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Joint STARS Resumes Re-Engining ProgramHanscom AFB MA (SPX) Mar 22, 2010 The 751st Electronic Systems Group has successfully resumed the system design and development phase of the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System re-engining program with the award of two large contract actions. The E-8C Joint STARS is an airborne battle management command and control and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform based upon the Boeing 707-300 airframe. The aircraft utilizes the APY-7 radar to provide commanders Ground Moving Target Indicator and Synthetic ... read more |
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Suva (AFP) March 15, 2010Fiji's main centres were put under curfew overnight as the South Pacific nation braced for a powerful cyclone expected to pass over the north and east of the country, officials said Monday. Cyclone Tomas was located about 185 kilometres (115 miles) northeast of the town of Labasa on the northern island of Vanua Levu at 7:00 am (1800 Sunday GMT). "Fiji has not faced a cyclone this strong ... more  
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 10, 2010Like a hard-driving athlete whose joints need help, the giant "Mars antenna" at NASA's Deep Space Network site in Goldstone, Calif. has begun major, delicate surgery. The operation on the historic 70-meter-wide (230-foot) antenna, which has received data and sent commands to deep space missions for over 40 years, will replace a portion of the hydrostatic bearing assembly. This assembly ena ... more  
Warsaw, Poland (UPI) Mar 5, 2009 Confirming a move speculated for months, Poland announced plans to host controversial U.S. Patriot missiles and a contingent of U.S. troops that will operate them, by April. "The Defense Ministry expects the first stage of the stationing of a Patriot battery and a 100-man service team to get under way in the (northern) town of Morag at the turn of April," Poland's PAP news agency report ... more |
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Two-year F-35 production delay hits IsraelTel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Mar 5, 2009 The two-year delay in the production of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the cost increase this will entail could jeopardize a crucial deal with Israel for 75 of the stealthy fifth-generation fighter. The Israeli air force wants the aircraft as quickly as possible - providing the price is right - to counter the military threat it believes Iran poses through its alleged drive to acquire nuclear weapons and develop long-range ballistic missiles. The delay in the F-35 progr ... read more |
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