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December 28, 2015

NASA offers sneak peak at Christmas Eve asteroid
Washington (UPI) Dec 23, 2015
New images, shared Wednesday by NASA, showcase the size and shape of the Christmas Eve asteroid - the highest resolution images to date. As UPI previously reported, asteroid 2003 SD220 will pass by Earth on the day before Christmas at a distance of 6.8 million miles, or 28 times the distance between the moon and the Earth. The new radar images of the asteroid were collected over the last week by Deep Space Network's 230-foot (70-meter) antenna at Goldstone, California. "The radar ... read more

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Aegis Ashore is a Verified Hit In the first live fire intercept test of Aegis Ashore, Lockheed Martin, the U.S. Navy and the Missile Defense Agency successfully destroyed a ballistic missile target at the Pacific Missile Range Fa ... more		Seeking a new generation of light-based sensing systems Find a way to replace a large, heavy and expensive technology with an equivalent one that's a lot smaller, lighter and cheaper and you have a shot at turning a boutique technology into a world chang ... more		One billion years of protein evolution reveals surprising design flexibility MetOp Second Generation satellite fully fuelled ahead of August launch We tracked illegal fishing in marine protected areas - satellites and AI show most bans are respected, and could help enforce future ones		Cambridge Pixel provides Korean air bases with radar trackers Cambridge Pixel has supplied Hanwha Thales Corporation with radar trackers to be used at air force bases for the Republic of Korea. ... more
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MetOp Second Generation satellite fully fuelled ahead of August launch

We tracked illegal fishing in marine protected areas - satellites and AI show most bans are respected, and could help enforce future ones

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U.S. Air Force long-range radar systems reach full operational capability

Army orders more counter-fire target radars

Colombia receives Northrop Grumman AN/TPS-78 radar

Poland seeks missiles for its MiG-29 fighters

Northrop Grumman upgrading G/ATOR radar system

Raytheon's AESA 360-degree radar moves toward production

Selex ES delivers air defense radars to Poland

BAE fits groundbreaking radar to Royal Navy carrier

BAE Systems Australia touts frigate modernization work

Pentagon delays JSTARS acquisition

Lockheed's Space Fence Program Completes Critical Design Review

Latvia orders Sentinel 3-D radars

Saab to support Australia's C-RAM components

India commissions guided missile destroyer

Raytheon completes rollout for national weather service

Lockheed Martin moves forward with Space Fence program

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