A new market study is released on Global Cryonics Technology Market with data Tables for historical and forecast years represented with Chats & Graphs spread through 93 Pages with easy to understand detailed analysis. The study highlights detailed assessment of the Market and display market sizing trend by revenue & volume (if applicable), current growth factors, expert opinions, facts, and industry validated market development data. The research study provides estimates for Global Cryonics Technology Forecast till 2025*. Some are the players that are considered in the coverage of this study are Praxair, Cellulis, Cryologics, Cryotherm, KrioRus, VWR, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Custom Biogenic Systems, Oregon Cryonics, Alcor Life Extension Foundation, Osiris Cryonics, Sigma-Aldrich & Southern Cryonics.

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North America: United States, Canada, and Mexico. South & Central America: Argentina, ,Chile, LATAM, and Brazil. Middle East & Africa: Saudi Arabia, UAE, Israel, Turkey, Egypt and South Africa. Europe: UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, BeNeLux, and Russia. Asia-Pacific: India, China, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, and Australia.

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Global Cryonics Technology Product Types In-Depth: , Slow freezing, Vitrification & Ultra-rapid

Global Cryonics Technology Major Applications/End users: Animal husbandry, Fishery science, Medical science, Preservation of microbiology culture & Conserving plant biodiversity

Market Sizing by Geographical Break-down: United States, Europe, China, Japan, Southeast Asia, India & Central & South America

To ascertain a deeper view of Market Size, competitive landscape is provided i.e. Comparative Market Share Revenue Analysis (Million USD) by Players (2018-2019) & Segment Market Share (%) by Players (2018-2019) and further a qualitative analysis of all players is made to understand market concentration rate.

Competitive Landscape & Analysis:Major players of Cryonics Technology Market are focusing highly on innovation in new technologies to improve production efficiency and re-arrange product lifecycle. Long-term growth opportunities for this sector are captured by ensuring ongoing process improvements of related players following NAICS standard by understanding their financial flexibility to invest in the optimal strategies. Company profile section of players such as Praxair, Cellulis, Cryologics, Cryotherm, KrioRus, VWR, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Custom Biogenic Systems, Oregon Cryonics, Alcor Life Extension Foundation, Osiris Cryonics, Sigma-Aldrich & Southern Cryonics includes vital information like legal name, website, headquarter, its market position, distribution and marketing channels, historical background and top 4 closest competitors by Market capitalization / turnover along with sales contact information. Each company / manufacturers revenue figures, growth rate, net profit and gross profit margin is provided in easy to understand tabular format for past 3 years and a separate section on market entropy covering recent development activities like mergers &acquisition, new product/service launch, funding activity etc.

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In this study, the years considered to estimate the market size of Global Cryonics Technology are as follows:History Year: 2014-2018, Base Year: 2019, Forecast Year 2019 to 2025

Key Stakeholders / Target Audience Covered:In order to better analyze value chain/ supply chain of the Industry, a lot of attention given to backward & forward Integration Cryonics Technology Manufacturers Cryonics Technology Distributors/Traders/Wholesalers Cryonics Technology Sub-component Manufacturers Industry Association Downstream Vendors

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Bruce Powers Unit 1 marked 600 consecutive days of steady operation April 6, a record run of providing clean, reliable, cost-effective energy to the people of Ontario. Submitted

Bruce Powers Unit 1 marked 600 consecutive days of steady operation April 6, a record run of providing clean, reliable, cost-effective energy to the people of Ontario.

Unit 1s run of uninterrupted production is the longest since it was returned to service in 2012 and is an excellent example of the benefits to Ontario families and businesses from extending the life of its nuclear fleet.

Units 1 and 2 were returned to service in 2012 after the Bruce A station was shut down by the former Ontario Hydro in the 1990s. Units 3 and 4 were restarted in 2003 and 04 and have performed at the highest levels since. Units 3 and 4 are part of Bruce Powers Life-Extension Program and will undergo their own Major Component Replacement Projects from 2023-28, adding about 30 years of life to the reactors. The refurbishment, or Major Component Replacement, of Bruce Powers Unit 6 has begun and will be followed by Unit 3, scheduled to begin in 2023.

Unit 1s exemplary performance over the past two years highlights the fact that refurbished reactor units perform very well and provide benefits to Ontarios families, hospitals and businesses by generating low-cost, reliable electricity 24 hours a day, seven days a week, said Len Clewett, Bruce Powers Chief Nuclear Officer.

In addition to this strong record of reliability, Bruce Power has made investments in all eight units on site to offer additional flexibility to Ontarios electricity market. Of the 6,400 megawatts (MW) of capacity from its site, there are 2,400 MW of flexible capability which has been utilized many times. The company achieved this flexibility through enhancements on the non-nuclear side of the plant. Nuclear power accounts for more than 60 per cent of Ontarios supply, with Bruce Power providing more than 30 per cent of the provinces electricity at 30 per cent less than the average cost to generate residential power.

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Express.co.ukconducted an online survey asking readers if they felt the strict measures should be rolled back. The majority of those who took part believe it is still too soon to ease restrictions on social gatherings. The results come as ministers have urged Britons to stay indoors over the Easter bank holiday weekend.

Parts of Britain are set for scorching temperatures, with some regions set to reach 25C on Saturday.

A total of 8,165 readers (83 percent) backed the Governments plan to continue with the lockdown until the crisis improved.

Just 1,523 people (16 percent) said they would like to see the measures peeled back.

Only 187 (less than one percent) said they were unsure about where they stood on the issue.

A total of 9,875 people responded to the survey between 9.40am and 7pm on Thursday, April 9.

Police have warned anyone caught flouting lockdown rules will face punishment.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said it was still too soon for ministers to begin lifting the strict social distancing rules introduced last month.

Mr Raab - who is deputising for Boris Johnson while he is in intensive care - said they could not begin to start looking again at the measures until the end of next week.

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She said: We in France have had longer in lock down and still no lifting of it.

Another said: I think it needs to be looked at on a week to week basis and those businesses that can put peoples safety first should reopen.

And a third said allowing people out of their homes too early in the epidemic could prove fatal.

Can't wait for this lockdown to be lifted as I am having withdrawal symptoms for my KFC fix, they said.

However, to do it too early would be fatal.

But others argued that daily life would need to return to normal soon as people could stay inside only for so long.

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Draken International has begun flying supersonic, radar equipped Mirage F1M fighters to support US Air Force (USAF) combat training at Nellis Air Force Base after the aircraft were returned to service by Paramount Aerospace Systems.

The fully modernized Mirage F1Ms, predominately flown by the Spanish Air Force in the past, now challenge US and coalition 4th and 5th generation fighters over the skies of the Nevada Test and Training Range in the development of warfighters tactics, techniques, and procedures, Draken International said on 26 March.

