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European Satellite Navigation Competition AwardsParis, France (ESA) Nov 03, 2010 This year's ESA Innovation Prize for the European Satellite Navigation Competition has been awarded to an application that uses satellites to detect river pollution. A separate prize supported by ESA was awarded to a startup company for a pioneering system that uses satellite data to boost investment in farming. At the award ceremony, held in Munich on 18 October, the Salzburg startup company Mobilizy took home the euros 20.000 Galileo Master grand prize for its novel navigation system Wikitude D ... read more |
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  After bitter row, Google launches Street View in Germany Following months of controversy over privacy, US Internet giant Google put its first images from Germany online Tuesday as part of its Street View navigation service. ... more | .. |
  National Space Society Announces The Kalam-NSS Energy Initiative The National Space Society will hold a press conference Thursday, November 4 at the National Press Club to reveal one of the first initiatives ever undertaken by a non-profit American organization a ... more | .. |
  Advanced Full-Motion Video Management Tools For Defense And Intel Users Boeing has introduced DataMaster 5.0, a software system with full-motion video capability that will enable defense and Intelligence Community customers to better manage vast amounts of intelligence ... more | .. |
  Increased Arctic Shipping Could Accelerate Climate Change As the ice-capped Arctic Ocean warms, ship traffic will increase at the top of the world. And if the sea ice continues to decline, a new route connecting international trading partners may emerge - ... more |
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 China Launches Sixth Satellite For Own GPS Network China early Monday morning successfully launched its sixth orbiter which will form part of its indigenous satellite-navigation and -positioning network. A Long March-3C carrier rocket carrying ... more | .. |
  Space Fence Design Moves Into Next Phase Electronic Systems Center officials released a request for proposal announcement Oct. 20, 2010, for the next phase of a program that will revamp the way space objects and debris are identified and t ... more | .. |
  Saudi Helicopters Equiped With Portable GPS Tracking and Communication Device Blue Sky Network, a leading global provider of GPS tracking and communication solutions for land, sea, and aviation assets, announced that the Red Crescent Authority of Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Arabi ... more | .. |
 Teen Sailor Meets NASA Team That Helped Saved Her Life It has been almost six months since 16-year-old Abby Sunderland's 40-foot vessel, Wild Eyes, was damaged in a storm, leaving her stranded in the middle of the Indian Ocean. But now, she finally got ... more |
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 'Exorbitant' price talk for Galileo maps way off beam: EU A top European official slapped down reports on Tuesday that the much-delayed Galileo satellite navigation system could be 20 billion euros over budget, as he named a new contractor for the project. ... more | .. |
  Japan's BSAT-3B Satellite Ready For Launch The BSAT-3b broadcasting satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for the Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) of Japan, is ready for liftoff on Oct. 28 aboard an Ariane 5-ECA l ... more | .. |
  Contract Signing Gives Galileo System Its Operators A few swipes of the pen in Brussels yesterday forged the latest link in the chain of Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system. ESA signed a contract with Spaceopal, the company providing ground- ... more | .. |
  Raytheon Tests Weapons For Unmanned Aircraft Systems 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 ... more |
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  Commentary: Afghan peace solution America's 17 intelligence agencies have spent more than half a trillion dollars - more than $500,000,000,000 - since 9/11, most of it on the global war on terror, and the Obama administration still believes that if Taliban supremo Mullah Mohammad Omar Akhund were to return to power in Kabul, al-Qaida would be back too - "in a heartbeat." And this despite much evidence to the contrary. ... more | .. |
 Russia To Launch 8 Glonass Navigation Satellites In 2011-2013 Russia will put eight Glonass-M satellites into orbit in 2011-2013 to ensure the effective operation of its satellite navigation network, a Russian space industry official said. Glonass - the ... more | .. |
  New Research Settles Years Debate Over Diffuse Aurora New space research published this week (Thursday 21 October) in the journal Nature, has settled decades of scientific debate. Researchers from the University of California (UCLA) and British Antarct ... more | .. |
  Opportunity's Eastward View After Sol 2382 Drive This mosaic of images from the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a 90-degree view centered toward the east following a 93.3-meter (306-foot) drive east-northeastwa ... more |
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 US Handset Navigation Usage Rose In Last 12 Months A navigation survey recently conducted by ABI Research has revealed differences in navigation form-factor usage compared with a similar survey conducted in 2009. While in both 2009 and 2010 PN ... more | .. |
 Union Pacific Railroad Celebrates Opening Of Joliet Intermodal Terminal Officials and customers have gathered to celebrate the opening of Union Pacific Railroad's nearly $370 million, 785-acre Joliet Intermodal Terminal. Located approximately five miles south of I ... 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 | .. |
 Palm Springs Unified School District Selects Networkfleet GPS Fleet Tracking Networkfleet has announced that it has been selected by the Palm Springs Unified School District (USD) of Palm Springs, California, to improve vehicle utilization, reduce fuel costs, and increase sa ... 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 | .. |
 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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