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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 14, 2017 Radar images of asteroid 2017 BQ6 were obtained on Feb. 6 and 7 with NASA's 70-meter (230-foot) antenna at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex in California. They reveal an irregular, angular-appearing asteroid about 660 feet (200 meters) in size that rotates about once every three hours. The images have resolutions as fine as 12 feet (3.75 meters) per pixel. "The radar images show relatively sharp corners, flat regions, concavities, and small bright spots that may be boulders," said L ... read more |
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Saudi Arabia to get more radars for F-15 fleetBoeing received an $18 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide AN/APG-63(V) radars for Saudi Arabia's F-15SA aircraft. ... more 
Lockheed completes inlet coating repair on F-22Lockheed Martin has completed its first maintenance and repair of the special exterior coatings of an F-22 Raptor's inlets. ... more  
U.S. Navy deploys new 'digital quarterback' in JapanThe U.S. Navy is strengthening airborne radar and detection capabilities in the Asia-Pacific with five E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes early warning and control aircraft. ... more  
New beam pattern yields more precise radar, ultrasound imagingUniversity of Rochester researchers have developed a novel beam pattern that promises to lend unprecedented sharpness to ultrasound and radar images. ... more |
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U.S. Navy orders radar detection kits for MH-60R aircraftThe U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a $45.8 million contract to deliver automatic radar detection kits to support MH-60R Seahawk helicopters. ... more  
MEADS team submits updated proposal for Poland's Wilsa programThe Polish government received an updated offer for its medium-range air defense program from MEADS International. ... more  
New 'needle-pulse' beam pattern packs a punchA new beam pattern devised by University of Rochester researchers could bring unprecedented sharpness to ultrasound and radar images, burn precise holes in manufactured materials at a nano scale - e ... more 
Russia restores radar field securing all-round defense against missile attacksThe Russian Aerospace Forces have restored the united radar field, which provides control and warns of missile launches and attacks outside the state borders, media reported Thursday, citing Russian ... more 
Moscow's air defense registered a dozen missile launches in 2016In 2016 the crew of a Don-2N radar facility, one of many keeping an eye on the skies over Moscow and the Central Industrial Region, registered nearly a dozen ballistic and space rocket launches, Ros ... more 
Thales supplying Crowsnest radar system to Royal NavyThales is to supply Britain's Royal Navy with a new airborne and surveillance capability under a subcontract from Lockheed Martin UK. ... more |
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Russian Smerch, Uragan Rocket Launchers to Get Stealth CloaksRussia will outfit its Smerch and Uragan heavy multiple rocket launchers with specially designed canvas tents to make them invisible to enemy satellites and radar, the Moscow-based newspaper Izvesti ... more 
India test-fires guided Pinaka Rocket Mark-IIIndia's Defense Research and Development Organization test-fired a guided variant of its Pinaka rocket in a recent demonstration. ... more  
Harris providing electronic warfare gear to MoroccoHarris Corporation is to supply advanced electronic warfare threat protection systems to the Royal Moroccan Air Force. ... more 
Artisan 3D radar completes sea trialsThe Artisan 3D radar system from BAE Systems has successfully completed sea-based trials on Britain's Type 23 frigates. ... more |
  
Airbus Defense and Space awarded CAE an 11-year contract to support the Canadian government's Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue program.
Under the contract, valued at over $229 million, CAE will integrate training systems to prepare Canadian pilots to fly the C295W military transport aircraft. Canada selected to the aircraft as its new fixed-wing search-and-rescue platform in December 2016. ... more Saab offers high-tech jet production hub to India How to decrease the mass of aircrafts Israeli companies cash in on F-35 contract work |
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The U.S. Navy is set to christen its latest Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Tulsa during a ceremony in Mobile, Ala., on Saturday.
USS Tulsa, named after the city Oklahoma, will be christened during a ceremony featuring Adm. William F. Moran, vice naval operations chief, as the event's principal speaker. Navy officials say the christening will serve a tribute to the branch's ... more U.S. Navy exercises contract options for nuclear reactor components South Korea to speed up hovercraft delivery China makes progress on second aircraft carrier |
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The European Union activated its Galileo satellite navigation system in December 2016. The EU is dedicated to setting this system apart from other navigation systems such as GPS - the US counterpart of Galileo.
Researchers from the Department of Electrical Engineering at KU Leuven (University of Leuven, Belgium) have now risen to this challenge as well: they designed authentication feature ... more Australia and Lockheed field 2nd-Gen sat-based augmentation system UK may lose access to EU Galileo GPS system after Brexit GLONASS station in India to expedite 'space centric' warfare command |
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On Feb. 9, 2017, NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, known as MMS, began a three-month long journey into a new orbit. MMS flies in a highly elliptical orbit around Earth and the new orbit will take MMS twice as far out as it has previously flown.
In the new orbit, which begins the second phase of its mission, MMS will continue to map out the fundamental characteristics of space aroun ... more SpaceKnow raises $4 Million in Series A funding Human effects on Earth are 170 times greater than natural forces HSE experts investigate how order emerges from chaos |
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Israel Aerospace Industries received $30 million in contracts to supply signals and communication intelligence capabilities to unnamed customers.
