the third satellite in the second-generation Beidou program that China has launched for its GNSS system, following a middle earth orbit (MEO) spacecraft sent up April 14, 2007 and a GEO spacecraft last April 18 Program officials reasserted plans to complete an initial regional system by 2012 and a complete 35-satellite constellation by 2020, according to Xinhua News Agency. The new satellite was boosted by a Chang Zheng (Long March-3C) carrier rocket into a geostationary orbit.
Entertainment Industry Tech Has Uses in Military Training
Relevance Score: 2.337 2010-02-18 21:34:56
The US Dept of Defense is leveraging technologies used in entertainment venues for military simulators, training, and treatment programs. For example, hydraulic systems used in rides like Disney’s "Indiana Jones Adventure" to simulate a rocking and rolling vehicle are used in an IED explosion simulator crafted to help expose soldiers to a degree of the violence experienced when an explosion goes off next to the Humvee. It’s not a new development, sure, but it’s still interesting to see how things like 3D and motion-capture tech are being used in the military. The effectiveness of the new technology is still being studied. But some critics warn that computer games and virtual reality systems used for training are only as effective as their software, meaning that programs that underestimate the creativity of the enemy may leave even the best-trained troops with a false sense of mastery. But advocates state the new training systems can be easily updated to reflect changing realities on the ground. And they point to other advantages, including that most systems can be transported to the war front.
Defence Industries
Relevance Score: 2.206 2009-07-08 22:58:59
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Geometric' CAMWorks speeds up milling for Magnus Hi-Tech
Relevance Score: 2.202 2010-02-10 17:27:04
Florida-based Magnus Hi-Tech Industries Inc. an established world-class precision fabricator, has experienced reduced engineering and CNC programming time by using CAMWorks®, an intuitive solids-based CAM solution from Geometric Limited. Magnus Hi-Tech provides high quality solutions to its customers for all their fabrication needs in the defense, aerospace, medical and other demanding fields. Using advanced sheet metal fabrication and machining technology, coupled with rigorous quality methodologies, Magnus provides an impressive range of products including holding brackets, complex components for military simulators, housings, struts, mounting blocks, impellers, and military chassis. Magnus recently started using the Mazak 5-axis CNC milling machine to reduce changeover times and machine downtime, and realized that the CAM software being used was not letting it take the full advantage of the milling machine, and needed an application that was easily compatible with the SolidWorks® platform that the company used. Magnus selected Geometric's CAMWorks, which provides an array of tools to simplify and automate even complex programming tasks, speeding design and programming changes. CAMWorks, the first SolidWorks® certified Gold CAM product, and the first CAM solution to offer knowledge-based feature recognition and associative machining capabilities, helps eliminate the drudgery of CNC programming. The combination of the latest innovations in CAMWorks and SolidWorks' excellence in design, have made CAMWorks the premier CAM solution for manufactures in the automotive, aerospace, electronics and medical industries.
India 10 years behind China in missile technology
Relevance Score: 2.187 2010-02-17 10:14:43
Despite India has shown its power in developing interceptor technology, the country seems to be a decade behind of China. And, a Chinese defence analyst claims that Beijing does not view New Delhi as its "strategic rival." Pushing aside the concerns that latest version of India's Agni missiles could strike the northernmost tips of China, Defence Analyst said that India will have to wait five m,ore years to achieve this capability. Earlier this week, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ma Zhaoxu had described China's ties with India as "friendly and co-operative", and said both countries did not pose mutual threat. "I don't want to interpret or comment on the reports. The China-India relation is friendly and cooperative. China will not be a threat to India, and nor will India pose a threat to China," said Ma. India is prepared to test within a year an Agni-V nuclear- capable missile with a range of more than 5,000 kilometres. DRDO chief V K Saraswat said, "We feel our accuracy is better than China's DF 21." The DF-21 is China's mid-range missile that debuted in 1999, along with its intercontinental ballistic missile, the DF- 31, which the army utilises.
Tech cos may seek govt help to win ‘offset’ deals.
Relevance Score: 2.135 2009-11-19 18:01:59
Nasscom, the trade association for India’s $60-billion IT industry, is seriously thinking of seeking government help to ensure technology transfer from global defence majors for execution of offset contracts by Indian companies. IT firms are the main beneficiaries of the multi-billion dollar defence and aerospace contracts that are to be finalised over the next 12 months. Under the offset clause, overseas suppliers that win these contracts are obligated to do business worth 30 per cent of the value of the contract locally. In some contracts, such as the $10-billion contract for the procurement of 126 multi-roll combat aircraft, the offset is much higher at 50 per cent because of its large size. The offset business to local providers from this contract alone will be $5 billion. Six large suppliers — Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Mirage, MiG, Eurocopter and Saab AB of Sweden — have been short-listed for the contract and are currently carrying out field trials. IT providers are eyeing the opportunity in this and other such offset contracts, including in commercial offsets. “In aerospace and defence, especially if it has a military application, several countries have restrictions on transfer of these technologies. If you want to utilise the offset in design and engineering services, you also need some of these technologies,” informed Regu Ayyaswamy, V-P (engineering and industrial services), Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Nasscom plans to make a representation to the government so that bilateral agreements facilitating the transfer of these technologies between India and the country concerned can be signed for offset contracts to avoid procedural bottlenecks. The Export Administration Regulations (EAR) of the US controls many dual-use items that have both commercial and military use while the International Traffic in Arm Regulations (ITAR) controls the export of defence-related articles and services. Mr Ayyaswamy informed the industry was hoping that the bilateral agreements could cover at least the transfer of a list of identified technologies. The aerospace and defence sectors are among the largest revenue earners within engineering services business for TCS and Infosys Technologies. “We see business from this industry as stable with visibility of revenues,” informed Valmeeka Nathan, V-P and head of Product Lifecycle and Engineering Solutions, Infosys Technologies. It’s also a key focus area for Mahindra Satyam, which has over 3,000 people working for it in engineering services. Aerospace major, EADS, is one of the top customers for Mahindra Satyam in engineering services.
New venture with Chinese manufacturer brings nearly 200 high-paying jobs to GE Aviation in Cascade.
Relevance Score: 2.006 2009-11-19 17:56:52
Nearly 200 new engineering technology workers will be hired at the GE Aviation facility in Cascade Township, thanks to a new joint venture informed between General Electric Co. and a Chinese aerospace manufacturer, AVIC System. The new yet-unnamed avionics company will be launched by mid-2010 in either Beijing or Shanghai, China, but some design and engineering work is planned for workers at the GE Aviation offices at 3290 Patterson Ave. SE, says Jennifer Villareal, spokeswoman for GE Aviation. GE officials says the new venture will offer fully integrated, open architecture avionics and services for future commercial aircraft programs. GE will build on its extensive avionics capabilities and its China Technology Center in Shanghai to create a technology center of excellence to serve the commercial aviation market. AVIC will build on more than 20 years of experience providing integrated avionics systems for various types of aircraft. Hiring locally for these highly paid office jobs is expected to begin immediately and continue through 2010, Villareal informed. GE Aviation, formerly known as Smith Aerospace, employs 1,300 locally. "It's a good thing," Villareal informed of the expansion into commercial avionics. "It's adding on to our capabilities and is complimentary to our business." GE Aviation is part of a GE operating unit based in Cincinnati that is known as a world-leading provider of jet engines, components and integrated systems for commercial and military aircraft.