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Walls of Lunar Crater May Hold Patchy Ice, LRO Radar FindsWashington DC (SPX) Aug 31, 2012 Small patches of ice could make up at most five to ten percent of material in walls of Shackleton crater. Scientists using the Mini-RF radar on NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) have estimated the maximum amount of ice likely to be found inside a permanently shadowed lunar crater located near the moon's South Pole. As much as five to ten percent of material, by weight, could be patchy ice, according to the team of researchers led by Bradley Thomson at Boston University's Center for Remote ... read more |
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  Australia buys Growler systems for Hornets Australia has confirmed it will acquire Growler electronic warfare systems for its Super Hornet aircraft through the United States Foreign Military Sales process. ... more | .. |
  ThalesRaytheonSystems awarded contract by US Army to upgrade Firefinder Radars ThalesRaytheonSystems has been awarded a $44.9 million contract by the U.S. Army to upgrade the Receiver Exciter (REX) in the Improved AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder radar. The enhanced REX is part of the U.S ... more | .. |
  Thales in Australian, Indian ventures French defense industry giant Thales announced the official launch of its munitions business in Australia and a joint venture in India for radar systems. ... more | .. |
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 Boeing to Provide PBL for USAF F-15 Radars Boeing has received an $85 million Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) contract for continued support of U.S. Air Force F-15 mechanically scanned and Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars. ... more | .. |
  US-China missile race The United States says it's planning to build new missile defence in Asia. White House officials say early warning radar systems could be placed on a remote Japanese island and possibly in the Phili ... more | .. |
  US looks at new early-warning radar for Japan: officials US and Japanese officials are considering deploying a new US early-warning radar to Japan to help counter possible missile threats from North Korea, officials said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  US looks at new early-warning radar for Japan: officials The US military is looking at deploying a new early-warning radar to Japan to help counter possible missile threats from North Korea, a US official said Thursday. ... more |
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Almost half of Kyiv without heat, power, after Russian attack
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  Afghans met Taliban leader in Pakistan jail: officials Afghan government representatives have held secret talks with a key member of the Taliban held in a Pakistani jail officials said Monday - a move that could signal fresh hope for peace negotiations. ... more | .. |
 Taiwan to seek fewer new US fighter jets: reports Taiwan plans to slash the number of advanced fighter jets it has been seeking from the United States from 66 to 24, apparently due to budget constraints, reports said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Hurricane Ernesto makes landfall in Mexico Hurricane Ernesto made landfall late Tuesday in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula after churning across the Caribbean Sea and drenching the coasts of Honduras and Belize, forecasters said. ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Submits Final Proposal for Air and Missile Defense Radar Lockheed Martin has submitted its final proposal to the U.S. Navy to design, build, integrate and test the new Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) for the future DDG-51 Flight III class destroyer. ... more |
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 Lockheed Martin-ARINC Team Submit Bid for USAF Rapid Deployment Air Traffic Control Radar System Industry team Lockheed Martin and ARINC has submitted its proposal for a new, transportable air traffic control (ATC) radar system that will enable U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard units to qui ... more | .. |
 Raytheon awarded contract to advance Dual Band Radar development Raytheon has been awarded two U.S. Navy contracts for the Dual Band Radar, the multimission air defense radar for the future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), America's next-generation aircraft carrier. ... more | .. |
 Raytheon achieves delivery and operational milestones on FA-18 avionics systems Raytheon has achieved important milestones on three F/A-18E/F related programs, highlighting the company's ongoing, successful support of the Super Hornet aircraft. Raytheon recently delivered the 3 ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman GATOR Radar System Delivered to Wallops Island for the Start of Government Developmental Testing Northrop Grumman's AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) system has been delivered to Surface Combat Systems Center (SCSC) Wallops Island in Eastern Virginia for the government to begin ... more |
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Russia says US has not released crew from detained tanker
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  Scientists find Grand Canyon-sized rift under Antarctic ice Scientists have discovered a rift the size of the Grand Canyon hidden under the Antarctic ice sheet, which they say is contributing to ice melt and a consequent rise in the sea level. ... more | .. |
 Boeing F-15E Radar Modernization Program Begins Second Low Rate Initial Production Phase Boeing reports that the U.S. Air Force has granted the F-15E Radar Modernization Program (RMP) approval to begin Low Rate Initial Production 2 (LRIP 2) of 10 APG-82(V)1 Active Electronically Scanned ... more | .. |
 Cassidian announces passive radar system Cassidian, the German defense and security division of EADS, is in the news with development of a stealth radar system. ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Delivers First B-1 Radar Modification Kit Northrop Grumman has delivered the first B-1 bomber radar prime mission equipment kit under a series of U.S. Air Force contracts worth a combined total of $161 million for the B-1's Radar Reliabilit ... more |
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 US building missile defense station in Qatar: report The Pentagon is building a missile defense radar station at a covert location in Qatar, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Approved For International Export A Lockheed Martin airborne reconnaissance radar that provides high resolution, photographic-like imagery, even in inclement weather or darkness, is now available to customers worldwide. Lockheed Mar ... more | .. |
 Raytheon to pursue USAF deployable air traffic radar program Raytheon, with a 60-year legacy in air traffic management, plans to compete for the U.S. Air Force's Deployable Radar Approach Control (D-RAPCON) program. D-RAPCON is a deployable air traffic contro ... more |
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 Raytheon's MTS-B delivers leading-edge surveillance technology to USAF Raytheon was recently awarded a $191 million contract to provide its Multispectral Targeting System for the U.S. Air Force's MQ-9 Reaper. The MTS-B is a multiuse, electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR), l ... more | .. |
 Raytheon awarded dismount detection radar for USAF Raytheon has been awarded a contract to produce four radar pods with ground moving target indication and synthetic aperture radar technology for the U.S. Air Force. The radar will be mounted under t ... more | .. |
  Bottleneck off the Orkney Islands A mere 10 kilometres separate John O'Groats, at the northernmost tip of the Scottish mainland, and South Ronaldsay, in the Orkney Islands. What passengers on the ferries directly experience can also ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman's F-35 DAS and Radar Demonstrate Ability to Detect, Track, Target Ballistic Missiles Northrop Grumman recently demonstrated the ballistic missile detection, tracking and targeting capabilities of the company's AN/AAQ-37 distributed aperture system (DAS) and AN/APG-81 active electron ... more |
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  Alarmed Israel tightens its Sinai border The Israeli military will deploy mobile radar systems along the Sinai border with Egypt amid fears that Palestinians, possibly aided by militants linked to al-Qaida, plan to step up attacks on the Jewish state. ... more | .. |
  Arecibo Observatory Finds Asteroid 2012 LZ1 To Be Twice As Big As First Believed Using the planetary radar system at Arecibo Observatory, astronomers have determined that asteroid 2012 LZ1 is twice as large as originally estimated based on its brightness, and large enough to hav ... more | .. |
 Taiwan, US to sign fighter radar contract: report Taiwan and the United States are expected to sign a military contract next month as part of the $5.8 billion arms sales that had irked rival China, media reported Monday. ... more | .. |
 Anniversary in space - five years of TerraSAR-X Five years ago on 15 June 2007, the German TerraSAR-X radar satellite was launched from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. This marked the beginning of a new era in satellite remote sensing ... more |
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