Over the past two years, the collaborative efforts between Draken International and Paramount Aerospace Systems has resulted in the reassembly, restoration, and certification of the fleet of Mirage F1s. This extensive project was accomplished at Drakens maintenance facility in Lakeland, Florida. Draken has also begun the acceptance of the fleet of Denel Cheetahs from the South African Air Force, a 4th Generation supersonic radar-equipped fighter that joins Drakens operational fleet, the company said.

Sean Gustafson, VP of Business Development at Draken stated, Draken is fully committed to enhancing adversary support for the USAF. These fleets of supersonic assets highlight the dedication to fulfilling combat readiness training objectives at Nellis and Air Force bases across the US. Our ever-growing fleet of advanced fighters enrich our capabilities and challenge Airmen, Sailors, and Marines alike.

Draken flew its first refurbish F1M on 12 November 2019 from Lakeland Linder International Airport. Paramount Aerospace Systems and Draken signed a contract in 2018 for the overhaul and ongoing engineering support of its fleet of 22 ex-Spanish Mirage F1s.

Paramount Aerospace says it specializes in the modernization of fixed wing platforms including leading the previous modernization of the Mirage F1M while still in Spanish Air Force service. Through predecessor company Advanced Technologies and Engineering (ATE), Paramount was involved in modernising Spains F1CE/EE/EDA fleet to F1M standard.

The modernisation of the Spanish F1s covered a service life extension programme (SLEP) and avionics upgrade for 48 F1CE/EE (C.14A/B) single-seaters and four F1EDA (C.14C) two-seat trainers. Thomson-CSF RCM was awarded the FFr700 million contract in 1996. Spanish companies Amper Programas, Indra and CASA acted as sub-contractors while ATE was responsible for the design and integration of the navigation, display and weapons systems. The last upgraded fighter was handed over to the Spanish air Force in 2001.

Apart from the SLEP, the upgrade package includes a revised cockpit with colour liquid crystal displays and a Smart HUD; a Sextant inertial navigation system with GPS interface; air-to-ground radar rangefinding capability; NATO-compatible Have Quick 2 secure communications; Mode 4 digital IFF; a defensive aids suite; and flight recorders.

Draken also acquired nine ex-South African Air Force Cheetah C and three Cheetah D fighters from Denel in 2018. These will join its more than 100 tactical fighter aircraft, including the A-4 Skyhawk and L-159 Honey Badger.

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Long-term extension of Blue Zones Project collaborative confirms continued demand for community well-being improvement solutions

ATLANTA and MINNEAPOLIS, April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- With a decade of collaborative experience in positively impacting the well-being of communities through the Blue Zones Project initiative, Sharecare, the digital health company that helps people manage all their health in one place, and Blue Zones, global experts in helping people live longer, better lives, today announced they have extended their strategic partnership. Blue Zones was recently acquired by Adventist Health, a faith-based, nonprofit integrated health system serving more than 80 communities on the West Coast and Hawaii.

Blue Zones Project by Sharecare has a proven track record of community transformation in 51 communities across North America making the healthy choice the easy choice by optimizing the environments where we spend our time. Inspired by Dan Buettner's research of the longest-lived cultures across the world, the Blue Zones Project uses the Life Radius model to address people, places, and policy and is now impacting 3.4 million people across North America. Participating communities have experienced double-digit drops in obesity and tobacco use and have saved millions of dollars in healthcare costs.

"We look forward to continuing our relationship with Blue Zones and expanding our relationship with Adventist Health who has an exceptional reputation for providing health services of the highest quality. The decision to extend the Blue Zones Project partnership confirms the long-term commitment shared by Adventist Health, Blue Zones and Sharecare to empower people to live longer, healthier, happier lives with less incidences of preventable chronic conditions and stronger connections with the community," said Jeff Arnold, founder, chairman and CEO of Sharecare. "While this partnership extension has been in the works for months, the timing of finalizing this extension will allow us to work even better together to help our communities and our country best navigate their health and well-being throughout the novel coronavirus pandemic and the related recovery process."

"Adventist Health believes that the future of healthcare goes beyond the role of traditional hospitals. Sustained well-being improvement across an entire community requires having an environment and social policies that encourage healthy behaviors. We have seen the impact of Blue Zones Project and are excited to continue transforming communities in partnership with Sharecare for many years to come," said Scott Reiner, Adventist Health CEO.

Sharecare aims to create and sustain positive health outcomes by empowering the individual to take control of their health, and to support the individual by creating a well-being culture where they live, work and play.In partnership with the Boston University School of Public Health, Sharecare fields the Community Well-Being Index (CWI), the most comprehensive and dynamic measure of well-being across the U.S. The CWI is administered in all Blue Zones Project by Sharecare communities to measure impact and calculate real medical and productivity cost savings. With more than 3 million surveys completed to date in the United States, the Community Well-Being Index provides current and future Blue Zones Project by Sharecare sites with a robust benchmarking tool, allowing them to target resources and interventions where they are needed most.

With this extension, Sharecare is committed to integrating the Blue Zones Project partnership model into its core strategy of community-driven care and to leveraging its comprehensive digital platform to make healthy choices easier for all one person, and one community at a time.

To learn more about the Blue Zones Project by Sharecare, visit http://www.sharecare.com/blue-zones.

About SharecareSharecare is the digital health company that helps people manage all their health in one place. The Sharecare platform provides each person no matter where they are in their health journey with a comprehensive and personalized health profile where they can dynamically and easily connect to the information, evidence-based programs and health professionals they need to live their healthiest, happiest and most productive lives. In addition to providing individual consumers with direct access to award-winning and innovative frictionless technologies, scientifically validated clinical protocols and best-in-class coaching tools, Sharecare also helps providers, employers and health plans effectively scale outcomes-based health and wellness solutions across their entire populations. To learn more, visit http://www.sharecare.com.

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About Blue Zones Blue Zones employs evidence-based ways to help people live longer, better. The company's work is rooted in explorations and research done by National Geographic Fellow Dan Buettner, who identified the blue zones regions around the world where people live extraordinarily long and/or happy lives. The original research and findings were released in Buettner's bestselling books The Blue Zones Solution, The Blue Zones of Happiness, The Blue Zones, Thrive, and Blue Zones Kitchenall published by National Geographic books.

Using original Blue Zones research, Blue Zones Project works with cities to make healthy choices easier through permanent and semi-permanent changes to a city's man-made surroundings. Participating communities have experienced double digit drops in obesity and tobacco use and have saved millions of dollars in healthcare costs. Currently, 51 communities across North America have joined Blue Zones Project, impacting more than 3.4 million Americans nationwide For more information, visit bluezones.com.

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The IRS is also working with a depleted workforce as a result of service center closures and social distancing procedures.

The new extension applies to tax returns and payments for tax-exempt organizations and fiscal-year businesses, including partnerships, that are normally due between April and June.

In addition, tax return and payment deadlines for estate taxes and associated gift taxes, typically due within nine months from the date of death, qualify for the same relief.

