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July 31, 2016

CryoSat sets new standard for measuring sea levels
Paris (ESA) Jul 28, 2016
Trying to measure sea levels around rugged coastlines is not always an easy task. ESA's CryoSat satellite is making a difference with its radar altimeter. Sea level is a very sensitive indicator of climate change, reflecting components of the climate system such as heat, glaciers and the melting of ice-sheets. Precisely monitoring changes in the average level of oceans is vitally important for understanding not only climate but also the social and economic consequences of any rise in sea level, es ... read more

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Raytheon gets $130 million missile defense contract modification Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems has been awarded a $132 million contract modification for work on the Ballistic Missile Defense System's X-band radar. ... more		U.S. Army delivers Q-36 Firefinder radar to Ukrainian military The U.S. Army delivered AN-TPQ-36 Firefinder radar systems to the Ukrainian military, the service's Security Assistance Command said Wednesday. ... more		Lockheed Martin's INFIRNO sensor makes first Black Hawk flight Lockheed Martin's INFIRNO sensor system recently completed its maiden flight on an H-60 Black Hawk helicopter, the company announced. ... more
				Better understanding post-earthquake fault movement Preparation and good timing enabled Gareth Funning and a team of researchers to collect a unique data set following the 2014 South Napa earthquake that showed different parts of the fault, sometimes ... more		New record in microwave detection Aalto University scientists have broken the world record by fourteen fold in the energy resolution of thermal photodetection. The record was made using a partially superconducting microwave detector ... more

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

Raytheon, USAF test small diameter bomb II system Raytheon and the U.S. Air Force are beginning to flight test the Small Diameter Bomb II, or SDB II, in coordinate attack and laser illuminated attack modes, the company said Monday. ... more		Raytheon to help develop new Army radar Raytheon has received a $1.1 million grant from the Army Research Laboratory to develop technology for the Army's next-generation radar program, the company announced Monday. ... more		Underappreciated threat of nanoplastic pollution revealed in Atlantic Ocean study Deadly China-Nepal flood caused by glacial lake: experts New UK weather records being set 'very frequently': report		Raytheon's air and missile defense radar to be tested Raytheon has delivered the first AN/SPY-6(V) air and missile defense radar early to the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii, the company announced Thursday. ... more
				State Dept. approves $300 million parts sale to Israel The U.S. State Department has approved a proposed $300 million sale of excess SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter equipment and support to Israel. ... more		Teaching drones about the birds and the bees Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) of the future will be able to visually coordinate their flight and navigation just like birds and flying insects do, without needing human input, radar or even GPS sa ... more

2nd Integrated Air and Missile Defense - Securing the Complex Air Domain: Requirements for Sustainable, Global, and Reliable Solutions to Next Generation Air & Missile Threats - 28-30 September, 2016 | Washington D.C.

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

Chinese, Japanese warplanes in close encounter Beijing and Tokyo were at loggerheads Tuesday over accusations Japanese warplanes locked their fire control radar onto Chinese aircraft, as state-run Chinese media said the country needed to be ready for "military confrontation" elsewhere. ... more		Lockheed's Q-53 shows drone tracking capability Lockheed Martin's AN/TPQ-53 counterfire radar recently demonstrated its ability to identify and track drones and pass that information to a command and control node, a key capability as battle spaces increasingly become crowded with new air threats, the company announced Monday. ... more		Iraq's Kurdistan enjoys all-day state electricity Nvidia's Huang says China's open-source AI a 'catalyst for progress' Malaysia clamps down on export, transit of US-made AI chips		More wind power added to French grid A French energy company said Friday it commissioned one of the most powerful wind farms of its kind in the country, equipped with "stealth" technology. ... more
N.Korean missile reached 1,000 kilometre-altitude: Japan One of two powerful medium-range missiles launched by North Korea on Wednesday reached an altitude of 1,000 kilometres (620 miles), Japan's defence ministry said, with analysts saying that accomplishment is sufficient to label it a "success". ... more		Below the Radar: Russia's S-400, S-500 Set to Become Invisible to Enemies In an age when stealth is the game-changing capability everyone aspires to achieve, Russia's top-of-the-line air defense systems, the S-400 and the S-500, will receive an upgrade that will allow the ... more		Serco gets $38 million missile radar contract Serco has been awarded a $38 million U.S. Army contract to upgrade the High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse, or HEMP, protection portion of the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System radar, the company announced Friday. ... more		Giant sinkholes near West Texas oil patch towns are growing Residents of Wink and neighboring Kermit have grown accustomed to the two giant sinkholes that sit between their small West Texas towns. But now radar images taken of the sinkholes by an orbiting sp ... more

	Thales unveils Ground Master 60 mobile radar Thales Group will showcase its new Ground Master 60 multi-mission radar this week at the Eurosatory defense expo, the company announced Monday. ... more		Danish parliament approves F-35 buy Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II has been approved for acquisition by the Danish parliament to replace the country's F-16 aircraft, the Ministry of Defense reports. ... more

Underappreciated threat of nanoplastic pollution revealed in Atlantic Ocean study

Deadly China-Nepal flood caused by glacial lake: experts

New UK weather records being set 'very frequently': report

Interest in IAI's Drone Guard counter-drone system grows		Mapping that sinking feeling		Slowing of landslide flows reflects California's drying climate		SpaceDataHighway: first laser transmission of an image taken by the Sentinel 1A satellite		Multifunction Phase Array Radar (MPAR)
SwRI scientists discover evidence of ice age at Martian north pole		BAE gets U.S. Air Force radar contract		NASA Radar Finds Ice Age Record in Mars' Polar Cap		FLIR Systems launches ground surveillance products		Study Helps Explain Sea Ice Differences at Earth's Poles

Idea That US's New Destroyer is 'Invisible' is a 'Fairy Tale for Fools'

New Study Maps Rate of New Orleans Sinking

NATO may take on new air surveillance role in IS fight

Lockheed, Indra conduct test of new radar system

Paramount announces armed ISR aircraft

Cobham announces new GaN-based solid state technology

Radar integration effort starts to improve ISR capabilities

Iran equipped with Russian missile system: defence minister

Indonesia frees vessel captured by suspected pirates: navy

Leonardo-Finmeccanica develops new E-scan radar

Russian jets regularly violate Estonian airspace

LONGBOW fire control radar for India's Apache helos

Airbus Defence and Space signs contract to build Biomass

Sentinel-1B delivers

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