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CryoSat Ice Data Now Open To AllParis, France (ESA) Feb 04, 2011 Scientists can now tap into a flow of new data that will help to determine exactly how Earth's ice is changing. This information from ESA's CryoSat mission is set to make a step change in our understanding of the complex relationship between ice and climate. Considering the loss of the original CryoSat satellite during launch in 2005, scientists around the world have had a long wait for information on ice thickness - making the release even more of a milestone for the mission. ESA's CryoSat ... read more |
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  US and China launched space weapon tests: documents The United States and China both used advanced missiles to blow up their own satellites in a mutual show of military strength, documents published in Thursday's Telegraph newspaper showed. ... more | .. |
  E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Completes First Carrier Landing Aboard USS Truman The Northrop Grumman-built E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, the U.S. Navy's newest airborne early warning and command and control aircraft, has landed on the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and begun carrier sui ... more | .. |
  Multi-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar Counters IEDs Northrop Grumma's Multi-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (MB SAR), recently provided counter-improvised explosive device (IED) support to help enable the safe drawdown of U.S. combat troops in Iraq. ... more | .. |
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  Air Laser May Sniff Bombs, Pollutants From A Distance Princeton University engineers have developed a new laser sensing technology that may allow soldiers to detect hidden bombs from a distance and scientists to better measure airborne environmental po ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Awarded APY-10 Radar Contract For Boeing's P-8A Aircraft Boeing has awarded Raytheon a low rate initial production contract to develop six long-range, multimission maritime and overland surveillance radars plus spares for its P-8A Poseidon aircraft. ... more | .. |
 MEADS Radar Completes Rotation Tests The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program has successfully completed milestone tests as the first Multifunction Fire Control Radar (MFCR) advances toward system tests this year at Prati ... more | .. |
  Boeing And Northrop Grumman Submit Proposal For Missile Defense Competitive Contract Boeing and industry partner Northrop Grumman have submitted their joint proposal for the competitive development and sustainment contract for future work on the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) ... more |
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Aalyria spacetime platform tapped for AFRL space data network trials
Atomic 6 debris shields selected for Portal Space Systems mission
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  Bat-winged drone bomber in test flight: US Navy A robotic, bat-winged bomber designed to take off from a US aircraft carrier has passed its first test in a debut flight in California, the US Navy said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Australia starts patrol boat discussions Australia is in discussions with Birdon and DMS Maritime for support contracts for 19 Pacific class patrol boats operated by Pacific island nations. ... more | .. |
  Commentary: The Mubarak legend President Hosni Mubarak has been at the top or near the top of the Egyptian pyramid since 1975 when he was appointed vice president by his friend and mentor President Anwar Sadat. ... more | .. |
 Egypt, Mideast in focus at Munich conference Revolt in Egypt and the implications for the stalled Middle East peace process are set to be key talking points for top defence officials at the Munich Security Conference in Germany from Friday. ... more |
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 Israel 'needs F-35 to stay on top' Israel seems determined to acquire a fleet of Lockheed Martin's costly F-35 stealth fighters despite the plethora of problems plaguing the development of the fifth-generation jet. ... more | .. |
  NASA Scientists Study More Than Rockets In The 'Deep South' A city that rarely sees snowfall, Huntsville, Ala., was blanketed the evening of Jan. 9 under several inches of snow following a winter storm that also produced a rare "thundersnow" or lightning fla ... more | .. |
  Rogue Storm System Caused Pakistan Floods That Left Millions Homeless Last summer's disastrous Pakistan floods that killed more than 2,000 people and left more than 20 million injured or homeless were caused by a rogue weather system that wandered hundreds of miles fa ... more | .. |
 Traffic Monitoring With TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X Satellite Constellation Traffic monitoring from space, day and night, from more than 500 kilometres up above; is that possible? Indeed it is! In fact, it has been demonstrated several times in the past - once with the Shut ... more |
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Hydrogen nuclei experiment sharpens view of quarks inside matter
Oak Ridge team plans powerful test facility for next generation fusion components
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 Veteran ERS Satellite Provides New Insight Into Greenland's Plumbing Warmer summers may paradoxically slow down the speed of glaciers flowing towards the sea, suggests new research. This investigation, using data from ESA's oldest environmental satellite, has importa ... more | .. |
  US woman gets 3-year sentence for China exports The manager of a US electronics firm was sentenced Friday to 36 months in prison for conspiring to export military components and sensitive electronics to China, officials said. ... more | .. |
  China refutes the J-20 uses F-117 copies A Chinese test pilot refuted allegations that the country's new J-20 stealth fighter aircraft used copied parts from a Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk downed in 1999. ... more | .. |
 Canada upgrades air defense radars Canada has announced plans to upgrade and modernize a pair of military radar systems in a bid to boost the defense of North American airspace. ... more |
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  Raytheon nabs $145 million deal in Kuwait Raytheon has won a $145 million contract to make Patriot missiles for Kuwait's air and missile defense systems. ... more | .. |
 NATO, Russia vow unity on terrorism, disagree on shield NATO and Russia vowed Wednesday to stand side-by-side against terrorism after Moscow's airport bombing but remained at odds over cooperation on a missile shield for Europe's population. ... more | .. |
 US, Canada defend F-35 fighter jet US and Canadian defense chiefs on Thursday vigorously defended the F-35 fighter jet program, despite criticism over costs and technical delays. ... more | .. |
 Long-Range Radar Program Moving Forward The Electronic Systems Center's Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar program is finalizing one step and heading for the next in its development. "3DELRR will be the primary ground- ... more |
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Ancient nitrogen enzyme study illuminates early Earth conditions and life detection
Cleaner ship fuel is reducing lightning in key shipping lanes, research finds
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  Gates heads to Canada for talks on war, weapons US Defense Secretary Robert Gates departed for Canada on Wednesday for talks on the war in Afghanistan as well Ottawa's plans to purchase F-35 fighter jets, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Australia: three charged in asylum deaths An Australian court charged three Indonesians with people smuggling after their vessel smashed against rocks in December, killing around 50 of the 90 passengers. ... more | .. |
Kuwait Awards Contract To Raytheon For Patriot GEM-T Missiles Raytheon has received a $145 million Foreign Military Sales production contract for Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missiles - Tactical (GEM-T) to augment Kuwait's air and missile defense. The U.S. ... more | .. |
NATO, Russia meet at odds over missile shield NATO and Russian military brass went into talks Wednesday, bound in outrage over terrorism after Moscow's airport bombing, but at odds over cooperation on a missile shield for Europe. ... more |
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  Iran not working on bomb: Israel intelligence head Iran is not currently working on producing a nuclear weapon but could make one within "a year or two" of taking such a decision, Israel's military intelligence chief said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Canada to upgrade military radars Canada on Tuesday announced a Can$55.6 million ($55.7 million) contract to modernize two military radar systems said to play a major role in defending North American airspace. ... more | .. |
  High-tech gear helped S. Korea raid on pirates High-tech equipment and carefully planned tactics helped Seoul's navy rescue a South Korean ship and its crew from Somali pirates, military officials said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Elisra wins South Korean avionics deal Elisra Electronic Systems has won a $29 million contract to supply South Korea with airborne electronic warfare suites for its CN-235 transports. ... more |
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