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Washington (AFP) July 15, 2008A top US general hit out Tuesday against what he said were "increasingly aggressive" statements by Russia against US plans for missile defenses in Europe. Lieutenant General Henry Obering reiterated that the plan to put a radar in the Czech Republic and interceptor missiles in Poland was aimed at countering a growing Iranian missile threat, not at Russia. "When they make increasingly ... more What Should Russia Do To Counter US Missile Defense In Europe 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 15, 2008A U.S. missile defense system in Europe is gradually becoming reality. On July 8, the United States signed an agreement with the Czech Republic to build a missile tracking radar on its territory, and is in discussions with Poland about the deployment of missile interceptors. In this context, it seems appropriate to analyze the military threat posed by the U.S. missile defense deployment. ... more PicoSAR Flying On The Camcopter S-100 UAV 
Vienna, Austria (SPX) Jul 14, 2008Schiebel Elektronische Geraete GmbH and SELEX Galileo are delighted to announce the first flight of a PicoSAR radar-equipped CAMCOPTER S-100 UAV. This adds a compact radar capability to the successful CAMCOPTER S-100 UAV, giving it an all weather, long range ground mapping and moving target indication capability. After a week of installation and integration activities, PicoSAR flew success ... more ISAF requests more spy planes from NATO 
Brussels (AFP) July 10, 2008NATO's International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan has asked headquarters for more AWACS radar planes to support its operations against the Taliban, an official said Thursday. "ISAF has sent a letter to the supreme commander in Europe (US General Bantz John Craddock), to allied headquarters, they are considering the request," the NATO official told AFP. The official did not ... more 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 |
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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 Poland, US fail to make breakthrough on missile defense 
Washington (AFP) July 7, 2008US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski failed to seal a deal at last-minute talks here Monday about US plans to base missile interceptors in Poland. Rice had been hoping to clinch a deal before leaving for Prague later Monday to sign a related agreement for a missile-tracking radar in the Czech Republic, her spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters ... more Prague ready to sign US radar deal in face of hostile public opinion 
Prague (AFP) July 7, 2008The Czech government is preparing to sign an agreement in principle over the deployment of part of a US anti-missile shield on its soil in the face of strong public opposition. The fruit of months of negotiations, the agreement, covering the installation of a tracking radar which would be twinned with an anti-missile silo, probably in neighbouring Poland, should be signed Tuesday at 1300 GMT ... more Top US official to launch anti-missile defence meet 
Prague (AFP) July 7, 2008The head of the United States Missile Defense Agency (MDA) will Tuesday inaugurate a global conference on missile defence in Prague, the US embassy said. Henry Obering's visit will coincide with that of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who is scheduled to sign an accord finalising the setting up of a radar base on Czech soil as part of a greater US missile shield. The fifth Internati ... more US-Russia ties could worsen as US prepares to sign missile deal 
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 |
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Baltimore MD (SPX) Jul 01, 2008The U.S. Marine Corps' new Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) moved an important step closer to production with the successful conclusion of the formal Preliminary Design Review (PDR) at Northrop Grumman's Electronic Systems sector headquarters. G/ATOR is a highly mobile system intended to fully support the Marine Corps' expeditionary warfare requirements. The new multi-mission ... more Australia Sees Successful Upgrades To FA-18 Hornet Capability 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jul 01, 2008Minister for Defence, the Hon Joel Fitzgibbon MP has announced that Australia's air capability has been further enhanced by the successful trialling of a new radar warning receiver and acceptance by Air Force of the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) 'Smart Bomb'. The first production configured F/A-18 Hornet fitted with a new Radar Warning Receiver has successfully flown at RAAF ... more SKorea to buy radar to detect NKorea missiles 
Seoul (AFP) June 26, 2008South Korea's defence ministry on Thursday approved a project to buy an advanced radar system capable of detecting North Korean ballistic missiles, officials said. The green light came at a meeting between Defence Minister Lee Sang-Hee and senior military policymakers and procurement officials, Lee's office said. The radar project is part of Seoul's efforts to build its own missile ... more DARPA Research Project To Advance Radar And Communications Systems 
Argonne IL (SPX) Jun 25, 2008The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is providing $1.4 million to a Phase III research project led by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory to develop high-performance integrated diamond microelectro-mechanical system (MEMS) and complementary metal-oxide-semiconductors devices (CMOS) for radar and mobile communications using an developed and patented ... more New Radar Facility To Open 
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
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