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US Warns NKorea As Long-Range Missile Test Preparations Continue Seoul (AFP) May 30, 2009
Unfazed by international anger at its second nuclear bomb test, a defiant North Korea was said Saturday to be preparing to launch a long-range missile. The United States stressed it would not accept the North as a nuclear-armed state and warned that more atomic tests could spark an arms race in East Asia. "A train carrying a long-range missile has been spotted at the weapons research ... read moreAstrium UK Selects GNAT Pro For Environmental Satellite System
Istanbul, Turkey (SPX) Jun 02, 2009AdaCore has announced that Astrium in the UK dedicated to providing civil and defense space systems and services, has selected the Ada programming language and AdaCore's GNAT Pro development environment for use on the new Sentinel-1 environmental monitoring satellite. Sentinel-1 is the first of five families of satellites being developed for the Global Monitoring for Environment and ... more
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Test Your Satellite Phone During Iridium Initiative
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 02, 2009Vizada encourages its partners and end-users to "Test Your Satellite Phone" as part of Iridium's third annual initiative, which encourages emergency workers and first responders to prepare now to ensure that their satellite phones are ready to deploy. The Test Your Satellite Phone program is timed to coincide with the U.S. National Weather Service's National Hurricane Preparedness Week May ... more NASA Announces Members Of Human Space Flight Review Committee
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 02, 2009Norman Augustine will chair the independent review of U.S. human space flight plans. During the course of the review, the panel will examine ongoing and planned NASA development activities and potential alternatives in order to present options for advancing a safe, innovative, affordable and sustainable human space flight program following the space shuttle's retirement. The committee will ... more SPACEX And ATSB Announce New Launch Date For Razaksat Satellite
Hawthorne CA (SPX) Jun 02, 2009Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Astronautic Technology (M) Sdn Bhd (ATSB) of Malaysia announce a new launch window has been set for Falcon 1 Flight 5, carrying the RazakSAT satellite to orbit. The launch window opens Monday, July 13th and extends through Tuesday, July 14th, with a daily window to open at 4:00 p.m. (PDT) / 7:00 p.m. (EDT). The launch was delayed last month after ... more Agilent Expands Flexible PNA-X Network Analyzer Series
Santa Clara CA (SPX) Jun 02, 2009Agilent Technologies has expanded the world's most flexible PNA-X network analyzer with 13.5, 43.5 and 50 GHz models. The 43.5 and 50 GHz models support higher frequency applications such as radar and satellite communications, while the 13.5 GHz model is ideal for lower-frequency devices used in wireless communications. Agilent's award winning PNA-X nonlinear vector network analyzer (NVNA) ... more |
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BAE Submits Proposal For Medium Tactical Vehicle Competition
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 02, 2009BAE Systems submitted its proposal to the U.S. Government to produce the next generation of medium tactical vehicles for the U.S. Army. The contract is expected to be awarded in July for an estimated 12,400 vehicles and 10,900 trailers to be delivered to the U.S. Army from 2010 through 2014. "We believe our proposal is the best value for our Armed Services and the American taxpayer," said ... more Boeing Team Rebuilds B-1 Backbone For USAF
Long Beach CA (SPX) Jun 02, 2009A U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber returned to flight last week after a team led by Boeing replaced its catastrophically damaged upper-center boron longeron - the aircraft's "backbone." The B-1, Swift Justice, was damaged during a routine training mission in December 2007. An engine-bleed air duct rupture triggered a temperature warning light, forcing the crew to land the aircraft at Ellsworth ... more Defense Focus: Future wars -- Part 4
Washington (UPI) Jun 1, 2009 Recent wars involving major powers over the past decade have usually pitted them against small or technologically limited opponents. Some of the lessons learned from these wars are extremely important, but others are misleading. The most misleading lesson to be learned from quick "clean" wars against over-matched opponents is that war is predictable and can be contained. U.S.-led armed ... more Raytheon AIM-120D AMRAAM Completes Seventh Test Flight
Eglin AFB FL (SPX) Jun 02, 2009Raytheon's newest variant of the Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile continued to demonstrate its advanced warfighting capabilities when it completed its seventh test flight. During the March 19 test, the AIM-120D AMRAAM was fired from a U.S. Air Force F-15D fighter aircraft. Initial analysis shows the missile achieved all primary test objectives. "The hard work of the U.S. ... more |
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Northrop Grumman moves to boost B-21 Raider output
Hawk shape shifting in flight may guide future drone control
Airspan extends 5G in motion to defense aerial networks |
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