The contracts, awarded to IAI subsidiary ELTA Systems, facilitate the delivery of an advanced communication intelligence system, or COMINT to an unidentified operator in Europe. ELTA is also tasked with supplying a signal intelligence suite to ... more Terahertz wireless could make spaceborne satellite links as fast as fiber-optic links Airbus provides satcom for EU security missions in Mali, Niger and Somalia Engie, Airbus tapped to support French defense networks |
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General Dynamics Land Systems - Canada received a $308 million contract to upgrade 141 Light Armored Vehicles for the government of Canada.
The contract supports Canada's Light Armored Vehicle III Upgrade Program, which seeks to provide the country's military with updated ground-based platforms. General Dynamics says the upgrades will improve the vehicles' performance and survivability ... more U.S. Marines set to receive new ultra-light Utility Task Vehicles Driver training system for Ajax vehicles wins approval Orbital ATK to complete development of new tank ammo |
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The Pentagon wants to rent space in Trump Tower in New York for equipment and military personnel accompanying President Donald Trump during his stays there, it confirmed Wednesday.
First Lady Melania Trump and their son Barron are still living in Trump Tower and the real estate tycoon-turned-president plans to make regular visits.
US presidents are accompanied around-the-clock by militar ... more Tales of woe from US military ahead of likely spending boost US military leaders depict shortfalls ahead of likely spending bonanza Russia to sell off stake in gun-maker Kalashnikov |
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Eight defense contractors have been selected to share a $3 billion contract to develop new missile defense solutions for the U.S. Army.
The award's recipients include BAE Systems, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Dynetics, QWK Integrated Solutions, Teledyne Brown Engineering, KBRwyle Technology Solutions and Science Applications International Corporation.
Under the agreement, the comp ... more New US Missile Hits Target in Space New Age, New Aims: CIS Air Defense to Be Upgraded for Aerospace Tasks Raytheon contracted for Patriot missile support |
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Israel Aerospace Industries' Barak-8 surface-to-air missile was recently test-fired at sea to verify its capabilities.
The Barak-8 is operated by the armed forces of Israel and India as a means to defend against airborne threats including fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aircraft, anti-ship missiles, and cruise missiles.
The weapon system's features include all-weather ... more India tests ballistic missile interceptor US warns Russia amid reports of new cruise missile DARPA's MAD-FIRES project to enter Phase II |
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  Two US senators have requested details on President Donald Trump's smartphone security, saying he could jeopardize national secrets if he is still using his old handset, as some reports say.
"Did Trump receive a secured, encrypted smartphone for his personal use on or before Jan. 20? If so, is he using it?," said a tweet Tuesday by Senator Tom Carper, who along with fellow Democrat Claire Mc ... more Raytheon, Utilidata to provide cybersecurity for power utilities Japan taps Elbit subsidiary for cybersecurity training help Protecting quantum computing networks against hacking threats |
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U.S. Air Force personnel from bases in Minot, N.D., and Vandenberg, Calif., completed a test launch with an unarmed Minuteman III missile.
The Minuteman is an intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, capable of carrying nuclear warheads. U.S. Air Force officials say the operational launch was conducted to verify the missile's capability as a nuclear deterrent.
Prior to the la ... more N. Korea fires ballistic missile in challenge to Trump: Seoul China expels dozens of S. Korean missionariesUN condemns N. Korea missile launch as Trump vows strong response |
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NASA may have to book seats for American astronauts on Russian Soyuz spaceships in 2018. Radio Sputnik discussed the issue with John Logsdon, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University.
"The relationship between NASA and the former Soviet Union goes back a long way with the highlight being the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz project. But with Russia ... more NASA to develop oxygen recovery technologies for future deep space missions Progress Underway for First Commercial Airlock on Space Station A new recruit for ESA's astronaut corps |
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For its first launch of the year, Ariane 5 successfully completed its mission from the European space port of Kourou (French Guiana) for the 77th consecutive time, placing two telecommunications satellites in geostationary transfer orbit (GTO).
The launch performance achieved by this Ariane 5 ECA was 10,450 kg in GTO (of which 9,569 kg was accounted for by the satellites). The launcher imp ... more SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket vertical at Florida's Kennedy Space Center India puts record 104 satellites into orbit Russian Space Agency Develops Program to Improve Carrier Rocket Assembly Quality |
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Kazakhstan said Wednesday a new round of Astana talks on the Syria conflict led by Russia, Turkey and Iran scheduled to begin February 15 would be delayed by a day due to unexplained "technical reasons".
"The negotiations have been moved to February 16 for technical reasons," a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told AFP by telephone without elaboration.
A subsequent statem ... more Japan's 'Battleship island' haunted by ghosts of its past Some Uighurs fighting in Syria: exiled leader Syria opposition picks delegation for new peace talks |
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Launching soon, aboard the 10th SpaceX commercial resupply mission, will be a technology module called Raven, which will bring NASA one step closer to having a relative navigation capability. When affixed outside the International Space Station, Raven will test foundational technologies that will enable autonomous rendezvous in space, meaning they will not necessitate any human involvement - eve ... more Big data for the universe New high-performance computing cluster at the Albert Einstein Institute in Potsdam Orbit Logic Software to be used for BridgeSat Laser Comm Scheduling |
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NASA may have to book seats for American astronauts on Russian Soyuz spaceships in 2018. Radio Sputnik discussed the issue with John Logsdon, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University.
"The relationship between NASA and the former Soviet Union goes back a long way with the highlight being the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz project. But with Russia ... moreNASA to develop oxygen recovery technologies for future deep space missionsProgress Underway for First Commercial Airlock on Space StationA new recruit for ESA's astronaut corps |
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