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Raytheon And US Navy Sign Phalanx Close-In Weapon System Contract
Louisville KY (SPX) May 19, 2008Raytheon has been awarded a $61.1 million U.S. Navy contract to purchase radar upgrade kits and other spare parts for the Phalanx Close-In Weapon Systems. Sixty- eight radar kits will be procured for use with the sea-based Phalanx and the Centurion Land-Based Phalanx Weapon System. Phalanx is a rapid-fire, computer-controlled radar and 20 mm gun system that automatically acquires, tracks ... more Raytheon Develops Technology To Help Aircraft Protect Ground Forces 
El Segundo CA (SPX) May 16, 2008The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has authorized Raytheon to demonstrate target recognition technology designed to increase protection for ground forces without compounding risk to an aircraft stalking enemies who threaten those forces. First in a laboratory and then aloft, the company expects to show how its Air-to-Ground Radar Imaging II program would permit aircraft at a safe ... more Cassini Radar Peers Through Haze Of Saturn Moon Titan 
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 14, 2008Cassini completed a successful flyby of Titan on May 12, at an altitude of 1,000 kilometers (620 miles), for the first of two Titan northern hemisphere flybys that will wrap up the original four-year mission. On this flyby, Cassini's radar instrument mapped the bright region of Xanadu, which was only partly imaged previously. This overlap in coverage may yield stereo views of the ... more Northrop Grumman Begins Installing New Engines On Joint STARS 
Melbourne FL (SPX) May 14, 2008The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman two undefinitized contracts, worth $300 million collectively, to complete non-recurring engineering, flight test/certification and begin production of new engines for the service's E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) fleet. The E-8C is a modified B707-300 series commercial aircraft that detects, locates, classifie ... more Boeing Provides New Test Facility For Next-Gen Radar Technology 
St. Louis MO (SPX) May 09, 2008Boeing has dedicated a new test and evaluation facility in Huntington Beach, Calif., that provides the technology and capability to support both current and future radar-based weapon systems. The Dynamic Advanced Radar Test (DART) facility represents a $10 million investment for the company. "DART is a one-stop, full-service facility to support design, development and qualification testin ... more |
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San Francisco CA (SPX) May 06, 2008Weather Underground has announced the availability of its new interactive weather map. Sharing its namesake with the website, the WunderMap is an interactive visual display of weather information that is plotted and overlaid on a map interface. Users can choose from a variety of weather layers, including animated radar, current conditions, severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings, live web ... more Czechs Back US ABM Radar Plans 
Washington, April 30, 2008 The Czech government's decision to approve the building of a U.S. ballistic missile defense radar base on its territory is an important strategic victory for the Bush administration. Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek told reporters in Prague Monday that the Czech Republic and the United States would formally sign both the necessary treaties to build the strategically crucial base on ... more Raytheon To Solve Thermal Challenges In High-Power Radars 
Tewkesbury MA (SPX) May 02, 2008Raytheon has been awarded a $3.3 million contract to overcome thermal challenges in semiconductors designed for next-generation high-power radars and other electronic systems. The award is for the first of a three-phase Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Radio Frequency Thermal Ground Plane program that could be worth $8 million if all options are exercised. The full three ... more RADARSAT-2 Commissioned And Ready For Commercial Operation 
Richmond, Canada (SPX) May 02, 2008MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has announced that RADARSAT-2 completed its commissioning on April 25, 2008 and fully transitioned into commercial operations to deliver advanced radar images of the Earth. Launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on December 14, 2007, RADARSAT-2 delivered its first sample high-resolution radar images on December 18, 2007. MDA President and CEO Daniel Friedman ... more Signing of US-Czech deal on missile shield postponed 
Prague (AFP) April 28, 2008Next week's signing of a deal to install an American radar base in the Czech Republic as part of Washington's planned European missile defence shield has been postponed, officials said Monday. The Czech foreign ministry said there was no threat to the deal and that the signing had been delayed because US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was not available for the original dates of May 5 or ... more |
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Prague (AFP) April 15, 2008The Czech defence ministry denied on Tuesday that it was seeking help from the United States to modernise its armed forces in return for it hosting an anti-missile radar. Public broadcaster Czech Television reported Monday, citing a deputy defence minister, that Prague was seeking Washington's help to acquire two mid-range tactical transport planes and improve its air defences, possibly with ... more Raytheon Demonstrates Gallium Nitride Advantages In Radar Components 
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Apr 17, 2008Raytheon is developing transmit-receive modules based on the advanced semiconductor gallium nitride (GaN) for use in future radar upgrades. "This transmit-receive module demonstration and parallel reliability testing show that GaN will soon be ready to take over where increased power and advanced capabilities are needed," said Mark Russell, vice president of Engineering at Raytheon Integrated ... more Outside View: ABMs for Europe -- Part 2 
Moscow, April 16, 2008 There are some political and economic obstacles on the road to creating an effective ballistic-missile defense system for Europe. NATO members cannot agree what companies should supply the hardware -- radars for reconnaissance, detection and tracking, and for guidance of air-defense systems. Those in charge of the NATO BMD project cannot decide what air-defense systems they should buy ... more Czech bookmaker takes bets on vote over US radar
Prague (AFP) April 16, 2008A Czech bookmaker started taking bets Wednesday on whether a plan to site a US anti-missile radar in the country will be approved by parliament. "We started taking bets on whether the lower house will approve the radar or not," spokesman for the Fortuna chain of bookmakers, Tomas Grombir, told AFP. The company is offering the same odds of 1.8:1 on a vote for or against the radar, which ... more Raytheon Expands International Customer Base For Digital Radar Warning Receiver 
Goleta CA (SPX) Apr 15, 2008An $85.5 million U.S. Navy contract allows Raytheon to add Canada and Switzerland to a growing list of international customers for its ALR-67(V)3 digital radar warning receiver. The contract, consisting of several incremental awards that began in July 2007, includes systems for the U.S. Navy and the air forces of Canada, Switzerland and Australia. The ALR-67(V)3 is a state-of-the-art radar ... more
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