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A step closer to mapping the Earth in 3DBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 17, 2012 After a year in service, the German Earth observation satellite TanDEM-X, together with its twin satellite, TerraSAR-X, have completely mapped the entire land surface of Earth for the first time. The data is being used to create the world's first single-source, high-precision, 3D digital elevation model of Earth. The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) controls both radar satellites, generates the elevation model and is responsible for the scientific use of TanDEM-X ... read more |
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  US hopes for missile shield accord this year: report The United States hopes to reach a deal with Russia by the end of the year for the deployment of a ballistic missile shield in Europe, the State Department's top arms control official said. ... more | .. |
  ESA Coordinates International Satellite Reentry Campaign For Phobos-Grunt An international campaign to assess the imminent atmospheric reentry of Russia's Phobos-Grunt Mars craft is being coordinated by experts in ESA's Space Debris Office. Participants include NASA and R ... more | .. |
  Raytheon Completes Ship Self-Defense System Deliveries Raytheon has delivered the final Ship Self-Defense System (SSDS MK 2) hardware ship set of its 2010 production contract, completing all system deliveries ahead of schedule. The system is slated for ... more | .. |
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 Raytheon Canada Awarded Contract for NextGen HFSWR Raytheon Canada Limited has been awarded a Technology Demonstration Program for its Next Generation High Frequency Surface Wave Radar (HFSWR) by the Canadian Department of National Defence, Defence ... more | .. |
  Satellite imagery detects thermal "uplift" signal of underground nuclear tests A new analysis of satellite data from the late 1990s documents for the first time the "uplift" of ground above a site of underground nuclear testing, providing researchers a potential new tool for a ... more | .. |
  India buys MBDA missiles India will buy 500 air-to-air missiles from European guided weapons manufacturer MBDA for its Mirage 2000 aircraft in a contract worth around $1.2 billion. ... more | .. |
  Raytheon Delivers First Upgraded Patriot Radar to Kuwait Raytheon has completed its first Configuration-3 Patriot radar upgrade for the State of Kuwait. This is the first of six radar modernization deliveries due under contract to the U.S. Army Aviation a ... more |
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Greenland truce or Trump win? Davos "framework" pauses tariffs but not the takeover boasts
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  Cold Weather Airborne Campaign to Measure Falling Snow Beginning Jan. 17, NASA will fly an airborne science laboratory above Canadian snowstorms to tackle a difficult challenge facing the upcoming Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellite mission ... more | .. |
  Keeping electronics cool A University of California, Riverside engineering professor and a team of researchers have made a breakthrough discovery with graphene, a material that could play a major role in keeping laptops and ... more | .. |
  Stranded Mars probe to crash into ocean Sunday: Russia Russia's space agency on Wednesday pinpointed the likely trajectory of its stranded Mars probe, Phobos-Grunt, predicting it would crash into the Indian Ocean west of Jakarta later this week. ... more | .. |
  Russia hints at foul play in its space failures The head of Russia's beleaguered space programme hinted on Tuesday that foreign powers may be behind the string of failures that struck his agency in the past year. ... more |
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 NASA Radar to Study Most Active Volcano On Hawaii An airborne radar developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., has returned to Hawaii to continue its study of Kilauea volcano, Hawaii's current most active volcano. The Un ... more | .. |
  Automakers embrace high-tech in safety drive Automakers displaying the latest technology at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) are relying on sensors, digital cameras and connectivity in a drive towards a common goal - eliminating accidents. ... more | .. |
  Raven Industries completes Vista Research Acquisition Raven Industries, has announced that its Aerostar division has completed the acquisition of Vista Research, Inc., a leading provider of surveillance systems that enhance the effectiveness of radars ... more | .. |
 LONGBOW Receives contract for Apache LONGBOW Block III Radar and Data Link Systems The LONGBOW Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Northrop Grumman Corporation [NYSE: NOC], received a $181 million contract from the U.S. Army for AH-64D Apa ... more |
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Quantum transport method reads open quantum states
Scientists uncover new quantum state that could power future technologies
Early universe dark matter born red hot before cooling | .. |
 U.S. companies key to gulf missile shield Raytheon and Lockheed Martin have become key elements in an accelerating drive by Saudi Arabia and its Persian Gulf partners to build an integrated missile defense shield to protect the energy producers against Iran's growing missile arsenal. ... more | .. |
 Astro Aerospace Completes CDA of Reflector Boom Assembly for SMAP Mission Astro Aerospace, a strategic business unit of Northrop Grumman, has completed a major milestone in the development of the reflector boom assembly (RBA) for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) ... more | .. |
 Ice data at your fingertips Discover ESA's ice mission, track it in real time and obtain the latest measurements with the new CryoSat application. CryoSat is measuring the thickness of polar sea ice and monitoring changes in t ... more | .. |
 India completes more air refueling trials India's air force has completed more trials of an EADS Airbus 330 and an Ilyushin 78 air-to-air refueling aircraft as part of its latest attempt to purchase six planes, likely for around $2 billion. ... more |
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 'Jerusalem now target for Arab missiles' The Israeli military has warned that up to 15,000 missiles and rockets could hit Israeli cities and towns if a new war erupts and for the first time declared that Jerusalem, long considered safe from attack because of its Muslim shrines and Arab population, could be targeted. ... more | .. |
Raven Industries to Acquire Vista Research Raven Industries has announced that its Aerostar division has signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire Vista Research, a leading provider of surveillance systems that enhance the effectiveness o ... more | .. |
 Boeing and Northrop Grumman GMD Team Receives Contract From US MDA Boeing and industry partner Northrop Grumman have received the development and sustainment contract (DSC) from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency for future work on the Ground-based Midcourse Defense ( ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Receives contract for Radars and Services in THAAD Deal to UAE Raytheon will provide AN/TPY-2 radars, associated spares, training and other services through 2018 to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the radar component to the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense ... 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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Raytheon Awarded Contract for two Radars The Missile Defense Agency is awarding Raytheon Company a contract to provide two AN/TPY-2 radars to the U.S. Army as the radar component to the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile d ... more | .. |
  Raytheon Books 50 Million in Electronic Warfare Contracts Raytheon booked $50 million this month in new contract awards related to its electronic warfare (EW) business. Raytheon's industry-leading electronic warfare portfolio includes airborne and sh ... more | .. |
 Israel scraps military deal with Turkey Israel has escalated its bitter quarrel with Turkey, its erstwhile ally, by scrapping a $140 million deal for unmanned aerial vehicles and advanced intelligence-gathering systems the Israelis fear could end up in the hands of Iran. ... more | .. |
 Romney: Obama has 'failed' on Iran Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney charged Sunday that President Barack Obama has "failed" in his efforts to get Iran to abandon its suspect nuclear program. ... more |
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 Iran defiant as US unleashes new sanctions Iran defiantly announced on Sunday that it had tested a new missile and made an advance in its nuclear programme after the United States unleashed extra sanctions that sent its currency to a record low. ... more | .. |
 Iran tests missile as US tightens sanctions Iran said Sunday it tested a new medium-range missile during war games near a vital Gulf oil transit channel, hours after US President Barack Obama signed a law tightening sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear programme. ... more | .. |
US bolsters UAE's missile defense in major arms deal The United States has announced a $3.48 billion arms deal with the United Arab Emirates as part of a wider American effort to build up missile defenses among Gulf allies to counter Iran. ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Awarded Airborne Radar Contracts at Year's End Worth $320 Million Raytheon Company has booked $320 million this month in new contract awards related to its active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar programs for domestic and international customers. Wi ... more |
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