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NASA Mars Research Helps Find Buried Water on EarthPasadena CA (SPX) Sep 16, 2011 A NASA-led team has used radar sounding technology developed to explore the subsurface of Mars to create high-resolution maps of freshwater aquifers buried deep beneath an Earth desert, in the first use of airborne sounding radar for aquifer mapping. The research may help scientists better locate and map Earth's desert aquifers, understand current and past hydrological conditions in Earth's deserts and assess how climate change is impacting them. Deserts cover roughly 20 percent of Earth's land su ... read more |
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  ERS satellite missions complete after 20 years After a final thruster firing last week to deplete its remaining fuel, ESA's venerable ERS-2 observation satellite has been safely taken out of service. Ground controllers also ensured the space env ... more | .. |
  Astronomers Plan Last Look at Asteroid 1999 RQ36 Before OSIRIS-REx Launch Every six years, asteroid 1999 RQ36 nears the Earth - by cosmic standards - and researchers are launching a global observation campaign to learn as much as possible in preparation for the OSIRIS-REx ... more | .. |
  Canada to loan Australia armored vehicles Canada will loan Australia three armored vehicles for use by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan for additional protection against improvised explosive devices. ... more | .. |
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  US won't sell new fighter jets to Taiwan: source The United States has decided not to sell Taiwan new F-16 fighter jets and will instead provide upgrades to its existing planes, a US congressional source said Friday. ... more | .. |
  MEADS Integrated Launcher Electronics System Completes First Simulated Missile Launch The Medium Extended Air Defense System's (MEADS) Integrated Launcher Electronics System (ILES) recently executed a simulated missile launch, marking another in a series of significant test accomplis ... more | .. |
  Report: Advanced US drone set to watch over N. Korea The United States is close to deploying an advanced unmanned spy plane over South Korea which could provide a much more detailed view of North Korea's military activities, a report said. ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Delivers First Eight Tactically Configured Miniature Air Launched Decoy Jammers Raytheon has delivered the first eight Miniature Air Launched Decoy Jammer initial operational test and evaluation units to the U.S. Air Force. During IOT and E, the Air Force will conduct numerous ... 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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 New Raytheon Datalink Will Allow NATO Ships to Employ All Standard Missiles Raytheon has completed design and testing of a prototype dual-band datalink that will enable interoperability between the Standard Missile family of interceptors and a wider variety of radars and sh ... more | .. |
  Arctic Ice Nears Record Low In 2011 A new record low could soon be set for ice in the Arctic. The past five years have seen the lowest extent of sea ice since satellite measurements began in the 1970s. Earth observing satellites ... more | .. |
  NATO radar to be deployed in southeast: ministry An early warning radar Turkey is planning to host as part of NATO's missile defence system will be deployed in a military facility base near Malatya in the southeast, the foreign ministry said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Taiwan crash sparks calls for US jets sale The crash of two Vietnam War-era jets in Taiwan that killed three sparked calls Wednesday for the US to sell the island new planes and save its pilots from "risking their lives" in old aircraft. ... more |
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 Republic of Korea Navy Awards Raytheon Phalanx Contract Raytheon has signed a $65.5 million contract to deliver five Phalanx Block 1B Close-In Weapon Systems to the Republic of Korea Navy for the new Ulsan-1 class FFX ship program. The direct comme ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman and CEA Demonstrate Scalable CEAFAR Next-Gen Phased Array Sensor System Northrop Grumman and partner CEA Technologies successfully conducted a demonstration of CEAFAR, a scalable and tailorable S-Band Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) multi-function radar suita ... more | .. |
  Libya leaders commit to 'moderate' rule, human rights Libya's new leaders pledged "moderate" Islamic rule and affirmed their commitment to human rights on Tuesday, even as their fighters were accused of committing possible war crimes. ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Upgrades Air Traffic Control System Over New York Airspace Lockheed Martin has delivered software to enable the use of GPS technology within the nation's second busiest airspace, the New York Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON). The use of GPS da ... 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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 Israel seeks to boost UAV strike power The Israeli air force is expanding its wing of unmanned aerial vehicles built by Israel Aerospace Industries and Elbit Systems, some to be used as missile-armed gunships. ... more | .. |
 Automated Tool Points Way to Safe Separation of Aircraft on Final Approach Air traffic controllers at the Minneapolis Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) are using an innovative next generation tool developed by Lockheed Martin and the Federal Aviation Administration ... more | .. |
 Ahmadinejad criticises 'brother' Turkey over missile shield Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticised "brother" Turkey over its plan to host an early-warning radar as part of NATO's missile defence system, the presidency website reported on Friday. ... more | .. |
 Iran ups criticism of Turkey over NATO missile shield Iran toughened Thursday its criticism of Turkey over its plan to host an early-warning radar as part of NATO's missile defence system, saying it will create tension and lead to "complicated consequences." ... more |
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  Australia selling off its last Sea Kings The Australian navy is selling off its remaining five Sea King helicopters and accessories, Minister for Defense Materiel Jason Clare said. ... more | .. |
U.S.: Missile shield fears 'unfounded' Russia's fears that a NATO anti-missile defense shield would target its intercontinental missile forces are "unfounded," a senior U.S. diplomat said this week. ... more | .. |
 Indra Finishes Implementation Of The First Four Radar Stations In India Four out of the nine radar stations which Indra will start up in India to enhance air traffic management are already into service. The Chennai, Bellary, Bhopal and Porbandar radar stations are now e ... more | .. |
 Curtiss-Wright Signs Contract With Selex Galileo Curtiss-Wright Corporation has been selected by SELEX Galileo to supply rugged embedded digital signal processor modules for use on Saab's new Gripen Next Generation (NG) fighter aircraft. The ... 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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 Iran: Muslim nations shouldn't serve NATO Muslim countries such as Turkey shouldn't serve the interests of the U.S.-European NATO military alliance, a prominent Iranian lawmaker says. ... more | .. |
 Taiwan to produce new anti-China missiles: lawmaker Taiwan is expected to mass produce a potent new missile system designed to nip a Chinese invasion in the bud by striking airfields and harbours on the mainland, a lawmaker said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  50 percent more satellites to be launched in the decade ahead Euroconsult has forecasted that an estimated 1,145 satellites will be built for launch during the next ten years (2011-2020), 51% more satellites than the previous decade. These projections come fro ... more | .. |
Iran criticises NATO's Turkey radar plan A senior Iranian diplomat criticised neighbouring Turkey on Monday for agreeing to host an early warning radar as part of NATO's missile defence system for Europe. ... more |
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 TerraSAR-X monitors gas storage centre all the way from space When a series of images acquired with the German radar satellite TerraSAR-X - operated by the German Aerospace Center - are combined into a sequence, the result is truly amazing; even gas storage ta ... more | .. |
  Venus scientists see research 'bias' Scientists studying Venus say NASA has a bias against the planet when it come to scientific missions and infrequent visits are hindering their research. ... more | .. |
Turkey to host radar for NATO missile defense Turkey plans to deploy an early warning radar by the end of the year as part of NATO's missile defense system for Europe, officials said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Aquarius Makes First Ocean Salt Measurements NASA's Aquarius instrument has successfully completed its commissioning phase and is now "tasting" the saltiness of Earth's ocean surface, making measurements from its perch in near-polar orbit. ... more |
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