Dr Muirhead claimed the new system, manned by non-clinical staff rather than a nurse or doctor used by the current Shropdoc service, would err on the side of caution.

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There will also be an additional 10 "safety and acceptance" firings that will explore some of the rocket's limits, to certify the system for use in a manned vehicle.

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The home, with a sign in front that reads "Dotcom Mansion" and a large giraffe and rhinoceros sculpture, also has an extensive security system including three gates, manned security guards and security cameras, said New Zealand Police detective inspector Grant Wormald.

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Other Intelligent Energy world's firsts in recent years include the development of the world's first hydrogen fuel cell motorbike and supplying the fuel cell system to Boeing which powered the world's first manned fuel cell aircraft.

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Before leaving the space station, the Progress 47 spacecraft conducted a test of an upgraded docking system that Russia intends to use on future unmanned Progress and manned Soyuz vehicles.

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Yet as UAV technology improves they are set to become an even more important part of security and military operations -- part of a system that gathers and relays information to other drones, ground control, manned aircraft and satellites.

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Called the Future Combat System, it was a family of 18 ground and airborne vehicles, both manned and unmanned, that would be linked together by a wireless network of unprecedented capacity.

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