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ESA's CryoSat-2 And NASA's DC-8 star In Arctic CooperationParis, France (ESA) Apr 26, 2010 Taking advantage of NASA's 'Operation Ice Bridge' campaign, measurements of Arctic sea ice have been made from an aircraft flying directly under CryoSat-2's orbital path. These measurements offer an early opportunity to check the quality of the newly launched CryoSat-2 satellite data over sea ice. Following the launch of ESA's CryoSat-2 ice mission 8 April, the satellite's Synthetic Aperture Interferometric Radar Altimeter (SIRAL) was switched on and delivered its first radar echo data on 11 April ... read more |
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Bangalore, India (UPI) Apr 15, 2010 India is developing a sub-sonic cruise-type missile with a range of around 650 miles, The Press Trust of India reports. The 19-foot-long and 1.5-foot-wide Nirbhav missile is under development and was "getting into some shape," V. K. Saraswat, scientific adviser to the defense minister and the head of the Defense Research and Development Organization, said. Nirbhav, meaning "fearl ... more  
Tehran (UPI) Apr 13, 2010 Hot on the heels of unveiling its first indigenous short-range, air-defense missile system, Tehran asserts that it will manufacture advanced Russian S-300 missiles itself if Moscow persists in not delivering weapons Iran ordered in December 2005. The Iranians also claimed they plan to develop their own radar systems to replace the aging Russian-built systems they currently deploy. ... more 
LockMart JAGM Undertakes Limited Dirty Battlefield Countermeasure TestsOrlando FL (SPX) Apr 15, 2010 Lockheed Martin's Joint Air-To-Ground Missile (JAGM) team has successfully completed an extensive series of static, tower-based and captive-carry flight tests of its tri-mode seeker in a limited dirty battlefield/countermeasure rich environment at Redstone Arsenal, AL. The tests successfully validated the capability and technological maturity of the Lockheed ... more |
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LockMart Supplies Surveillance Radar To UK Offshore Wind FarmLondon UK (SPX) Apr 15, 2010 Lockheed Martin will deliver a long-range air surveillance radar system to the United Kingdom that overcomes sensor performance issues commonly caused by the rotating blades of wind turbines. The advanced electronics of Lockheed Martin's TPS-77 radar mitigate interference, or "clutter," that commonly obscure radar targets in and around wind farms. The new radar system will provide reliable air defense surveillance capabilities for the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MoD) and allow the nation to mo ... read more |
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