24/7 Coverage of GPS News
April 29, 2010
EARTH OBSERVATION
Into The Deep
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2010
There's a glut of research on climate change. Seemingly every day some new study comes out demonstrating the latest scientific understanding of changes to the Earth's systems. But the foundation of much research of this type is measurement, and there are, of course, severe limits to what can be measured. Improvements to our measurement abilities goes a long way towards improving and expanding climate change research. Which is why a new technology that fuels ocean robot exploration has been getting ... read more

.
GPS NEWS

EADS and Thales in French geomatics deal
..
UAV NEWS

5G International Develops Dedicated USV Navigation System
..
ENERGY NEWS

Renewable Energy Atlas Shows Vermont's Energy Options
..
ENERGY TECH

Shoe Power Generator Earns Louisiana Tech Professor National Attention
..

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

Free Space, Earth, Energy And Military Newsletters - Delivered Daily
..
. .
SHAKE AND BLOW

Katla, the 'witch' volcano, looms over Iceland
..
EARTH OBSERVATION

New Navsat Sensor Improves Water Monitoring
..
MISSILE NEWS

Qatari Emiri Navy Selects Exocet Missile
..
PILLAGING PIRATES

11 Somalis accused of piracy indicted in US: officials
..
MILTECH

Military leads march to shrink US carbon 'boot print': study
FROTH AND BUBBLE

Australia blames 'very tired' sailor for Barrier Reef crash
..
PILLAGING PIRATES

To fight pirate scourge, follow the money: US admiral
..
TERROR WARS

Cell Phones That Protect Against Deadly Chemicals
..
SHAKE AND BLOW

No panic near Iceland volcano despite threat of ash and floods
..
SHAKE AND BLOW

Rare Yellowstone volcano eruption would be deadly
..
ROCKET SCIENCE
India Set To Launch Satellite With Cryogenic Rocket Engine
Bangalore (IANS) Apr 15, 2010
India Wednesday readied itself to join the elite space club by firing for the first time its own cryogenic rocket engine to launch an advanced communication satellite. "The 29-hour countdown began 11.27 a.m. at Sriharikota for launching the geo-synchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-D3) Thursday at 16:27 IST with a geo-stationary satellite (GSAT-4) as its main payload," Indian Space Re ... more

SOLAR SCIENCE
Proba-2 Shows Solar Eruption That Touched Earth
Paris, France (ESA) Apr 15, 2010
Polar skies glowed with ghostly auroras last week during the biggest geomagnetic storm of 2010. The event owed its origin to a solar eruption a few days earlier - revealed here in high-speed detail by ESA's small Sun-watcher Proba-2. Eruptions like this one have several components, most notably solar flares and Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs). Solar flares are caused by sudden impulsive rele ... more

GPS NEWS
Honeywell To Supply Inertial Measurement Units For GPS Satellites
Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Apr 14, 2010
Honeywell has announced that it has been selected to supply newly designed Inertial Measurement Units (IMU), used to accurately position satellites in orbit, for the United States Air Force (USAF) Global Positioning Satellite III Program, in a contract worth $45 million. "Honeywell designed new IMUs to respond to the demands of today's spacecraft with more reliable units that will extend s ... more

..
TECH SPACE

First Operational F-15C With Enhanced Radar Rolls Out

GPS NEWS

Northrop Grumman Navigation Capabilities Support Automated Aerial Refueling Program


Instant online solar energy quotes

Solar Energy Solutions from ABC Solar
..
UAV NEWS
Harvest HAWK Completes Phase One Testing

B-1 Adapts To Remain Effective After 25 Years

Better light armor for fighters a priority

UAV NEWS
LockMart Receives THAAD Field Support Contract

Poland to receive first US missiles in May: ministry

Official Details Results Of US Missile Review

UAV NEWS
Syria,Iran arm Hezbollah with improved missiles: US

LM Delivers 10,000th GMLRS Rocket To US Army

India arms jets with BrahMos missiles

UAV NEWS
Russian Defense Industry Falls Behind Rivals

BAE Opens New Engineering Hub In Melbourne

Brazil plans an armed force of 500,000

UAV NEWS
Robot takes on battle of the bulge

Robonaut Set To Join Space Station Crew As R2

A Cyborg Space Race

UAV NEWS
Scientists Favor Needles Over Tablets For Global Vaccinations

One year on, Mexico still recovering from swine flu

Mexico helped avoid one million swine flu deaths: minister

Free Space, Earth, Energy And Military Newsletters - Delivered Daily
..
.
GPS NEWS
Boeing To Provide Next-Generation GPS Ground Systems Support To US Air Force
Aurora CO (SPX) Apr 13, 2010
Boeing reports that as part of the Raytheon team awarded the space-based Global Positioning System (GPS) advanced control segment program (OCX), it will develop portions of the U.S. Air Force's new ground control segment. GPS OCX will provide more secure, accurate, and precise navigation around the world for military, humanitarian and commercial applications. The development contract, awarded recently by the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center's GPS Wing, is valued at more than $880 million ... read more

GPS NEWS
Virgin's Branson attacks volcano cloud shutdown

In London, air passengers desperately hope for departures

Frustrated passengers begin exodus from Asia's airports

..
GPS NEWS
Automakers go 'green' in Beijing

Philippines' dirty jeepneys starting to turn green

World's first taxis with easily swapped batteries hit Tokyo

..
GPS NEWS
Russia's Cosmos-3M Space Carrier Orbits Military Satellite

Navy GFO-2 Altimetry Satellite Contract Awarded To Ball Aerospace

Russia launches military satellite: report

..
GPS NEWS
LockMart Receives THAAD Field Support Contract

Poland to receive first US missiles in May: ministry

Official Details Results Of US Missile Review

..
GPS NEWS
China seizes millions of toxic food containers

Demystifying Yield Fluctuations For Greenhouse Tomatoes

No single cause for mass die off of honey bees: OIE

The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2010 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement
Previous Issues Apr 28 Apr 27 Apr 26 Apr 23 Apr 22