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  Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017 Raytheon received a $10 million contract from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency to upgrade components for the AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile radar. The company's work will focus on enhancing software and hardware to bolster the radar's detection capabilities, including its gallium nitride semiconductor technology, or GaN. Raytheon says its work will help the system discriminate between threats and non-threats more easily. "AN/TPY-2 is already the world's most capable land-based, X-band, ballis ... read more |
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Radar warning receiver flies for first time in Predator droneWashington (UPI) Apr 11, 2017 A Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper Block 5 drone has demonstrated the successful use of a radar warning receiver for conducting missions in hostile environments. ... more  
Spaceflight Industries Reveals BlackSky SpectraSeattle WA (SPX) Apr 06, 2017 Spaceflight Industries has launched BlackSky Spectra, its on-demand satellite imagery service which enables customers to discover archive images and task new images from 13 high-resolution imaging s ... more  
Canadian subs to receive Kelvin Hughes' SharpEye radarsWashington (UPI) Apr 4, 2017 Canada's navy is procuring two SharpEye radar systems from Kelvin Hughes to enhance navigation capabilities for its Victoria-class submarines. ... more  
Photonics breakthough paving the way for improved wireless communication systemsSydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 Researchers from the ARC Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS) in the University of Sydney's Australian Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology have made a breakt ... more |
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Battle of the ModRecs Lays Groundwork for Improved Spectrum ManagementWashington DC (SPX) Mar 31, 2017 If human ears could hear the electromagnetic spectrum, the noise levels these days would be overwhelming. The skyrocketing use of wireless devices in military and civilian domains has created a comp ... more  
Reading between the lines of highly turbulent plasmasLondon, UK (SPX) Mar 31, 2017 Plasma, the ionised state of matter found in stars, is still not fully understood, largely due to its instability. Astrophysicists have long-since sought to develop models that can account for the t ... more 
U.S. Army orders Counter Fire Target Acquisition Radar SystemWashington (UPI) Mar 31, 2017 Lockheed Martin received $1.5 billion from the U.S. Army to produce and deploy the Counterfire Target Acquisition Radar System. ... more 
Raytheon tapped for two more MK 99 ship setsWashington (UPI) Mar 28, 2017 The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon with a $37 million contract modification to produce two additional MK 99 Mission Fire Control System sets. ... more  
Satellites shed new light on earthquakesParis (ESA) Mar 27, 2017 Satellite radar scans of last year's earthquake in New Zealand are changing the way we are thinking about earthquake hazards in regions where our planet's tectonic plates meet. The 7.8-magnitu ... more  
CryoSat reveals Antarctica in 3DParis (ESA) Mar 27, 2017 Around 250 million measurements taken by ESA's CryoSat over the last six years have been used to create a unique 3D view of Antarctica, offering a snapshot of the undulating surface of this vast ice ... more |
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Raytheon tapped for Super Hornet, Growler radar upgradesWashington (UPI) Mar 24, 2017 Raytheon received a $17.8 million contract to upgrade radars used on F/A-18 and EA-18G aircraft operated by the U.S. Navy and the Australian air force. ... more  
Russian Aerospace Forces to Launch Over 20 Spacecraft Into SpaceMoscow (Sputnik) Mar 17, 2017 Russia's Aerospace Forces in 2017 are planning to launch 15 carrier rockets into space, during which over 20 spacecraft will be placed into orbit," the forces' commander, Col. Gen. Viktor Bondarev, ... more 
IAI unveils radar that detects targets in dense forestsWashington (UPI) Mar 14, 2017 Israel Aerospace Industries on Tuesday revealed a new radar capable of identifying targets traveling through heavily wooded areas. ... more
Mikros contracted for U.S. Navy radar support systemsWashington (UPI) Mar 8, 2017 The U.S. Navy awarded Mikros Systems Corporation with an $11.5 million contract to perform engineering and technical support services for radar support systems. ... more |
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The U.S. Navy has temporarily grounded its T-45C trainer aircraft fleet amid oxygen supply problems that could incapacitate its crew.
The three-day pause in flight operations took effect Wednesday on orders from Naval Air Forces Commander Vice Adm. Mike Shoemaker.
"The pause is in response to concerns raised by T-45C pilots over the potential for physiological episodes," U.S. Nav ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 5, 2017Saab developing Gripen fighter for Brazil  Washington (UPI) Apr 5, 2017CH-53K helicopters approved for low-rate production  Washington (UPI) Apr 11, 2017Lockheed Martin gets $372 million contract mod for F-35 work |
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Rauma Marine Constructions of Finland is to receive a contract to design new naval vessels for Finland's Squadron 2020 project.
