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Device can track people without sensors Orlando, Fla. (UPI) Nov 30, 2009
The world's first device capable of tracking multiple people without attached sensors is here, and scientists see in the invention opportunities for more efficient military training and warfare readiness. Orlando-based Organic Motion computer vision company unveiled the tracking platform at the Interservice Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference, the world's largest of ... read moreFrance gets new smart bombs
Paris (UPI) Nov 30, 2009 France has taken delivery of laser-guided precision bombs and intends to use them in Afghanistan. Raytheon's Paveway II (P2) laser-guided smart bombs already equip the French air force's Mirage 200D, which supports U.S. and other NATO forces in Afghanistan. "We have indeed received what we ordered," an unnamed French air force official told Defense News. "We hope to use them in ... more
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New Method To Measure Snow And Soil Moisture With GPS
Boulder CO (SPX) Nov 25, 2009A research team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder has found a clever way to use traditional GPS satellite signals to measure snow depth as well as soil and vegetation moisture, a technique expected to benefit meteorologists, water resource managers, climate modelers and farmers. The researchers have developed a technique that uses interference patterns created when GPS signals ... more Inauguration Of Site Of Galileo Station At Kourou
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Nov 23, 2009The site of a ground station for Galileo, Europe's global navigation satellite system, inside the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), near Kourou in French Guiana, was inaugurated on 19 November. The site, which was made available by France's Centre national d'etudes spatiales (CNES), will play an essential role in the setting up of the Galileo system, since it will accommodate the most ... more NGC TRo Supply AHRS For NEURON European UCAV Demo Project
Freiburg, Germany (SPX) Nov 12, 2009Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract by Saab Aerosystems to deliver Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS) for the NEURON European unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator. The LCR-100 AHRS units will be built by the company's German navigation systems subsidiary, Northrop Grumman LITEF. The LCR-100 Gyrocompass AHRS is a north finding attitude and heading reference ... more |
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LockMart GPS Satellite Achieves 10 Years Of On-Orbit Operations
Newtown PA (SPX) Nov 03, 2009The third Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-3) satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin to provide significantly improved navigation capabilities for military and civilian users worldwide, has reached 10 years of successful on-orbit operational service. The satellite was launched on Oct. 7, 1999, and is one of 30 GPS spacecraft currently on-orbit, providing critical ... more Eurockot Launches SMOS And Proba-2
Plesetsk, Russia (ESA) Nov 02, 2009The second satellite in ESA's Earth Explorer series-the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission-and the second demonstration satellite under ESA's Project for Onboard Autonomy (Proba-2) were launched into orbit last night from northern Russia. SMOS will play a key role in the monitoring of climate change on a global scale. It is the first ever satellite designed both to map sea sur ... more Raytheon Completes Free Flight Of Joint Standoff Weapon Extended Range
Naval Air Warfare Center CA (SPX) Nov 03, 2009Raytheon and the U.S. Navy completed the first free-flight demonstration of the Joint Standoff Weapon Extended Range air-to-surface precision guided missile. The JSOW-ER is a powered variant of the combat-proven glide JSOW. It takes the GPS-inertial navigation system reliability of existing JSOW variants and combines it with the network-enabled maritime-interdiction capabilities currently ... more |
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