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  Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 22, 2016 For the first time, researchers have closely observed how the ocean's tides can speed up or slow down the speed of glacial movement in Antarctica. The new data will help modelers better predict how glaciers will respond to rising sea levels. Caltech's Brent Minchew (PhD '16) and Mark Simons, along with their collaborators and in cooperation with the Italian Space Agency (ASI), exploited four COSMO-SkyMed radar-imaging satellites on the Rutford Ice Stream in Antarctica. The satellites gathered near ... read more |
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Raytheon to produce additional Air and Missile Defense Radar equipmentRaytheon has received a $110 million contract modification to produce additional material for the U.S. Navy's Air and Missile Defense Radar Program. ... more 
U.S. State Dept. approves Sea Giraffe 3D radars for the PhilippinesThe U.S. State Department has approved the proposed sale of AN/SPS-77 Sea Giraffe 3D Air Search Radars to the government of the Philippines. ... more 
Velodyne LiDAR makes breakthrough for tiny, low cost solid-state LiDAR sensorsVelodyne LiDAR has announced a groundbreaking design for a solid-state LiDAR sensor that can deliver a subsystem cost of under $50 U.S. when sold in high-volume manufacturing scale. The techno ... more  
Boeing delivers digital flight deck upgrades to NATO fleetBoeing delivered the first 14 E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft with cockpit upgrades for NATO's fleet. ... more |
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Northrop Grumman taps Saab to help produce ground-based AESA radarsSaab has received an $18.6 million contract to provide supporting AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar components for the U.S. Marine Corps. ... more 
Arctic freeze slows downESA's CryoSat satellite has found that the Arctic has one of the lowest volumes of sea ice of any November, matching record lows in 2011 and 2012. Early winter growth of ice in the Arctic has been a ... more 
Textron introduces new aircraft survivability equipmentTextron Systems has introduced the newest member of its Aircraft Survivability Equipment product line. ... more  
New sensor to help scientists study inside avalanchesScientists believe a new sensor will enable them to conduct the first comprehensive survey of the insides of an avalanche. ... more  
Raytheon to provide missile warning systems for TaiwanThe U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon a $26 million contract modification to supply Taiwan with upgraded missile warning radar centers. ... more |
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Radar of the Future: Russian Army to Get Advanced Stealth Drone HunterThe Zavod Electromash plant in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod has created a unique stealth robotic system capable of detecting unmanned aerial vehicles, Zavod Electromash spokesman Valery Pyatk ... more 
State Dept approves dual Gulf deals for F18 and F15 jetsThe U.S. State Department has approved a possible $10.1 billion foreign military sale of 40 F/A-18 aircraft to the government of Kuwait. ... more |
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Electric vehicles. The topic is trending, and with more than 13 million results in a single internet search, it seems to be what everyone is talking about... including NASA.
But NASA researchers aren't just talking about the topic - they're diligently working to improve and advance the technology electric aircraft use in order to make them energy efficient and worthwhile.
"As the cou ... more Ukraine's Antonov rolls out first AN-132D aircraft Northrop Grumman completes E-2D Advanced Hawkeye flight test US military resumes Osprey flights in Japan after crash |
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  Raytheon has received a $64.6 million contract to perform technical support services for several naval anti-ship weapon systems operated by the U.S. Navy.
The contract covers services for the Phalanx Close-In Weapon System, the SeaRAM, and the Land-based Phalanx Weapon System. Foreign military sales for Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Canada, Britain, South Korea, Portugal, and Greece are also in ... more Australia inks mega deal to buy French subs Fincantieri starting Australian subsidiary Move to scrap beloved US Navy titles tossed overboard |
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Leading defence electronics and aerospace firm Alpha Design Technologies Ltd. announced on Monday signing a contract to make navigation satellites for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
"The contract envisages assembling, integrating, testing and supplying two satellites for the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) to ISRO," Alpha Chairman Colonel (Retd) H.S. Sha ... more Russia, China Making Progress in Synchronization of GLONASS, BeiDou Systems Europe's own satnav Galileo goes live Galileo, Europe's own satnav, to go online |
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Airbus Defence and Space, the world's second largest space company, has sent the MetOp-C payload module, the 'brain' for Europe's next polar-orbiting weather satellite, on its first journey. The module, which weighs around 2.1 tonnes, contains ten measuring instruments together with their control systems. These comprise systems for issuing commands and monitoring instruments, formatting data, en ... more NOAA's GOES-S Satellite Undergoing Environmental Testing There's a jet stream in our core Space-based lidar shines new light on plankton |
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Here's something easy to forget when you are chatting on your cell phone or flipping channels on your smart TV: although wireless communication seems nothing short of magic, it is a brilliant, reality-anchored application of physics and engineering in which radio signals travel from a transmitter to a receiver in the form of electric and magnetic fields woven into fast-as-light electromagnetic w ... more U.S. Navy selects Raytheon for tactical radio production Japan to Launch First Military Communications Satellite on January 24 Intelsat General to provide satellite services to RiteNet for US Army network |
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Orbital ATK completed its first demonstration for its next-generation Zombie Pathfinder short-range ballistic missile target for the U.S. Army.