The award, worth about $7.9 million, was authorized to be issued by the Finnish Defense Forces' Logistics Command by Minister of Defense Jussi Niinistö.
The Ministry of Defense said the contract follows a Memorandum of Understanding last year. A contrac ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017Damen submits tender for Australian OPV ships  Washington (UPI) Apr 5, 2017Raytheon tests new electric gun for Phalanx weapon system  Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017Navy taps Tetra Tech for environmental remediation work |
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 10, 2017 
Europe's Galileo satnav network does more than let us find our way - it is also helping to save lives. Today sees a spotlight cast on Galileo's Search and Rescue service, which pinpoints people in distress on land or sea.
The service is Europe's contribution to the Cospas-Sarsat international satellite-based locating system that has helped to rescue more than 42 000 people since 1982 - the ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 7, 2017Northrop Grumman, Honeywell receive EGI-M contracts  Managua (AFP) April 7, 2017Russia inaugurates GPS-type satellite station in Nicaragua  Beijing (XNA) Apr 04, 2017China's BeiDou system to expand cooperation to SE Asia |
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New research on solar storms finds that they not only can cause regions of excessive electrical charge in the upper atmosphere above Earth's poles, they also can do the exact opposite: cause regions that are nearly depleted of electrically charged particles. The finding adds to our knowledge of how solar storms affect Earth and could possibly lead to improved radio communication and navigation s ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 12, 2017NASA's High-Altitude Plane Takes to the Sky for GOES-16 Field Campaign  Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 10, 2017Satellites map carbon sequestered by forests, with accuracy of up to 10 meters  Seattle WA (SPX) Apr 06, 2017Spaceflight Industries Reveals BlackSky Spectra |
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 Offutt AFB NB (AFNS) Apr 10, 2017  US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) entered into an agreement with the Norwegian Ministry of Defense and Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries to share space situational awareness (SSA) services and information.
The arrangement will enhance awareness within the space domain and increase the safety of spaceflight operations. It was formalized in a memorandum of understanding sig ... more Washington (AFP) April 7, 2017Pentagon urges Russia not to hang up military hotline  Washington DC (AFNS) Apr 06, 2017AF announces major changes to space enterprise  Washington (UPI) Apr 7, 2017U.K. picks General Dynamics for battlefield communications project |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 11, 2017  Gun bodies for BAE Systems' M777 Howitzer are to be manufactured by Pennsylvania-based Triumph Precision Components under a $15 million contract.
BAE Systems issued the award to Triumph after receiving a U.S. Foreign Military Sale contract to make the M777 for India.
"We are pleased to continue our staunch relationship with BAE in support of the M777 Howitzer," Rick Rosenjack, ex ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017Estonia taps BAE Systems Hagglunds for vehicle support  Washington (UPI) Apr 4, 2017Northrop Grumman to support IBCS development for U.S. Army  Washington (UPI) Mar 31, 2017General Dynamics, US Ordnance share contract for M2 machineguns |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017 
Lawmakers with the U.S. House Armed Services Committee heard from former Pentagon workers earlier in the week pushing for several key defense reforms.
On Tuesday, Representatives held a hearing featuring testimonies from three former defense officials with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, who argued the U.S. Department of Defense should be doing more to manage its gro ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017Brazil boosting defense industry exports  New Delhi (AFP) April 7, 2017India inks weapons deal worth nearly $2 bn with Israel Washington (UPI) Mar 30, 2017Israel's Delek Group sets sights on global stage |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017 
Raytheon received a $10 million contract from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency to upgrade components for the AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile radar.
The company's work will focus on enhancing software and hardware to bolster the radar's detection capabilities, including its gallium nitride semiconductor technology, or GaN. Raytheon says its work will help the system discriminate between threat ... moreWashington (UPI) Apr 4, 2017Raytheon to supply Multi-Object Kill Vehicle technology  Hatzor, Israel (AFP) April 2, 2017Israel's latest missile interceptor enters service  Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 04, 2017Always on Guard: All You Need to Know About Russia's Missile Defense |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017 
Rockwell Collins received a $21 million contract modification to begin work on the second Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System for the U.S. Air Force.
