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The Radar SHARAD Completes The Mars Stratigraphy
Rome, Italy (SPX) May 26, 2008The radar sounder SHARAD of the NASA mission Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has provided images of the Mars North Pole stratigraphy. This is the beginning of the article "Mars North Polar Deposits: Stratigraphy, Age and Geodynamical Response", published Friday on Science and prepared by a team of Italian and USA scientists, among which the radar scientific responsible, Dr. Roberto Seu, a scie ... more Russian ABM Plans Part Two 
Moscow (UPI) May 21, 2008 Russia's A-135 Anti-Ballistic Missile system, capable of coping with intercontinental ballistic missiles equipped with multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicles, was developed and commissioned in 1995 and 1996, respectively. The system hinged on the Don-2N multi-role radar and a command computer inside a truncated tetrahedral pyramid. Silo-based missile interceptors were deploy ... more 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 |
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New York NY (SPX) May 06, 2008In the four years since NASA's Cassini-Huygens spacecraft arrived at Saturn and began snapping pictures, Cassini's cameras have sent nearly 140,000 images back to researchers on Earth. The data and images -- as well as data from infrared, radar and ultraviolet detectors on the orbiter and images from the Huygens probe on the surface of the planet's moon Titan -- have given researchers ... more NATO secretary supports US missile shield 
Prague (AFP) May 5, 2008NATO secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Monday the alliance supports the installation of an American radar base in the Czech Republic as well as a missile shield for its allies. "We need to be pro-active as NATO on why we need a missile defence and this is why I'm in Prague today," Scheffer said at a missile defence conference. The Czech government is preparing to sign an ... more Weather Underground Launches Best Weather Map Available On The Internet 
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 |
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Prague (AFP) April 23, 2008Around 30 Czech opponents of a planned US radar base attempted to make themselves "invisible" on Wednesday to protest the support of local politicians and media towards the anti-missile system. Clothed entirely in white with white masks, the protesters marched through the centre of Prague before ending up at the headquarters of Czech public broadcaster, Czech Television. "It is an event ... more Mars Radar Opens Up A Planet's Third Dimension 
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 18, 2008ESA's Mars Express radar sounder, MARSIS, has looked beneath the martian surface and opened up the third dimension for planetary exploration. The technique's success is prompting scientists to think of all the other places in the Solar System where they would like to use radar sounders. No matter how accurate a camera is, it can only map a planet's surface. To retrieve information about th ... more Czechs denies seeking US military aid in anti-missile radar deal 
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
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