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Navy GFO-2 Altimetry Satellite Contract Awarded To Ball AerospaceBoulder CO (SPX) Apr 20, 2010Colo., The U.S. Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), San Diego has selected Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. for Geosat Follow-on 2 (GFO-2), the next generation ocean altimetry satellite. GFO-2 measurements will be used for global ocean, and tactical battlespace characterization. Under the GFO-2 contract, Ball Aerospace will upgrade the payloads, as compared to the original GFO satellite that was launched in 1998, with a dual frequency radar altimeter, and provide enhanced radio ... read more |
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Moorestown NJ (SPX) Apr 13, 2010Lockheed Martin has identified and tracked numerous live targets for the first time using its new Multi-Mission Signal Processor (MMSP). The MMSP is intended to help combine next-generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense and Anti-Air Warfare capabilities in an open combat system architecture for the U.S. Navy. "By combining the proven SPY-1 radar and Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense signal ... more  
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Apr 12, 2010 India is seeking to acquire Israeli killer drones for use against insurgents but possibly against terrorist groups in Pakistan and Afghanistan as well. The proposition gained momentum after the November 2008 carnage in Mumbai, India's financial capital, when Pakistani infiltrators killed 166 people in three days of bloodshed. Now New Delhi wants to muster at least 25-30 of the ar ... more  
Jacksonville, FL (SPX) Apr 13, 2010Boeing representatives joined the U.S. Air Force and Florida Air National Guard (ANG) in Jacksonville to roll out the first operational ANG F-15C equipped with an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar. Boeing is under contract to upgrade 14 ANG and 10 Air Force F-15C/D aircraft with AESA. The Raytheon APG-63(V)3 AESA radar being installed on the F-15s combines the operationally pro ... more |
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Venus Express Images Reveal A Geologically Active VenusPasadena CA (SPX) Apr 12, 2010 For the first time, scientists have detected clear signs of recent lava flows on the surface of Venus. The observations reveal that volcanoes on Venus appeared to erupt between a few hundred years to 2.5 million years ago. This suggests the planet may still be geologically active, making Venus one of the few worlds in our solar system that has been volcanically active within the last 3 million years. The evidence comes from the European Space Agency's Venus Express mission, which has been in orbit ... read more |
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