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March 13, 2011
GPS NEWS
Complementary Technology Could Provide Solution To Our GPS Vulnerability
London, UK (SPX) Mar 11, 2011
The GNSS Interference, Detection and Monitoring Conference 2011 follows Tuesday's Royal Academy of Engineering report that set out the risks of GPS disruption from solar storms or illegal jamming and assessed what can be done to reduce impacts on society. Solutions put forward included eLORAN (Enhanced Long Range Navigation), a revamped version of the 1950's LORAN terrestrial radio navigation systems used extensively by the US military which have been brought into the digital age and demonstrated ... read more

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Coalition To Save Our GPS Launched
Representatives from a wide variety of industries and companies have announced that they have joined together to form the "Coalition to Save Our GPS" to resolve a serious threat to the Global Positi ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

The Future For Space Missions
A new report from the National Research Council recommends a suite of planetary science flagship missions for the decade 2013-2022 that could provide a steady stream of important new discoveries abo ... more
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MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS

InterSKY 4M Provides BLOS Comms For C4I Military Systems
Elbit Systems has announced the launch of its tactical broadband satellite communication (SATCOM) platform, InterSKY 4M. Designed specifically for government and military Beyond-Line-Of-Sight (BLOS) ... more
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UAV NEWS

One Step Closer To Demonstrating Autonomous Aerial Refueling Between Two UAV
On Jan. 21, Northrop Grumman, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and NASA Dryden Flight Research Center took a major step toward demonstrating autonomous aerial refueling between two ... more
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VSAT NEWS

Stallion Renews Capacity Deal With SES WORLD SKIES To Deliver Connectivity To Oil Rigs
SES WORLD SKIES has announced it has signed a three-year capacity agreement with Stallion Oilfield Services to enable mission-critical connectivity for hundreds of oil drilling sites throughout Amer ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

SpaceX Expanding Texas Operations
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and the City of McGregor have signed a lease agreement allowing SpaceX to expand the size of its rocket development facility in McGregor. Under the deal ... more
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GPS NEWS

New Marine And Coastal Geospatial Data Available
Astrium GEO-Information Services has introduced new marine and coastal geospatial data that is now downloadable from its www.geostore.com store. The new data includes the Admiralty Raster Charts, an ... more
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GPS NEWS

MapMyFITNESS To Attend 2011 SXSW Interactive Festival
MapMyFITNESS has announced that it will attend and exhibit at the 2011 SXSW Interactive Festival. The company aims to engage festival participants and demonstrate the ways that web and mobile techno ... more
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GPS NEWS

Garmin Announces The G1000H For Helicopters
Garmin International has announced the G1000H, an all-glass avionics system designed specifically for the VFR Part 27 helicopter market. The G1000H provides important flight data - flight instrument ... more
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GPS NEWS

New TomTom PRO 7150 Delivers Improved Efficiency For Businesses
TomTom has unveiled a new navigation device for the North American market designed for businesses to deliver clear bottom-line benefits. The PRO 7150 from TomTom Business Solutions, the business uni ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Voyager Seeks The Answer Blowin' In The Wind
In which direction is the sun's stream of charged particles banking when it nears the edge of the solar system? The answer, scientists know, is blowing in the wind. It's just a matter of getting NAS ... more
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TECH SPACE

Australian firm to open Malaysian rare earths plant
An Australian mining company said Thursday it plans to finish building a huge rare earths processing plant in Malaysia late this year, in a possible challenge to China's stranglehold on the metals. ... more
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OPINION SPACE

TED Talks For Space Junkies
One need not hold an advanced degree in astrophysics to enjoy and appreciate the Universe's infinite beauty and often bizarre mysteries. All it takes is a healthy curiosity and a splash of imaginati ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Indian Space Agency To Now Launch Three Satellites In April
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) proposes to launch the latest remote sensing satellite and two others in the second week of April, seeking to replace a crucial component in its fully-a ... more
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TECH SPACE

How buying new translates into less waste
Nestled among the sleek coffee makers and colorful new blenders at a major housewares US trade show were a handful of products which aimed to prove that buying something new can actually make less waste. ... more
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SPACEMART

Boeing Completes Preliminary Design Review For Inmarsat-5 Satellites
Boeing has announced that it has completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the Inmarsat-5 spacecraft and hosted payloads. Boeing is building three Ka-band satellites to add to Inmarsat's cur ... more
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UAV NEWS

IAI unveils tilt-rotor 'Ghost' UAV
Israel Aerospace Industries, a major manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles, has unveiled a tilt-rotor drone dubbed "the Ghost" that weights just less than 9 pounds and is virtually silent. ... more
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UAV NEWS

US drone strike kills six militants in Pakistan: officials
At least six militants were killed in two US drone attacks in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border on Friday, security officials said. ... more
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MISSILE NEWS

India tests two nuclear-capable missiles
India tested two short-range nuclear-capable missiles along its eastern coast on Friday, an official said, as part of the nation's efforts to build up its nuclear deterrent. ... more
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MILTECH

Marines Declare AH-1Z Cobra Operational
The Marine Corps' newest attack helicopter, the AH-1Z Cobra, achieved Initial Operating Capability ahead of schedule in February. "Getting the AH-1Z to IOC has been a huge achievement for the entire ... more
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MILTECH

Excalibur: Turning 'Artillery Cannon Into A Sniper Rifle'
A lot can happen during the course of a phone call. On Jan. 14, 2005, Tom Coradeschi placed a phone call to Robert Pinto, triggering a conversation that would give impetus to a revolutionary advance ... more
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UAV NEWS

Shadow Defies Gravity With Success
An unmanned aircraft system in the Army's fleet is defying gravity, soaring ever higher in performance and zooming down on cost. And, in a budget-conscious Department of Defense, exceeding performan ... more
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MISSILE NEWS

Trident II D5 Missile Achieves 135th Consecutive Test Flight
The U.S. Navy conducted a successful test flight March 1 of a Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). The Navy launched the unarmed missile from the submerg ... more
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UAV NEWS

US drone misses target in NW Pakistan: officials
A US drone strike in a troubled Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border on Sunday missed its target - a militant vehicle-- allowing rebels to flee, local security officials said. ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Japan doubles troops for quake help, world offers aid
Japan Sunday committed 100,000 troops to help survivors of a devastating earthquake and tsunami as the world rallied behind the disaster-stricken nation. ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Japan to deploy 100,000 troops on quake aid
Japan will double to 100,000 the number of troops on rescue and relief missions after a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the northeast coast, the government said Sunday. ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Japan launches huge quake rescue effort
Japan mobilised 50,000 military and other rescue personnel Saturday to spearhead a Herculean rescue and recovery effort, a day after being hit by its most devastating quake and tsunami on record. ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Japan's tsunami survivors voice nuclear fears
Stunned survivors of Japan's quake and tsunami catastrophe confronted a deadly new threat Saturday - the spectre of a nuclear reactor meltdown in the desolate disaster zone. ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Japan: leading the way in disaster preparations
In catastrophe-prone Japan, regularly shaken by earthquakes, dotted with more than 100 volcanoes and swept by typhoons, living with the threat of natural disasters is just a part of life. ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Japan launches gargantuan quake rescue effort
Japan mobilised 50,000 military and other rescue personnel Saturday to spearhead a Herculean rescue and recovery effort, a day after being hit by its most devastating quake and tsunami on record. ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Japanese search team leaves N.Z. for own crisis
A Japanese search team working in the earthquake-devastated New Zealand city of Christchurch made hasty preparations to return home Saturday to deal with the crisis in their own country. ... more
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