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Sunglint Confirms Liquid In Titan Northern Lake DistrictPasadena CA (JPL) Dec 18, 2009 NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured the first flash of sunlight reflected off a lake on Saturn's moon Titan, confirming the presence of liquid on the part of the moon dotted with many large, lake-shaped basins. Cassini scientists had been looking for the glint, also known as a specular reflection, since the spacecraft began orbiting Saturn in 2004. But Saturn's northern hemisphere ... read more |
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Frankfurt (AFP) Dec 14, 2009The new head of the Eurofighter consortium has pressed member countries to do more to sell the combat jet abroad, in an German interview published on Monday. "We need more contracts with support from the governments and a more coordinated support strategy," Enzo Casolini told the Financial Times Deutschland newspaper. "Look at what Sarkozy has done for France," Casolini added in ... more  
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (UPI) Dec 11, 2009 BAE Systems has had talks with the government over resuming Malaysia's light frigate program, which has been on hold for more than a year. The global defense, security and aerospace company received a letter of intent from the Malaysian government in July 2006 to procure two new frigates based on the Lekiu design of which Malaysia already operates two. However, Prime Minister Dat ... more  
New Delhi (UPI) Dec 10, 2009 EADS Innovation Works, the European aerospace and defense group's research and development network, has opened a facility in Bangalore. The facility, located within the premises of the Airbus Engineering Center India, is part of the EADS "global research and technology strategy," EADS Chief Technical Officer Jean Botti said at the opening ceremony. Yann Barbaux, head of the EADS ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Dec 09, 2009When the LCROSS rocket stage slammed into Cabeus crater on October 9, creating an impact plume of material that had not seen sunlight for possibly billions of years, it conclusively proved that water ice exists in the dark recesses of the Moon's polar craters. The LCROSS findings delighted William Feldman, a senior scientist at the Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute. "What got me ... more 
Washington (AFP) Dec 8, 2009The US Air Force on Tuesday confirmed for the first time that it is flying a stealth unmanned aircraft known as the "Beast of Kandahar," a drone spotted in photos and shrouded in secrecy. The RQ-170 Sentinel is being developed by Lockheed Martin and is designed "to provide reconnaissance and surveillance support to forward deployed combat forces," the air force said in a brief statement. ... more  
Bangalore, India (PTI) Dec 07, 2009EADS is keen to forge a partnership with ISRO on supersonic and hypersonic aeroplane technologies, a top company official said. "We are looking very much into the future," Chief Technical Officer of EADS, Jean Botti, said here on possible collaboration between the Indian Space Research Organisation and EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company) going forward. "ISRO has a lot of ... more |
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