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Upgraded Early Warning Radar In Greenland Completes Construction Phase
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Mar 25, 2008Raytheon has completed the construction phase of the Upgraded Early Warning Radar at Thule Air Base, Greenland, signifying the facility's readiness to begin hardware installation and integration. "Completing the construction of the UEWR facility at Thule marks the achievement of a significant program milestone," said Pete Franklin, vice president, National and Theater Security ... more Radar Sensor To Be Incorporated Onto Northrop Grumman's MQ-8B Fire Scout 
San Diego CA (SPX) Mar 25, 2008Radar will be incorporated onto Northrop Grumman's MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. The Navy has decided to commit funds in 2009 to develop a radar capability on Fire Scout. Northrop Grumman first demonstrated radar capability on the RQ-8A Fire Scout in 2003 using a General Atomics Lynx Radar. That demonstration carried both radar and ... more Boeing Tests Two-Pound Imaging Radar Aboard ScanEagle Unmanned Aircraft 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Mar 25, 2008Boeing, in partnership with ImSAR and Insitu, has successfully flight-tested NanoSAR, the world's smallest Synthetic Aperture Radar, aboard the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft. During the 1.5-hour flight on Jan. 7 at the Boardman, Ore. test range, ScanEagle, with ImSAR's NanoSAR payload installed, completed several passes over the target area at various altitudes and ranges. The ... more Cassini Spacecraft Finds Ocean May Exist Beneath Titan Crust 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 20, 2008NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered evidence that points to the existence of an underground ocean of water and ammonia on Saturn's moon Titan. The findings made using radar measurements of Titan's rotation will appear in the March 21 issue of the journal Science. "With its organic dunes, lakes, channels and mountains, Titan has one of the most varied, active and Earth-like surfaces in ... more Raytheon To Supply 16 AESA Radars To Boeing For USAF And Air National Guard F-15Cs 
El Segundo CA (SPX) Mar 18, 2008Raytheon's active electronically scanned array radar team has secured additional wins to advance further the company's AESA radar business. Raytheon will provide a next-production lot of advanced F-15C radar systems to the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard. The contracts with Boeing, worth just in excess of $89.5 million, authorize production of eight APG-63(V)3 AESA radar systems for ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) March 13, 2008Japan put into service Thursday its sixth destroyer equipped with the high-tech Aegis radar system, three weeks after an identical vessel rammed and sank a tuna boat killing two fishermen. The US-developed Aegis system can track incoming missiles by radar. It is seen as Japan's frontline defence against nuclear-armed North Korea. The 7,750-tonne destroyer Ashigara was handed over to the ... more Romania Awards Lockheed Martin Contract To Provide 17 Radar Systems 
Syracuse NY (SPX) Mar 12, 2008Lockheed Martin Overseas Corporation and the Romania Ministry of Defense (MoD) have signed a contract for the co-production of 17 TPS-79 Multi-Mission Surveillance Radar systems for Romania's Phase II "Gap Filler" program. Lockheed Martin provided two prototype systems to the Romanian Ministry of Defense (MoD) under a Phase I contract awarded in 2002. Romania is using the medium-range system ... more 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 |
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Washington (AFP) Feb 27, 2008US President George W. Bush and Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said Wednesday they were on the cusp of reaching agreement on a radar for a planned US missile shield that has angered Russia. "There are only three words remaining to resolve," Topolanek said through an interpreter as they met in the Oval Office. He later explained the hold-up related to environmental guidelines for any US ... more Czech PM in US touts missile shield plan 
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
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