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May 25, 2016

Study Helps Explain Sea Ice Differences at Earth's Poles
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 24, 2016
Why has the sea ice cover surrounding Antarctica been increasing slightly, in sharp contrast to the drastic loss of sea ice occurring in the Arctic Ocean? A new NASA-led study finds the geology of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are responsible. A NASA/NOAA/university team led by Son Nghiem of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, used satellite radar, sea surface temperature, land form and bathymetry (ocean depth) data to study the physical processes and properties affecting A ... read more

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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		New Study Maps Rate of New Orleans Sinking 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 airborn ... 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		Paramount announces armed ISR aircraft South Africa's Paramount Group has launched a new armed aircraft for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. ... more

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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		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		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		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
				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

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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		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		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		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
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

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

Sentinel-1B will complete European Radar Vision initiative		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

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