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Arlington - Apr 30, 2003 
Veridian Corporation has been awarded a contract worth up to $37.7 million from the U.S. Air Force's Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, to develop satellite image processing systems in support of the Air Force's Eagle Vision program. |
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Upgraded GPS Bird Shipped For July LaunchCape Canaveral - Apr 30, 2003 
As the U.S. Air Force prepares to launch its third Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite this year, prime contractor Lockheed Martin has set a new record for operational checkout of the recently-launched GPS IIR-9 satellite.ViaSat UHF Satcom Systems Will Support DISA Teleport UHF Project 
Carlsbad - Apr 30, 2003ViaSat Inc. has been awarded a $5.4 million, firm-fixed-price contract for UHF Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) satellite communications terminals and engineering support for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) teleport project. Raytheon Developing Morphing Wing Structures for Cruise Missiles 
Tucson - Apr 30, 2003Raytheon Company is developing a revolutionary aircraft structure technology that could change in flight to adapt to mission requirements, targets and other changes in battle. |
Live Webcast Will Preview Mars Rover Adventure
Pasadena - Apr 30, 2003A live interactive broadcast and webcast on May 1 will offer an advance look at NASA's plans to land two robotic geologists on Mars in January 2004 -- the Mars Exploration Rover mission. Rutgers Scientist Sees Evidence Of "Onions" In Space 
New Brunswick - Apr 30, 2003Scientists may have peeled away another layer of mystery about materials floating in deep space. Tiny multilayered balls called "carbon onions," produced in laboratory studies, appear to have the same light-absorption characteristics as dust particles in the regions between the stars. Northrop Grumman Post Record Results Drive By Space Sector 
Los Angeles - Apr 30, 2003Northrop Grumman Corporation has reported that sales increased 49 percent, earnings from continuing operations increased 17 percent, and segment operating margin increased 44 percent, for the 2003 first quarter compared with the first quarter of 2002. |
NASA Helps Take "Whether" Out Of Weather Prediction
Washington - Apr 30, 2003Your weatherperson's job just got a little easier, thanks to new data available from advanced weather instruments aboard NASA's Aqua satellite. The new data are the most accurate, highest-resolution measurements ever taken from space of the infrared brightness (radiance) of Earth's atmosphere. This information can be used to make more accurate predictions of weather and climate. Vegetation Essential To Balancing Climate Models 
Boston - Apr 30, 2003Climate change 6,000 years ago in Sahara desert explained by MIT scientists Just as vegetables are essential to balancing the human diet, the inclusion of vegetation may be equally essential to balancing Earth's climate models. Geologists Raise Questions About Controversial Theory Of Species Survival 
Syracuse - Apr 30, 2003A recent study by a team of Syracuse University geologists has punched holes in a relatively new theory of species evolution called coordinated stasis; the theories involved are based on findings from fossil-bearing rocks that underlie Central New York. The SU study was published in "Geology," the premier journal of the Geological Society of America. |
Navy Sends Scientists To Arctic Ice For Summer Camp
Washington - Apr 30, 2003In late March, the U.S. Navy established a camp on a severe and unforgivingly cold stretch of ice about 150 miles north of Deadhorse, Alaska. While most of us were looking forward to the long, hot, sultry days of summer, nearly 30 scientists eagerly accepted an Office of Naval Research invitation to head to the Arctic camp to study ice, sea, and atmosphere. Boeing Studies Keep ISS Humming 
St. Louis - Apr 30, 2003Boeing engineers have provided a number of studies to help NASA keep the International Space Station (ISS) viable for the foreseeable future, relying upon Russian vehicles, Soyuz and Progress, to transport cargo to the station. Just Say No To Simple Answers 
Tokyo - Apr 28, 2003In a recent op-ed for "The Space Review" Clark Lindsey invokes an old formula -- the power of numbers -- with a new spin. It's so new, in fact, that he feels he has to wake us up to how ridiculous we are being. |
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