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Raytheon Tests Weapons For Unmanned Aircraft SystemsYuma Proving Ground AZ (SPX) Oct 26, 2010 Raytheon has flight-tested Small Tactical Munition, a new weapon specifically designed to be employed from unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). STM is a 13-pound guided bomb that is approximately 2-feet long, making it the smallest bomb in the Raytheon family of weapons. The bomb's dual-mode, semiactive laser seeker and GPS-inertial navigation system enable the weapon to engage both fixed and moving targets around-the-clock, regardless of weather conditions. "Current combat operations have ... read more |
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  Better Location Accuracy Equals Increased Revenues Location awareness is becoming an increasingly vital contributor to the North American mobile user experience. While US wireless carriers reported consumer Location Based Service (LBS) subscribers o ... more | .. |
 Locating Caregivers Quickly Workplace Options has unveiled iFindCare, the world's first mobile application to help individuals locate, reference and evaluate accredited child care and elder care providers. Developed to a ... more | .. |
 S.Africa implants GPS chips in rhino horns to fight poaching South African rangers on Thursday announced a plan to implant GPS devices in the horns of rhinos in a new effort to combat rampant poaching. ... more | .. |
 CellGuide Introduces HiMap High-Performance Urban Positioning CellGuide has announced the availability of its patent-pending HiMap technology for precision urban positioning. HiMap is now commercially available for CellGuide's ACLYS chip, ACLYS IP Core, and GP ... more | .. |
  DHS Conducts Nationwide ID Authentication Test For Emergency Preparedness Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently coordinated a nationwide demonstration showing the ability to deploy a common, int ... more |
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Johannesburg, South Africa (UPI) Oct 21, 2010 Five rhinos in South Africa have been "wired" with Global Position System devices to help protect them from poachers, wildlife officials say. Each of the animals in the country's North West province had a GPS chip fitted into a small hole drilled in the inert or dead part of its horn, the BBC reported Thursday. As well as GPS tracking, the devices are equipped with alarm systems ... more 
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 21, 2010The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has been conducting the scheduled initial functional verification of the satellite bus and mission devices of the First Quasi-zenith Satellite "Michibiki," which was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center at 8:17 p.m. on September 11, 2010 (Japan Standard Time, all the following dates and time are JST.) In the course of the verification, we co ... more  
La Jolla, CA (SPX) Oct 21, 2010Blue Sky Network, a leading, global provider of GPS tracking and communication solutions for land, sea, and aviation assets, announced that it is now a service partner of mobile satellite service provider, Iridium Servicios de Satelites S.A. a subsidiary of Iridium Communications Inc. As an Iridium service partner in Brazil, Blue Sky Network can now provide its satellite-based GPS tracking ... more |
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NKorea Jamming Device A New Security ThreatSeoul (AFP) Oct 12, 2010 A North Korean jamming device capable of disrupting guided weapons poses a fresh threat to South Korea's security, the South's defence chief said on Tuesday. Defence Minister Kim Tae-Young told parliament that the North had imported Russian equipment to jam South Korea's GPS (Global Positioning System) reception. "North Korea's GPS jamming is seen as a fresh security threat" as it can disrupt guided weapons, he said. The North is thought to have been responsible for the intermittent fa ... read more |
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