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US grants licenses for radar equipment sales to TaiwanWashington (AFP) Aug 25, 2010 US President Barack Obama administration says it has granted export licenses to US firms selling radar equipment to Taiwan in a move that could irk China. Beijing angrily halted military and security contacts with Washington when the United States announced in January an arms package for Taiwan that included missiles, helicopters and equipment for Taiwan's F-16 fighter jets. "We have notified congress as required under the Arms Export Control Act of proposed direct commercial sales between Taiwa ... read more |
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Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2010Instead of flying to Europa without first testing what a mission there might experience, now a number of sites on Earth - and beyond - that mimic the Jovian moon are being uncovered that could help explorers conduct trial runs. Missions to Mars such as the Mars Exploration Rovers were exhaustively field-tested in "Mars Yards" - areas whose terrain mimicked the red planet. In much the same ... more  
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Aug 17, 2010Satellite data is an indispensable tool for quickly assessment of the situation in cases of natural or environmental disasters and for guiding emergency teams on ground. DLR's 'Center for Satellite Based Crisis Information' and many other international organizations have been using the German radar satellite TerraSAR-X for three years to rapidly obtain reliable data in all weather conditions for ... more  
Vandenberg Air Force Base CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2010A Raytheon Company Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) demonstrated successful two-stage flyout on June 6, 2010 during the latest test of the Missile Defense Agency's Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system. During this non-intercept mission, Raytheon's EKV met all test objectives, gathering critical data on kill vehicle performance that will improve the fidelity of its simulation models ... more |
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Send In The CloudsPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 13, 2010 Gaze up at a cloud-filled sky, and you may spot the white, fluffy shape of a dragon, fish or elephant. Looking at the same sky, Graeme Stephens sees a different vision - a possible future for Earth's climate. Stephens, a professor at Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, is principal investigator of NASA's CloudSat mission, launched in 2006 to improve our understanding of the role clouds play in our complicated climate system. Stephens says that as Earth's global temperature continues to ... read more |
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