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Astrium GEO-Info Services Looks Back On The Chernobyl Disaster 25 Years Later With EO TechnologiesParis, France (SPX) Apr 18, 2011 The first satellite image of the Ukrainian site was acquired by SPOT1 only ten days after the explosion, demonstrating the value of Earth-imaging satellites in responding to natural and man-made disasters. Technology has evolved in the 25 years since the Chernobyl explosion, and Astrium GEO-Information's satellites continue to keep a watchful eye on the zone. Astrium GEO-Information Services (formerly Spot Image) has released satellite imagery of the Chernobyl nuclear site covering the 25 ye ... read more |
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  Obama urged to limit Russia missile shield sway President Barack Obama must beat back any Russian demands for "red-button" sway over a missile shield in Europe and deny Moscow access to sensitive data tied to the program, US senators urged Thursday. ... more | .. |
  LockMart Scientists Discover Mechanism That Could Feed Solar Explosions Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are violent solar explosions that can propel up to 10 billion tons of the Sun's atmosphere - at a million miles an hour - out through the corona and into space. These f ... more | .. |
 Aegis BMD System Engages Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile For First Time Lockheed Martin's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system successfully tracked and engaged an intermediate range ballistic missile using data from a remote AN/TPY-2 radar during a test off the ... more | .. |
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  Innovative Counter-Terror Search Technology Cambridge Consultants has unveiled 'Sprint', a prototype handheld device which provides a 3D image of objects embedded within walls or floors. Based on Cambridge Consultants' proven short range rada ... more | .. |
  High-tech weapons sow fears of chip sabotage As NATO countries weigh whether to arm Libya's rebels, military planners may give a thought to adding a remote "kill switch" to some weapons to keep them out of the wrong hands, experts say. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan to build new 'stealth' warship Taiwan plans to build a new 'stealth' warship armed with guided-missiles next year in response to China's naval build-up, a top military officer and a lawmaker said Monday. ... more | .. |
 PEO Ammo Picks Up 155mm Lightweight Howitzer Program The Program Executive Office for Ammunition has expanded to add towed artillery systems to the growing list of products that it manages for the military. On Jan. 20, Army Acquisition Executive ... more |
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 Elbit To Showcase Maritime Capability Solutions Elbit Systems of America will present an array of cutting edge solutions, designed to enhance the capabilities of expeditionary, irregular warfare, and special operations forces at the upcoming Navy ... more | .. |
 Fire Control Radar Completes Target-Of-Opportunity Tracking Raytheon's JLENS (Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System) has successfully demonstrated tracking targets of opportunity in the Salt Lake City air space. Testing and i ... more | .. |
 LockMart And Atmos To Pursue Brazil Air Surveillance Radar Program Lockheed Martin and Atmos Sistemas have signed a teaming agreement to pursue the Brazilian Air Force's future Three-Dimensional (3-D) Long-Range Radar procurement program, which seeks to upgrade and ... more | .. |
  Italy says will not join Libyan bombardments Italy insisted Friday that its fighter jets would not take part in bombardments in Libya, saying that the country was doing enough to support the UN resolution to protect civilian lives. ... more |
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  ESA Arctic Ice Campaign Takes Off To guarantee ESA's CryoSat mission is delivering the best data possible, scientists have set out on a major expedition to the Arctic - part of a collaborative effort between ESA and NASA to gather i ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Delivers First Phalanx to Republic of Korea Navy Raytheon has delivered the first Phalanx Close-In Weapon System to the Republic of Korea Navy for batch one of the new Ulsan-1 class FFX ship program. The direct commercial sale calls for the ... more | .. |
  Raytheon Delivers Record Number of Evolved SeaSparrow Missiles Raytheon Missile Systems business delivered a record number of Evolved SeaSparrow Missiles last year. The company's delivery of 366 ESSMs in 2010 more than doubled the previous year's total. " ... more | .. |
US says fighters still bombing Libya air defenses US fighter jets are still carrying out bombing raids on Libya's air defenses, the Pentagon said Wednesday, days after indicating American combat aircraft had withdrawn from NATO operations. ... more |
