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NASA, Russia Head Toward Showdown in spaceCape Canaveral (UPI) Apr 21, 2004
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Integrated Testing Of First Airborne Ray Gun Completed
Sunnyvale CA - Apr 22, 2004Lockheed Martin has completed factory testing of the optical benches for the Airborne Laser's Beam Control/Fire Control (BC/FC) system. The Airborne Laser (ABL) is the first megawatt-class laser weapon system to be carried on a specially configured 747-400F aircraft, designed to autonomously detect, track and destroy hostile ballistic missiles. Mars Rover Science Featured At Astrobiology Conference 
Mountain View CA - Apr 22, 2004The third of NASA's Astrobiology Science Conferences -- held every two years at Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California -- has just ended. Every one of these has drawn a considerably bigger crowd of scientists than the previous one. This might seem peculiar for what one scientist has described as "the most lively scientific field not to have any actual subject material yet". Terra Takes Earth's Temperature 
Greenbelt MD - Apr 22, 2004Like thermometers in space satellites are taking the temperature of the Earth's surface or skin. According to scientists, the satellite data confirms the Earth has had an increasing "fever" for decades. |
Opportunity Finds Small Crater Pit A Chip Off The Old Phobos 
London - Apr 22, 2004A unique meteorite that fell on a Soviet military base in Yemen in 1980 may have come from one of the moons of Mars. Several meteorites from the Red Planet have been found on Earth, but this could be the only piece of Martian moon rock reports Jenny Hogan in this week's issue of New Scientist. |
Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract for Space Based Radar Phase A Concept Development Tuesday
Denver - Apr 21, 2004Lockheed Martin was awarded a $220 million contract by the U.S. Air Force for the concept development phase of the Space Based Radar (SBR) program. The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center awarded the 24-month study contract to continue the definition of SBR system requirements and evaluate alternative design concepts for the SBR system architecture. |
US Navy Awards Titan $22.5 Million Affordable Weapons System Contract
San Diego - Apr 21, 2004The Titan was recently awarded a $22,500,000 contract to design, develop, and test a prototype affordable weapons system (AWS). The AWS is a guided missile system consisting of missile, launcher and mobile ground station that utilize military and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components in a "system engineered COTS" design. |
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