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October 12, 2014

China to launch new marine surveillance satellites in 2019
Beijing (XNA) Oct 10, 2014
China will launch a new "constellation" of marine surveillance satellites in 2019 to monitor ships, oil rigs, marine disasters and land-based resources. According to Lin Mingsen, deputy director with the National Satellite Ocean Application Service, the HY-3 "constellation" will include a series of satellites that employ synthetic aperture radar technology, "capable of operating day or night... and in all weather conditions." The satellites will be able see meter-long objects from space and ... read more

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Metallized Carbon Corporation Announces Silver Metcar Material Metallized Carbon has announced that it produces Silver Metcar, a silver impregnated, carbon-graphite material useful for electrical applications that require low resistance, low voltage drop, and l ... more		US Rear Admiral to head missile shield base in Romania US Rear Admiral John Scorby was Friday named commander of a base in Romania that will form part of a NATO ballistic missile shield system which has drawn Russia's ire. ... more		First Copernicus satellite now operational With the commissioning of Sentinel-1A completed and the satellite's transfer to the team in charge of its exploitation, its data are available as of today to all users. This marks the beginning of t ... more
				New NASA Video Gives Hurricanes a Good 'HIWRAP' A new animation from NASA shows how a remarkable instrument called the HIWRAP looks into tropical cyclones at wind, rain and ice to analyze storm intensity. The HIWRAP is the High-Altitude Ima ... more		CryoSat unveils secrets of the deep ESA's ice mission has been used to create a new gravity map, exposing thousands of previously unchartered 'seamounts', ridges and deep ocean structures. This vivid new picture of the least-explored ... more

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Raytheon reports USAF contract for 3D radar A new expeditionary radar system for detecting and tracking drones, aircraft and missiles is being developed and supplied by Raytheon to the U.S. Air Force. ... more		Ecuador opens tender to acquire radars Ecuador has opened a tender to acquire a radar system to combat drug smuggling, after a multi-million-dollar deal with China fell through, the defense minister said Tuesday. ... more		Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firm Top Chinese gaming companies continue to challenge		Russia to reopen missile warning station on Crimea Russia will modernise and relaunch a Soviet-era radar station on the Crimean peninsula annexed from Ukraine to provide early warning of missile strikes, a senior defence official said Saturday. ... more
				Czechs preparing international tender for air defense radar The Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic reports it will soon prepare an international tender for 3D mobile air defense radars. ... more		Cassini Watches Mysterious Feature Evolve in Titan Sea NASA's Cassini spacecraft is monitoring the evolution of a mysterious feature in a large hydrocarbon sea on Saturn's moon Titan. The feature covers an area of about 100 square miles (260 square kilo ... more

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France taps Thales for radar antenna research project Thales, the French technology company, has been tapped by the country's military procurement agency to research next-generation active radar antenna. ... more		MEADS fire control radar demonstrates capability The fire control radar of the Medium Extended Air Defense System demonstrated its technological maturity during testing in Italy and Germany. ... more		AALTO plans Zephyr stratospheric hub in northern Australia and seeks local payload partners Ancient guano drove Chincha coastal power UAH lands first DARPA award for biological sciences department		Russia Plans to Boost Space Monitoring Capability by 2018 Russia will build a network of advanced laser-optical and radar stations in the next four years to boost its space object recognition capability, the Defense Ministry said Friday. "The new net ... more
Raytheon producing backup components for missile defense radar Major sub-components of the AN/TPY-2 Ballistic Missile Defense system's radar are being built as backups to keep the radars running during maintenance periods. ... more		Japan wants its own early-warning planes: report Japan's defence ministry wants to develop its own early-warning aircraft, replacing US-made planes as the Chinese and Russian air forces grow more assertive, a report said Sunday. ... more		Nanoribbon film keeps glass ice-free Rice University scientists who created a deicing film for radar domes have now refined the technology to work as a transparent coating for glass. The new work by Rice chemist James Tour and his coll ... more		Program Grows Lasers Directly on Silicon-Based Microchips DARPA's Electronic-Photonic Heterogeneous Integration (E-PHI) program has successfully integrated billions of light-emitting dots on silicon to create an efficient silicon-based laser. The bre ... more

	Scientific discoveries during search for missing plane Using sonar, radar and satellite data, investigator still haven't been able to find missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. What they have found are "seamounts and volcanoes" previously not known to exist. The investigators will continue the search on September 22, and they'll be inspecting 23,000 square miles of ocean to the west of Australia. They plan to use oil sensors to try and detect leaking fuel coming from the plane. ... more		U.S. military taps Northrop Grumman for new technology Wideband digital antenna technology for new radio frequency sensors using active electronically scanned arrays is to be developed by Northrop Grumman. ... more

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Low crystallinity iron minerals show promise for chromium cleanup and carbon storage

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Migrating birds sprint in spring, but take things easy in autumn		NASA Radar System Surveys Napa Valley Quake Area		Iran unveils new missile, radar systems		Sentinel-1 poised to monitor motion		Bats bolster brain hypothesis, maybe technology, too

New F-16 configuration features AESA radar

Three Radars are Better than One

Canada's MDA receives radar antennas for satellite use

Snow has thinned on Arctic sea ice

BAE Systems touts its Artisan radar system

US looks to Japan space program to close Pacific communications gap

New integrated bridge systems for destroyers

Northrop completes UAV fuselage for NATO program

Wisconsin mayfly swarm causes car accident

Missile guidance system passes risk reduction test

New Raytheon radar for Navy passes key design reviews

Future Electronics May Depend on Lasers, Not Quartz

Royal Air Force's Tornado aircraft getting new RF jamming pods

USAF orders ground approach radar for Saudi Arabia

Patriot getting enhanced radar capabilities

Saab, Selex ES sign radar contract deal

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