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April 15, 2016

Rafael rolls out 'Drone Dome' anti-drone system
Washington (UPI) Apr 13, 2016
Israeli defense firm Rafael unveiled its latest anti-drone defensive system, which the company claims can track, target and destroy enemy unmanned aircraft within a two mile radius. The weapon system, dubbed the Drone Dome, made its debut at the Latin America Aero & Defence Security 2016 expo in Brazil this month. The weapon utilizes a next-gen radar tracking and electronic jamming system to provide "a new end-to-end defense solution designed to detect, identify, track, and neutralize drones," ... read more

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N. Korea missile launch fails on founder's birthday North Korea tried and failed to test-fire what appeared to be a medium-range Musudan missile on the birthday of founding leader Kim Il-Sung Friday, a high-profile misstep after Pyongyang claimed a series of breakthroughs in its nuclear weapons programme. ... more		Twiss interferometry offers new approach for remote sensing A team from the University of Rochester has shown that fluctuations in "twisted light" could be exploited for a range of applications, from detecting rotating black holes to object detection by lida ... more		Fewer Russian jets on ground in Syria but Moscow still key to fighting Around a dozen Russian warplanes stand on the tarmac at the Hmeimim base inside government-held territory on Syria's Mediterranean coast. ... more
				GenDyn completes Space Fence radar array structure The construction and walk-through of a 7,000 square-foot ground radar array structure for the Space Fence system has been completed by General Dynamics. ... more		US, Philippines hold war games as China flexes muscles Thousands of US and Filipino soldiers will on Monday launch annual war games that this year are being seen as a show of strength in the face of China's increasing assertiveness in the region. ... more

New use for X-rays: A radar gun for unruly atoms X-rays have long been used to make pictures of tiny objects, even single atoms. Now a team of scientists has discovered a new use for X-rays at the atomic scale: using them like a radar gun to measu ... more		Amazon makes foray into fashion world Amazon has been making moves over the past few months to position itself as a force in the ready-to-wear fashion world. ... more		New deep sea mining rules lack consensus despite US pressure Lightning strikes kill 33 people in eastern India From Antarctica to Brussels, hunting climate clues in old ice		MBDA, Qatar sign MOU for coastal defense system Europe's MBDA has signed a memorandum of understanding to provide the Qatar Emiri Naval Force with a coastal defense system. ... more
				India acquiring Stinger missiles for its new helicopters India is acquiring hundreds of Stinger air-to-air missiles for its new combat helicopters. ... more		Cassini Spies Titan's Tallest Peaks In a nod to extraterrestrial mountaineers of the future, scientists working on NASA's Cassini mission have identified the highest point on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Titan's tallest peak is ... more

Human 2 Mars Conference May 17-19 2016 - Washington DC

Military Network Modernization 2016 - Washington DC - April 25-27

Space Tech Expo - Design - Build - Test - Pasadena CA - May 24-26, 2016

The World's Largest Commercial Drone Conference and Expo - Sept 7-9 - Las Vegas

Directed Energy And Next Generation Munitions - 20-22 June - Washington DC

Lockheed Martin Opens Space Fence Test Facility Objects in space will soon be monitored by a radar array for the U.S. Air Force's Space Fence as part of Lockheed Martin's new test site representative of the larger system under constru ... more		Saab showcases Sea Giraffe 1X air and surface naval radar Saab is showcasing in the United States its Sea Giraffe 1X naval radar that provides simultaneous surface and air surveillance. ... more		Swatch profits plunge on weak China sales Zuckerberg settles lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal Leaking pipes as climate warms: Bulgaria faces water crisis		Kelvin Hughes radar for British Navy vessels Kelvin Hughes of Britain reports that more than 60 ships of the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary are to be outfitted with its SharpEye radar system. ... more
Flexible skin that traps radar waves, cloaks objects Iowa State University engineers have developed a new flexible, stretchable and tunable "meta-skin" that uses rows of small, liquid-metal devices to cloak an object from the sharp eyes of radar. The ... more		Sentinel-3A rides the waves Following the first impressive images from Sentinel-3A, this latest Copernicus satellite is now showing us how another of its instruments, an altimeter, will track sea-level change. Just after the r ... more		New radar system set for testing Emirates Technology Innovation Center says its locally conceived and developed radar system is set to be tested this summer. ... more		New NTU microchip shrinks radar cameras to fit into a palm Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a chip that allows new radar cameras to be made a hundred times smaller than current ones. With this NTU tech ... more

	US presses Xi on South China Sea non-militarization The White House pressed Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday to expand his non-militarization pledge to cover the entire South China Sea, despite Beijing's recent military activity in the area. ... more		China to secure 'de facto' control of S. China Sea: US admiral China is on its way to securing "de facto" control of the South China Sea, a top US admiral warned Thursday, amid growing unease over Beijing's continued military build up in the contested waterway. ... more

New deep sea mining rules lack consensus despite US pressure

Lightning strikes kill 33 people in eastern India

From Antarctica to Brussels, hunting climate clues in old ice

Romania orders Lockheed Martin radar systems		Russian Space Intelligence Center to Receive New Radars		Turkish Air Force gets new EW radar system		Beijing building radar in South China Sea: think tank		US F-22 stealth fighters fly over S. Korea in show of force
Saab's new GlobalEye radar integrated with Bombardier jet		China deploys missiles on disputed South China Sea island: report		Israel Aerospace Industries unveils new loitering munitions		US approves F-16 sale to Pakistan		Saab, Indian firm in joint venture for missile programs

Radar reveals the hidden secrets of wombat warrens

Amphibious assault ship USS Bataan completes sea trials

Mission teams prepare for critical days

Raytheon developing radar upgrade for Patriot system

NASA Radar Brings a New View of World Heritage Site

Turkey accuses Russia of new airspace violation

Japan unveils first stealth fighter jet

Lockheed Martin UK supplying radar to Royal Navy

RAF tests Typhoon fighter enhancements

Saab supplying Croatia with coastal surveillance system

Israel to upgrade F-15I Ra'am fleet

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