Radar News From RadarDaily.Com

May 21, 2016

New Study Maps Rate of New Orleans Sinking
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 19, 2016
New Orleans and surrounding areas continue to sink at highly variable rates due to a combination of natural geologic and human-induced processes, finds a new NASA/university study using NASA airborne radar. The observed rates of sinking, otherwise known as subsidence, were generally consistent with, but somewhat higher than, previous studies conducted using different radar data. The research was the most spatially-extensive, high-resolution study to date of regional subsidence in and around New Or ... read more

Previous Issues

May 19

May 18

May 17

May 16

Idea That US's New Destroyer is 'Invisible' is a 'Fairy Tale for Fools' The builders of the USS Zumwalt, the US Navy's new next-generation super-destroyer, have promised that the ship would be nearly invisible to enemy radar. Military analyst Viktor Baranets told Sputni ... more		NATO may take on new air surveillance role in IS fight NATO's secretary general said Thursday that the alliance could expand its support for the US-led fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria with the deployment of sophisticated surveillance aircraft. ... more		Lockheed, Indra conduct test of new radar system Indra of Spain and Lockheed Martin have demonstrated the integration of new a solid state S-band radar system being developed for a new Spanish frigate. ... more
				Cobham announces new GaN-based solid state technology A new family of scalable and modular gallium-nitride solid state radar transmitter solutions has been developed by Cobham. ... more		Paramount announces armed ISR aircraft South Africa's Paramount Group has launched a new armed aircraft for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. ... more

Transition from Operations to Decommissioning by Preparing a Safe, Cost-Effective Shut Down and Waste Management Strategy

Radar integration effort starts to improve ISR capabilities Maritime-mode inverse synthetic aperture radar imaging capability is being integrated into the standard payload of U.S. Air Force unmanned aerial systems. ... more		Iran equipped with Russian missile system: defence minister Iran's army is now equipped with a Russian air defence system after a long and controversial delivery process, Defence Minister General Hossein Dehghan was quoted as saying Tuesday. ... 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		Indonesia frees vessel captured by suspected pirates: navy Indonesia on Monday freed a Singapore-flagged vessel captured by pirates off the coast of Borneo island, and detained nine suspects involved in the hijacking, a navy spokesman said. ... more
				Leonardo-Finmeccanica develops new E-scan radar An electronic scanning radar with a flat-panel antenna design is being built for Norwegian search-and-rescue helicopters by Leonardo-Finmeccanica. ... more		Russian jets regularly violate Estonian airspace Russian military planes regularly violate Estonian airspace, the former Soviet state's defence minister said Tuesday, describing such behaviour as "incredibly reckless". ... more

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

LONGBOW fire control radar for India's Apache helos LONGBOW LLC, a joint venture company of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, is to produce its fire control radar to India for use on the Indian Air Force's new Apache AH-64E attack helicopters. ... more		Airbus Defence and Space signs contract to build Biomass Airbus Defence and Space, the world's second largest space company has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to build its next Earth Explorer mission, the Biomass satellite. Biomass ... more		One billion Africans being harmed by cooking pollution US reaches civil nuclear cooperation accord with Bahrain American firms flag hit from US export controls targeting China		Sentinel-1B delivers Launched on 25 April from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, Sentinel-1B has produced its first images only two hours after the radar was switched on - a record time for a space radar. The f ... more
Soyuz demonstrates Arianespace mission flexibility Arianespace's third flight of 2016 has demonstrated the versatility of its medium-lift Soyuz launcher, which deployed five European satellites of varying sizes into three different low Earth orbits ... more		Companies named for Navy's open RF program A dozen U.S. companies have won places on a multiple-award, IDIQ contract for the Navy's Electromagnetic Maneuver Warfare Command and Control program. ... more		Sentinel-1B launched to complete radar pair The second Sentinel-1 satellite - Sentinel-1B - was launched today to provide more 'radar vision' for Europe's environmental Copernicus programme. Sentinel-1B lifted off on a Soyuz rocket from ... more		Teams ready for Sentinel-1B launch A final, full rehearsal has confirmed that teams at ESA's mission control are ready for tomorrow's launch of the Sentinel-1B radar satellite. An Arianespace rocket carrying Sentinel-1B is set to del ... more

	Hanwha Thales preferred bidder for KF-X radar contract Hanwha Thales has been selected as the preferred bidder by the South Korean military for development of an advanced radar system for the Korean Fighter Experimental project, or KF-X. ... more		Sentinel-1B will complete European Radar Vision initiative Pre-launch preparations for the Sentinel-1B satellite, carrying an Airbus Defence and Space built radar instrument, are in full swing at Europe's Kourou Spaceport in French Guiana. The satellite, wh ... 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

Europe to launch satellites for Earth, Einstein		Training beyond the expected		Australia's sixth ANZAC-class frigate modernized		Rafael rolls out 'Drone Dome' anti-drone system		N. Korea missile launch fails on founder's birthday
Fewer Russian jets on ground in Syria but Moscow still key to fighting		Twiss interferometry offers new approach for remote sensing		GenDyn completes Space Fence radar array structure		US, Philippines hold war games as China flexes muscles		New use for X-rays: A radar gun for unruly atoms

Amazon makes foray into fashion world

MBDA, Qatar sign MOU for coastal defense system

India acquiring Stinger missiles for its new helicopters

Cassini Spies Titan's Tallest Peaks

Lockheed Martin Opens Space Fence Test Facility

Saab showcases Sea Giraffe 1X air and surface naval radar

Kelvin Hughes radar for British Navy vessels

Flexible skin that traps radar waves, cloaks objects

Sentinel-3A rides the waves

New radar system set for testing

New NTU microchip shrinks radar cameras to fit into a palm

US presses Xi on South China Sea non-militarization

China to secure 'de facto' control of S. China Sea: US admiral

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

Buy Advertising

Media Advertising Kit

Editorial & Other Enquiries

Privacy statement

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2016 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement All images and articles appearing on Space Media Network have been edited or digitally altered in some way. Any requests to remove copyright material will be acted upon in a timely and appropriate manner. Any attempt to extort money from Space Media Network will be ignored and reported to Australian Law Enforcement Agencies as a potential case of financial fraud involving the use of a telephonic carriage device or postal service.