For all taxpayers, Treasury and IRS also extended 270 administrative deadlines to July 15.

They also made that the deadline for tax preparers who lack professional credentials to apply for a voluntary education program.

One of the groups that pushed hardest for the wide-ranging extensions, the American Institute of CPAs, welcomed the moves but said the IRS should be prepared to provide more relief.

Barry Melancon, the group's president and CEO, said "we continue to urge Treasury and IRS to develop a contingency plan for the next phase of relief should that be needed. As a country, we should not risk anyones life to meet tax filing obligations.

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Rio Tintos Kennecott mine near Salt Lake City, Utah, has been impacted by a 5.7-magnitude earthquake close to the town of Magna.

All employees have been safely accounted for and evacuated from the potential risk areas. At this stage the company has identified limited damage to the operation or risk to the surrounding community.

A detailed inspection of the complex is currently being conducted, in conjunction with the local emergency services and Utah Department of Transportation.

As a precaution, all operations have been temporarily halted and, in line with standard procedures pre-agreed with the Utah Department of Transportation, State Road 201 has been temporarily closed while the inactive South (Magna) tailings storage facility is inspected.

This is an inactive historic tailings storage facility that is stable and being actively monitored and managed, under a plan reviewed and endorsed by a panel of independent geotechnical experts and Utahs dam regulatory authorities.

Rio Tinto Copper & Diamonds chief executive Arnaud Soirat commented: The safety of our employees and wider community is our first priority and having ensured that all our employees are safe and the operations are shut, we are now working with the local emergency services and regulators to ensure the asset is safe before resuming any operations.

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In DecemberRio Tinto announceda $1.5bn investment to expand the Kennecott copper mineextending operations to 2032.

The move reflects a growing trend for miners to invest in strategic mineral projects across the United States.The investment will further extend strip waste rock mining and support additional infrastructure development in the second phase of the South Wall Pushback project, to allow mining to continue into a new area of the ore body and deliver close to one million tonnes of refined copper between 2026 and 2032. It will also allow further exploration of the deposit and options for mine life extension.

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Microsoft will extend the support life of Windows 10 1709s Enterprise, Education, and IoT Enterprise editions, because right now weve all got better things to do than upgrade Windows.

A late Thursday post by John Cable, leader of Microsofts Windows Servicing and Delivery team, explained Microsofts thinking as follows.

We have been evaluating the public health situation, and we understand the impact this is having on you, our valued customers. To ease one of the many burdens you are currently facing, and based on customer feedback, we have decided to delay the scheduled end of service date for the Enterprise, Education, and IoT Enterprise editions of Windows 10, version 1709. This means devices will receive monthly security updates only from May to October. The final security update for these editions of Windows 10, version 1709 will be released on October 13, 2020 instead of April 14, 2020.

Updates will continue to flow from Windows Update, Windows Server Update Services, and the Microsoft Update Catalog so Windows admins dont need to touch a thing to keep this version of Windows secure and happy. Or as secure and happy as Windows can ever be, given Microsofts ability to drop an emergency patch just two days after Patch Tuesday.

Windows 10 1709 was released to a waiting world in October 2017, so will be three years old at the end of this support extension. Given that the UK's court system is still on Windows XP, three years is nothing.

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As Italy's coronavirus death toll continue to mount this week, the government said it would extend a nationwide lockdown which has shut down public life, with France poised to follow. Belga

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said that the countrys coronavirus lockdown would clearly have to be extended, a move which French officials say they were very likely to mimic.

It is clear that the provisions we have taken, which have shut down the countrys business and everyday activities () can only be extended after the upcoming deadline, Conte said in an interview with Corriere della Sera.

Contes statements come ten days into a nation-wide lockdown, initially set to last until 3 April, which authorities imposed tocurb the surging rate of infections and hospitalisations linked to the new coronavirus (Covid-19),

The Italian prime minister said that, even after Italy reached the peak of the outbreak, Italians would continue to feel the long-lasting impact of the viral pandemic that has brought life around much of the globe to a screeching halt.

It is obvious that when we reach the peak and the contagion starts to decrease at least in percentage () we will not be able to immediately return to life as it was before [the lockdown], Conte said, adding that the outbreak in Italy would hopefully peak in a few days.

A total of 35,533 cases of coronavirus and 2,978 deaths had been confirmed in Italy on 19 March, according to the latest figures by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

The army has been mobilised to ramp up production of ventilators as doctors and nurses scramble to treat the estimated 2,000 Covid-19 patients in intensive care needing the life-saving medical devices.

As Conte said that Italy had avoided system collapse thanks to the measures, hospital staff have compared the situation to a war zone, with field hospitals set up across cities to ease crowded hospital wards.

Yesterday we expected to have a change after almost 10 days of this new measure but its still rising, an Italian virologist told CNN.

This week, Italy broke its own record for its deadliest day of the pandemic in less than 72 hours, with Wednesdays 475 deaths beating Mondays 368.

Conte did not provide specific details regarding the length of the lockdown extension.

The head of Frances public health service agency, Sant Publique France, said that it was very likely that France would also move to extend a nationwide lockdown.

It will very likely be necessary to prolong [confinement] in order to sufficiently halt the [spread of the virus], Genevive Chne said in a radio interview on Thursday.

Announced in a televised national address by President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, the measures were initially introduced for a 15-day period.

In order to ramp up Frances response to what Macron described as a war against the virus, the lockdown largely shut down public life in France, emptying streets across the country as well as tourist hotspots in the capital Paris.

The lockdown also imposed stiff restrictions on movement, with citizens only allowed out for essential reasons, and required to download a certificate to prove it.

Chnes comments on Wednesday also follow an announcement by Prime Minister Edouard Philippe that the country was declaring a sanitary state of emergency, set to be made official in a matter of days.

The state of emergency would empower Philippes cabinet to take measures by decree aimed at further curtailing citizens movement as well as granting him powers to requisition any goods and services in order fight against the pandemic, which he called a sanitary catastrophe.

In France, the first European country to report a Covid-19 infection, the count of coronavirus infections stood at 9,055 as of Wednesday, according to WHO, out of which 3,626 were hospitalised.

On Wednesday, France reported that 89 new deaths now put the countrys coronavirus death toll at 264, with officials also reporting an increase of new coronavirus cases of nearly 20% in 24 hours.

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Spring is the time of year when plants start showing their new life in gardens and lawns. Along with the new life of beautiful foliage comes a common nuisance in lawns: weeds.

However, homeowners do not have to suffer. According to the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, applying pre-emergent herbicides in a timely manner this spring can save lawns from these intruders.

Type of herbicide

When selecting a pre-emergent herbicide, it is important to select one that will get the job done.

Products with the active ingredients pendimethalin, prodiamine or dithiopyr are effective in controlling crab grass in warm season turf, said Tim Crow, an Alabama Extension home grounds, gardens and pests regional agent.

