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September 18, 2012
GPS NEWS
ITT Exelis announces new capability in GPS interference, detection and geolocation
Herndon, VA (SPX) Sep 18, 2012
ITT Exelis has announced a significant development in the field of GPS technology. To be known as the Exelis GPS Interference, Detection and Geolocation (IDG), it will provide near real-time geolocation of intentional and unintentional GPS jamming sources through a network of sensors and advanced geolocation technology. "From security to transportation and almost every sector of the economy, the world relies on receiving precise GPS timing and positioning data," said Mark Pisani, vice president an ... read more

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Countdown: a month to go to Galileo's next launch
After arriving at the launch site last month, the second pair of Galileo navigation satellites is being prepared for launch from Europe's Spaceport in October. This week will see the third Galileo s ... more
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SHAKE AND BLOW

Santorini sees growth spurt
In the south Aegean Sea, the islands of Santorini have been showing signs of unrest for the first time in over half a century. Satellite data confirm that the islands have risen as much as 14 cm sin ... more
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SHAKE AND BLOW

Giant 'balloon of magma' inflates under Santorini
A new survey suggests that the chamber of molten rock beneath Santorini's volcano expanded 10-20 million cubic metres - up to 15 times the size of London's Olympic Stadium - between January 2011 and ... more
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AEROSPACE

Northrop Grumman to Supply Inertial Navigation System for Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 3
Northrop Grumman has been selected by the Eurofighter Consortium and prime contractor Alenia Aermacchi to provide inertial and satellite navigation systems for Tranche 3 of the Eurofighter Typhoon m ... more
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FLOATING STEEL

US Army's JLENS will protect sailors, critical waterways
Soldiers will soon have a system that enables them to protect sailors and safeguard commercial and military navigation in strategic waterways. In June, a series of tests demonstrated that Raytheon's ... more
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AEROSPACE

Northrop Grumman to Supply Navigation System for Embraer's New KC-390 Military Aircraft
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract to supply the hybrid global positioning system (GPS) and inertial reference system for the Embraer Defense and Security KC-390 medium-lift military trans ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

More satellite launches planned for upgrading maritime monitoring
China plans to launch eight more satellites by 2020 to further improve the country's maritime monitoring network, a national English-language newspaper reported Thursday. The planned launches ... more
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Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
Obama to call for nuclear cuts in Berlin speech

S.Korea to buy European missiles

Outside View: America strikes out

Time running out for Mideast peace: Blair

Ban calls for end to Saddam-era sanctions against Iraq

Iran's Rowhani offers softer tone, same policies

Russia urges softening of Iran sanctions amid nuclear hope

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AEROSPACE

Albatross 'dynamic soaring' achieved by repeated curve-altitude oscillation
Albatrosses leverage the energy of the wind to fly with essentially no mechanical cost to themselves, very rarely flapping their wings, and new work published in the open access journal PLOS ONE off ... more
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TIME AND SPACE

ESA observatory breaks world quantum teleportation record
An international research team using ESA's Optical Ground Station in the Canary Islands has set a new distance world record in 'quantum teleportation' by reproducing the characteristics of a light p ... more
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MARSDAILY

Northrop Grumman Aids Navigation of NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover
Northrop Grumman supplied the navigation and pointing aid for NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, which recently began a historic two-year exploration of Mars. Northrop Grumman's LN-200S is a lightweight, ... more
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GPS NEWS

Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Complete First Launch Exercise for Next Generation GPS Satellites
Raytheon and Lockheed Martin have successfully completed the first launch readiness exercise for the U.S. Air Force's next generation GPS III satellites. The exercise is a key milestone demonstratin ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Astrium installs new terminal in Mexico to receive SPOT 6 and SPOT 7 imagery
Astrium Services and the Mexican federal government's Ministry of agriculture, livestock farming, rural development, food and fisheries (SAGARPA), signed an agreement this spring to upgrade the ERME ... more
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GPS NEWS

Monitech Announces Zero-Installation Tracking System for Automotive Industry
Monitech and Telit Wireless Solutions have announced the launch of Monitech's Car Lighter Tracker or CLT, a zero-Installation compact tracking device based on Telit's cellular M2M, GPS+GLONASS satel ... more
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MISSILE NEWS

Raytheon successfully tests HARM upgrades
Raytheon has completed testing of High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) upgrades, which make the combat-proven missile more precise and accurate, while reducing collateral damage. HARM supp ... more
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GPS NEWS

Mobile users wary of privacy invasion by apps: survey
Users of mobile devices are rejecting or uninstalling some apps because of concerns about how much personal and private information is collected, a US survey showed Wednesday. ... more
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Britain 'faces decade of bad weather'

