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Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill In The Loop CurrentParis, France (ESA) May 20, 2010 Scientists monitoring the US oil spill with ESA's Envisat radar satellite say that it has entered the Loop Current, a powerful conveyor belt that flows clockwise around the Gulf of Mexico towards Florida. "With these images from space, we have visible proof that at least oil from the surface of the water has reached the current," said Dr Bertrand Chapron of Ifremer, the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea. Dr Chapron and Dr Fabrice Collard of France's CLS have been combinin ... read more |
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Tewksbury MA (SPX) May 10, 2010For 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: RT ... more 
Tucson AZ (SPX) May 10, 2010The U.S. Air Force awarded Raytheon a $48.9 million contract to begin engineering, manufacturing and design (EMD) of its Miniature Air Launched Decoy stand-in jammer variant. MALD is a state-of-the-art, low-cost, decoy flight vehicle that is modular, air-launched and programmable. It weighs less than 300 pounds and has a range of approximately 500 nautical miles (about 575 statute miles). ... more  
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) May 4, 2010 As Hezbollah builds up its rocket arsenal, Israel has asked Washington to help pay for more Iron Dome anti-missile batteries to shield the Jewish state. The Jerusalem Post reports that the Israeli Defense Ministry wants to buy more than a dozen batteries of the system designed to counter short-range missiles fired by the Iranian-backed Lebanese guerrillas and Palestinian Hamas militants ... more |
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Boeing Wedgetail Aircraft Accepted Into RAAF FleetRAAF Base Williamtown, Australia (SPX) May 06, 2010 Boeing has announced that the Commonwealth of Australia has accepted the first two Project Wedgetail 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW and C) aircraft into the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) fleet. The aircraft were accepted during a ceremony at RAAF Base Williamtown, the main operating base for the Wedgetail fleet. "This major milestone demonstrates that the 737 AEW and C system is ready for operational training and use. It also represents the culmination of years of design, de ... read more |
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