The system, also known as CRIIS, was designed to provide the U.S. Department of Defense with time, space and positioning information during testing with various current and next-generation defense platforms. It is slated to repl ... more Washington (AFP) April 6, 2017US confident it can thwart N.Korean missiles: US general  Washington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017IAI, Indian navy sign $1.6B contract for air defense systems  Washington (UPI) Apr 5, 2017Brazil considering Pantsir-S1 buy from Russia |
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 London (AFP) April 4, 2017 
British web pioneer Tim Berners-Lee on Tuesday slammed as a "bad idea" recent calls in Britain and the United States to weaken cyber encryption.
"I know that if you're trying to catch terrorists it's really tempting to demand to be able to break all that encryption," Berners-Lee told the BBC.
"But if you break that encryption then guess what - so could other people, and guess what - th ... more Berlin (AFP) March 31, 2017German military to launch cyber command  Washington (UPI) Mar 30, 2017Esri contracted for embedded training of intelligence agency personnel  Washington (AFP) March 30, 2017With new iPhone, Trump still a target for hackers |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 11, 2017  Russia's state-owned Rostec corporation announced plans to upgrade the country's Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile systems on Tuesday.
Speaking with the TASS news agency, Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezov said his company aims to deliver an improved tactical missile to the Kremlin by 2020.
"In accordance with the adopted strategy of the cluster Armaments within ten years we are goin ... more Washington (AFP) April 9, 2017Trump seeks options for eliminating NKorea nuke threat  Seoul (AFP) April 11, 2017North Korea vows response to 'reckless' US Navy move  Seoul (AFP) April 11, 2017North Korea vows response to 'reckless' US Navy move |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 10, 2017 
A mechanical rover inspired by a Dutch artist. A weather balloon that recharges its batteries in the clouds of Venus. These are just two of the five ideas that originated at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and are advancing for a new round of research funded by the agency.
In total, the space agency is investing in 22 early-stage technology proposals that have the ... more Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan (AFP) April 10, 2017Two Russians, one American land back on Earth from ISS  Rio De Janeiro (Sputnik) Apr 10, 2017No Roscosmos plans to send space tourists to ISS before 2020  Houston TX (SPX) Apr 10, 2017You Say Tomato, I Say Tomatosphere: ISS Science to the Classroom |
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 10, 2017 
ESA and a team of European industrial contractors led by QinetiQ have finalised an agreement with Sierra Nevada Corporation for the use of Europe's International Berthing Docking Mechanism on the Dream Chaser spaceplane.
The Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Dream Chaser is being developed as a reusable, lifting-body, multimission spacecraft capable of landing at commercial airports or space ... more Sweden, Kiruna (SPX) Apr 10, 2017Europe's largest sounding rocket launched from Esrange  Washington (AFP) April 6, 2017Bezos sells $1 bn in Amazon stock yearly to pay for rocket firm  Washington DC (Sputnik) Apr 06, 2017US-Russia Venture Hopes to Sell More RD-180 Rocket Engines to US |
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 Nicosia (AFP) April 11, 2017  Rival Cypriot leaders on Tuesday rebooted stalled UN-backed reunification talks for the island and agreed to pick up lost momentum after a two-month suspension.
The leaders agreed to schedule four new meetings, in a new phase of talks, with the first beginning on April 20.
"I hope this new round of negotiations will take us to a point where we can say there are convergences that lead us ... more Aden (AFP) April 10, 2017Yemen clashes kill more than 40 in 24 hours  Washington (AFP) April 10, 2017US strike wiped out fifth of Assad air force, Mattis says  Berlin (AFP) April 10, 2017More than 200 people from Germany fighting IS: ministry |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 10, 2017  The U.S. government has always had an interest in developing and maintaining a strategic understanding of events, situations, and trends around the world. In recent years, however, information complexity has exceeded the capacity of analysts to glean meaningful or actionable insights as data pours in from disparate sources, across a variety of genres, and a mixture of structured and unstructured ... more Washington DC (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Humans to Mars Official NASA Goal, But What About Radiation  San Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 06, 2017Seaweed: From superfood to superconductor  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 12, 2017NASA Fellow studies new heatshield-making technique |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 10, 2017
A mechanical rover inspired by a Dutch artist. A weather balloon that recharges its batteries in the clouds of Venus. These are just two of the five ideas that originated at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and are advancing for a new round of research funded by the agency.
In total, the space agency is investing in 22 early-stage technology proposals that have the ... moreDzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan (AFP) April 10, 2017Two Russians, one American land back on Earth from ISS Rio De Janeiro (Sputnik) Apr 10, 2017No Roscosmos plans to send space tourists to ISS before 2020 Houston TX (SPX) Apr 10, 2017You Say Tomato, I Say Tomatosphere: ISS Science to the Classroom |
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