While crab grass is the most common weed in lawns, these three ingredients also control a wide range of other weeds.

Timing is important

Applying a pre-emergent herbicide in a timely manner is an important factor to controlling weeds. All weeds have a range in which plant germination begins, and applying the product before this is crucial.

Crab grass, for example, is a warm season annual weed and a heavy seeder. At the end of warm seasons and during winter, it disperses thousands of seeds into the ground. It then waits until the next warm season to plague a yard once again.

Crab grass is the No. 1 target weed for warm season turf grass in the South, Crow said. Depending on each particular spring, crab grass germination usually begins around late March and early April.

Crow recommends people start applying pre-emergent herbicides in mid-February, ensuring protection before the germination process begins.

It is easier to control weeds now rather than later. Post-emergent herbicides have a much more limited availability than pre-emergent herbicides do.

Other lawn practices

Crow said other practices, along with applying pre-emergent herbicides, can help keep a lawn weed free.

Herbicides are a great weapon to have in our arsenal, but a healthy stand of turf is key for weed prevention, he said.

Proper fertilization and diligent mowing practices promote a healthy lawn. If done properly, these practices will help ensure weeds do not grow well in the yard.

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For help answering gardening questions, give the Master Gardener Helpline a call at 1-877-ALA-GROW. This toll-free helpline connects people with a knowledgeable team of Master Gardeners.

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The Scorpion HMD is just one facet of what is turning out to be one potent and efficient aggressor jet. The six fully configured F-5ATs Tactical Air now has on strength also sport the multi-mode Nemesis pulse-doppler radar from Duotech. This system takes up the majority of the jet's nose, with the guns having been removed. The radar is designed specifically for the adversary mission and is fully fused with the aircraft's Garmin 3000 avionics suite.

Nemesis is superior in range to the AN/APG-66 radar that is found in a competitor's A-4s and in older F-16s, some of which are going to be joining the private aggressor industry, and has the ability to simulate various enemy radars and missile systems. It is also designed for extreme reliability and has the potential to have its mechanically scanned array (MESA) antenna to be converted to a more capable active electronically scanned array (AESA) antenna in the future.

Duotech is also supplying the radar warning receiver suite for the F-5AT, which provides a high degree of passive situational awareness. The system, dubbed Argus, can be easily integrated onto certain aircraft, like the F-5, using existing apertures and has 360 degree, wideband threat detection capability.

The jets are also set to receive a proprietary data-link that will allow them to share information freely among themselves, including targeting and weapons data, and it will support secure communications. This could be extremely useful if an AESA radar gets installed in some of the company's F-5ATs. With the data-link, just one jet equipped with a more advanced radar could share all its information with other F-5ATs, making it a big force multiplier. Currently, the air combat maneuvering instrumentation (ACMI) pod the F-5ATs carry, the Cubic's P5 model, offers limited aircraft-to-aircraft data-link capabilities, including the sharing of position data, which is highly useful for the aggressor role.

These features are in addition to the airframes being overhauled by Northrop Grumman and the Garmin 3000 large panel display glass cockpit being installed, as well as hands-on throttle and stick controls, and other enhancements.

The software that runs on the Garmin system and handles data-fusion and tactical information was also developed specifically for the aggressor mission. It's called Venom and comes from L3Harris.

In a press release, L3Harris described Venom as such:

"Venom integrates the latest air-to-air capabilities using commercial off-the-shelf components, providing pilots desired look, feel and operation in the cockpit. The suite enables third-generation platforms to operate as a fifth-generation platform, and more realistically emulate modern adversaries.

The Venom suite continues L3Harris work in adversary mission systems by integrating a high-resolution tactical situation display, presenting radar and datalink track information, threats, system status and weapons engagement information with the Garmin G3000 Integrated Flight Deck touch controller and bezel key interfaces. This provides pilots an intuitive, cutting-edge capability for performing adversary training missions. Scaleable, reconfigurable and adaptable, Venom enables platforms to maintain relevance by easily and affordably incorporating new or desired adversary capabilities."

Guthals noted just how reliable the F-5AT configuration is. Four jets now operating out of Fallon accomplished three sorties each on a single day last week. That's impressive reliability by today's tactical fast jet standards.

Clearly, the Navy has taken notice as to what Tactical Air has accomplished with the F-5AT conversion and is looking at doing something very similar to its own comparatively antiquated F-5Ns, of which the service is buying more second-hand from Switzerland. Tactical Air is actually helping to manage that upgrade program for the Navy, so it is very likely that a similar, if not nearly identical configuration will eventually find its way into the Navy two F-5 equipped aggressor squadronsVFC-13 and VFC-111and the Marine's single F-5 aggressor unitVMFT-401.

As for the longevity of Tactical Air's 'super Tiger IIs' of sorts, they came from surplus Jordanian stocks and apparently had very low flight time to begin with, with around 2,000 hours on each of them. Guthals notes that the F-5s are good for roughly 7,000 hours as originally designed and can go significantly beyond that with a service life extension.

All told, it is fairly remarkably what Tactical Air has achieved with its F-5TA initiative. The little planes pack an incredible amount of current-day tech that is specifically designed for aggressor operations, not repurposed from combat applications, into highly reliable, proven, efficient, and enduring design. The Navy also gets to take advantage of its development work by upgrading its own F-5s, which remain the backbone of the Navy and Marine Corps' aggressor force.

The Navy passed over another aggressor company that proposed using the F-16 platform for the NAS Fallon contract due to Tactical Air's efficient plan. Time will tell just how good of a decision that was, but as it sits now, Navy pilots are facing an enhanced F-5 adversary that is better adapted to the aggressor mission than ever before and Air Force pilots are likely to be slugging it out with the F-5AT soon, as well.

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AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, March 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Share Natur International Corp., (OTCQB: NTRU), a farm-to-functional producer of natural and organic plant-based foods and beverages including full and broad spectrum CBD (cannabinoid) and terpene-blended consumer products, today announced that Dr. Nina Storms has resigned from the company's Board of Directors for personal reasons, effective February 21. The Board has voted to appoint Karen Brink to the position, effective immediately.

Dr. Storms is the visionary behind the present strategy of Share Natur International.

Commenting on her resignation, Dr. Storms said, I believe that this is the right moment for me to resign from the Share Natur board. This change stems from personal reasons, but also importantly, my seat will now be filled with someone from a younger generation, my daughter Karen Brink, who can contribute as the company continues working to secure a leading market position. I have been fortunate to work with my esteemed board members, all of us have worked closely together to ensure the success of Share Natur. I am very thankful for this great opportunity.

