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US Army Selects Raytheon For Next-Gen Excalibur Ib ProgramTucson AZ (SPX) Sep 03, 2010 Raytheon has won the competition for the next phase of Excalibur Ib and has been awarded a $23 million U.S. Army contract to finalize the next-generation 155 mm precision-guided projectile's design. Delivery of the Excalibur Ib rounds is projected to occur in 2012. Based on the combat-proven Excalibur Ia, Excalibur Ib uses GPS technology to provide a first round, fire-for-effect, precision capability that limits collateral damage. Whether "danger close" or across a valley, Excalibur projectiles gi ... read more |
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Fairfield CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2010After thousands of years of improving man's first survival skill, a new method to improve the hunt has hit the market. Hunters are going high-tech with a new program designed to improve their hunting skills by gathering, detailing, and retaining performance information about bagged game over entire seasons or years. An interesting new application tracks the information related to the hunt ... more 
Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 17, 2010From real-time polar bear tracking and field notes to Churchill history and Inuit bear lore, a new Churchill Polar Bear website, churchillpolarbears.org, provides a wealth of news on the Hudson Bay area polar bear population. A joint venture between World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and its Conservation Travel Provider, eco tour company Natural Habitat Adventures, churchillpolarbears.org has launc ... more 
New Delhi, India (PTI) Aug 13, 2010India Tuesday launched a satellite-based navigation system to aid air traffic in the region and joined a select club of nations which have similar capabilities. Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel launched the Global Position System Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (gagan) based on a constellation of 24 satellites positioned in six earth-centred orbital planes. gagan will provide seam ... more |
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Google lets uneasy Germans opt out of 'Street View'Berlin (AFP) Aug 10, 2010 Google said Tuesday it would allow Germans to opt out of its disputed Street View navigation service ahead of its launch in the country this year but privacy watchdogs were still not happy. The move is part of an effort to placate German authorities, who have serious concerns about the service that allows users to view online panoramic still photos at street level taken using specially equipped vehicles. "Google will roll out Street View for the 20 biggest German cities by the end of the year," ... read more |
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