http://transportationinnovator.com/ en-us Sun, 20 May 2012 03:01:47 -0400 editor@technologyinnovator.com http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=23182&sectionID=108 Vietnam's second satellite, the VINASAT-2, roared off the launch pad aboard an Ariane 5 rocket at 22:13 GMT Tuesday from Guiana Space Centre at the European Spaceport in Kourou, French... Wed, 16 May 2012 12:28:08 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=21318&sectionID=107 Chinese workers strike for better pay, accuse bosses of corruption. Netizens on Wednesday rallied in support of striking workers at a top Chinese automaker in the southwestern province of Yunnan,... Wed, 09 May 2012 00:33:00 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=21258&sectionID=108 On April 19, 2012, India successfully test-fired its Agni V inter-continental ballistic missile (IBCM). With a range of over 5,000 kilometres, the Agni V places India’s missile capabilities increasingly in... Tue, 08 May 2012 13:01:00 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=19393&sectionID=108 North Korea’s decision last week to press ahead with a missile launch, despite international warnings, is raising tensions once again in the region.  Just months after becoming the country's new... Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:46:30 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=19391&sectionID=108 India is currently testing the Agni-V, an intercontinental ballistic missile named after a Hindu god of fire. Capable of climbing vertically to 500 miles, its range is said to be... Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:36:27 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=19390&sectionID=108 India’s fiery, successful test of a long-range missile capable of lofting nuclear warheads across oceans demonstrates New Delhi’s driving determination to be counted among the Great Powers. Already the world’s... Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:34:10 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=19396&sectionID=108 India Thursday said it successfully test-fired a new missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead as far as Beijing – announcing itself as a major “missile power.” Indian media showed... Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:53:13 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=19395&sectionID=108 South Korea is deploying a new cruise missile capable of hitting targets anywhere in North Korea. South Korea, simultaneous to releasing a video showing its new cruise missile destroying a... Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:49:36 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=19394&sectionID=108 Western experts say a vehicle carrying a missile that was recently glimpsed in a North Korean military parade looks to be designed by China, raising the possibility that North Korea's... Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:47:55 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=19397&sectionID=108 Western experts say a vehicle carrying a missile that was recently glimpsed in a North Korean military parade looks to be designed by China, raising the possibility that North Korea's... Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:53:48 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=19392&sectionID=108 India announced this morning it had successfully test launched its new nuclear-capable missile which could hit Beijing and China - and beyond. The country's government hopes the $500million Agni V... Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:42:28 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=18858&sectionID=108 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and many other international leaders have condemned North Korea's launch of a long-range missile, even though the test was a failure. The rocket fell into the... Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:17:50 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=19770&sectionID=108 Despite the failure of its attempted missile launch, North Korea’s provocative action threatens regional security, violates international law and contravenes its own recent commitments. While this action is not surprising... Fri, 13 Apr 2012 04:07:02 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=18857&sectionID=108 North Korea tried and failed on Friday to launch a multi-stage rocket. Things appeared to go wrong shortly after the blast-off. Officials in Seoul, Tokyo and Washington say North Korea... Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:13:56 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=18477&sectionID=108 North Korean officials said Wednesday they have begun injecting fuel into a rocket for an imminent space launch, raising the stakes in an escalating standoff with its regional neighbors and... Wed, 11 Apr 2012 05:25:22 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=18485&sectionID=108 China on Tuesday urged all sides to “exercise restraint” on the Korean Peninsula, as Pyongyang's gears up to launch what it is calling a weather satellite in the next few... Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:50:55 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=18484&sectionID=108 Analysts say the close-up view of a North Korean rocket on the launch pad and the satellite it is supposed to carry into space has allowed them to make some... Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:47:56 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=18483&sectionID=108 Photo: AP U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (file photo). U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says North Korea's planned missile launch may be the first of what could be... Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:45:30 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=18392&sectionID=108 The Philippines is announcing precautions for airlines and ships to avoid falling debris from North Korea’s expected rocket launch, due in the next few days. North Korean officials say the... Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:03:26 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=18300&sectionID=108 North Korea has placed a three-stage rocket on the launch pad at a new, more sophisticated facility facing the Yellow Sea. It plans to launch what it calls an earth... Mon, 09 Apr 2012 08:41:29 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=18125&sectionID=109 The Navy’s newest ship is designed to battle Iranian attack boats, clear mines from the Strait of Hormuz, chase down Somali pirates and keep watch on China’s warships. The ones... Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:11:35 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=18570&sectionID=108 NEW DELHI, April 2 (NNN-BERNAMA) -- India will join the elite club of nations having Inter Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) planning to... Mon, 02 Apr 2012 07:49:04 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=18767&sectionID=108 WASHINGTON, March 30, 2012 – A recent North Korean announcement that it will conduct a missile test next month, in conjunction with a reported short-range missile test last night, jeopardizes... Fri, 30 Mar 2012 03:27:52 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=18577&sectionID=108 HANOI, March 9 (NNN-VNS) -- The plan to broadcast Vietnamese news to the world has been outlined by the Ministry of Information and Communication in its Master Broadcasting Development Plan... Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:55:49 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=18575&sectionID=108 HANOI, March 19 (NNN-VNS) -- A US$20 million insurance contract was signed for the Vinasat-2, a satellite due to be launched into orbit in May, according to the Ministry of... Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:53:33 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=17481&sectionID=108 Thank you very much. Today’s space environment has changed greatly since the dawn of the space age. Activities in space are no longer conducted only by a few governments, but... Mon, 05 Mar 2012 06:31:58 -0500 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=17480&sectionID=108 The United States is honored to participate in the Singapore Airshow 2012 at the invitation of the Government of Singapore. The United States will be at the air show at... Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:29:30 -0500 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16708&sectionID=108 It’s now well over a year since the dramatic in-flight disintegration of a Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine on a Qantas A380 out of Singapore, an incident that led to the... Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:27:31 -0500 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16482&sectionID=107 Buoyed by the proliferation of quality sound systems in mid-range cars, premium audio systems in automobiles are projected to attain double-digit sales growth worldwide in 2011 and in the years... Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:37:26 -0500 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16483&sectionID=107   In the first comprehensive teardown of a motor vehicle’selectronic systems, the IHS iSuppli Teardown Analysis team at information and analysis provider IHS (NYSE: IHS) is launching a major dissection... Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:38:27 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=17085&sectionID=107 You would be surprised at the number of places you can find a GSM SIM card. Outside of your mobile phone, they can be found in power meters, water meters, vending... Sun, 28 Aug 2011 04:11:11 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16576&sectionID=107 Driven by plunging prices and accelerating demand from the electric and hybrid automobile market, lithium-ion will emerge as the world’s leading rechargeable battery technology and achieve 350 percent revenue growth... Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:33:18 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16711&sectionID=108 Captain Richard de Crespigny, who was in command on the Qantas Airbus A380 which experienced a massive engine disintegration causing severe airframe and systems damage while operating QF32 last November... Tue, 28 Jun 2011 04:45:31 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=17538&sectionID=108 Officials with the U.S. space agency, NASA, have voted unanimously to set July 8 as the launch date for the U.S. shuttle program's last mission. NASA made the announcement Tuesday... Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:20:00 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16923&sectionID=108 The recent Qantas A380 catastrophic engine failure illustrates the problems of dealing with common cause failures in system design. So, the reason we have more than one engine on a... Tue, 14 Jun 2011 06:11:49 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16309&sectionID=107 As the price of gasoline chugs toward an all-time high, there’s more incentive than ever to innovate new ways of getting around without the stuff. Given all the grief at... Thu, 12 May 2011 10:55:21 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=19041&sectionID=108 DoD is making significant strides to develop and deploy unmanned vehicles in a variety of environments. The Secretary of the Navy is sponsoring a new program, Consortium for Robotics and... Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:43:50 -0500 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=18989&sectionID=109 Piracy has long been shrouded by an atmosphere of misunderstanding, myth and misplaced glamor, in part because of Hollywood films which depict piracy in a romanticized fashion. Whether watching Captain... Tue, 01 Feb 2011 23:58:01 -0500 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16709&sectionID=108 On 4 November Qantas flight QF32, an Airbus A380 outbound from Singapore, ran into serious problems when a turbine on its Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine suffered an uncontained failure. We... Wed, 08 Dec 2010 04:31:14 -0500 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16707&sectionID=108 Australian investigators on Friday provided the first official account of the drama aboard the Qantas A380 jet that suffered a midair engine explosion last month, describing in vivid detail the... Fri, 03 Dec 2010 04:25:39 -0500 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16712&sectionID=108 The A380 superjumbo aircraft whose engine blew apart on departure from Singapore on Nov. 4 was far more seriously damaged than initial reports indicated, with hydraulic and electric failures and... Fri, 19 Nov 2010 04:51:54 -0500 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16942&sectionID=108 Captain Richard de Crespigny has a long list of distinctions. He is widely feted as being Qantas' best pilot - one of the most experienced in the skies - and... Sat, 06 Nov 2010 06:59:41 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16706&sectionID=108 (Updated June 14, 2011) So, the reason we have more than one engine on a passenger aircraft is because engines can fail and N>1 engines provides the equipment redundancy that... Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:20:36 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15883&sectionID=107 Last week I was riding through the bustling streets of Bangalore when my colleague made a provocative statement: "I think the Tata Nano is going to be a flop." It... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:09:47 -0500 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=18939&sectionID=108 This thesis examines the role of airpower in Counterinsurgency (COIN) in Afghanistan and Pakistan and focuses on how the direct application of airpower affects COIN in Afghanistan and Pakistan's Federally... Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:40:02 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=23482&sectionID=109 World Maritime Day 2008 will be celebrated with various activities at the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) headquarters on Thursday, September 25. The day focuses on the importance of shipping safety,... Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:36:01 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=23480&sectionID=109 In the 21st century where communications are instantaneous, 90 per cent of world trade still reaches its destination via the commercial shipping industry, which has been shaped over the last... Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:14:48 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=19665&sectionID=108 RAND National Defense Research Institute. Why Has the Cost of Fixed-Wing Aircraft Risen? A Macroscopic Examination of the Trends in U.S. Military Aircraft Costs over the Past Several Decades By... Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:56:43 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16612&sectionID=107 At the Canalys Navigation Forum in Taipei this week there will be a lot of discussion by industry experts about the future of Taiwan’s role in both the global and... Mon, 12 May 2008 19:16:59 -0400 http://transportationinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16611&sectionID=107 Canalys today released the first highlights from a new survey of around 1,200 consumers, which explores the opportunity for navigation and location-based services on mobile phones and portable navigation devices... Thu, 08 May 2008 19:14:46 -0400