Spencer Chesman, CEO of Share Natur International, commented, I have become quite close to Nina and her family and truly appreciate all of her efforts in positioning Share Natur in the ever expanding health and wellness business arena. Nina has a vast network and is knowledgeable in corporate environments and strategy, and I am sure she will continue to maintain these contacts to the benefit of Share Natur. I understand her motivation to resign from the constraints that a board seat can bring and I look forward to her continued support. Her contribution to the company in concert with the other board members has been selfless and the company has benefited tremendously, we will miss her everyday guidance.

Karen Brink added, I am honored to assume a seat on the Board of Directors of Share Natur. I have worked in the company for some time now and strongly believe in its potential, direction and strategy. I understand my mothers motivation to leave the board at this time and am grateful to have learned so much from her as we worked together on many projects during the last few years.

Li Zeng, a member of the Share Natur International Executive Management Team, stated, I have been very privileged to work and learn from Nina. Uniquely, she was able to understand, absorb and integrate the Chinese culture and mannerisms, unlike many others, with those of Share Natur, which has a more western approach. As one of the Chairmen of CQ News, the second largest media station in China, I look forward to Ninas continued support and advice.

About Share Natur International Corp.

Share Natur, founded in 2015 to market farm-to-functional natural and organic plant-based foods and beverages, expanded its product portfolio this past year to include full and broad spectrum CBD (cannabinoid) and terpene-blended consumer products. With the portfolio expansion, Share Natur is moving swiftly to place relevant consumer goods in multiple health and wellness categories including food and beverage, snacks, health and beauty, supplements, sports and animal care. Share Natur personalizes nutrition and strives to enhance ones quality of life by utilizing the forces of nature, driven by science.

Share Natur applies the most advanced and emerging hi-tech health methodologies as it markets nutritious, delicious and fresh-tasting products. By applying innovative technologies to the breeding of its plant sources, the extraction of its ingredients, and delicate shelf life extension, Share Natur ensures the peak of freshness, and supplies nutrient-dense products that are superior to competitors offerings. The company remains astute to relevant snackification trends and goes to market through Europes leading retailers, foodservice partners and online eCommerce subscription models. For additional information, please visit http://www.int.natur.eu.

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The RNLI has today Tuesday 10 March 2020 announced that it will extend the life of its Severn class lifeboats so they can continue saving lives at sea for another 25 years.

The largest and most powerful class of lifeboat, the Severn entered service back in 1996 and there are currently 44 of these 42 tonne lifesaving vessels in the charitys fleet. With an operational lifespan of 25 years, these amazing lifeboats are now approaching retirement age and are due to come off service soon.

However, the charitys expert in-house engineering team has worked in partnership with academic and industry experts, establishing that the lifeboats hulls can continue operational service for another 25 years. Through a life extension upgrade, the Severns wheelhouse will be completely redesigned and a wide range of upgrades will be made, ensuring the vessels can operate safely and effectively for another 25 years.

As well as fitting the lifeboats out with more modern and sophisticated technology and systems, the upgraded Severns will have significant safety enhancements to ensure the RNLIs volunteer crews are as safe as possible while out saving lives at sea in all weathers.

Nick Fenwick is Project Manager for the RNLIs Severn life extension programme. He said: From shock-mitigating seats for the crew, to new survivor space seating for casualties and a new daughter craft that can be launched quickly for rescuing casualties in shallow waters or close to rocks, the life extension upgrades will ensure our Severn class lifeboats are ready to save lives at sea for another 25 years.

The upgrades will bring the technology and systems onboard the Severn class lifeboats right up to date. A key upgrade will be the installation of the Systems and Information Management System, also known as SIMS.

Similar to the SIMS systems in our Tamar and Shannon class lifeboats, it is an electronic integrated bridge system that allows the crew to monitor, operate and control many of the lifeboats functions directly from their seats. These functions include the navigation and the mechanics of the lifeboat, such as the engines, bilge and electrics. This greatly increases our crews safety, reducing the need for them to walk around the lifeboat in the rough and challenging sea conditions they so often face.

An allocation of six Severn class lifeboats will be upgraded initially, with the upgrades taking place at the RNLIs All-weather Lifeboat Centre in Poole, Dorset. Work is already underway on the first vessel to receive its life extension upgrade, with a relief fleet Severn being worked on now with the aim of undertaking sea trials at the end of the year.

The first five lifeboat stations due to receive a life extended Severn are Aberdeen, Kirkwall and Lerwick in Scotland, Tynemouth in the north east of England and Ballyglass in the Republic of Ireland. Aberdeen Lifeboat Station are due to receive the first upgraded Severn at the end of 2021.

The average anticipated cost of each life extension upgrade is 1.25M. This is significantly less than the cost of designing and building a brand-new class of lifeboat to replace the Severn. For context, a Shannon, which is significantly smaller and not as powerful as the Severn, costs 2.2M to build.

Since entering service back in 1996, Severn class lifeboats have launched over 16,500 times, going to the aid of over 22,500 people and saving over 900 lives.

Angus Watson, Engineering and Supply Director, said: I am so excited to announce our plans to extend the operational life of our Severn class lifeboats.

Our Severns are often located in the more remote locations across the UK and Ireland, where the crews are often required to sail out longer distances in the most challenging sea conditions. Being the largest class of lifeboat, it is well-suited for locations where mass casualty rescues are more likely, and its highly elevated upper steering position and greater length are ideal when negotiating large waves in the roughest seas.

While the systems and technology on board the Severn class need upgrading, the lifeboats hull and structure is still ideally suited to the challenging conditions these lifeboats face today. So rather than spending significantly more money to roll out a brand new class of all-weather lifeboat, supplying stations with upgraded Severn class lifeboats that we know can meet the demands of these challenging stretches of coastline is a much more efficient use of charitable funds, while still ensuring that our volunteer crews have lifeboats absolutely fit for purpose for the next 25 years.

The RNLI has launched its Save our Severns appeal, with the aim of raising 700,000 to help fund life extension upgrades to these incredible vessels. To donate, visit:RNLI.org/Severn25

The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates over 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 142,700 lives.

For more information please visit the RNLI website or Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. News releases, videos and photos are available on the News Centre.

Members of the public may contact the RNLI on 0300 300 9990 (UK) or 1800 991802(Ireland) oror by email.

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Using the VSL to measure benefits promotes the interests of individuals who are affected by regulation.

James Broughels essay, Rethinking the Value of a Statistical Life, does not rethink the valuation of mortality risks in any meaningful way.

The current practice for valuing mortality risks is to monetize these effects using empirical estimates of the value of a statistical life (VSL), which is societys willingness to pay for the mortality risk reduction. In 1982, I introduced this approach for valuing mortality risk benefits after being asked to resolve the debate between the Office of Management and Budget and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration over the proposed hazard communication regulation.

Use of the VSL to monetize the benefits of mortality risk reductions has been the mainstream economic technique for valuing mortality risks for several decades. It supplanted previous measures that monetized mortality risks based on lost earnings and medical costs, or what agencies referred to at the time as the cost of death. That earlier approach substantially underestimated how much that people are willing to pay to reduce risks and was not explicitly linked to that concept. Although it is not clear whether or how Broughel wishes to value mortality reduction benefits, he argues that current practices overestimate these benefits.

