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| September 27, 2013 |
 How Engineers Revamped Spitzer to Probe Exoplanets Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 27, 2013 - Now approaching its 10th anniversary, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has evolved into a premier observatory for an endeavor not envisioned in its original design: the study of worlds around other stars, called exoplanets. While the engineers and scientists who built Spitzer did not have this goal in mind, their visionary work made this unexpected capability possible. Thanks to the extraord ... more |  |
 First scoop of Mars soil contains 2 percent water: study Washington (AFP) Sept 26, 2013 - The first scoop of Martian soil analyzed by NASA's Curiosity rover held about two percent water, offering hope for hydrating humans who someday explore the Red Planet, scientists said Thursday. "We saw Mars as a very dry desert and while this is not as much water you will find in Earth soil... it's substantial," said Laurie Leshin, lead author of the study in the journal Science. In a cu ... more |  |
 Fusion, anyone? Washington DC (SPX) Sep 25, 2013 - The dream of igniting a self-sustained fusion reaction with high yields of energy, a feat likened to creating a miniature star on Earth, is getting closer to becoming reality, according the authors of a new review article in the journal Physics of Plasmas. Researchers at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) engaged in a collaborative project led by the Department of Energy's Lawrence Liver ... more |  |
 UCLA scientists explain the formation of unusual ring of radiation in space Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 27, 2013 - Since the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts in 1958, space scientists have believed these belts encircling the Earth consist of two doughnut-shaped rings of highly charged particles - an inner ring of high-energy electrons and energetic positive ions and an outer ring of high-energy electrons. In February of this year, a team of scientists reported the surprising discovery of a pr ... more |  |
 Lockheed Martin Receives THAAD Production Contract Dallas TX (SPX) Sep 25, 2013 - Lockheed Martin received a production contract totaling $3.9 billion to produce elements of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapons System for the Missile Defense Agency and the United Arab Emirates. The contract includes the manufacture and delivery of a maximum of 110 interceptors for the U.S. Army, including the fiscal 2014 option. These Lot 4, 5 and 6 interceptors will ... more |  |
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Patriot and Sentinel Capabilities Incorporated Into Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 25, 2013 - The U.S. Army and Northrop Grumman have incorporated a key capability of the Patriot family of missiles and the Sentinel radar into the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS). Under the direction of the IAMD Project Office, the Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon Company, the Sentinel Project Office and Lockheed Martin ... more |  |
 Lockheed Martin Submits Proposal For The USAF Satellite Hosted Payload Initiative Washington DC (SPX) Sep 25, 2013 - Lockheed Martin has submitted its competitive proposal for the U.S. Air Force's Hosted Payload Solutions (HoPS) initiative aimed at leveraging commercial satellites for some government missions. According to the August 1 government solicitation, HoPS will provide the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) and other U.S. government organizations with "a capability for hosting Gove ... more |  |
 Spinning CDs to Clean Sewage Water Washington DC (SPX) Sep 26, 2013 - Audio CDs, all the rage in the '90s, seem increasingly obsolete in a world of MP3 files and iPods, leaving many music lovers with the question of what to do with their extensive compact disk collections. While you could turn your old disks into a work of avant-garde art, researchers in Taiwan have come up with a more practical application: breaking down sewage. The team will present its ne ... more |  |
 Densest array of carbon nanotubes grown to date Washington DC (SPX) Sep 24, 2013 - Carbon nanotubes' outstanding mechanical, electrical and thermal properties make them an alluring material to electronics manufacturers. However, until recently scientists believed that growing the high density of tiny graphene cylinders needed for many microelectronics applications would be difficult. Now a team from Cambridge University in England has devised a simple technique to increa ... more |  |
Boeing Completes Deliveries of Processing Units for Army's Air, Missile Defense Network Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 25, 2013 - Boeing has recently finished delivering more than 40 computer processing units that will support an integrated network of computer and communication equipment critical to U.S. Army air and missile defenses. Boeing's Plug and Fight Processing Units are the main computing assets that link together various Army weapons and sensor platforms with the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Co ... more |  |
