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ESA Leads The Way To Map Boreal Forest
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 22, 2008How best to map 'boreal' or northern forest with spaceborne radar is the focus of an ESA campaign currently underway in northern Sweden. By answering this question, the campaign addresses one of the key objectives of the candidate Earth Explorer BIOMASS mission. BIOMASS is one of six candidate Earth Explorer missions that has just completed assessment study and will be presented to the ... more India sends warship to pirate-infested Gulf of Aden 
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 17, 2008India is deploying one of its latest warships to the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia to protect its merchant vessels, officials said Friday. A "stealth frigate is being diverted to these waters," Indian navy spokesman Nirad Sinha said. The Russian-designed vessel can evade radar and is armed with guided missiles and cannons, naval officials said. The move comes afte ... more AGAP Team Poised To Probe One Of Antarctica's Last Unexplored Places 
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 16, 2008A U.S.-led, multinational team of scientists from six nations will pierce the mysteries of one of the globe's last major unexplored places this month. Using sophisticated airborne radar and other Information Age tools and techniques, the scientists will virtually "peel away" more than four kilometers (2.5 miles) of ice covering an Antarctic mountain range that rivals the Alps in elevation ... more Army Orders EQ-36 Counterfire Target Acquisition Radars 
Syracuse NY (SPX) Oct 03, 2008To accelerate the fielding of the new Enhanced AN/TPQ-36 Counterfire Target Acquisition radar, the U.S. Army has exercised $152 million in contract options for 12 additional systems from Lockheed Martin. The EQ-36 radars will detect, classify, track and determine the location of enemy indirect fire such as mortars, artillery and rockets in either 90-degree or 360-degree modes. These ... more 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 |
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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 Boeing Awarded Contract For Radar Upgrade On Saudi AWACS Fleet 
Seattle WA (SPX) Sep 17, 2008Boeing has been awarded a contract for the initial phase of upgrading the radar on Saudi Arabia's fleet of five E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft. The Foreign Military Sale, not to exceed $42 million, was contracted through the Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass. This first phase includes a study to determine which parts are obsolete and no ... more The Woes Of The Great Russian Army Continue Part Two 
Moscow (UPI) Sep 15, 2008 The five-day conflict between the Russian army and Georgia last month exposed serious Russian weaknesses in the field of radio-electronic warfare. It turns out that Russian electronic countermeasures systems are unable to jam and suppress enemy surface-to-air missiles and reconnaissance systems, radars and UHV communications and troop-control networks. This is rather disturbing ... more QuikScat's Recent View Of Arctic Sea Ice 
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 12, 2008There has been considerable interest in the recent state of Arctic sea ice for scientific research and for operational applications especially along the Northern Sea Route and the Northwest Passage. This pair of sea ice maps was derived from radar data from NASA's QuikScat satellite scatterometer on September 2, 2008 (left panel) and September 5, 2008 (right panel). QuikScat's unique ... more DRS Awarded Contracts To Provide MSTAR 
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 |
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London, UK (SPX) Aug 07, 2008The Royal Navy's two new aircraft carriers will be equipped with a new powerful UK-designed and manufactured radar, under a GBP100M contract with BAE Systems. With its ability to track a target the size of a snooker ball over 20 km away, the new more powerful Artisan radar will provide an improved 3D maritime Medium Range Radar (MRR) capability. The radar system will be developed and ... more Improvements In Thermal Management Of Future Electronics 
Linthicum MD (SPX) Aug 05, 2008Northrop Grumman has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop and demonstrate an ultra high capacity hybrid thermal ground plane needed to overcome heat-related challenges in semiconductors employed in electronic systems. High thermal temperatures are a key barrier in the development of next-generation military electronics, such as high-power radars ... more US considers deploying missile defense radar to Israel 
Washington (AFP) July 29, 2008US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has agreed to explore deploying a powerful missile defense targeting radar in Israel, a senior US defense official said Tuesday. "The idea here is to help Israel create a layered missile defense capability to protect it from all sorts of threats in the region, near and far," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Gates discussed the ... more LockMart's Aegis Spy-1 Radar Arrays Completed Australian Destroyer 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jul 30, 2008Lockheed Martin completed production of two of the four SPY-1D(V) radar arrays for Australia's first Hobart-class Air Warfare Destroyer. "The Air Warfare Destroyer is a top priority for the Australian Navy, and we are absolutely committed to delivering Aegis capability on time," said Paul Johnson, managing director of Lockheed Martin Australia. "The SPY-1D(V) arrays are the visual ... more Outside View: BMD deal lessons -- Part 1 
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
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