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US Navy's Dual Band Radar Achieves X- And S-Band MilestoneTewksbury MA (SPX) May 10, 2010 For the first time, the U.S. Navy has successfully tracked targets with a multiband radar featuring a common radar suite controller. This milestone, which took place at the Navy's Engineering Test Center, Wallops Island, Va., was accomplished through the use of an engineering development model of the Dual Band Radar (DBR) developed by the Navy's prime contractor, Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), and its subcontractor Lockheed Martin Corporation. The DBR tracked a target simultaneously at both X ... read more |
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Paris, France (ESA) Apr 26, 2010Taking 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 Apertu ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 26, 2010MBDA is pleased to announce that the Qatari Emiri Navy will procure a batch of Exocet MM40 Block 3 missiles to equip its fleet of four Vita class Patrol Boats. This latest generation of naval superiority missile has a significantly extended range thanks to its turbojet propulsion. And thanks to its GPS navigation, the new Exocet MM40 Block 3 is able to strike a target designated by its geo ... more  
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 23, 2010A new study in the journal Icarus provides the latest round-up of the number of impact craters found on Saturn's moon Titan. Between 2004 and December 2007, Cassini had surveyed 22 percent of Titan's surface. Scientists analyzed images taken by the spacecraft's high-resolution Radar Mapper instrument, and found 49 impact craters. "Impact craters are created on every planet because of ... more |
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Taiwan shows images of carrier killerTaipei, Taiwan (UPI) Apr 13, 2010 Taiwan has made public its first images of a state-of-the-art missile corvette intended to match China's design to acquire an aircraft carrier. Dubbed by local media as a "carrier killer," the vessel is expected to be armed with its domestic Hsiungfeng III ship-to-ship missiles, Taipei's Apple Daily reported. Digital images of the 1,000-ton vessel were made public at Taipei's military museum. Plans of the ship were kept confidential for months. Citing military officials, the Apple Daily ... read more |
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