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LockMart Breaks Ground On Advanced Radar Test And Measurement Facility
Syracuse NY (SPX) Jul 17, 2008Lockheed Martin has broken ground on a $15 million, 9,600 square foot radar test facility that will provide the company with one of the world's most advanced, large-antenna measurement systems. The new 80' tall structure will be added on to the existing EP-6 building at Lockheed Martin's Radar Systems facility in Syracuse, NY. Once complete in summer 2009, the facility will house one of ... more Raytheon Completes ASTOR Capabilities Testing With UK MoD 
Dallas TX (SPX) Jul 16, 2008Raytheon Systems and the U.K. Ministry of Defence have successfully completed capabilities assurance mission (CAM) testing of the Airborne Stand-Off Radar system. A team from Raytheon and the U.K. Royal Air Force 5 Squadron conducted six CAM tests to assess and prove the operational capabilities of the ASTOR system. The tests built on one another in complexity to demonstrate how the ... more Russian opposition to missile defense unjustified: US general 
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 |
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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 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 |
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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 US Marines, Northrop Grumman Team Complete G/ATOR Preliminary Design Review 
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
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