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  • Rolls-Royce starts China research deal

    Rolls-Royce PLC said it has signed an agreement with Aviation Industries of China that will see three Chinese universities and research institutions working on a new phase of joint research in

  • China to launch manned spacecraft

    China will launch a manned spacecraft including a lunar explorer in the near future. China's space scientists have entered into collaboration with their counterparts in the United States, Japan,

  • - Pakistan test-fires Ghauri missile

    Pakistan on Monday successfully tested a medium-range missile capable of reaching deep into India. It is believed that the new missile, with a range of 1,500 kilometres, is capable for carrying a

  • - New technology for air traffic management

    The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is gearing up to introduce a new technology - the Civil Global Navigation Satellite System (CGNSS) - a satellite based technology which will lead

  • - Mir spacewalk mission fails

    The latest spacewalk outside the Mir space station ended in disappointment early today after two cosmonauts, stymied by delays in setting up equipment, had to re-enter the station without completing

  • NASA program spawns new safety software for pilots

    Two new software packages enabling pilots to use laptops to avoid hazardous terrain and find their place on maps are the latest success of a NASA program bringing together entrepreneurs and space

  • Blair steps up to slay millennium bug

    Prime Minister Tony Blair announced an accelerated program to forestall the catastrophic essential service lapses, business losses and communications blackouts that he said could be caused by the

  • Click on mouse to kill the mouse

    Beheaded frogs and disemboweled rats could soon be the exception rather than the rule in education and teaching. That's thanks to the new software published by the Stuggart-based publishing house

  • Flight trial of advanced light helicopter prove successful

    A significant step towards indigenous aircraft development was achieved last month with the completion of flight trials of the naval variant advanced light helicopter (ALH) from the aircraft carrier

  • Year zero

    There is one deadline that cannot be put off: Unless computers are fixed in the meantime, millions of equipment and other pieces of electronic equipment will go haywire at midnight on the last day of

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