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Solar flare activity might threaten GPSIthaca, N.Y. (UPI) Jun 11, 2010 A Cornell University expert on global positioning and satellite systems is warning they will be challenged as solar flare activity rises. Paul Kintner.a professor of electrical and computer engineering, says an increasingly complex and brittle U.S. technical infrastructure has been created since 2004 - a period of minimum solar flare activity. And during future periods of solar activity, those systems will be tested for the first time. "We have been observing the sun during the space ag ... read more |
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Schriever AFB CO (AFNS) Jun 03, 2010Airmen from the 2nd Space Operations Squadron and from the 19th SOPS took control of the Air Force's newest GPS satellite following its launch into orbit May 28 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The GPS IIF SV-1 satellite represents a substantial upgrade for the GPS constellation. Thanks to improvements with the cesium-based atomic clocks used for timing, the satellite is expecte ... more  
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 03, 2010The U.S. Marine Corps Harvest Hawk aircraft will soon be equipped with Northrop Grumman-built Viper Strike stand-off precision guided munition as part of an effort under way to bring greater utility to the Marines' KC-130J refueling and cargo aircraft. Under the terms of the contract, Northrop Grumman will deliver 65 Viper Strike munitions beginning this year to the Joint Attack Munition S ... more  
Freiburg, Germany (SPX) Jun 03, 2010Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract by the Italian shipyard Fincantieri to deliver two full navigation suites for the second pair of U212A class submarines being built for the Italian Navy. This new contract represents the natural evolution of the joint German-Italian Submarine Program. Fincantieri, which has already constructed and delivered the first two submarines to the Italia ... more |
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Russia And US To Create First Joint Satellite Navigation VentureMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jun 01, 2010 The Russian Space Systems corporation and the U.S. Trimble Navigation Group have signed an agreement to create a joint satellite navigation venture in Russia, the Russian company has said. Each of the companies will hold a 50% stake in the Rusnavgeoset company, which will produce Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) geodetic network infrastructure systems, a statement posted on Russian Space Systems' website said. "This high-technology, innovative sphere of activities directly contribut ... read more |
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