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US operates anti-missile radar in Israel: report
Jerusalem (AFP) Sept 28, 2008The United States has recently deployed an anti-missile radar in Israel that is mainly to warn of incoming Iranian ballistic missiles, Israeli state radio reported Sunday. The radar with a range of more than 2,000 kilometres (1,240 miles) is sited in the south of the country, the radio added. It is operated by a permanent 120-strong US army staff. Questioned by AFP, a defence ministr ... more Russian agents seek to influence Czechs on US radar: intel report 
Prague (AFP) Sept 25, 2008Russian agents are working to build opposition among the Czech public to the deployment of a US missile defence radar in the ex-Soviet bloc nation, a Czech intelligence report said Thursday. The annual report from the Czech Security and Intelligence Service (BIS) spoke of "active measures linked to the plan to install elements of American anti-missile defence" in Czech territory. ... more Czechs, US sign ABM Deal 
London (AFP) Sept 19, 2008US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and his Czech counterpart signed an agreement Friday clearing the way for stationing US forces to operate a missile defence radar in the Czech Republic. The status of forces agreement provides the legal basis for the US presence in the Czech Republic, and marks the last piece of a years long negotiation over the radar, part of a European leg of the US ... more Prague, Washington to sign missile cooperation deal Friday
Prague (AFP) Sept 17, 2008A Czech-US agreement on deploying US soldiers at an anti-missile radar will be signed on Friday in London, an official from the Czech ministry of defence told AFP. "Czech Defence Minister Vlasta Parkanova and US Defense Secretary Robert Gates will sign the SOFA agreement in London Friday as well as a declaration of strategic cooperation," ministry spokesman Andrej Cirtek said. ... more Quantum3D Awarded Subcontract by SAIC For Advanced Apps 
San Jose CA (SPX) Sep 17, 2008Quantum3D has announced that it will serve as a subcontractor to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) on the STAP Boy contract for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). As the prime contractor, SAIC will leverage Quantum3D's new LibertyVPX High-Performance Embedded Computing (HPEC) system for an advanced deployed radar, Signal Intelligence (SIGINT) ... more |
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Parsippany NJ (SPX) Aug 29, 2008DRS Technologies has announced that it was awarded contracts from various customers with a combined value of approximately $47 million to provide Man-Portable Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar (MSTAR) systems, accessories, and/or support. The systems will support the U. S. Deparent of Defense (DoD) in a variety of surveillance and security applications. The work for these ... more LockMart Completes Life Extension Upgrades Of Long Range Radars For Romania 
Syracuse NY (SPX) Aug 25, 2008Lockheed Martin has completed upgrading the signal processing and data processing capability on the first two of five AN/FPS-117 long-range, air surveillance radars for the Romanian Air Force. The work, completed at Lockheed Martin's Radar Systems facility in Syracuse, N.Y., included upgraded platform electronics cabinets, new displays and remote maintenance centers. Formal site acceptance ... more EADS DS Provides LM With Naval Radar For Deepwater Programme 
Paris, France (SPX) Aug 20, 2008EADS Defence and Security provides Lockheed Martin with its proven TRS-3D naval radar in order to enhance situational awareness, and thus the security in littoral waters, for the U.S. Coast Guard's "Deepwater" programme. As reported by EADS Defence and Security (DS) , the company has received a follow-on order from Lockheed Martin's Maritime Systems and Sensors business, valued at ... more MIT's Lincoln Lab Upgrades Sputnik-Era Antenna 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Aug 14, 2008A mammoth MIT antenna installed in 1957 as the first radar system to conduct space surveillance (it observed the Sputnik satellite) is poised for many more years of key observations thanks to a recently completed renovation. Lincoln Laboratory's Millstone Hill Radar (MHR) antenna is one of the world's principal tools for maintaining the Deep Space Catalog--the listing of the more than 3000 ... more JSTARS Meets AWACS 
Kadena AB, Japan (AFPN) Aug 13, 2008The 16th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron from Robins Air Force Base, Ga., has deployed to Kadena Air Base for 30 days to train with the 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron and participate in an operational readiness exercise on the Korean Peninsula. The unit is flying its E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft alongside the E-3 Airborne Warning and ... more |
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Moscow (UPI) Jul 28, 2008 The United States and the Czech Republic have signed an agreement on the deployment of a missile tracking radar. Theoretically the Czech Parliament could refuse to ratify the document, or the new U.S. administration could change its worldview, or the U.S. Congress could refuse to approve allocations. But the likelihood of any of these things happening is almost zero. The deal is ... more GA-ASI Demonstrates Lynx II Radar At US Army YPG 
Farnborough, UK (SPX) Jul 25, 2008General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has announced that it successfully completed a weeklong series of Lynx(r) II production radar performance flight tests at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Grounds (YPG) test range following radar improvements further boosting performance levels beyond System Development and Demonstration (SDD) requirements. GA-ASI originally developed the synthetic aperture ... more Test Boosts Missile Tracking Radars 
Washington (UPI) Jul 22, 2008 The U.S. Missile Defense Agency Friday carried out what it described as a successful systems test to track an intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with countermeasures with several advanced radars. The target ICBM was fired from Kodiak, Alaska, and was then located and monitored by different tracking systems on land, at sea and on orbiting satellites. They then ... more Raytheon Radars Play Key Role In Missile Defense Test 
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Jul 24, 2008Three missile defense radars built by Raytheon performed successfully in the latest flight test conducted by the Missile Defense Agency July 18. "The FTX-03 mission successfully demonstrated the integration of missile defense sensors required to support an interceptor engagement," said Pete Franklin, vice president, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems National and Theater Security Programs ... more Northrop Grumman Completes Testing Of New B-2 Bomber Radar 
Palmdale CA (SPX) Jul 24, 2008Northrop Grumman has successfully completed a battery of tests designed to prove that new radar units developed for the U.S. Air Force's B-2 Radar Modernization Program (RMP) will perform properly under all environmental conditions the aircraft is likely to experience. Northrop Grumman is the Air Force's prime contractor for the B-2 stealth bomber, the flagship of the nation's long range ... more
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