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The Multi Layered Partial Success ABM Solution Part Six
Arlington, Va. (UPI) Feb 4, 2009
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency does not expect any particular layer or weapon system to function perfectly, but if each one can achieve some reasonable degree of success, then the number of warheads that actually reach targets will be very small. The MDA's budget for all its activities currently totals about 1 percent of annual defense spending. The Sea-Based X-Band Radar is a mobile ... read more
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    EADS favoured to win Saudi contract: report
    Paris (AFP) Feb 4, 2009
    European aerospace group EADS is favoured to win a contract worth 1.0-1.5 billion euros to provide Saudi Arabia with radar system to monitor national borders, the financial newspaper Les Echos reported on Wednesday. "The Kingdon's interior ministry is reportedly now negotiating with the European group alone," the paper said, without citing its sources. The contract would be worth between ... more

    Raytheon To Upgrade Taiwan Patriot Batteries
    Tewksbury MA (SPX) Jan 28, 2009
    Raytheon has received a $154 million Foreign Military Sales contract award to upgrade Taiwan's Patriot Air and Missile Defense Systems. The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., issued the contract that includes upgrade kits for radar and command and control components, a radar refurbishment, and related engineering and technical services. "Upgrading Patriot ... more

    Pratt And Whitney-Powered Joint STARS Aircraft Unveiled
    East Hartford CT (SPX) Jan 23, 2009
    Pratt and Whitney, in a joint venture with Seven Q Seven (SQS) of San Antonio, Texas, celebrated the roll-out of the re-engined Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) aircraft along with Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force. Pratt and Whitney is a United Technologies company. SQS is an Omega Air Limited company. The Joint STARS aircraft roll out showcased the ... more

    Cobra's 2009 Radar Detectors
    Las Vegas NV (SPX) Jan 23, 2009
    Cobra Electronics announces the launch of its new high performance radar line providing advances in photo enforcement detection, as well as offering enhanced detection capabilities and user friendliness. Cobra's 2009 series offers 12 SKUs, including six units compatible with Cobra's new AURA Camera and Driving Hazard Database. AURA, which stands for Advanced Universal Road Alert, warns ... more

    French Digital Maps Added To NEXTMap Europe Countrywide Mapping Database
    Denver CO (SPX) Jan 22, 2009
    Intermap Technologies has announced that its NEXTMap Europe program reached another significant milestone in December by making elevation data for the entire country of France commercially available. For the first time, uniformly accurate 3D digital elevation models and high-resolution orthorectified radar images are available for the largest country (551,695 square kilometers) in the European U ... more

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    Chandrayaan Gives First Glimpse Of Darkest Craters On Moon
    New York NY (PTI) Jan 20, 2009
    India's first unmanned moon mission, Chandrayaan-1, is providing scientists with the first look inside the moon's coldest and darkest craters, US space agency NASA has said. The NASA radar on board the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft has sent back its first images which "show the floors of permanently-shadowed polar craters on the moon that aren't visible from Earth," NASA said in a press ... more

    South Korea vows calm response to NKorean threats
    Seoul (AFP) Jan 19, 2009
    South Korea Monday kept its frontline troops on alert but vowed to respond calmly after North Korea's military threatened all-out confrontation with Seoul. The Joint Chiefs of Staff office said border army, navy and air force units remained on guard after an alert was ordered Saturday evening, but no unusual movements been detected in the communist North. Frontline radar and ... more

    NASA Radar On Indian Lunar Satellite Looks Deep Inside Shadowed Craters
    Laurel MD (SPX) Jan 19, 2009
    Using a NASA radar flying aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, scientists are getting their first look inside the moon's coldest, darkest craters. The Mini-SAR instrument, a lightweight, synthetic aperture radar, has passed its initial in-flight tests and sent back its first data. The images show the floors of permanently-shadowed polar craters on the moon that aren't visible fro ... more

    Lockheed Martin Begins Key Test Of First SBIRS Geo Satellite With New Flight Software
    Sunnyvale, CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2009
    Lockheed Martin reports that the first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) satellite has entered a major test phase with the latest version of flight software designed to provide highly reliable spacecraft command and control operations. The U.S. Air Force SBIRS program is designed to provide early warning of missile launches, and simultaneously support other m ... more

    Moscow Says Offer To On Joint Radar Use Still Stands
    Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 30, 2008
    Russia's offer to the U.S. on joint use of the Gabala radar station it leases from Azerbaijan is still on the table, a first Russian deputy foreign minister said on Monday. "Our proposal remains on the table. The new U.S. administration will encounter serious problems with regard to the implementation of its third missile site plan in Europe. We are not exerting any pressure on the U.S. ad ... more

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    Seafood Industry To Benefit From Oceansat-2
    Kolkata, India (RIA Novosti) Dec 08, 2008
    The seafood industry will get a boost with ISRO's indigenously-built Oceansat-2 satellite - to be launched in 2009 - which will help identify potential fishing zones and forecast weather conditions more accurately. "Oceansat-2 satellite will have an ocean colour monitor, which will help identify potential fishing zones (PFZs) forecast. It will also carry radar scatterometer, which will ... more

    Eastern Caribbean to get early warning weather system
    Georgetown (AFP) Dec 5, 2008
    A pan-Caribbean early warning weather radar-system is nearing completion, a senior Caribbean Meteorological Organization (CMO) official said Friday. Through the multi-million dollar project, a series of digital radar stations, each with a 400-kilometer (250 mile) radius, will allow forecasters to monitor weather including hurricanes, a major concern for the region. CMO Coordinating ... more

    ESA Satellites Flying In Formation
    Paris, France (ESA) Dec 04, 2008
    Based on the outstanding success of the first tandem mission between ERS-2 and Envisat last year, ESA has paired the two satellites together again to help improve our understanding of the planet. ERS-2, ESA's veteran spacecraft, and Envisat, the largest environmental satellite ever built, both carry Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) instruments that provide high resolution images of the Earth ... more

    Brazil approves sale of 100 missiles to Pakistan
    Brasilia (AFP) Dec 2, 2008
    Brazilian authorities on Tuesday gave approval for the sale of 100 missiles to Pakistan which can be used in air-to-surface attacks on radar tracking instalations, Defense Minister Nelson Jobim said. The MAR-1 medium-range missiles made by the Brazilian firm Mectron are tactical anti-radiation weapons whose existence was kept under wraps for many years, according to Jane's Information Group. ... more

    Anti-Ship Missile Defence Project Achieves Milestone
    Canberra, Australia (SPX) Dec 03, 2008
    Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement, the Hon. Greg Combet MP, has announced that the ANZAC Anti-Ship Missile Defence (ASMD) Project has successfully demonstrated CEA Technologies' CEAFAR active phased array multi-function radar in a ship at sea. The ASMD project involves a comprehensive upgrade of the ANZAC Frigates including the addition of new phased array radar technology ... more

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