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Thales' I-Master Radar Reports Flight Trial Success
London, UK (SPX) Apr 08, 2008Thales UK presented the I-Master radar in cooperation with Seabird Aviation at SOFEX 2008. Seabird Aviation and Thales are working together to study the incorporation of the I-Master radar onto the Seabird SB7L-360 Seeker to enable further joint success in approaching a particular segment of the global airborne surveillance market. The flight trials programme started in August 2007 and is ... more Saab Signs GIRAFFE AMB Multi Mission Radar Contract 
London, UK (SPX) Apr 07, 2008Saab has signed a contract for delivery of five GIRAFFE systems to prime contractor Lockheed Martin UK - INSYS, for the United Kingdom. The contract value for Saab is in the region of GBP 30 million. "We are pleased to be awarded this contract after a very thorough evaluation process. This contract shows the strong position of the GIRAFFE AMB system on the world market" says Lennart Joelss ... more Bush Scores Victory In BMD Plans For Europe Part One 
Washington (UPI) Apr 04, 2008 U.S. President George W. Bush won big at the NATO summit in Bucharest, Romania, this week over his plan to build anti-ballistic missile defense bases in Poland and the Czech Republic. The plan has infuriated Russia, which claims that both the 10 Ground-Based Mid-course Interceptors to be deployed at a base in Poland and the advanced radar system to guide them from the neighboring ... more US, Czech Republic agree on missile defense radar 
Bucharest (AFP) April 3, 2008The United States and the Czech Republic said they reached agreement Thursday on the stationing in the Czech Republic of a US missile defense radar strongly opposed by Russia. "This legally-binding agreement calls for the stationing of a US radar in the Czech Republic to track ballistic missiles," they said in a joint communique. "The radar will be linked to other US missile defense ... more PhantomAlert Alerts Drivers To Red-Light Cameras And Speed-Traps 
Harrisburg PA (SPX) Apr 02, 2008PhantomAlert has announced a limited, free distribution of a breakthrough GPS-based database that locates and warns drivers about stationary red-light and speed cameras as well as traditional speed trap locations. Designed to work with PhantomPlate's new PhantomAlert device, the proprietary database "...is the biggest breakthrough motorists have seen since radar detectors," said Joe Scott, Phantom ... more |
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Laurel MD (ESA) Mar 26, 2008Cassini has discovered evidence that points to the existence of an underground ocean of water and ammonia on Saturn's moon Titan. The findings were made using radar measurements of Titan's rotation. "With its organic dunes, lakes, channels and mountains, Titan has one of the most varied, active and Earth-like surfaces in the solar system," said Ralph Lorenz, lead author of the paper and ... more 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 |
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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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