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MESSENGER Marks Seventh Anniversary of LaunchLaurel MD (SPX) Aug 04, 2011 Seven years ago, on August 3, 2004, MESSENGER left Earth aboard a three-stage Boeing Delta II rocket to begin a journey that would take it more than 15 laps through the solar system, through six planetary flybys, and ultimately into orbit around Mercury. The spacecraft has travelled 5.247 billion miles (8.445 billion kilometers) relative to the Sun, and the team is one-third of the way through the one-year science campaign to understand the innermost planet. "As exciting as it was at the tim ... read more |
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![]() Maritime domain awareness, emergency response, and maritime system resilience issues The National Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce (CSR) completed its 2nd Summer Research Institute, held on the campus of Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J. For the secon ... more | .. |
![]() Boeing F/A-18E/F IRST System Advances to Next Development Phase The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Infrared Search and Track (IRST) program received a Milestone B Acquisition Decision Memorandum from the U.S. Navy on July 13. This allows the program to advance to ... more | .. |
![]() French boat undergoing sea trials A new offshore patrol boat built by DCNS of France with company funding is undergoing its first sea trials to validate its nautical qualities, DCNS announced. ... more | .. | ||
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![]() India given choice to pioneer naval Typhoon jet In anticipation of winning the Indian Air Force's $10.4 billion tender for 126 combat jets, European consortium EADS has offered India a choice to pioneer a project for a naval version of the Eurofi ... more | .. |
![]() MIT students to build imaging instrument to fly aboard mission to an asteroid The asteroid 1999 RQ36 may not be a household name, but astronomers predict that in less than 200 years, it may make an unforgettable impact. According to radar and optical observations, the space r ... more | .. |
![]() Lockheed Martin's Multi-Mission Signal Processor Completes Tracking Test The Lockheed Martin Aegis SPY-1 radar successfully identified, tracked and conducted simulated engagements against live aircraft in a stressing electronic attack environment during a test of the Mul ... more | .. |
![]() Global Hawk Completes First Full System Flight With MP-RTIP Sensor Northrop Grumman's RQ-4B Block 40 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) completed its first full system flight with the high performance AN/ZPY-2, also referred to as the Multi-Platform Radar T ... more |
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Greenland truce or Trump win? Davos "framework" pauses tariffs but not the takeover boasts
Greenlanders doubtful over Trump resolution
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![]() JLENS Successfully Completes Endurance Test Raytheon'saerostat system - Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensors (JLENS) - recently completed a successful endurance test. "Providing long endurance surveillance fo ... more | .. |
![]() TerraSAR-X image of the month - Volcanic eruption in Chile The crater of the Chilean volcano Puyehue displays a striking, circular outline in this image from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) TerraSAR-X satellite - ... more | .. |
![]() Cambridge Pixel, Navtech to work together Britain's Cambridge Pixel, a developer of primary radar solutions, said it is working with Navtech Radar, a manufacturer of millimeter wave radar sensors and solutions. ... more | .. |
![]() Northrop Grumman Honored by IEEE for Development of Lunar Module On the 42nd anniversary of Apollo 11 Commander Neil A. Armstrong's first steps on the moon's surface, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world's largest technical professi ... more |
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![]() Deal signed for space-based imaging Thales Alenia Space Italia will study the definition and feasibility of Europe's Multinational Space-based Imaging System . ... more | .. |
![]() Bold new approach to wind 'farm' design may provide efficiency gains Conventional wisdom suggests that because we're approaching the theoretical limit on individual wind turbine efficiency, wind energy is now a mature technology. But California Institute of Tec ... more | .. |
![]() Countdown commenced for PSLV-C17/GSAT-12 Mission The Launch Authorisation Board (LAB) for PSLV-C17/GSAT-12 mission, which met on July 12, 2011 at Satish Dhawan Space Centre - SHAR, Sriharikota has cleared the launch of PSLV-C17 at 16:48 hrs (IST) ... more | .. |
![]() US senators voice worry over radar deal with Turkey Two key US senators expressed concerns Tuesday about a possible agreement to base a missile-shield radar in Turkey, citing the NATO ally's strained ties with Israel and relations with Iran. ... more |
