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MEADS: Technology From EADS DS Adds New Dimension To Air Defence Radar
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 12, 2008The transmit / receive modules developed by EADS Defence and Security (DS) for the fire control radar of the MEADS air defence system (MEADS = Medium Extended Air Defence System) have now passed their acceptance tests and are being put into serial production. EADS DS is thus the first European company to mass produce the new AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) radar technology on an industry ... more Anti-missile protest planned in Czech capital
Prague (AFP) March 11, 2008Critics of a planned US anti-missile installation on Czech soil on Tuesday announced a weekend protest, even as Prague and Washington appear to be nearing agreement on the project. Critics crossed Prague Tuesday afternoon on a tram plastered with posters and banners against plans to build a radar on Czech soil to bring attention to the upcoming demonstration in the capital on Saturday. ... more SpeedInfo Sensors Deployed Along Ventura County's Highway 101
San Jose CA (SPX) Mar 12, 2008SpeedInfo has announced that it has deployed its real-time traffic data service in Ventura County, under contract with the Ventura County Transportation Commission. SpeedInfo has installed 90 solar-powered Doppler radar sensors along Highways 23, 33, 126, 118 and 101 providing comprehensive traffic speed coverage for over 270 miles of roads in Ventura County. "We reviewed proposals ... more Northrop Grumman Ships First Beyond-Line-of-Sight IP Network To US Air Force E-8C Fleet
Melbourne FL (SPX) Mar 10, 2008Northrop Grumman has delivered a new airborne broadband capability to the U.S. Air Force E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) aircraft fleet. The first two aircraft have been equipped with the Internet Protocol-based Beyond-Line-of-Sight communications system, which provides chat, e-mail, web-browsing capabilities and access to the U.S. Department of ... more Radar Satellite Provides Clear View Of Traffic Even In Dark And Fog
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Mar 06, 2008The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has begun several months of tests into the feasibility of obtaining traffic information via satellite. The German radar satellite TerraSAR-X is going to monitor selected sections of motorways in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and California. The aim of this project is to develop a procedure for large-scale traffic data capture that could assist car navigation systems and much more ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Feb 26, 2008Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek insisted a planned US missile defense radar in his country is crucial for security and accused its ex-Soviet master Russia of scrambling to retain influence by opposing the scheme. Russia "will probably not like to give up their sphere of influence over central Europe which I believe personally is the main reason of their protest against the missile ... more Joint ESA And Russian Team In Moscow Ready To Support Jules Verne
Moscow (ESA) Feb 25, 2008When the Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle is launched in early March it will use several key spacecraft hardware items such as the docking and refuelling systems, and the Kurs radar, procured in Russia. European and Russian engineers have worked together to adapt them from their previous use on the Russian spacecraft Progress and Soyuz to the much larger 20-tonne ATV vessel. ... more Czech, Poland close to deal on US anti-missile shield: officials
Prague (AFP) Feb 25, 2008The Czech Republic and Poland said Monday they were both on the verge of striking a deal with Washington on hosting elements of an US anti-missile shield, despite Russian anger over the project. Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek is to finalise a deal on siting an anti-missile radar on Czech soil during a two-day visit to the United States starting Tuesday, his government said in a statement ... more Boeing Receives Full Government Acceptance Of SBInet Project 28 Border Security Solution
St. Louis MO (SPX) Feb 25, 2008Boeing received full acceptance of its SBInet Project 28 border security prototype Thursday from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. A demonstration of the SBInet security solution, P28 networks cameras, radars, sensors and communications along 28 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border near Sasabe, Ariz. Developed as a proof-of-concept of Boeing's overall SBInet technology solution ... more US military investigates stealth bomber crash
Canberra (AFP) Feb 23, 2008The US military was investigating on Saturday after a B-2 stealth bomber crashed on take-off from the Pacific island of Guam, the first such incident involving the futuristic craft. Both pilots on board ejected safely as the 1.2-billion-dollar radar-evading plane, with its distinctive triangular shape, went down at Andersen airbase on the remote island, the US air force said. ... more |
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Ithaca NY (SPX) Feb 15, 2008Once considered just your average single asteroid, 2001 SN263 has now been revealed as the first near-Earth triple asteroid ever found. The asteroid -- with three bodies orbiting each other -- was discovered this week by astronomers at the radar telescope at the National Science Foundation's Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. Cornell and Arecibo astronomer Michael C. Nolan said he a ... more New Radar Tracking And Sensor Fusion System Delivered To US Marines Northrop Grumman has delivered the first three production units of a new-generation multi-radar tracker (MRT) system to the U.S. Marine Corps that will enable the fusing of multiple sensor inputs into a single radar picture for enhanced mobile command-and-control operations. "This is the most capable version yet of our AN/TYQ-23 radar tracking product, which has benefited from ongoing ... more Northrop Grumman Completes Demonstration Of New Synthetic Aperture Radar Capability For F-22
Baltimore MD (SPX) Feb 15, 2008Northrop Grumman has successfully demonstrated the capability to generate high-resolution, in-flight synthetic aperture radar (SAR) maps using the AESA (active electronically scanned array) radar being produced for the U.S. Air Force's F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft. "The flight tests, on board a company BAC 1-11 test bed aircraft, have proved that the F-22 fighter's mission capabilities ... more Titan's Surface Organics Surpass Oil Reserves On Earth
Laurel MD (SPX) Feb 14, 2008Saturn's orange moon Titan has hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth, according to new Cassini data. The hydrocarbons rain from the sky, collecting in vast deposits that form lakes and dunes. The new findings from the study led by Ralph Lorenz, Cassini radar team member from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory ... more Mikros ADEPT Equipment Considered For Baseline In US Navy Cruiser Modernization Program
Fort Washington PA (SPX) Feb 11, 2008Mikros Systems has announced that its ADEPT Radar Test Set equipment is a candidate for inclusion in the equipment baseline of the United States Navy AEGIS Cruiser and Destroyer Modernization program. The ADEPT system, developed by Mikros under the Navy's Small Business Innovation Research program, has been extensively tested by the Navy on land and at sea, and has proven to be ... more
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