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Mars' northern polar regions in transitionParis (ESA) Aug 08, 2011 A newly released image from ESA's Mars Express shows the north pole of Mars during the red planet's summer solstice. All the carbon dioxide ice has gone, leaving just a bright cap of water ice. This image was captured by the orbiter's High-Resolution Stereo Camera on 17 May 2010 and shows part of the northern polar region of Mars during the summer solstice. The solstice is the longest day and the beginning of the summer for the planet's northern hemisphere. The ice shield is covered by froze ... read more |
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  45th Space Wing Supports Successful Atlas V Juno Launch The U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing provided flawless Eastern Range support for the successful launch of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA's Juno spacecraft Friday. The launch occ ... more | .. |
  Radar system could makes runways safer German researchers say a new sensing system to spot debris on a runway could prevent disasters like the 2000 crash of the Concorde in France that killed 113. ... more | .. |
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  Five More Boeing Super Hornets Arrive at RAAF Base Amberley Five new Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets have arrived at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Amberley, expanding the RAAF's fleet of the advanced multirole fighters to 20. Three aircraft landed at t ... more | .. |
 Raytheon and Tobyhanna Army Depot Enter a Public-Private Partnership Raytheon and Tobyhanna U.S. Army Depot have signed a pledge of commitment for a public-private partnership to support various electronic and radar systems. Signed by Wayne Iurillo, vice presid ... more | .. |
  Making airport runways safer Airplanes undergo significant stresses during take-off and landing, and parts often become detached, putting subsequent runway users at risk. Until now, airport staff have had to monitor runways wit ... 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 |
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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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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 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 |
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