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US military looks at supplying troops with dronesWashington (AFP) Dec 9, 2009 The US military is taking a serious look at resupplying combat troops in Afghanistan using unmanned aircraft, an Air Force general said Wednesday. Faced with the task of delivering vast amounts of supplies by land and by air to troops in the mountainous, land-locked country, senior officers were considering using pilotless aircraft to help with the job, said US Transportation Command chief G ... read more |
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Abu Dhabi, UAE (SPX) Dec 03, 2009Rapid development in the Middle East space industry is building a strong demand for a skilled and well-trained workforce to take it forward, creating opportunities for young Arabs to become the next generation of space engineers and scientists. Dr. Salem Issa, Associate Professor, Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences at the UAE University, will tell next week's Global Space Technology ... more  
Haifa, Israel (SPX) Dec 02, 2009Rafael 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 ... 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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  France gets new smart bombs  New Method To Measure Snow And Soil Moisture With GPS  Inauguration Of Site Of Galileo Station At Kourou |
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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  
Paris, France (ESA) Nov 12, 2009Into its second week in orbit, Proba-2's spacecraft platform has proven to be in excellent health. This leaves the way clear for commissioning the many new technology payloads aboard the mini-satellite, among the smallest ever flown by ESA. As ESA's full-sized Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission soared skyward by Rockot launcher on 2 November, it had a smaller companion. Piggyb ... more  
Lokoja, Nigeria (AFP) Nov 8, 2009After decades of delay and wrangling by resisting riverine communities, Nigeria has launched a multi-million-dollar dredging exercise to boost navigation and commerce on the Niger River. Plans are to deepen the river channel and stabilise its banks along a stretch of 572 kilometers (376 miles) as to allow passage of large vessels and open up inland ports. "The goal is to activate the nav ... more |
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 New System Allows Vehicle GPS To Track Location While In Flight   NRL Sensor Provides Critical Space Weather Observations  Raymarine's New 33STV Brings Superior Satellite TV To Smaller Vessels |
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