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C2-C4ISR Systems Constitutes Around 5 Percent Of National Defence Budgets London, UK (SPX) Mar 18, 2010 The considerable growth in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) applications is driving the development of powerful communications systems, high resolution electro-optic sensor subsystems, signal processing and intelligence analytics software. In the digital battlespace, militaries have come to rely more and more upon digital information gathering and sharing. The use of computers, which have doubled in processing power every 18 months, has enabled ... read more |
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Army Fast-Tracking Precision Mortar To Afghanistan Washington DC (SPX) Mar 19, 2010 The U.S. Army is poised to deliver precision mortar rounds to soldiers in Afghanistan by the end of this year as part of an accelerated effort to give commanders there an improved ability to destroy targets in the mountainous terrain, service officials said. "You can drop one on a target to execute the mission and stay on target," said Brig. Gen. John Maddux, Program Executive Officer, Amm ... more First EHF Satcom Hardware Installed On B-2s Edwards AFB (SPX) Mar 19, 2010 Northrop Grumman technicians here have begun installing the first set of hardware for a B-2 stealth bomber upgrade that will eventually allow the jet to send and receive battlefield information up to 100 times faster than its current satellite communications system. The work is being done as part of Increment 1 of the U.S. Air Force's B-2 extremely high frequency (EHF) satellite communications p ... more Too late to avert second Haiti disaster Port-Au-Prince (AFP) March 18, 2010 Despite billions of dollars in pledges and an unprecedented humanitarian drive, it is likely too late to avert a second disaster in quake-hit Haiti, a top US aid coordinator warned Thursday. Tents and tarpaulins are simply not enough to protect tens of thousands of Haitians from the coming rains and hurricanes, and a new wave of quake survivors could perish in a second "catastrophe," InterAc ... more |
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Spider Silk Reveals A Paradox Of Super-Strength Boston MA (SPX) Mar 19, 2010 Since its development in China thousands of years ago, silk from silkworms, spiders and other insects has been used for high-end, luxury fabrics as well as for parachutes and medical sutures. Now, National Science Foundation-supported researchers are untangling some of its most closely guarded secrets, and explaining why silk is so super strong. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Materials Science and Engineering say the key to silk's pound-for-pound toughn ... read more |
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