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 Raytheon GPS military system achieves 2,000th sale El Segundo CA (SPX) Sep 27, 2013 - Raytheon has delivered its 2,000th Miniaturized Airborne GPS Receiver (MAGR) 2000. Three variants of the MAGR 2000 family of products are currently in service aboard 20 types of fixed-wing and rotary-wing platforms across 16 countries, with a well-established record of excellent performance and reliability. The current MAGR 2000-S24 greatly improves navigation accuracy and integrity compar ... more |  |
Raytheon completes critical component of ninth AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar Tewksbury MA (SPX) Sep 25, 2013 - Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has completed the manufacturing of an Antenna Equipment Unit for the AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar. An integral part of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS), the AN/TPY-2 searches, discriminates between threats and non-threats, acquires and tracks threat ballistic missiles. AN/TPY-2 is a mobile X-band radar that helps protect the U.S., warfigh ... more |  |
Nanoscale neuronal activity measured for the first time London, UK (SPX) Sep 24, 2013 - A new technique that allows scientists to measure the electrical activity in the communication junctions of the nervous systems has been developed by a researcher at Queen Mary University of London. The junctions in the central nervous systems that enable the information to flow between neurons, known as synapses, are around 100 times smaller than the width of a human hair (one micrometer ... more |  |
 New Model Should Expedite Development of Temperature-Stable Nano-Alloys Raleigh NC (SPX) Sep 24, 2013 - Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new theoretical model that will speed the development of new nanomaterial alloys that retain their advantageous properties at elevated temperatures. Nanoscale materials are made up of tiny crystals, or grains, that are less than 100 nanometers in diameter. These materials are of interest to researchers, designers and manufac ... more |  |
New sensor could prolong the lifespan of high-temperature engines Cambridge, UK (SPX) Sep 24, 2013 - A temperature sensor developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge could improve the efficiency, control and safety of high-temperature engines. The sensor minimises drift -degradation of the sensor which results in faulty temperature readings and reduces the longevity of engine components. The new sensor, or thermocouple, has been shown to reduce drift by 80 per cent at temperat ... more |  |
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 Agreement with Telecom NZ completes Global Xpress access network London, UK (SPX) Sep 27, 2013 - Inmarsat and Telecom NZ have signed contracts to establish and manage one of Inmarsat's Pacific Ocean Region (POR) satellite access stations (SAS) for Global Xpress (GX). The contract for this POR GX SAS marks an important milestone in the development and deployment of Inmarsat's market-changing GX network, which will deliver the world's first global Ka-band network, providing mobile users ... more |  |
 Graphene Photodetector Integrated into Computer Chip Vienna, Austria (SPX) Sep 24, 2013 - The novel material graphene and its technological applications are studied at the Vienna University of Technology. Now scientists have succeeded in combining graphene light detectors with semiconductor chips. Today, most information is transmitted by light - for example in optical fibres. Computer chips, however, work electronically. Somewhere between the optical data highway and the elect ... more |  |
Container's material properties affect the viscosity of water at the nanoscale Atlanta GA (SPX) Sep 24, 2013 - Water pours into a cup at about the same rate regardless of whether the water bottle is made of glass or plastic. But at nanometer-size scales for water and potentially other fluids, whether the container is made of glass or plastic does make a significant difference. A new study shows that in nanoscopic channels, the effective viscosity of water in channels made of glass can be twice as h ... more |  |
 APSCC 2013 reaffirms Arianespace's focus on the Asia-Pacific region Paris (SPX) Sep 27, 2013 - Arianespace remains committed to its customers in the Asia-Pacific market and is targeting new developments to expand its position as the region's benchmark launch services provider - highlighted by the company's presence this week at the Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council (APSCC 2013) Conference and Exhibition in Hong Kong. Stephane Israel, Arianespace's Chairman and CEO, under ... more |  |
 'Cascade of events' caused sudden explosion of animal life Oxford, UK (SPX) Sep 24, 2013 - The explosion of animal life on Earth around 520 million years ago was the result of a combination of interlinked factors rather than a single underlying cause, according to a new study. Dozens of individual theories have been put forward over the past few decades for this rapid diversification of animal species in the early Cambrian period of geological time. But a paper by Professor Paul ... more |  |
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