Lockheed Martin's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Weapon System successfully destroyed an errant United States satellite, preventing it from an uncontrolled and unpredictable reentry and potential crash to Earth.

In the mission, the SPY-1B radar on the cruiser USS Lake Erie detected the satellite during its orbit and, through the capable equipment and computer programs comprising the Aegis Weapon System, computed a targeting solution to guide an SM-3 missile to intercept the satellite. Once the SM-3 was launched from the ship's MK 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS), Aegis guided the missile to the terminal phase of the intercept.

Lockheed Martin engineers recently worked with U.S.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, February 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Viatel Holding (Bermuda) Limited (VTLAF.PK) ("Viatel" or the "Company") announced today that it has filed, or is filing concurrently with this announcement, a Form 15 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to terminate the registration of its securities under Rules 12g-4(a)(1) and 12h-3(1)(i) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act" ).

ORLANDO, Florida, February 21 /PRNewswire/ --

Marker InfoComm Inc, the world's largest independent provider of software tools to hotels for airline Frequent Flyer Program (FFP) administration, is pleased to announce the release of iHAMMS(R) Direct -- its newest solution specifically designed for connecting existing hotel Property Management Systems (PMS) and CRM/Loyalty Programs directly to the world's most popular Frequent Flyer Programs.

Ease of use is cited as the most important factor in iHAMMS(R) Direct soaring popularity. This cutting-edge tool allows hotels to collect customer stay data for FFP programs using existing in-house systems.

ASHBURN, Virginia, February 21 /PRNewswire/ --

Brainware, Inc., an innovative provider of intelligent data capture and enterprise search solutions, today announced that Mayo Clinic, the largest integrated, not-for-profit group practice in the world, has adopted its end-to-end accounts payable automation solution. Mayo Clinic will be using Brainware's intelligent data capture (A/P-distiller(TM)) and workflow management (WF-distiller(TM)) solutions to automatically recognize and capture specific invoice information to feed into Mayo Clinic's back office accounting system.

PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, February 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Thomson Collexis Dashboard to Provide Scientists and Researchers with Deep Analysis, Trending, and Visualization of Published Information

Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and leading provider of information solutions to the worldwide research and business communities, and Collexis Holdings Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CLXS), a developer of high definition search and knowledge discovery software, today announced plans to join together Collexis' Knowledge Dashboard with Thomson Scientific's Web of Science to create a custom data mining solution for the research community.

MOSCOW, February 21 /PRNewswire/ --

Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces that it has signed a contract and is starting construction of a railway spur track to the Elga coal deposit (Yakutia).

The contract for designing and constructing the railway spur track to connect Ulak railroad station of the Baikal-Amur Mainline with the Elga coal deposit (Yakutia) was signed between Mechel and Transstroy Engineering Corporation, a subsidiary of Transstroy Design and Construction Company, on February 19.

A University of British Columbia astronomer with an international team has discovered the largest structures of dark matter ever seen. Measuring 270 million light-years across, these dark matter structures criss-cross the night sky, each spanning an area that is eight times larger than the full moon.

“The results are a major leap forward since the presence of a cosmic dark matter web that extends over such large distances has never been observed before,” says Ludovic Van Waerbeke, an assistant professor in the Dept. of Physics and Astronomy.

To glimpse the unseen structures, the team of French and Canadian scientists “X-rayed” the dark matter, an invisible web that makes up more than 80 per cent of the mass of the universe.

Kevin Gardner sees green roads right around the corner.

“A lot of the infrastructure in this country needs to be re-built,” says Gardner, University of New Hampshire associate professor of civil engineering and director of the Environmental Research Group. “We have a real opportunity to re-build the infrastructure the right way with sustainable materials and socially sensitive designs that protect air, water, land, and human resources.”

Funded by the Federal Highway Administration and pooled state highway funds, as well as Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grants for specific research projects, Gardner established the new Recycled Materials Resource Management Center (RMRC) at UNH on June 1, 2007. The RRMC is a collaboration between UNH environmental and social impact researchers and University Wisconsin-Madison geotechnical, or soil behavior, faculty. Working closely with a board of advisors composed of representatives from the EPA, the Federal Highway Administration and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, as well as numerous other stakeholders, one of the Center’s activities is to establish a green roads program that develops criteria for what makes a roadway green.

TOKYO, February 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Environmental Technologies to be on Display at 20 Venues Around the World

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., announced today that it will co-sponsor "The Science of Survival," the first exhibition of its kind, which opens at the Science Museum, London, on Saturday April 5. The London exhibition will last until Sunday Nov. 2 before embarking on a five-year global tour.

In this fun, interactive exhibition, which explores what our lifestyles could be in 2050, Nissan will showcase several of its environmental technologies in the "Moving" area, including its compact lithium-ion battery and a quarter scale model of the Pivo electric vehicle concept.

REDMOND, Washington, February 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- New interoperability principles and actions will increase openness of key products.

Microsoft Corp. today announced a set of broad-reaching changes to its technology and business practices to increase the openness of its products and drive greater interoperability, opportunity and choice for developers, partners, customers and competitors.

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