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September 13, 2013

Anti-Ship Missile Prototype Conducts First Solo Test Flight
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 12, 2013
Adversaries' sophisticated air defense systems can make it difficult for current air- and surface-launched anti-ship missiles to hit their targets at long range. To engage specific enemy warships from beyond the reach of counter-fire systems, warfighters may require launching multiple missiles or employing overhead targeting assets such as radar-equipped planes or Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites-resources that may not always be available. To help address these challenges, the Defense Ad ... read more

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Pakistan to release senior Afghan Taliban prisoner Pakistan is to release its most senior Afghan Taliban detainee, Abdul Ghani Baradar, a former military chief often described as the insurgents' ex-second in command, officials said Tuesday. ... more		JIB Antennas Will Support Ship ID Capability Being Added to Canadas RADARSAT Constellation Mission Small, lightweight JIB antennas from Northrop Grumman's Astro Aerospace business unit will help provide a new maritime identification capability for Canada's three RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RC ... more		Northrop Grumman Completes Demonstration of 3D Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) System Northrop Grumman has completed a full-scale demonstration of its Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) for the U.S. Air Force last month. Approximately 40 members of the U. ... more
				U.S. Army Awards Lockheed Martin contract for Counterfire Radar Production The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin $206 million in additional orders for the AN/TPQ-53 (Q-53), a long-range counterfire radar that provides soldiers with enhanced 360-degree protection from indir ... more		Radar Images of Asteroid 2005 WK4 A collage of radar images of near-Earth asteroid 2005 WK4 was generated by NASA scientists using the 230-foot (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif., on Aug. 8, 2013. The a ... more

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US Army and USAF intercept cruise missile for first time with JLENS-guided AMRAAM The U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force intercepted for the first time an anti-ship cruise missile surrogate using Raytheon's Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) cued by JLENS. An affordable, ... more		Africa's ups and downs The East African Rift is an area where two tectonic plates are moving apart, making it a region of high geological activity, home to a number of volcanoes. This a href="http://spaceinvideos.e ... more		Greenland is helpful, but not vital, for US missile defense European military mission in Greenland as US aim 'remains intact' Amazon expands 'sovereign cloud' in Europe		New Doppler Radar Takes Flight on This Summer's HS3 Mission Most aircraft carrying Doppler radar look like they've grown a tail, developed a dorsal fin, or sprouted a giant pancake on their backs. But when the unmanned Global Hawk carries a radar system this ... more
				Raytheon, US Army complete first AI3 guided flight test series Raytheon and the U.S. Army successfully completed the first guided test vehicle (GTV) flight series of the Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative (AI3) program. The series consisted of two flight ... more		Navy Turns to UAVs for Help with Radar, Communications Scientists recently launched unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from a research vessel in a significant experiment that could help boost the Navy's radar and communications performance at sea. Sa ... more

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Lockheed Martin Selects Northrop Grumman's Scalable Agile Beam Radar Lockheed Martin has competitively selected Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) for the U.S. Air Force and Taiwan F-16 radar modernization and upgrade programs. ... more		Raytheon demonstrates 3D Expeditionary Long-Range Radar Raytheon successfully completed a customer demonstration of a new U.S. Air Force expeditionary ground-based prototype radar. Designed to replace the decades old TPS-75 radar system, the Three-Dimens ... more		An earthquake on a chip: New tech could make smartphones smaller, faster Engineered ligands deliver durable high efficiency perovskite solar cells Pendulum device taps power from ocean currents		Lockheed Martin Completes Long-Range Surveillance Radar Demonstration Lockheed Martin has operated its full-scale prototype long-range air surveillance radar during a recent capability demonstration to the U.S. Air Force. The Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range ... more
				Early hardware delivery enables deployment of crucial missile defense radar The Missile Defense Agency will soon have available a deployment-ready AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar to help counter the more than 6,300 ballistic missiles outside of U.S., NATO, Russian ... more		Raytheon touts company developments The U.S. Missile Defense Agency and American allies will soon be able to obtain deployment-ready ballistic missile defense radars. ... more

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