Zombie Pathfinder targets are designed to represent a different class of threats, allowing the U.S. Army and other partners to test a variety of weapons. The first demonstration took place at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
The p ... more U.K. MOD awards competitive Challenger 2 life extension contracts General Atomics contracted to support U.S. Army's Gray Eagle MBDA completes Enforcer tests |
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Saudi Arabia, which has fought a costly war in Yemen for nearly two years, projects a drop in 2017 military spending, budget figures issued Thursday show.
A cabinet statement on the budget said defence spending would reach 191 billion riyals ($51 billion) in 2017 but gave no details.
That is almost 11 percent lower than the figure of roughly 214 billion riyals which Riyadh said it expect ... more NATO to procure U.S. munitions for members Russia drops out of world's top 5 defense spendersUS cancels weapons transfers to Saudi over Yemen campaign |
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The U.S. Air Force has signed off on Lockheed Martin's planned Space Based Infrared System ground system.
The Space Based Infrared System, or SBIRS, is a component of the branch's satellite constellation responsible for compiling large amounts of data for defense and intelligence reports. Lockheed Martin officials say the upcoming upgrades will make the constellation more effective. ... more Raytheon to provide Patriot missile capability for undisclosed country Saudis intercept missile fired from Yemen US general says missile system in S. Korea in 8-10 months |
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Kongsberg's Joint Strike Missile, designed for internal carry on an F-35 aircraft, has been successfully flight tested in the United States, the company said.
The Norwegian missile was tested using a U.S. Air Force F-16 over the Utah Test and Training Range, demonstrating safe separation from the aircraft.
It also performed a number of flight maneuvers while continuously alternat ... more U.S. missile deal for Poland finalized U.S. Navy test fires Raytheon SM-6 missile at sea Raytheon to perform additional SM-3 Block IIA missile work |
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Thailand's junta chief on Tuesday defended amendments to a cyber security law that boosts censorship powers, slamming social media as a hotbed of immorality that needs policing.
Changes agreed to last week broaden the scope of the Computer Crime Act, which hands up to five years in prison for anyone found guilty of sharing "distorted" information online.
The toughened law has drawn a str ... more China rights website founder held over 'state secrets': Amnesty Britain's ministry of defence loses hundreds of laptops Egypt blocks encrypted messaging app: company |
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  President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that America must massively boost its nuclear capability until the "world comes to its senses."
"The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes," Trump wrote on Twitter, without explaining what he meant.
His comment marks a jarring departure from Presid ... more Putin urges Russian nuclear weapons boost IAEA content with oil-rich Iran, Iran seeks sanction reviewIran discusses nuclear ships plan with IAEA chief |
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The year 2016 was a bag of mixed fortunes for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) with successes on the technological front and setbacks on the legal front.
On the technological side, apart from simultaneously launching 20 satellites, the year also saw ISRO activating its own NavIC satellite navigation system, and testing a reusable launch vehicle (RLV) and a scramjet engine.
... more 'Passengers' and the real-life science of deep space travel NASA Readies for Major Orion Milestones in 2017 Spacewalk for Thomas Pesquet at ISS |
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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the EchoStar XIX satellite lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 Dec. 18 at 2:13 p.m. EST. EchoStar XIX will dramatically increase capacity for HughesNet high-speed satellite Internet service to homes and businesses in North America.
Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services procured the Atlas V for this mission. This is ULA's 12th ... more Preparing to Plug Into NASA SLS Fuel Tank Ultra-Cold Storage - Liquid Hydrogen may be Fuel of the Future NASA Engineers Test Combustion Chamber to Advance 3-D Printed Rocket Engine Design |
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  More than 4,000 fighters left rebel-held areas of Aleppo, the Red Cross said Thursday, in the "last stages" of an evacuation clearing the way for Syria's army to retake the city.
A week into the rebel withdrawal from the east of Syria's second city, the evacuation of fighters and civilians from the one-time opposition stronghold appeared to be reaching its final hours.
The loss of east A ... more Fall of Aleppo shines harsh light on UN Turkey denies secret 'Syria bargain' with Russia Saudi coalition says UK-made cluster bombs used in Yemen |
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Lien Pham sometimes thinks of herself as a "spacecraft dressmaker." She's been making thermal blankets at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, for 16 years. Just as clothing can be sewn too tight or too loose, thermal blankets - the glinting material each spacecraft is wrapped in to regulate its temperature - have to be cut to form. A thermal blanket has to provide just the ri ... more Mind-controlled toys: The next generation of Christmas presents? Purdue analyzes environmental impact of space-based ADS-B NASA Satellite Servicing Office Becomes a Projects Division |
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The year 2016 was a bag of mixed fortunes for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) with successes on the technological front and setbacks on the legal front.
On the technological side, apart from simultaneously launching 20 satellites, the year also saw ISRO activating its own NavIC satellite navigation system, and testing a reusable launch vehicle (RLV) and a scramjet engine.
... more'Passengers' and the real-life science of deep space travelNASA Readies for Major Orion Milestones in 2017Spacewalk for Thomas Pesquet at ISS |
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