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NASA Studies Recent Storms To Improve Space Based Global Weather MonitoringHuntsville AL (SPX) Feb 18, 2010 The evening sky above Huntsville, Ala., held an eerie look on Thursday, Jan. 21, but few knew looming overhead was an EF-2 tornado waiting to descend on a downtown neighborhood. The Huntsville storm system didn't produce an abnormally large amount of lightning, typically a key indicator of severe weather, and the weather community was focused on larger hail-producing thunderstorms moving through southern Tennessee that looked more threatening. Scientists at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in H ... read more |
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New Dehli (SPX) Feb 17, 2010Raytheon's Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 completed a major milestone when the weapon's Strike Common Weapon Datalink (SCWDL) communicated via Link-16 nodes with a Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System aircraft. The test demonstrated the weapon's ability to function as a node on the network and moved the system one step closer to engaging moving maritime targets. JSOW is a family of ... more  
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 17, 2010Today Mars Express began a series of flybys of Phobos, the largest moon of Mars. The campaign will reach its crescendo on 3 March, when the spacecraft will set a new record for the closest pass to Phobos, skimming the surface at just 50 km. The data collected could help untangle the origin of this mysterious moon. The latest Phobos flyby campaign began today at 06:52 CET (05:52 UT), when M ... more  
Washington (AFP) Feb 15, 2010US and Pakistani spies have captured the Taliban's top military commander, US media reported, dealing a blow to the Afghan insurgency just as American-led troops pressed an offensive against a southern stronghold. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was arrested in Pakistan's sprawling port city of Karachi "several days ago" by US and Pakistani intelligence services and was being interrogated, The Ne ... more |
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LockMart Awarded Contract For Continued Support Of Aegis Test FacilityMoorestown NJ (SPX) Feb 16, 2010 The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $160 million follow-on contract for technical and engineering support of its land-based test facility for the Aegis Ballistic Defense (BMD) Weapon System. Known locally as the "the Cruiser in the Cornfield" for its ship-like exterior appearance, the Navy's Vice Admiral James H. Doyle Combat Systems Engineering Development Site (CSEDS) develops, integrates and delivers sophisticated computer software that allows the Aegis Weapon System to constantly evolve to ... read more |
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