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February 18, 2010
SPACEMART
Astrium Technology Connects Germany To Denmark
Hanover, Germany (SPX) Feb 18, 2010
Precision satellite navigation is set to be used in the construction of a motorway and rail link between Germany and Denmark. AXIO-NET, a subsidiary of Astrium Services, has won a major contract to provide satellite positioning data for the development of this 19km link between the islands of Fehmarn, Germany and Lolland, Denmark - the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link. AXIO-NET will establish and operate a four station GNSS reference network across the proposed construction site, which will provide precise ... read more

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MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS

Raytheon Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 Proves Networked Capability
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DRAGON SPACE

China launches orbiter for navigation system: state media
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GPS NEWS

China Aiming To Have Its Own GPS In Place By 2012
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GPS NEWS

China Launches Third Orbiter For Indigenous Global SatNav System
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Russia To Launch 3 Glonass Satellites In March
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GPS NEWS

Boeing Ships First Next-Gen GPS Satellite To Cape Canaveral
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GPS NEWS

Putin Says Glonass GPS System Must Go Commercial
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GPS NEWS

New GPS Receiver Solution For Mobile Devices
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SOLAR SCIENCE

Solar Dynamics Observatory: The 'Variable Sun' Mission
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GPS NEWS
Russia To Track Glonass Satellites From Antarctic Station
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Feb 08, 2010
The Academician Fyodorov scientific research vessel has arrived at the Russian Antarctic outpost of Bellingshausen on a mission to set up a station for tracking the GLONASS navigation satellites, the Voice of Russia reported. 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 civi ... more

SOLAR SCIENCE
Boulder Instrument Package To Study Space Weather Set For Launch
Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 05, 2010
A $32 million University of Colorado at Boulder instrument package set for launch Feb. 9 by NASA should help scientists better understand the violent effects of the sun on near-Earth space weather that can affect satellites, power grids, ground communications systems and even astronauts and aircraft crews. The CU-Boulder Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment, or EVE, will fly on NASA' ... more

TIME AND SPACE
Aluminum Ion Drives Most Precise Quantum Logic Clock Ever
Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 05, 2010
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built an enhanced version of an experimental atomic clock based on a single aluminum atom that is now the world's most precise clock, more than twice as precise as the previous pacesetter based on a mercury atom. The new aluminum clock would neither gain nor lose one second in about 3.7 billion years, according to ... more

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UAV NEWS

JASSM Test Validates Missile Upgrades

TECH SPACE

New Simulation Tool Could Shorten Manufacturing Design Process


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LAUNCH PAD
US-South Korean Exercise Debuts LockMart Simulation Program

US Navy's Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures System

First RAF Pilot Flies JSF

LAUNCH PAD
US missile shield not targeting Russia, Bulgaria says

Transdniestr ready for Russian missiles: leader

LockMart Awarded Contract For Continued Support Of Aegis Test Facility

LAUNCH PAD
India ready to export cruise missiles: official

Russia says missile delivery to Iran delayed

Russia blows hot and cold over Iran S-300s

LAUNCH PAD
Still no deal to save A400M plane: EADS

Emirates throw wrench in Dassault works

Countries send joint A400M funding bid to EADS

LAUNCH PAD
Insectlike 'Microids' Might Walk, Run, Work In Colonies

Robot to take starring roles in S.Korea plays

NASA And GM Take Giant Leap In Robotic Technology

LAUNCH PAD
Scientists Transplant Nose Of Mosquito

Up to 17,000 flu deaths in US: CDC

WHO experts to determine if worst of flu pandemic is over

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MISSILE NEWS
Upgrades To Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile Validated
Orlando, FL (SPX) Feb 02, 2010
A Lockheed Martin Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) underwent a successful Product Upgrade Verification (PUV) flight test on January 12 at White Sands Missile Range, NM. The missile was released from a B-52 aircraft and successfully navigated through a preplanned route before destroying its intended target. The primary test objectives of this flight were to provide final validation of a new missile control unit, recently upgraded actuator control electronics and a digital engine contro ... read more

MISSILE NEWS
Boeing Completes P-8A Weapons Ground Vibration Tests

Boeing Helps Danish Machining Firm Multicut For Aerospace Quality

Air China agrees to buy 20 Airbus planes

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MISSILE NEWS
Hydrogen-fueled cars for India?

Electric cars: put a battery in your roof

Swiss try bittersweet alternative to winter road salt

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MISSILE NEWS
Raytheon Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 Proves Networked Capability

Fourth WGS Satellite Passes Key Integration Milestone

USAF Global Strike Command Officials Assume B-52, B-2 Mission

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MISSILE NEWS
US missile shield not targeting Russia, Bulgaria says

Transdniestr ready for Russian missiles: leader

LockMart Awarded Contract For Continued Support Of Aegis Test Facility

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MISSILE NEWS
Dramatic Changes In Agriculture Needed As World Warms And Grows

China goes gourmet with foie gras

Untethered cows may produce less milk

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