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Keck backed team advances first graviton detector concept
Trump offers Egypt to mediate on Ethiopia dam
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 Arctic Sea Ice Flights Near Completion Operation IceBridge, NASA's airborne mission to monitor polar ice, is amid its fourth week of flights for the Arctic 2011 campaign. Researchers and crew successfully completed flights from Thule, Gr ... more | .. |
 Libya rebels urge NATO to step up air strikes Libyan rebels' foreign relations chief Ali al-Essawi urged NATO to step up air strikes on Moamer Kadhafi's tanks and missile sites, at an international meeting in Doha on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  MLD Test Moves Navy A Step Closer To Lasers For Ship Self-Defense Marking a milestone for the Navy, the Office of Naval Research and its industry partner have successfully tested a solid-state, high-energy laser (HEL) from a surface ship, which disabled a small ta ... more | .. |
 Gallium Nitride-Based Modules Set New 180-Day Standard For High Power Operation Northrop Grumman has set a new standard for its gallium nitride-based high power transmit/receive (T/R) modules by reliably operating them for more than 180 days during continuous high-power testing ... more |
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 Israel's missile shield makes history The initial success of the Iron Dome anti-missile system built by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems in shooting down Hamas rockets fired at southern Israeli cities is a potential gamechanger against the Palestinians and probably against Hezbollah in Lebanon as well. ... more | .. |
  Titan Shaped By Weather Not Ice Volcanoes Have the surface and belly of Saturn's smog-shrouded moon, Titan, recently simmered like a chilly, bubbling cauldron with ice volcanoes, or has this distant moon gone cold? In a newly published anal ... more | .. |
 US Navy And Northrop Grumman Accomplish Goals For At-Sea Demonstration Of Maritime Laser The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman have successfully demonstrated high-energy, solid-state laser defenses at sea by completing a "counter-material" test of the Maritime Laser Demonstrator (MLD) agai ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Awarded $42 Million For Next-Generation Standard Missile-3 Interceptor Raytheon has been awarded $42 million for the initial concept development and program planning for the Standard Missile-3 Block IIB, which is the Missile Defense Agency's next-generation Aegis missi ... more |
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Cleaner ship fuel is reducing lightning in key shipping lanes, research finds
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 For NASA's Aquarius, Quest For Salt A Global Endeavor With more than a few stamps on its passport, NASA's Aquarius instrument on the Argentinian Satelite de Aplicaciones Cientificas (SAC)-D spacecraft will soon embark on its space mission to "taste" Ea ... more | .. |
  Force Of Acoustical Waves Tapped For Metamaterials A very simple bench-top technique that uses the force of acoustical waves to create a variety of 3D structures will benefit the rapidly expanding field of metamaterials and their myriad applications ... more | .. |
 First Consistent Geological Interpretation Of East Africa Rift System Astrium GEO-Information Services has completed a geological interpretation study of the East Africa Rift System (EARS) and the surrounding area that is increasingly becoming an exploration hotspot f ... more | .. |
 Cobra Judy Replacement Team Completes Radar Delivery Milestone Raytheon and Northrop Grumman recently completed a significant milestone for the Cobra Judy Replacement program. The CJR S-band active phased-array antenna was successfully delivered to the CJR inte ... more |
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  Eurofighter back in Danish jet competition The Eurofighter consortium wants back into the race to outfit Denmark's armed forces with a new fighter jet. ... more | .. |
 NASA Airborne Radar Set To Image Hawaiian Volcano The Kilauea volcano that recently erupted on the Big Island of Hawaii will be the target for a NASA study to help scientists better understand processes occurring under Earth's surface. A NASA ... more | .. |
  Bob Dylan makes China debut Counter-culture legend Bob Dylan made his long-awaited China debut Wednesday after finally getting approval to bring his charged songs of protest and struggle to a nation where dissent is muzzled. ... more | .. |
 NEW-HIP Program Advances Avionics Networks Modern military aircraft are burdened with miles of heavily shielded copper wire cables that connect a multitude of components. This cabling is heavy and subject to deterioration due to harsh enviro ... more |
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