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 Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 16, 2009 
Russia will launch a Proton-M carrier rocket on September 25 from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan to orbit three Glonass navigation satellites, Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Tuesday. Glonass - the Global Navigation Satellite System - is the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Global Positioning System, or GPS, and is designed for both military and civilian use. Both ... read more 
Charlottesville VA (SPX) Sep 15, 2009Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine business unit has announced that the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) has approved the latest upgrade to its electronic navigation software for U.S. Navy submarines. Version 8.3 of Sperry Marine's Voyage Management System (VMS) was approved for submarines by CNO following an extensive certification testing program carried out by engineers from Naval Surface ... more
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Redlands CA (SPX) Sep 14, 2009The French Service de l'Information Aeronautique (SIA), headquartered in the Bordeaux-Merignac Airport in the town of Merignac, France, has awarded a contract for an aeronautical information management (AIM) system based on ESRI's geographic information system (GIS) software. The contract was awarded to ESRI France, and French aeronautical technology companies Thales and CGx AERO in SYS ... more  
London, UK (SPX) Sep 14, 2009Rockwell Collins has been selected by the United Kingdom (UK) Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide significant additional FireStorm targeting systems to help UK Forward Air Controllers and Forward Artillery Observers to accurately direct aircraft and artillery to their targets. The order also includes spares to support overall system deployments in Afghanistan. "This is the second major ... more  
Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2009Opportunity has commenced circumnavigation and full-circle imaging of the large meteorite "Block Island". On Sol 1997 (Sept. 5, 2009), the rover moved 5.7 meters (18.7 feet) to the second of six stand-off positions around the meteorite (the first position being the initial rover location). At each location Opportunity collects a set of images with the panoramic camera (Pancam). ... more |
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Blacksburg VA (SPX) Aug 31, 2009Members of Virginia Tech's Space@VT research group are receiving a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to build a chain of space weather instrument stations in Antarctica. Space weather affects a variety of everyday consumer technologies including global positioning systems (GPS), satellites for television reception, and cellular phones. Also, the understanding of space ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 28, 2009With a very lucky shot, scientists have captured a one-second image and the electrical fingerprint of huge lightning that flowed 40 miles upward from the top of a storm. These rarely seen, highly charged meteorological events are known as gigantic jets, and they flash up to the lower levels of space, or ionosphere. While they don't occur every time there is lightning, they are ... more 
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Aug 28, 2009Trimble has introduced the Trimble AllTrak Asset Management System for contractors to manage their construction equipment and tools such as drills, ladders, compressors, nailers, and consumables. With accurate tracking information about asset usage, contractors can increase their efficiency while confidently managing acquisition, maintenance, and eventual retirement of their tools, equipment, an ... more |
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