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Quantum transport method reads open quantum states
Scientists uncover new quantum state that could power future technologies
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![]() Solar System Radar and Radio Science Research Shows Promise Using Radio Transient Observation in Unexplored Space A "hot" topic in space exploration circles these days is transient activity, which is one of 12 topics discussed in the May special issue on the subject of Solar System Radar and Radio Science of Pr ... more | .. |
![]() India approves $2.4 bn French Mirage jet upgrade India has approved a $2.4-billion proposal from French defence groups to upgrade its fleet of 51 ageing Mirage fighter jets, a military source said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
![]() Thales touts its AEW system Thales UK is touting its Searchwater 2000 airborne early warning radar for playing a key role in helping helicopter crews combat Taliban operations. ... more | .. |
![]() With 'God's eyeview' on Libya, NATO strikes Two F-16 fighter jets prowling the skies over Tripoli pinpoint a missile launch site near a building in the capital. They ask for clearance to drop a pair of 500-pound bombs. ... more |
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![]() Device captures ambient electromagnetic energy to drive small electronic devices Researchers have discovered a way to capture and harness energy transmitted by such sources as radio and television transmitters, cell phone networks and satellite communications systems. By scaveng ... more | .. |
![]() ERS exits with final focus on changing glaciers Some of the last images from ESA's ERS-2 satellite have revealed rapidly changing glacial features in Greenland. In its final days, the veteran satellite gave us frequent views of the Kangerdlugssua ... more | .. |
![]() 45th Space Wing Supports Successful Final Shuttle Launch The U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing provided flawless Eastern Range support for NASA's successful launch of the final flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis Friday and the final Space Shuttle flight in h ... more | .. |
![]() NASA Depends on Freedom and Liberty When most people think of the ships in NASA's fleet, they think of the space shuttles that pierce the sky as they carry astronauts toward space. But NASA has two seagoing ships, Liberty Star and Fre ... more |
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Trump vows to relaunch Egypt-Ethiopia talks on dam row
China's birth rate falls to lowest on record
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![]() A new algorithm could help prevent midair collisions The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has mandated that by 2020, all commercial aircraft - and small aircraft flying near most airports - must be equipped with a new tracking system that broadca ... more | .. |
![]() Unmanned Global Hawk Completes First Production Acceptance Multi-Intelligence Sensor Flight The newest Northrop Grumman built RQ-4 Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft completed the first of many production acceptance flights of an operational Block 30 multi-intelligence sensor package on ... more | .. |
![]() STSS Demonstration Satellites Demo New Remote Cueing Capabilities During Aegis Test The Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration satellites, built and operated by Northrop Grumman Corporation, contributed to a successful sea-based missile defense test April 15 by ... more | .. |
![]() EU task force on raw materials sought Europe needs to establish a high-level task force to monitor and ensure the continent's access to critical raw materials, European parliamentarians say. ... more |
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![]() DLR scientists support expedition with a highly accurate 3D model of mountain Considered one of the most beautiful mountains in the world and, at 8000 metres high, the most difficult to climb, K2 lies on the border between Pakistan and China. For scientists at the German Aero ... more | .. |
![]() Pioneering ERS environment satellite retires After 16 years spent gathering a wealth of data that has revolutionised our understanding of Earth, ESA's veteran ERS-2 satellite is being retired. This pioneering mission has not only advanced scie ... more | .. |
![]() Australian radar 'failing to detect boatpeople' A defence radar system costing nearly $2 billion has failed to detect any of the more than 200 asylum seeker boats that have landed on Australian shores in the past two years, a report said Sunday. ... more | .. |
![]() Selex Galileo's Gabbiano Radars Selected for Elbit Systems' UAS SELEX Galileo has been selected by Elbit Systems to supply its Gabbiano radar family for installation aboard Elbit Systems' Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). The Gabbiano T20 radar will be installed ab ... more |
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