WIN-T Increment 1 Enables National Guard to Restore Vital Network Communications Following a Disaster

Pesticides significantly reduce biodiversity in aquatic environments

NOAA, partners predict possible record-setting deadzone for Gulf of Mexico

Jet stream changes cause climatically exceptional Greenland Ice Sheet melt

Computer modeling technique goes viral

Submarine springs reveal how coral reefs respond to ocean acidification

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GPS NEWS

Northrop Grumman to Supply Bridge Navigation Systems for Swire Group's Dry Cargo Ships
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract to supply navigation bridge equipment for a series of 39,500-dwt dry bulk cargo ships being built in China for the China Navigation Company Pte. Ltd., Si ... more
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TECH SPACE

Russia unveils own 'almost Android' system
It seems that Russia's defence ministry has little faith in Google's operating systems: it has just unveiled its own encrypted version that has the remarkably familiar feel of an Android. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Remote Sensing Satellite Sends First Earth Imagery
Russia's remote sensing satellite Canopus-B, launched a month ago, has taken its first photos of the earth's surface, the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Thursday. The imagery, which is ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Suomi NPP Captures Smoke Plume Images from Russian and African Fires
Powerful fires currently scorching parts of Russia and Africa sent up plumes of smoke into the atmosphere, images captured on Aug. 2, 2012, by the nation's newest Earth-observing satellite, Suomi Na ... more
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GPS NEWS

Spirent Redefines Leadership in Location Testing with Solution for Hybrid Location Technology
Spirent Communications has announced the launch of its new Hybrid Location Technology Solution (HLTS). Spirent HLTS is the first test solution of its kind, combining Wi-Fi, Assisted Global Navigatio ... more
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GPS NEWS

CTrack Launches Lone Worker Device To Boost Protection And Peace Of Mind
Ctrack has launched a new personal tracking and panic alarm device suitable for all lone worker, security and workforce management environments. Ctrack ICE2 is designed to provide businesses with pe ... more
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MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS

Smartphone App Can Track Objects On the Battlefield as Well as On the Sports Field
University of Missouri researchers have developed new software using smartphones' GPS and imaging abilities that determine the exact location of distant objects as well as monitor the speed and dire ... more
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MISSILE NEWS

Boeing Winged JDAM Completes First Round of Tests
A winged version of the Boeing Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) that will triple the weapon's glide range to more than 40 miles is a step closer to production after completing wind tunnel tests a ... more
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24/7 Energy News Coverage
Polymer-coated catalyst protects "artificial leaf"

Printing Tiny Batteries

An innovative material for the green Earth

Working backward: Computer-aided design of zeolite templates

Qatar comes to rescue of Germany's Solarworld

Intelligent glasses designed for professors

India's Energy Ties with Iran Unsettle Washington

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EARTH OBSERVATION

$3.7 Billion Reasons Why GIS Technology is The Future
Want a reason to enroll in an online geographic information systems (GIS) degree program? Consider this: When technology historians look back on 2012, they might look at this as the GIS year. "2012 ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Proba-2's espresso-cup microcamera snaps Hurricane Isaac
An experimental camera smaller than an espresso cup on ESA's Proba-2 microsatellite caught this view of soon-to-be Hurricane Isaac as it moved west of the Florida coast into the Gulf of Mexico on Mo ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

NASA launches mission to explore radiation belts
NASA launched two satellites into space on Thursday to explore the belts of radioactive particles orbiting the Earth, in a mission that is the first of its kind. ... more
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GPS NEWS

Robbers nabbed thanks to GPS phone in loot
Two robbers who held up a post office in the Parisian suburbs Wednesday were caught 40 minutes later thanks to a GPS-enabled phone they snatched from one of the employees. ... more
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CHIP TECH

Electronic Nose Prototype Developed
Research by Nosang Myung, a professor at the University of California, Riverside, Bourns College of Engineering, has enabled a Riverside company to develop an "electronic nose" prototype that can de ... more
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MILTECH

Canada mulls new army mobile surveillance
The Canadian army is considering acquisition of a new mobile, vehicle-mounted surveillance system amid revelations of shortcomings of its present assets. ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Readying the "boost" for Galileo satellites on Arianespace's next Soyuz mission at the Space
The Fregat upper stage for Arianespace's upcoming Soyuz launch from French Guiana has been moved to the Spaceport's S3B facility, where it will be fueled and integrated with the mission's two Galile ... more
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CHIP TECH

Mini-camera with maxi-brainpower
Torrential rapids, plunging mud holes and soaring hurdles: in the outdoor competitions at the Olympic Games, athletes pushed themselves to the limit. But it's hard to depict this in pictures alone. ... more
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