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June 04, 2014

Ten year-old Dragon gains new strength
Paris (ESA) Jun 03, 2014
As ESA and China mark a decade of cooperation, imagery over China's Poyang lake is testament to the new Sentinel satellite's promise of continued radar data acquisition for a multitude of applications. The Poyang lake in southern China's Jiangxi province is the largest freshwater lake in the country. This lake is an important habitat for migrating Siberian cranes - many of which spend the winter there. The basin is also one of China's most important rice-producing regions, although local inhabitan ... read more

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German village takes digital fate into own hands Too isolated and with few inhabitants, the tiny village of Loewenstedt in northern Germany is simply too small to show up on the radars of national Internet operators. ... more		Compact Indium Phosphide Ultra-Low-Noise Amplifiers For Military Use A pioneer in the design and fabrication of advanced semiconductors, Northrop Grumman has developed two high performance Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) broadband ultra-low-noise ampli ... more		Microsystems Technologies Office: Creating A New Electronics Revolution For National Defense Since its inception in 1992, DARPA'S Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) has helped create and prevent strategic surprise through its investments in compact microelectronic components such as micro ... more
				Sentinel-1 aids Balkan flood relief Although not yet operational, the new Sentinel-1A satellite has provided radar data for mapping the floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Heavy rainfall leading to widespread flooding and landslides has ... more		NASA Airborne Research Focuses on Andean Volcanoes Volcanoes in Central and South America were the primary focus of a four-week Earth science study in late April and early May 2014 using a NASA-developed airborne synthetic aperture imaging radar. ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

William Cress Corporation - We Build To Last

UAV Payloads 2014, 24 - 25 June - London, UK

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

EMCORE Introduces Internal Fiber Delay Line System for the Optiva Platform EMCORE has announced the introduction of the Optiva OTS-ODLS 18, 22 and 40 GHz Internal Fiber Delay Line Systems for delay times up to 40 microseconds. EMCORE's fiber optic delay lines provide ... more		Airbus partners with BAE for radar satellite imagery Airbus Defence and Space and BAE Systems have launched a strategic alliance to produce, market and sell innovative geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) products and solutions using state-of-the-art data ... more		Danish PM says Greenland showdown at 'decisive moment' after new Trump threats Russia claims Oreshnik missile hit Ukrainian aviation plant Russia strikes power plant, kills four in Ukraine barrage		Japan launches land observing satellite The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. announced that a rocket carrying a land observing satellite has been launched successfully on Saturday. The H ... more
				BAE Systems, Airbus Defense form alliance BAE Systems and Airbus Defense and Space have partnered to produce and market geospatial intelligence products and solutions. ... more		ThalesRaytheonSystems, Kazakhstan in radar deal Fully digital 3D air defense radars are to be developed and delivered to the air force of Kazakhstan under an agreement with ThalesRaytheonSystems. ... more

Startup in the Land of the Rising Sun; A Japanese Solar Venture - by Bradley L. Bartz

Pentagon plans multi-billion dollar project to combat space junk Later this month the US Pentagon plans to award a massive contract to one of the two most influential American contractors for a project that, if all goes according to plan, will be able to identify ... more		Canadian missile defense radar to be operated, maintained by Raytheon A missile warning radar system for the north of Canada is to be operated and maintained by Raytheon Canada Limited. ... more		Microsoft says will foot AI's massive power bill as emissions soar in 2025 US allows Nvidia to send advanced AI chips to China with restrictions France climate goals off track as emissions cuts slow again		Airborne surveillance program Gorgon Stare getting Exelis sensors Additional infrared sensors for a U.S. military wide-area airborne surveillance program are being supplied by Exelis under a $25 million contact. ... more
A Slow Collapse As West Antarctic Melts National Science Foundation- (NSF) funded researchers at the University of Washington have concluded that Antarctica's fast-moving Thwaites Glacier will likely disappear in a matter of centuries, po ... more		Experts demonstrate versatility of Sentinel-1 From climate change monitoring to supporting humanitarian aid and crisis situations, early data applications from the month-old Sentinel-1A satellite show how the radar mission's critical observatio ... more		Exelis advancing sensor detection system An airborne multi-directional long-wave infrared hyperspectral sensor to detect and identify threatening substances and gases has been flight tested by Exelis. ... more		Airbus Defence and Space in radar technology study Airbus Defense and Space is to explore the feasibility of using a radar technology originally developed for the military in civil aviation. ... more

	Saab adds new radar variants The Giraffe family of surface radars has been expanded by Saab of Sweden with the addition of five active electronically-scanned array variants. ... more		Terahertz imaging on the cheap Terahertz imaging, which is already familiar from airport security checkpoints, has a number of other promising applications - from explosives detection to collision avoidance in cars. Like sonar or ... more

Albania's waste-choked rivers worsen deadly floods

Is China a threat to Greenland as Trump argues?

Disaster losses drop in 2025, picture still 'alarming': Munich Re

Manned and unmanned maritime combat vessel going on display		Radio waves affect migrating birds: study		California Faults Moved Quietly After Baja Quake		Raytheon developing the world's most advanced digital radar		Chip-Sized Digital Optical Synthesizer to Aim for Routine Terabit-per-second Communications
More anti-jamming sub-systems on way for Navy fighters		High Gain Amplifiers for Commercial and Military Radar Released by Pasternack		Study shows lasting effects of drought in rainy eastern US		First radar vision for Copernicus		Middle Eastern country orders more border radar

Headwall Extends Global Reach in Asia/Pac and Israel

Hyperspectral Software Announced for Airborne Applications

Sentinel-1 performs opening dance routine

NASA Radar Watches Over California's Aging Levees

China eyes 'global monitoring network' of surveillance satellites

World's most powerful VHF radar to be overhauled in Russia

Rainbow-catching waveguide could revolutionize energy technologies

The Space Debris Radar Developed By Indra Passes ESA Tests

Sentinel-1 controllers ready for hectic first days

US's old satellites cannot track Malaysian airplane, as war drones suck funds dry

NASA Historic Earth Images Still Hold Research Value

Prepping for radar vision

US gains additional protection against ballistic missiles

Surface of Titan Sea is mirror smooth, Stanford scientists find

Plane mystery deepens Malaysia Airlines' financial woes

Getting hyperspectral image data down to a sprint

Northrop Grumman GATOR System To Start Low-Rate Initial Production Phase

NASA Radar Demonstrates Ability to Foresee Sinkholes

Payload prep continues for Arianespace Soyuz for Sentinel-1A

Raytheon awarded contract for Patriot

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