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January 28, 2013

Japan launches new satellites to boost surveillance
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 27, 2013
Japan Sunday launched two satellites to strengthen its surveillance capabilities, including keeping a closer eye on North Korea which has vowed to stage another nuclear test. One of them was a radar-equipped unit to complete a system of surveillance satellites that will allow Tokyo to monitor any place in the world at least once a day. The other was a demonstration satellite to collect data for research and development. The H-IIA rocket blasted off from the southern island of Tanegashima aro ... read more

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Japan launching spy satellite to monitor North Korea Japan is to launch a new spy satellite on Sunday to strengthen its monitoring capabilities amid concern that North Korea may carry out more missile and nuclear tests. ... more		China unmanned car to 'help driver sleep': reports The Chinese army is developing an unmanned road vehicle, official military media reported Wednesday, adding it could be put to civilian use to reduce fatigue at the wheel and allow drivers to "sleep in peace". ... more		Russia ready for seeking a compromise with NATO on air defense Russia is ready to discuss the prospects of further cooperation in air defense with NATO, the head of the Russian army's General Staff General Valery Gerasimov says. On Wednesday, Mr. Gerasimov took ... more
				Rheinmetall wins 280 mn euros in contracts in Kuwait, Asia German car parts and defence equipment manufacturer Rheinmetall said Monday it has landed contracts worth 280 million euros ($373 million) in Kuwait, Malaysia and and another unspecified Asian country. ... more		Japan mulling military equipment near disputed isles Japan may station military equipment on islands near an archipelago at the centre of a dispute with China, officials said Wednesday, after a number of airborne near-confrontations. ... more

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Raytheon supports 40 years of Fleet defense through AEGIS system development Raytheon is observing a significant program milestone, its 40th year as the U.S. Navy's provider of AN/SPY-1 radar transmitters and MK99 Fire Control Systems for the Navy's AEGIS weapon system. ... more		Northrop Grumman, Cassidian Fly First Sensor-Equipped Euro Hawk Northrop Grumman and EADS Deutschland GmbH, operating through Cassidian, together achieved a major milestone with the first full system test flight of the EURO HAWK unmanned aircraft system (UAS) eq ... more		AST SpaceMobile secures role on MDA SHIELD defense architecture Slingshot to embed AI agent in US Space Force space warfare training Energy learning algorithm boosts complex UAV swarm tasking		Anti-aircraft laser weapon demonstrated A German defense company has demonstrated a laser weapon it says successfully shot down two drone aircraft at a distance of a mile. ... more
				Canada Launches Final Stage of RADARSAT Project The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), has launched the next and final stage of Canada's RADARSAT Constellation project. ... more		TerraSAR-X image of the month - the coastal cliffs of Christmas Island Captain William Mynors was not particularly creative as he sailed past a remote island in the Indian Ocean on the 'Royal Mary', a ship belonging to the British East India Company, on 25 December 164 ... more

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Russia to add 3 new anti-missile radars Russia will build three new Voronezh class radar stations in 2013 to improve its missile defense capabilities, a military official said this week. ... more		'Doomsday asteroid' poses no threat: NASA A space rock popularly dubbed the "doomsday asteroid" because of fears it could smash into Earth a couple of decades from now poses no risk, NASA said after new observations of the object. ... more		Self-healing composite can make airplane, automobile and spacecraft components last for centuries Battle over Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia rages in Dutch court Radioactive zinc shipment in Philippines onshore in 'safe' location		Japan scrambles jets against China military planes Japan scrambled fighter jets Thursday to head off a number of Chinese military planes near islands at the centre of a territorial dispute, Japanese media said. ... more
				A New Way to Study Permafrost Soil, Above and Below Ground What does pulling a radar-equipped sled across the Arctic tundra have to do with improving our understanding of climate change? It's part of a new way to explore the little-known world of permafrost ... more		Northrop Grumman, Navy Select Telephonics Radar For Fire Scout UAS Northrop Grumman, under contract to the U.S. Navy, has selected Telephonics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation, Long Island, N.Y., to provide a multimode maritime radar sy ... more

NASA Super-Tiger Balloon Shatters Flight Record

F-35C Completes First In-Flight Dual Refueling

China tests new military transport plane

US not exempt from laws: Philippines' Aquino

China develops deep-sea submarine

QinetiQ's Hyperbaric Trials Unit supports the MOD in testing new composite materials for UK submarine fleet

AFRL Selects Surrey Satellite US to Evaluate Small Satellite Approach to GPS

Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract to Sustain Ground Station for Global Positioning System

China promotes Beidou technology on transport vehicles

RapidEye Commits to Data Continuity; Discusses System Health and Life Span

Pleiades 1B captures its first images using e2v sensors

NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph Mission Satellite Completed

	Satellite highs, suspension lows for Indian space sector in 2012 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scored a century of launches in 2012 by putting into orbit four satellites, including the heaviest one built by it till date, entered a select group of ... more		CryoSat hits land ESA's ice mission is now giving scientists a closer look at oceans, coastal areas, inland water bodies and even land, reaching above and beyond its original objectives. Launched in 2010, the polar-o ... more		Russia to build new radiolocation stations Russia has launched the construction of new radiolocation stations in Krasnoyarsk and Altay districts in Siberia, the deputy defense minister Oleg Ostapenko said. He added that new stations wo ... more		Taiwan upgrades dozens of fighter jets Taiwan plans to complete the first stage of an ambitious plan to upgrade its fighter jet force by the end of 2013, in an effort to maintain a credible deterrent against China into the 2030s. ... more

China bids to host secretariat of new high seas treaty

China's birth rate falls to lowest on record: official data

South Africa flood toll rises, large parts of Mozambique submerged

Raytheon awarded $158.6 million for Airborne Low Frequency Sonar		Space Fence program moving forward		Bird strike prevention radar system takes off		Missile Defense Agency awards Raytheon contract modification for AN/TPY-2 radar		Asteroid Toutatis Slowly Tumbles by Earth
Big Asteroid Tumbles Harmlessly Past Earth		XTAR Wins $8 Million In New Business		Environmental satellite produces first photo of Earth		US Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System Software Released		Russia shuts down Azerbaijan radar station: Baku

Patriot Air and Missile Defense System Gets Smarter, Faster and Tougher

Construction of new-generation radars will begin in Russia in 2013

MEADS Intercepts Air-Breathing Target at White Sands Missile Range

Japan Schedules Radar Satellite Launch

Nine Radar Images of Asteroid 2007 PA8

Beware of permafrost peril, climate talks told

UTC Aerospace Systems Selects Headwall Hyperspectral Imaging Sensor For SYERS-2 Program

NGC Completes Air and Missile Defense Radar Technology Demonstration

CEOs: Global economy, social media risks

Systems engineering expertise leads to increased counterfire target acquisition radar capabilities

Raytheon achieves critical firsts for US Navy dual-band radar

Spatial Energy Becomes First Astrium Services OilGas Global Reseller

China launches third environment monitoring satellite

New Israeli anti-missile system gets ready

Raytheon submits Space Fence proposal to the USAF

Lockheed Martin Submits Space Fence Radar Proposal to USAF to Detect and Track Orbital Objects

US to station powerful radar, space telescope in Australia

Radar Production Readiness Review For Indonesia National Air Space Surveillance Program Completed

NASA Radar Images Asteroid 2007 PA8

Qatar, UAE request $7.6 bn in missile defense: US

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