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Northrop Grumman to Supply Marine Navigation Equipment for Suez Canal AuthorityNew Malden, UK (SPX) Jan 25, 2012 Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine business unit has won orders to supply navigation equipment to the Suez Canal Authority for tugboats and other assorted workboats. The orders include radar upgrades for 10 boats, and complete integrated bridge systems (IBS) for four new builds. The IBS is based on Northrop Grumman's VisionMaster FT navigation technology with TotalWatch multifunction workstations, which include electronic chart display and information systems (ECDIS), radars, conning displays and in ... read more |
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  The two faces of Titan's dunes A new analysis of radar data from the international Cassini spacecraft has revealed regional variations amongst Titan's sand dunes. The result yields new clues to the giant moon's climatic and geolo ... more | .. |
  U.S. Denies Link to Mars Mission Failure A spokesperson at the Department of State denied information that the crash of the Phobos-Grunt probe to the Martian moon Phobos could have been caused by a powerful electromagnetic emission from a ... more | .. |
  U.S. denies radar affected spacecraft The United States has denied powerful electromagnetic emission from a U.S. radar caused the failure of a Russian spacecraft that fell to Earth. ... more | .. |
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 Raytheon sonars and desktops heading south U.S. Raytheon has received an $80.8 million modification contract to provide 25 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar systems to the Australian navy's air fleet. ... more | .. |
  Boeing Receives Additional USAF JDAM Contract Boeing has received a $126 million contract from the U.S. Air Force on Nov. 30 for approximately 5,000 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail kits. Deliveries will begin in June 2013 and continue ... more | .. |
  Satellites detect abundance of fresh water in the Arctic ESA satellites show that a large dome of fresh water has been building up in the Arctic Ocean over the last 15 years. A change in wind direction could cause the water to spill into the north Atlanti ... more | .. |
 Space Agency Boss Blames Makers for Satellite Crash A Russian government commission looking into the crash of the Phobos-Grunt Mars probe says engineering flaws were the main cause of its failure, the head of the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, Vladi ... 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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  Israel fears Hezbollah has killer SAMs As the Middle East frets about a regional conflict, Israel's military says it believes Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah has long-range surface-to-air missiles supplied by Syria, significantly boosting its defenses against the Jewish state's formidable air power. ... more | .. |
 'Flaws' blamed for Russian space failure The failure of a Russian Mars mission that crashed back to Earth was due to testing errors and engineering flaws, the head of the country's space agency says. ... more | .. |
  US to Launch Space Arms-Control Initiative The United States is launching a new space arms-control initiative, as a Russian official accuses a U.S. radar of being behind the failure of Russia's Mars probe. U.S. Secretary of State Hilla ... more | .. |
  US joins effort to draw up space 'code of conduct' The United States pledged Tuesday to join an EU-led effort to develop a space "code of conduct" that would set rules for orbiting spacecraft and for mitigating the growing problem of orbiting debris. ... more |
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 Sukhoi tests new fighter Russian aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi has flight tested its Serial Three Su-35S Flanker-E multipurpose jet fighter for the first time. ... more | .. |
 Russian Scientists Mock U.S. Radar Theory on Mars Probe The theory that Russia's Mars mission failed due to a U.S. radar is extremely "exotic," Russian scientists said on Tuesday. Phobos-Grunt, Russia's most ambitious planetary mission in decades, was la ... more | .. |
 Russia to Test if US Radar Caused Failed Space Probe Russia says the failure of its space probe that was intended to travel to a moon of Mars could have been caused by radiation from U.S. radars. Space official Yuri Koptev said Tuesday he will h ... more | .. |
  Israelis, Arabs tied to Sudan oil conflict The swelling confrontation between newly independent South Sudan and its former rulers in Khartoum over the region's oil resources is becoming linked to the seeming endless Palestinian-Israeli conflict. ... 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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US may be behind Mars probe failure: Russia Russia on Tuesday said the failure of its Phobos-Grunt probe for Mars could have been caused by radiation from US radars, in its latest allegation of Western interference in its space programme. ... more | .. |
 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
  A step closer to mapping the Earth in 3D 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. Th ... 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 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 | .. |
  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 |
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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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  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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
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 |
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  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 | .. |
 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 |
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