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 Haifa, Israel (SPX) Dec 02, 2009 
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems announces the release of the Spike NLOS weapon system. The Spike NLOS is an electro-optically guided missile for ranges of up to 25 km with pinpoint accuracy and midcourse navigation. The weapon system can be launched from land, air and naval platforms. Equipped with a variety of warheads, RF communication, unique advantages of hitting non-line of site ... read more 
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 ... more
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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 
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 
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 |
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Peterson AFB CO (SPX) Nov 04, 2009Could a U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Space Camp grad be the next U.S Air Force F-16 Pilot or GPS System operator? The Air Force only hopes so. The U.S. Space and Rocket Center is located in Huntsville, Alabama. "Space Camp" is what the center is commonly known as and provides residental and day camp educational programs for children in various age groups and adults. Space Camp is a series ... more 
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  
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 |
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