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Cassini's radar observes Titan's tropical dune fieldsParis, France (ESA) Jan 26, 2012 Sand dunes are common on Earth, Mars, Venus and - unexpectedly - on Saturn's giant moon, Titan. Now detailed analysis of radar observations gathered during the Cassini spacecraft's flybys of cloud-shrouded Titan is enabling scientists to understand the distribution, shape and dimension of its exotic dunes. Most people are familiar with the piles of loose, granular material which make up sand dunes in coastal areas and deserts on Earth. Derived from the weathering and erosion of rocks over many mil ... read more |
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  Northrop Grumman to Supply Marine Navigation Equipment for Suez Canal Authority 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 upg ... more | .. |
 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 | .. |
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 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
  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 |
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 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 | .. |
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 |
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  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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
  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 |
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Quantum transport method reads open quantum states
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  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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
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 | .. |
 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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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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 20th Space Control Squadron: AFSPC's premier space surveillance squadron The operators of 20th Space Control Squadron have a big job: carry out round-the-clock space surveillance operations with the world's most powerful radar. The squadron's AN/FPS-85 radar helps the Ai ... more |
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  Afghanistan 'does not want role in US-Iran hostilities' Afghan territory should not be used in a proxy war between the United States and Iran, President Hamid Karzai said Wednesday after the Islamic republic captured a US drone. ... more | .. |
 Japan launches new spy satellite Japan launched a new spy satellite into orbit Monday amid concerns over North Korea's missile programme and to monitor natural disasters in the region, officials said. ... more | .. |
  Merging Tsunami Doubled Japan Destruction NASA and Ohio State University researchers have discovered the major tsunami generated by the March 2011 Tohoku-Oki quake centered off northeastern Japan was a long-hypothesized "merging tsunami." T ... more | .. |
 What's That Sparkle in Cassini's Eye? The moon Enceladus, one of the jewels of the Saturn system, sparkles peculiarly bright in new images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The images of the moon, the first ever taken of Ence ... more |
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 Cassidian debuts new radar product A new wide-area radar to protect coastlines, maritime infrastructure and harbors against asymmetric threats has been introduced by a German company. ... more | .. |
 Plextek picks tracking technology supplier British technology firm Cambridge Pixel has been contracted by Plextek Ltd. to supply tracking technology for electronic ground-scanning surveillance radar. ... more | .. |
Coastal radar offers unprecedented performance of littoral surveillance Cassidian, the defence and security division of EADS, introduces a new security radar into the market which opens up completely new opportunities for the wide-area protection of coastlines, maritime ... more | .. |
 Medvedev to talk missile shield in Prague Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was due to begin a two-day visit to Prague Wednesday amid mounting tensions between Moscow and NATO over the alliance's planned missile defence shield. ... more |
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