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USAF E-8C Joint STARS Airframes Operationally Viable Through 2070
Melbourne FL (SPX) Jul 10, 2008A recently updated U.S. Air Force study on the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) airframe indicates that the fleet could stay in service beyond 2070. The E-8C is a Northrop Grumman modified commercial aircraft that detects, locates, classifies, tracks and targets hostile ground movements, communicating real-time information through secure data links. ... more BMD Focus: Poles block base -- Part 1 
Washington (UPI) Jul 9, 2008 It has been a rollercoaster week for the Bush administration's plans to build anti-ballistic missile interceptor bases in Central Europe to guard against the future threat of Iranian nuclear attack. The government of the Czech Republic Tuesday signed an agreement with the United States permitting Washington to build an advanced radar array tracking base for the interceptors on its ... more US draws Russian fire, signing missile defence deal 
Prague (AFP) July 8, 2008US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signed Tuesday what she called a landmark missile defence deal with the Czech Republic that drew immediate threats of a military response from Russia. The accord permits the siting of a tracking radar station on Czech soil as part of an extended US missile shield that Washington says is necessary to ward off potential attacks by so-called "rogue" states ... more Raytheon Delivers 100th AESA Radar For Super Hornets And Growlers 
El Segundo CA (SPX) Jul 09, 2008Raytheon has delivered its 100th APG-79 active electronically scanned array radar system to Boeing and the U.S. Navy for use on F/A-18 and EA-18G aircraft. The company marked the occasion with a ceremony July 1 that attracted senior customers and local dignitaries to its Consolidated Manufacturing Center in Forest, Miss. "Our 100th delivery of this remarkable system testifies eloquent ... more Northrop Grumman Introduces Desktop Marine Radar 
Charlottesville VA (SPX) Jul 09, 2008Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine business unit has recently unveiled a new integrated desktop marine radar designed to meet the latest International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) performance standards. The new Sperry Marine VisionMaster FT 250 is designed to comply with the IEC 62388 CAT 2 technical requirements and meets the International Maritime Organization (IMO) carriage requirement ... more |
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Washington (AFP) July 4, 2008US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is due next week in the Czech Republic to sign a long-sought but controversial missile shield deal amid fears it will further raise tensions with Russia. US officials did not rule out Rice's making a stop in neighboring Poland to sign a similar agreement to deploy 10 missile interceptors in that country to complement a planned anti-missile radar in the ... more SELEX GALILEO Signs Technology Transfer MOU With King Abdulaziz City 
King Abdulaziz City, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Jul 03, 2008SELEX GALILEO has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST). This MOU will see the company develop a working relationship for research and development with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Radio Frequency, Radar, Communications, Laser, Electro Optics (EO), and Infrared Technologies. SELEX GALILEO is committed to developing high ... more Lockheed Martin EQ-36 Counterfire Target Acquisition Radar Completes CDR 
Syracuse, NY (SPX) Jul 02, 2008Lockheed Martin recently completed a successful Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Enhanced AN/TPQ-36 counter-fire target acquisition (EQ-36) radar. The completion of this final design step, on schedule, clears the way for the program to move into an initial production phase for five radar systems. The U.S. Army's new EQ-36 radar will provide the capability to detect, classify, track and ... more Vumii Gives Security Operators Ability To Visually Assess Targets Detected By Radar 
Atlanta GA (SPX) Jul 02, 2008Advancements in capability and reductions in pricing have dramatically increased the incorporation of marine and ground-based radar systems into perimeter, coastal, and border security applications. While these radar systems can effectively detect and locate potential threats, such solutions don't allow security operators to visually inspect objects that have triggered an alarm. To address ... more Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Radar Successful In Missile Defense Test 
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Jul 01, 2008The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) radar built by Raytheon performed successfully in the latest integrated flight test conducted by the Missile Defense Agency and THAAD prime contractor, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii June 25. The test marked a significant "first" for the THAAD program: the intercept of a "mid-endoatmospheric" ... more |
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Ellsworth AFB SD (AFNS) Jun 23, 2008Officials from the Ellsworth Air Force Base and Minot AFB, N.D., Radar Approach Control Facilities are preparing to open the Dakota Air Traffic Control Facility this summer here. The facility will be a noncontiguous, co-located RAPCON and will service both bases and the region. "The current Ellsworth RAPCON provides radar-based traffic service to all aircraft within 40 miles of Ellsw ... more Heathrow Goes Live With Europe's First Runway Debris Detection System 
London, UK (SPX) Jun 23, 2008Heathrow, the world's busiest international airport, has invested in a state of the art radar system to further improve safety by continuously sweeping its runways for foreign objects and debris (FOD). Supplied by QinetiQ, the Tarsier system is already being used to detect FOD on the southern runway at Heathrow following a successful operational trial. Two radars scan the 3,658 metre runwa ... more Russian Space Agency Backs US Asteroid Control Plan 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 20, 2008Russia's Federal Space Agency has endorsed a proposal by the U.S. House of Representatives that a Russian radar station be used to detect dangerous asteroids, Roscosmos head said on Thursday. "I generally approve and support the U.S. initiative," Anatoly Perminov said in a telephone interview with RIA Novosti. "As for the asteroid danger, it really exists, and needs to be dealt with ... more Outside View: BMD base woes -- Part 1 
Moscow (UPI) Jun 19, 2008 U.S. President George W. Bush's missile defenses are dying with his presidency, but they might not rest in peace. The Czech government is on the verge of a crisis. Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said his Cabinet might collapse in the fall. He admitted the Cabinet lost a firm majority in Parliament over the possible deployment of a high-frequency radar of the U.S. third positioning ... more Lockheed Martin's Littoral Combat Ship Combat Management System Readies For Sea 
Moorestown NJ (SPX) Jun 20, 2008Lockheed Martin has successfully integrated key shipboard combat system components aboard the U.S. Navy's first Littoral Combat Ship, PCU Freedom, with COMBATSS-21, the ship's core combat management system. Key components integrated with COMBATSS-21 include the radar, gun weapon system, missile launcher, decoy launcher, and electronic warfare system. The successful integration and ... more
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