A principal source of his concern is what he regards as wasteful mortality-reducing expenditures on behalf of older citizens. He laments that people might be willing to pay substantial amounts for end-of-life treatments that are relatively ineffective. His reservations about such expenditures are general, as they encompass private expenditures for which the main opportunity cost is that these expenditures reduce the persons bequest. Overriding these private choices is no more warranted than interfering with other consumption expenditures that Broughel might consider to be frivolous or which would certainly not enhance economic productivity. Placing limits on the freedom of choicethat is, regulatingshould be restricted to situations where there are demonstrable, consequential negative externalities directly generated by individuals own consumption decisions.

Broughel is also concerned that, by using a uniform value for the VSL, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) values short life extensions by $10 million. Such an average VSL figure is consistent with the amount of compensation that workers receive for each expected workplace fatality. For policies that affect the citizenry broadly, use of an average, population-based VSL yields the same benefit value as would the use of heterogenous VSL estimates, weighted by their population distribution.

But what if a disproportionate share of the benefits is reaped by older citizens? The main policy in which EPA grappled with that issue was the proposed Clear Skies initiative, which was estimated to have effects at both ends of the age distribution. As I have discussed in my book, Pricing Lives: Guideposts for a Safer Society, using an appropriate age-varying VSL does not greatly alter the estimated benefits for this policy. The VSL declines with age, but it does not plummet. The VSL for those aged 62 is above the VSL for those aged 20, in part because of differences in those individuals financial resources, which in turn affects their valuation of risk.

Government agencies are also able to handle sensibly the resource-allocation decisions raised by policies with very small impacts on life expectancy, such as end-of-life situations. Instead of using the VSL to value small improvements in life expectancy, one can use the value of a statistical life year (VSLY), which is a measure that reflects a shorter duration of life extension. The possibility that government policies only have a small effect on life expectancy is particularly relevant to the efforts by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In a 2016 regulatory analysis, FDA used a $369,000 VSLY figure to value each life year that would be extended. In its official guidance, FDA has now raised the VSLY to $490,000 in 2014 dollars.

The VSL remains the mainstream economic approach to valuing mortality reduction benefits because it is tied to the underlying principle for benefit assessment, which is societys willingness to pay for the benefit. Use of the VSL to monetize the mortality reduction effects of government policies enables policies to be guided by the preferences of the citizenry who are affected.

Kip Viscusi is the University Distinguished Professor of Law, Economics, and Management at Vanderbilt University Law School.

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The U.S. Navys plan for a bigger fleet is collapsing before our eyes.

To save money, the Navy is canceling an effort to add 10 years to the service lives of its 27 oldest Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. The fleet announced the extension back in 2018.

Decommissioning the old Burkes after 35 years of use instead of 45 years means the fleet will lose a large proportion of its surface combatants starting in 2026 or 2027. First-in-class USS Arleigh Burke, DDG-51, commissioned in 1991.

A Burke is around 500 feet long, displaces around 9,000 tons of water and packs around 90 missiles in vertical launchers.

Defense News was among the first news outlets to report on the cancellation of the service-life extension. The change is the latest decision to weigh on the Navys plan to expand the fleet, which in early 2020 operates 295 front-line ships.

The Navy since late 2016 has wanted to grow to 350 or 355 ships, including 12 aircraft carriers, 156 surface combatants and 66 attack submarines.

"To continue to protect America and defend our strategic interests around the world, all while continuing the counter terrorism fight and appropriately competing with a growing China and resurgent Russia, our Navy must continue to grow," Ray Mabus, Pres. Barack Obamas long-serving Navy secretary, explained while announcing the expansion plan in December 2016.

The plan began to collapse in late 2019 as the Navy came to terms with flattening budgets, the rising cost of ship-construction and maintenance and the poor performance of several new ship types.

Will we get to 355 ships? Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Robert Burke said in October 2019. I think with todays fiscal situation, where the Navys top line is right now, we can keep around 305 to 310 ships whole, properly manned, properly maintained, properly equipped and properly ready.

In a sudden reversal following years of increasing ship-construction, the Navy in its $207-billion 2021 budget proposal asked for just eight new front-line vessels, down from 12 or 13 in previous years. The Navy also has proposed to decommission early four of its new Littoral Combat Ships as well as several cruisers and amphibious ships.

Amid the uncertainty, the sailing branch has delayed its annual shipbuilding plan and other force-structure projections, drawing rebukes from lawmakers who, in the absence of firm plans, increasingly dictate U.S. naval force-structure by way of annual appropriations.

In written testimony that the Navy submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee, the services assistant secretary for research, development and acquisition James Geurts said performing service life extensions on Burkes wasnt cost-effective.

Service-life extensions can be targeted, physical changes to specific hulls to gain a few more years, or a class-wide extension based on engineering analysis, Geurtss testimony reads. The Navy has evaluated the most effective balance between costs and capability to be removing the service-life extension on the DDG-51 class.

The earliest Burkes -- 27 Flight I and early Flight II vessels -- have an expected hull life of 35 years, Defense News explained, citing internal Navy documents. USS Arleigh Burkes hull life could expire in 2026 or shortly thereafter. Thereafter, the fleet could lose three or more Burkes annually for around a decade.

Later Flight IIA and Flight III destroyers have 40- or 45-year hull-lives. The Navy is still building new Flight III Burkes at a rate of around two per year. The service so far has ordered 77 Burkes of all flights.

With shipbuilding plans in chaos, the Navy increasingly is counting on small, cheap robotic ships to rescue it from a major contraction.

Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly in early December 2019 codified this policy in his SECNAV Vector 1 memo, which called for an integrated plan to achieve a 355 (or more) ships, unmanned underwater vehicles and unmanned surface vehicles for greater global naval power, within 10 years.

USNI News was the first to report on Modlys memo.

The Navy in its 2020 budget request asked Congress for the first installment on a $4-billion acquisition of 10 large unmanned surface vessels and nine unmanned submarines. Boeing is developing the robotic submarines, using its 51-feet-long Orca submersible as a starting point.

The sailing branch hasnt yet selected a shipyard to build the unmanned surface vessels. The USVs could be similar to the Sea Hunter robot ship that the Navy has been testing since 2016. Sea Hunter is 132 feet long.

Under the Navys current rules, unmanned vessels do not count as part of the front-line fleet. That policy is likely to change.

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WASHINGTON In a move with sweeping consequences for the US Navy's battle force, the service is canceling plans to add 10 years to the expected service lives of their stalwart destroyer fleet, a cost-savings measure that would almost certainly hamper plans to grow the size of the fleet.

