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Space Fence Program Completes Critical MilestoneTewksbury MA (SPX) Nov 03, 2010 Raytheon Company has completed a successful system design review (SDR) for the Space Fence program. Space Fence will provide the U.S. Air Force enhanced space surveillance capability to track and detect space objects. "As our nation's defense becomes increasingly more dependent on the space domain, a system like Space Fence will be a critical component in the Space Surveillance Network, tracking tens of thousands of objects daily," said David Gulla, vice president, National and Theater Security Pr ... read more |
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  Intellian i4 Withstands Fire And Remains Operational Intellian has announced that one of its i4 satellite TV antennas remained operational following a fire that engulfed a customer's fishing boat. Earlier this year while tied at dock, the fishin ... more | .. |
 Where Is the New Horizons Centaur Stage When New Horizons launched at 2 p.m. Eastern time on January 19, 2006, its first Atlas V stage and solid rocket boosters fell back to Earth within minutes of launch, never entering orbit. New ... more | .. |
  New Supercomputer To Enable Data Analysis Not Possible Today Imagine a tool that is a cross between a powerful electron microscope and the Hubble Space Telescope, allowing scientists from disciplines ranging from medicine and genetics to astrophysics, environ ... more | .. |
  Savi Challenges You To Imagine The Best Wireless Applications Savi Technology has announced Project Volcano, an industry wide challenge for developers to explode onto the scene and create new ways that everyone can benefit from wireless technology. The b ... 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 | .. |
  Israel to boost Tel Aviv's missile shield Israel's military has begun constructing a third battery of long-range, high-altitude Arrow anti-missile interceptors near Tel Aviv to boost defenses against Iranian ballistic missiles. ... more | .. |
  LockMart Awarded High-Power Microwave Energy Weapon Contract Lockheed Martin received a $230,000 U.S. Air Force contract to define requirements for a weapon that uses high-power microwave energy beams instead of explosives to take out enemy electronic systems ... more | .. |
  Taiwan arrests double agent spying for China A Taiwanese military intelligence agent has been arrested for working as a double agent for China, the defence ministry and media said Tuesday. ... more |
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 Taiwan missile to target Chinese air bases, ports: report Taiwan is developing a potent missile system that can strike airfields and harbours on the mainland, in a bid to nip a Chinese invasion in the bud, local media said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Dassault ready to work with BAE on drones French aerospace firm Dassault is ready to work with Britain's BAE Systems to build a new generation of military drones, Dassault said Tuesday, as France and Britain signed a new defence treaty. ... 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 | .. |
 F-22 Raptor Performs Air Demo For First Time Over Dallas A F-22 Raptor performed its precision aerobatics at the Fort Worth Alliance Air Show Oct. 30-31, marking the first time the aircraft has demonstrated its aerial capabilities in the skies over the Da ... more |
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 Providing ISTAR Capability For UK Armed Forces Elbit Systems has announced that its UK company with Thales UK - UAS Tactical Systems (U-TacS) has been awarded by Thales UK a follow-on Urgent Operating Capability (UOR) contract worth approximatel ... more | .. |
  81,000 homeless need aid after Myanmar cyclone: UN The United Nations said on Tuesday that at least 81,000 people in western Myanmar are homeless and in need of urgent aid after cyclone Giri hit the area last week, leaving 45 people dead. ... more | .. |
 Are public service announcements effective By now, you've probably heard that taking illicit drugs might have the unfortunate effect of frying your brain - especially if you're familiar with the now-cliche 1980s anti-drug ad that elegantly compares drug use to egg frying with the pithy message: ... more | .. |
UN raises winter funds alarm in flood-hit Pakistan The United Nations on Wednesday expressed increasing alarm over sluggish funds for Pakistan's 21 million flood victims, appealing to donors to act swiftly to stave off a new winter emergency. ... more |
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British watchdog says Google 'Street View' broke law Google committed a "signficant breach" of British law when its Street View cars grabbed personal data and the firm's branch in the country now faces a probe, a watchdog said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Current Loss Tracked Down By Magnetic Fingerprint Scientists have been working on organic solar cells for about a decade. Their manufacture is environmentally friendly and they can be applied to all kinds of materials, such as plastic film, for ins ... more | .. |
  Wireless Humans Could Form Backbone Of New Mobile Networks Members of the public could form the backbone of powerful new mobile internet networks by carrying wearable sensors. According to researchers from Queen's University Belfast, the novel sensors could ... more | .. |
 World's Most Powerful Industrial Lithium-Ion Battery Corvus Energy is transforming the marine, transportation and energy industries with its release of an advanced lithium-ion battery technology that is able to store and distribute energy in megawatt ... more |
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 Oracle buying Art Technology for one billion dollars US business software giant Oracle announced Tuesday it was buying e-commerce software company Art Technology Group for one billion dollars in cash. ... more | .. |
 Yahoo! and Samsung expand Internet TV territory Yahoo! and Samsung on Tuesday raised their bet that television viewers want to easily link to websites such as Facebook without having the entire Web crammed into TV sets. ... more | .. |
  Boeing expects China fleet to triple in 20 years Boeing said Tuesday it expects China's civil aircraft fleet to triple over the next 20 years and is aiming to control more than half of the market, the world's second largest after the United States. ... more | .. |
  China's central bank to ease 'counter-crisis' policies China's central bank said Tuesday it would move away from policies aimed at countering the global financial crisis and further tighten control over credit in the face of increased capital inflows. ... more |
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