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Eyes In The Sky Give India Edge In SpaceChennai, India (PTI) Jul 14, 2010 With the successful launch of Cartosat-2B on Monday, India has reached a `critical constellation' of 10 active remote sensing satellites in space, which gives it a clear edge in the region for monitoring borders and movements across them. While mapping and infrastructure development are seen as primary applications of a remote sensing satellite, its use in spying is often underplayed. A combination of four Cartosats (1,2,2A and 2B) hovering 630 km above earth allows India to keep areas under close ... read more |
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THAAD Weapon System Achieves Lowest Endo Intercept To Date
Dallas TX (SPX) Jun 30, 2010The Missile Defense Agency and Lockheed Martin conducted a successful flight test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, HI. This flight test was THAAD's seventh intercept to date and proved the system's ability to intercept a unitary target in the low endo-atmosphere. There were many THAAD flight test program "first ... more TanDEM-X Sends Its First Images In Record Time
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jun 28, 2010Already, with its first image acquisitions, TanDEM-X (TerraSAR-X add-on for Digital Elevation Measurement) has surpassed its twin satellite, TerraSAR-X. On 24 June 2010, only 3 days and 14 hours into the mission, the satellite sent its first image data back to Earth. The transmission was received by the German Aerospace Center ground station at Neustrelitz and processed to produce images. ... more Northrop Grumman Discusses Capabilities in Electronic Warfare Interoperability
Abu Dhabi UAE (SPX) Jun 29, 2010Northrop Grumman will be participating at the Defense Sensors Technology Conference in Abu Dhabi, UAE where it will highlight its wide range of industry-leading capabilities in electronic warfare (EW) interoperability and EW's contribution to the overall surveillance picture among its airborne early warning and control systems. The conference organized by Tangent Link will be held at the A ... more |
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Promising Prospects Of Economic Development In AfghanistanBethesda MD (SPX) Jun 25, 2010 Analyzing nearly 20 terabytes of data collected from 220 mission flight-hours covering more than half of Afghanistan, Naval Research Laboratory and the U.S. Geological Survey investigators reveal several potential major oil and gas sedimentary basins, mineral-rich regions, and hydrologic resources for agriculture and economic development as recently reported by Department of Defense. Flights administered by Naval Research Laboratory Scientific Development Squadron One (VXS-1) were flown using NP-3 ... read more |
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