Archive for March, 2009

Official transcript of President Obama’s news conference

24th of Mars 2009
Text of President Barack Obama’s news conference Tuesday at the White House, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions:
OBAMA: Good evening. Now, before I take questions from the correspondents, I want to give everyone who’s watching tonight an update on the steps we’re taking to move this economy from recession to recovery, and ultimately [...]

Seventh Modernized GPS Satellite Built By Lockheed Martin Successfully Launched From Cape Canaveral

Satellite Includes Demonstration Payload for New Third Civil Signal
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla, March 24th, 2009 — A Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT]-built modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, equipped with an innovative payload that will provide an on-orbit demonstration of a third civil signal, was successfully launched today from Cape Canaveral Air [...]

Lockheed Martin Reduces Water Usage By 275 Million Gallons

Company’s Environmental Focus Earns Recognition in 2008
Bethesda, MD, March 23rd, 2009 — Today, Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] announced that it reduced its total year-to-year water consumption by 11 percent in 2008. Equating to approximately 275 million gallons in water savings, the corporation focused on facility and cooling system efficiency projects, detecting and repairing leaks, and [...]

BAE SYSTEMS SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN U.S. ARMY’S $17.5 BILLION SIMULATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM

23 Mar 2009 | Ref. 054/2009
ARLINGTON, Virginia – BAE Systems has been selected to participate in the U.S. Army’s omnibus contract to provide equipment to the service’s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation.
As one of the companies selected to support the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract, BAE Systems’ U.S. Combat Systems business will compete [...]

Barack Obama Nowruz message transcript in English and Farsi

VIDEOTAPED REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN CELEBRATION OF NOWRUZ
THE PRESIDENT: Today I want to extend my very best wishes to all who are celebrating Nowruz around the world.
This holiday is both an ancient ritual and a moment of renewal, and I hope that you enjoy this special time of year with friends and family.
In [...]

Khatami pulls out from presidential election

Tehran, March 17, IRNA – Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami on Monday night officially announced his withdrawal from the upcoming presidential election in June 2009.
In a statement issued by Khatami’s office, the former Iranian president said, despite his withdrawal, he would continue his active presence in the scene to encourage people’s huge turnout in the [...]

Google AdSense Site maintenance on Saturday, March 14

According to Google AdSense blog, this Saturday, the Google AdSense engineers will be performing routine site maintenance from 10am to 2pm PDT. You won’t be able to log in to your account during this time, but your ad targeting won’t be affected, and they’ll continue to record your clicks, impressions, and earnings as usual.
They’ve provided [...]

BAE SYSTEMS SHOWCASES MANTIS AND HERTI AUTONOMOUS UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AT AVALON 2009

VICTORIA, Australia – Visitors to Avalon (the Australian International Airshow and Aerospace and Defence Exposition) will see BAE Systems’ vision of the future capability of autonomous Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) on display via its MANTIS and HERTI systems.
Mantis and HERTI are next-generation autonomous systems, with emphasis placed on the levels of autonomy designed into the [...]

Pakistan attack on Sri Lankan cricket team

Fourteen masked, heavily armed gunmen remain at large today after launching an audacious commando-style attack on the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, killing six policemen and injuring seven players and officials.
In scenes similar to the terror attacks on Mumbai in November, the gunmen opened fire with AK47s, grenades and a rocket launcher, spraying [...]