Det danske Fredsakademi
Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 15. April 2005 / Time Line April 15, 2005
Version 3.014. April 2005, 16. April 2005
04/15/2005
The ethics and responsibility of science should be an integral
part of the education and training of all scientists. It is
important to instil in the students a positive attitude towards
reflection, alertness and awareness of the ethical dilemmas they
may encounter in their professional lives. Young scientists should
be appropriately encouraged to respect and adhere to the basic
ethical principles and responsibilities of science. (Recommendation
from the UNESCO’s World Conference on Science, Budapest
1999).
Follow-up Symposium to the 1999 UNESCO World Conference on
Science
Public lectures:
Teaching Ethics to Science and Engineering Students
COPENHAGEN 15 & 16 APRIL 2005
Ethics and University Science Education
Saturday, April 16, 10.00 – 12.30
Alexandersalen, Bispetorvet 1, DK-1167 Copenhagen
Dr. Henk ten Have: UNESCO's activities in the area of ethics and
ethics education.
Director of UNESCO’s Division of Ethics of Science and
Technology.
Dr. Valery S. Petrosyan: Ethics in Teaching Chemistry and Chemical
Safety.
Full professor of chemistry at M.V. Lomonosov University, Moscow,
Russia; Full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.
Rector of the Open Ecological University in Moscow. Member of the
INES council.
Dr. Peter Kemp: Cosmopolitanism in Ethics and Law.
Full Professor and head of Department of Philosophy of Education at
the Danish University of Education. Head of Centre of Ethics and
Law in Nature and Society.
CENTER FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF NATURE AND SCIENCE STUDIES
The Danish UNESCO Commission
Centre for Ethics and Law in Nature and Society
International Network of Engineers and Scientists for global
responsibility
http://www.teachingethics.dk
Literature: Avery, John: Developing
the social responsibility of scientists and engineers. 
04/15/2005
CONTRACTS from the United States Department of Defense
Titan Corp. Unidyne Group, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a
$26,401,635 firm-fixed-price contract for five Service Life
Extension Program (SLEP) Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) craft.
The LCAC is an essential element within the current and future
United States Navy/Marine Corp amphibious warfare triad that
provides heavy lift capability. The LCAC SLEP will extend service
life from twenty to thirty years. Modifications include
repair/refurbishment of the hull, main engine upgrades,
installation of a new skirt system and upgrades to the
communication navigation systems. Work will be performed in Camp
Pendleton, Calif. (80 percent) and Norfolk, Va.(20 percent), and is
expected to be completed by August 2007. Contract funds will not
expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contact was
competitively awarded and advertised via the Navy Electronic
Commerce on Line website, with three offers received. The Naval Sea
Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
Magneto Inductive Systems Limited USA (MISL USA), San Bernadino,
Calif., is being awarded a ceiling cost $8,758,010
cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for highly specialized engineering and
design efforts in the performance of technology development and
risk reduction phases of the Magneto-Inductive Signaling Device
System (MISDS). The MISDS is a new system of hardware that will
improve current capability to conduct precision demolition through
all types of medium, from the very shallow water region to and
including beach zones, where acoustic or radio signals cannot
permeate. Work will be performed in Head Jeddore, Nova Scotia,
Canada (60 percent) and San Bernardino, Calif. (40 percent), and is
expected to be completed in April 2008. Contract funds in the
amount of $3,000,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal
year. The contract was not competitively procured. The Naval
Surface Warfare Center, Panama City, Fla., is the contracting
activity (N61331-05-C-0027).
Southampton Photonics, Los Gatos, Calif., is being awarded a
$25,000,000 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to
provide for the necessary materials, including any hardware,
facilities, supplies, travel, labor, supplies, and services to
perform/develop high power fiber master oscillator power amplifiers
for directed energy applications research in accordance with the
contractor's statement of work for the Air Force Research
Laboratory, Phillips Research Site, Directed Energy Directorate,
Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. At this time, $911,411 of the funds
has been obligated. This work will be complete by April 2010.
Solicitation began January 2005 and negotiations were completed
March 2005. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force
Base, N.M., is the contracting activity (FA9451-04-D-0179).
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc., Cambridge, Mass., is
being awarded a $8,875,000 cost-plus fixed-fee contract. The
company responded to the Broad Agency Announcement VS-04-01, topic
area 14, entitled "Advanced Ballistic Missile Technologies." The
contractor's proposal is entitled "Flexured Mass Accelerometer
(FMA) Technology Development and demonstration", which seeks
research to advance the state-of-the-art for strategic
accelerometer technology. The objective of this acquisition is to
develop a pre-System Development and Demonstration prototype of the
Draper FMA with microwave readout that demonstrates strategic grade
performance in relevant benign and hostile environments by the
first quarters of FY08. In addition, the contractor will determine
the feasibility of an optical readout as an alternative to the
microwave readout that enables overall sizes reduction and benefits
from compatibility with optical gyro technology. At this time,
$3,000,000 of the funds has been obligated. This work will be
complete by July 2008. Solicitation began December 2003 and
negotiations were completed March 2005. The Air Force Research
Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., is the contracting
activity (FA9453-05-C-0171).
04/15/2005
Myers Challenges Editors to Tell Full Story in War
Coverage
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 15, 2005 - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff encouraged newspaper editors today to tell America the full
story of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"It's particularly important today . because the American people
need to know the full story," said Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers
to the American Society of Newspaper Editors, "because it is going
to be their resolve that is so critical to our ability to confront
the extremist threat." ...
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