In written testimony submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Navy's Assistant Secretary for Research, Development and Acquisition James Geurts said performing service-life extensions on Burkes designed to bring them up from 35-year hull lives to 45 years was not cost effective.

"Service life extensions can be targeted, physical changes to specific hulls to gain a few more years, or a class-wide extension based on engineering analysis," the testimony reads. "The Navy has evaluated the most effective balance between costs and capability to be removing the service life extension on the DDG 51 class."

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The Navy's destroyers are the workhorses of the fleet, with sailors spending an average of one in every four days underway, the highest rate in the fleet, according a recent report from Defense News sister publication Navy Times.

The decision to ax the service life extensions for the Arleigh Burke class comes after years of assurances from Navy leaders that the destroyers would be modernized with an eye to growing the fleet over the coming decades. Navy leaders have offered assurances that the fiscal year 2021 budget continues to grow the fleet despite its significant cuts to shipbuilding and existing force structure, but it is unclear how the fleet will continue to grow past the next five years if service life extensions on the earliest Burkes don't go forward right away.

It would also seem to have significant impact on the current push from Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly to grow the fleet to 355 ships in a decade.

US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey conducts a Tomahawk missile flight test in the western Pacific, August 17, 2018. US Navy/MCS 2nd Class Devin M. Langer

In its FY2020 30-year shipbuilding plan, the Navy said extending the lives of the Arleigh Burkes was an imperative to growing the fleet to a battle force of 355 ships. Instead, the cancellation of the service life extensions means that between 2026 and 2034, the Navy is slated to lose 27 destroyers from its battle force.

Those losses would compound the impact of cutting 10 ships from the five-year projections in the 2021 budget, including five of the 12 proposed Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers from the 2020 budget and a Virginia-class attack submarine.

The Defense Department has yet to submit its FY2021 30-year shipbuilding plan, which means that it's impossible to tell how the Navy thinks these cuts would affect its total ship count in the years when it would lose Burkes at a rate of more than three per year.

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But the Burke retirements would begin in 2026 or 2027, years just after the service had completed shedding 13 cruisers from its fleet, leaving just nine of the Navy's largest combatants in the fleet.

In a statement, Capt. Danny Hernandez, spokesman for Geurts, said there are a lot of variables in getting the fleet to its goal of 355 ships, but that the Navy's top priority is keeping the recapitalization of its retiring Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines on track.

"Like Navy leaders have stated during testimony, the tradeoffs were complex to get the right balance," Hernandez said.

Sailors aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze man the rails during sea and anchor detail in Duqm, Oman, November 29, 2016. US Navy/MCS 3rd Class Casey J. Hopkins

According to a Naval Sea Systems Command document obtained by Defense News in 2018, the earliest Arleigh Burke destroyers 27 so-called Flight I destroyers have an expected hull life of 35 years. The lead ship, the Arleigh Burke, was commissioned in 1991, meaning its hull life is up in 2026.

DDG-51 through DDG-78 the Flight Is were commissioned between 1991 and 1999. Later models Flight II and Flight IIA have 40-year hull lives.

In 2018, then-Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfare Systems Vice Adm. Bill Merz told USNI News that there were distinct advantages to upgrading the entire class, and that instead of just a combat systems modernization aimed at boosting ballistic missile defense systems, the ships would get the full hull and mechanical upgrades that would extend the ships out to 45 year service lives.

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"This is an HM&E (hull, mechanical and electrical) extension, but every destroyer is already in the modernization pipeline, so every destroyer will be modernized," Merz said. "The modernization they receive that's already programmed may carry them through.

"Obviously, the threat's going to get a vote on that, but one of the beauties is, instead of doing an individual ship-by-ship extension and extending the entire class, now we have the visibility to actually plan for that. We can pace it, plan it, fund it efficiently instead of one-and-done, one-and-done, one-and-done. We can be a lot more deliberate about how we handle this class."

In testimony that year, Merz said ballistic missile defense was the biggest requirement driving the retention of the DDGs to 45 years.

Sailors on Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham pose for a command photo, December 2, 2018. US Navy/Mass Comm Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan Clay

Compounded with cuts to the Flight III destroyers, it seems likely that the Navy by 2034 will have a significantly reduced ballistic missile defense capability with at least 32 fewer BMD-capable destroyers in the fleet, if this budget is enacted.

When asked during its FY2021 budget rollout if the cutting of five Flight III DDGs corresponded to a reduction in demand for ballistic missile defense-capable ships, Navy budget director Rear Adm. Randy Crites told reporters it was a decision based on "strictly affordability."

The Navy has in recent years declared the Arleigh Burke hull design maxed out, with the Flight III being packed to the gunwales with power and cooling to support the inclusion of Raytheon's SPY-6 air and missile defense radar. Future combatants will have to accommodate more power generations and storage to support systems such as laser weapons and rail guns.

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The excess electrical power capacity in the Ford-class aircraft carrier, for example, is one of the main reasons the Navy considers the new class valuable even as aircraft carriers become more vulnerable to high-speed anti-ship missiles.

Bryan Clark, a retired submarine officer and senior fellow at the Hudson Institute who recently authored a study with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments that called for canceling the DDG service life extensions, said the cuts were a necessary step.

"It's crazy to throw good money after bad for a bunch of ships you say you don't need," Clark said. "I think the Navy is coming to grips with the fiscal realities; the unsustainable nature of their current plan; and the recognition it is going to have a need for fewer large surface combatants in the future and needs to husband its resources to build a larger fleet of smaller surface combatants. Those are going to be the bulk of the distributed force they intend to have."

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Israels Elbit Systems will supply satellite communications on-the-move for Canadian Armed Forces in a deal with Rheinmetall Canada.

The company did not release the value of the contract, which is part of the Land Command Support System Life Extension program (LCSS LE) program.

The deal, announced March 3, will involve triple-band ELSAT 2100 SATCOM on-the-move (SOTM) systems that aid in real-time broadband communications for moving vehicles. It will use military and commercial satellites, including the U.S. Air Forces Wideband Global SATCOM constellation.

Haim Delmar, executive vice-president and general manager of Elbit Systems C4I and cyber Division, said the company is focusing on delivering technology to whats known as the Five Eye countries, which include the United States, Canada, New Zealand, UK and Australia. Elbits high technology have seen recent deals in most of those countries.

The program is part of Canadas integration of command-and-control system and subsystems and is intended to expand vehicle network equipment as well as enable connectivity with deployed vehicles and headquarters. One of those aspects is new satellite communications installed on what Canada says is a range of Army tactical vehicles to improve both command and control and the sharing of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information while mobile.

The primary contractor has been Rheinmetall Canada since 2014. The initial contract foresaw 110 mobile and five transportable terminals.

The 2100-ELSAT SOTM systems, according to Elbit, will enable the Canadian Armed Forces to maintain long-range voice and data connectivity between mobile command vehicles, liaison elements, high-priority sensor vehicles, as well as tactical headquarters or command posts. It will provide them with high-capacity network services and battle command on-the-move capabilities. The system is ruggedized and has high download and uplink rates for wheeled and tracked modern vehicles.

