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Army Fast-Tracking Precision Mortar To AfghanistanWashington DC (SPX) Mar 19, 2010 The U.S. Army is poised to deliver precision mortar rounds to soldiers in Afghanistan by the end of this year as part of an accelerated effort to give commanders there an improved ability to destroy targets in the mountainous terrain, service officials said. "You can drop one on a target to execute the mission and stay on target," said Brig. Gen. John Maddux, Program Executive Officer, Ammunition. "Also, this will decrease the footprint of conventional ammo in theater because you only need one to ... read more |
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NASA's high-tech GOES-P weather satellite lifts off
Washington (AFP) March 3, 2010NASA on Thursday launched the latest in its family of high-tech meteorological satellites, adding to a constellation of spacecraft that watch storm development and weather conditions on Earth. The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-P (GOES-P) lifted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 6:57 pm (2357 GMT) on a Delta IV rocket which will carry the weather-watching satellite to ... more Google launches 'Street View' charm offensive
Hanover, Germany (AFP) March 2, 2010US Internet giant Google launched on Tuesday a charm offensive for its "Street View" navigation service, aiming to soothe the privacy doubts of a sceptical German public. Attending the CeBIT high-tech fair, the world's biggest, for the first time, Google showcased three of their "Street View" cars - sleek, black Opels with eight mounted cameras to take pictures of streets, buildings and cit ... more NASA to launch latest high-tech weather satellite
Washington (AFP) March 3, 2010The United States is poised to launch Thursday the latest in its family of high-tech meteorological satellites that watch storm development and weather conditions on Earth from high in space. The launch window for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-P (GOES-P) will open at 6:17 pm (2317 GMT) on Thursday and close an hour later, US space agency NASA said in a statement. ... more |
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Satellites, Rockets And MoreBaltimore MD (SPX) Mar 02, 2010 On Sept. 17, 1959, a little heralded Thor Able rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Perched atop the rocket was Transit 1A, a satellite designed by scientists and engineers at Johns Hopkins' Applied Physics Laboratory that the U.S. Navy hoped would provide accurate location information to ballistic missile submarines and be used as a general navigation system. Twenty-five minutes into the flight, Transit 1A plummeted into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ireland. The rocket booster's ... read more |
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