Elbit was previously selected by Rheinmetall Canada to supply off-board electronic counter-measures for unmanned surface vehicles in Canada in 2019, as well as taking part in the 2014 Rheinmetall Canada deal for ELSAT 2100 Satellite-on-the-move systems. Elbit called the 2014 deal a milestone at the time.

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Rene Dubos was formally recognised for his achievements in Paris on 9 December 1980.

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In 1939, scientist/philosopher Rene Dubos discovered gramicidin, an agent that inhibits the growth of certain types of bacteria. It was the first antibiotic to be clinically tested, and it was used to treat wounds and ulcers in topical form during World War II.

In an article about Dubos, New Yorks Rockefeller University Hospital explains that illnesses such as pneumonia, diphtheria, scarlet fever, anthrax, and streptococcal and staphylococcal infections are caused by gram-positive bacteria bacteria whose cell walls take up a violet stain known as Gram stain.

Gramicidin, the article says, inhibits the growth of gram-positive bacteria. More effective antibiotics soon superseded gramicidin, but Dubos discovery launched the antibiotic era and prompted other scientists to renew their stalled investigations into penicillin.

Along with his vital work as a bacteriologist, Dubos was also a pioneering environmentalist. In an interview cited in a 1982 New York Times article, he said: I have been reading predictions of the future by those who believe they can predict what the world of tomorrow is going to be like. In all cases, the future of which they speak is merely a grotesque extension of the present simply more and more loading of our environment with the waste products of technological civilisation.

In my opinion, there is no chance of solving the problem of pollution - or the other threats to human life if we accept the idea that technology is to rule our future.

Dubos was born in Saint-Brice, in northern France, on 20 February 1901. His interest in soil and the environment began early, as he attended high school at the National Institute of Agronomy in Paris.

His studies took him to the US and in 1927 he received his doctorate from the State University of New Jersey, better known as Rutgers University; he spent the rest of his life in the US, becoming a citizen in 1938.

Writing in the February 2006 edition of the Journal of Experimental Medicine, Heather Van Epps repeats the idea that Dubos discovery of gramicidin helped revive the stalled interest in penicillin and launched the era of antibiotics.

As Cosmos recounted in January 2019, Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming discovered a mould juice he called penicillin in 1928 and published his findings in the British Journal of Experimental Pathology in 1929. But it was generally ignored until 1940, when Australian researcher Howard Florey and German-born British biochemist Ernst Chain, working at Oxford University, became interested in penicillin and were able to mass-produce it.

Van Epps says the theory that microbes can inhibit other microbes dates to the late 1800s and Louis Pasteur, who showed that anthrax cultures were robbed of their virulence when exposed to aerobic microbes.

Dubos based his early experiments on this principle of antibiosis, she says, and, she quotes the Carol Moberg biography Rene Dubos, Friend of the Good Earth, the supremely simple working hypothesis that soil as a self-purifying environment could supply an agent to destroy disease-causing bacteria.

Dubos died in New York on 20 February 1982. In an obituary, the New York Times says he brought a profound humanity to the study of man's harm to himself through environmental pollution.

It says he had given up his laboratory work in bacteria and other human pathogens to devote full time to lecturing and writing on behalf of the human environment. He was the author of 20 books, including So Human an Animal, which won a Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction in 1969.

Dr. Dubos was of that breed of scientist, more common in Europe than in the United States, who believe that a researcher must reach outside his specialty to make his work and particular view of life accessible to educated people. He was tireless in books, essays, interviews and speeches in setting down what he liked to call his theology of life on earth.

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A WOMAN has spoken of her devastation after the dream of bringing her severely disabled husband home to a specially-built extension was quashed.

In September 2015, Caroline Sykes's long-term partner, scaffolder Simon Hackett, was punched in the face and knocked to the ground as he walked home from a night out in Buttershaw.

Simon, now 40, suffered catastrophic head and brain injuries which have left him unable to talk or walk and totally dependent on nursing care.

Countless operations have followed and his family were unsure if he would even survive the attack.

In 2016, Jordan Docherty was sentenced to four years in a young offender institution, while Caroline, 49, and her teenage daughter, who was only 11 when her dad left home and never came back, have had to face the unimaginable and heart-wrenching consequences of what happened that night.

Despite the tragedy, they have taken comfort and strength in the hope Simon would one day return to their home on Cooper Lane so they could be a family again - but it's a dream that has been dashed.

They submitted a planning application last year for a single-storey extension to the back of their home, but it was refused.

Two neighbours had lodged their objection, citing fears about overshadowing, loss of light and loss of privacy. The family appealed the decision, but in yet another blow, it was dismissed.

In throwing the appeal out, Planning Inspector Alison Partington said while the proposal would not harm the character and appearance of the area, it would have an adverse impact on the living conditions of those living in one of the homes next door.

The inspector highlighted outlook and light as particular concerns and said the extension would conflict with policy "which seeks to ensure that developments do not harm the amenity of existing or prospective users and residents".

Miss Sykes said: "We are devastated - it's his home.

"Simon needed to come back to the home he left on September 20, 2015.

"He never returned. He needed to return to his family home."

She said it is now the end of the road in terms of bringing back Simon to the Cooper Lane house and they will instead look to find an adapted home where they can be together.

"It's the end of another chapter," she said.

Speaking about the impact on her daughter, who will turn 16 next month she said: "She's not been able to go to school. She's got her GCSEs coming - she's absolutely heartbroken that dad is never coming home to where he belongs.

"He should be allowed to come back to where he belongs."

Miss Sykes hit out at the objections lodged to the application and said: "His life expectancy is very, very short.

"He's already gone five years and he's only got a few more left. That few more means more than you could ever imagine. We were going to enjoy family life with Simon."

A couple of months ago, Simon's daughter spoke for the first time about what happened and the journey she has been on.

I was 10 days into high school with an exciting time ahead - getting my education and also meeting new friends," she told the Telegraph & Argus.

That really didnt happen. My dad, my best friend and my everything was left dying in the road from an unprovoked attack.

We have all been on a very long journey for the past four years, so now I have a very different dad who I will always love and cherish forever.

In what now seems an even more poignant hope for the future, she said: Most of all we are looking forward to been a family again in the New Year - ever since my dad was taken into this cruel way of life.

The devoted pair still go to see Simon everyday and say they are "still as strong" as they always were. Miss Sykes met with Mark Burns-Williamson, West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner, earlier this year to talk about the impact of the attack.

At the time, he said: I want to say how courageous I found Caroline in rebuilding her life after such a difficult trauma that continues to present significant challenges to her daily life. He said he would be raising the case - and the gaps it highlights - with Dame Vera Baird, the Victims Commissioner for England and Wales.

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