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AEROFLEX Adds Plainview PW5032 RadHard To Product Line
Plainview NY (SPX) May 25, 2006Aeroflex Plainview has added the RadHard-by-Design PWM controller to its product line up. The PWM5032 high-speed, low power controller joins the PWM5031 which is currently in production. The RadHard PWM Controller was developed in partnership with Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Lab and the Technology Applications Group for the Mars Technology program, part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program. Hopkins Physics Lab To Build NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes 
Laurel MD (SPX) May 25, 2006Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory announced Wednesday it will develop and operate twin NASA spacecraft, scheduled to be launched in 2012, intended to study how the Sun interacts with Earth's radiation belts. MSV Accelerates Telecom Satellite Program 
Reston VA (SPX) May 25, 2006Mobile Satellite Ventures and its joint venture partner MSV Canada announced Wednesday they had reached an agreement with Boeing to accelerate deployment of their two North American satellites, intended to form the backbone of MSV's satellite cellular-wireless communications network. |
American Astronomical Society Releases Statement On Alma
Washington DC (SPX) May 25, 2006The American Astronomical Society, representing more than 6500 astronomers from the US and abroad, released the following statement on the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA). This instrument is under construction in Chile and is a joint project of North America and Europe with future anticipated participation from Japan. France Telecom Launches BGAN Service Across United States 
Paris, France (SPX) May 25, 2006France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications (FTMSC) has been granted initial licensing approval through a US-based affiliate to commercially operate BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network) mobile terminals in the United States. Arianespace Liftoff Now Set For Saturday 
Kourou, French Guyana (SPX) May 25, 2006Arianespace announced Wednesday it has rescheduled the liftoff of its record-setting dual-satellite mission for Saturday, May 27, following additional verification checks on the Ariane 5 ECA heavy-lift vehicle. |
Inexpensive Detector Sees The Invisible In Color
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 25, 2006An inexpensive detector developed by a NASA-led team can now see invisible infrared light in a range of "colors," or wavelengths. The detector, called a Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector (QWIP) array, was the world's largest (one million-pixel) infrared array when the project was announced in March 2003. ESA Makes World Fire Maps Available Online 
Paris, France (SPX) May 25, 2006ESA announced Wednesday it is making its satellite-compiled worldwide fire maps available to users online in near-real time through ESA's ATSR World Fire Atlas. Harris Wins Subcontract For Joint Environmental Toolkit As Part Of Raytheon Team 
Omaha NB (SPX) May 22, 2006Harris Corporation has been awarded a $3.7 million subcontract under Phase 2 of the U.S. Air Force Joint Environmental Toolkit (JET) program as part of the Raytheon Company JET Enterprise Team. |
Balloon Borne Student Experiments From Esrange Space Center
Esrange, Sweden (SPX) May 25, 2006BEXUS (Balloon EXperiment for University Students) is a yearly recurring experimental stratospheric balloon flight involving university students at Kiruna Space Campus and pupils from the Hjalmar Lundbom School and the Space High School in Kiruna. NASA Names Scales Associate Administrator For Institutions And Management Washington DC (SPX) May 22, 2006 NASA announced Monday it has appointed Charles H. Scales as the new associate administrator for its Office of Institutions and Management. ESA Extends SOHO Mission 
Paris, France (SPX) May 25, 2006ESA announced Wednesday it has approved additional funding for its Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, allowing the spacecraft's mission to be extended from April 2007 to December 2009. |
GAO Finds Problems In New DOD Satellite Communications Program
Washington DC (SPX) May 25, 2006A Government Accountability Office report released Wednesday has concluded that the Department of Defense is not meeting original cost, schedule and performance goals for its Transformational Satellite Communications System. Israel Selects Raytheon And Rafael For Short-Range Missile-Defense Interceptor 
Tucson AZ (SPX) May 25, 2006Raytheon Company and Rafael Armament Development Authority announced Wednesday they have been selected by the Israeli Missile Defense Organization to develop a new terminal missile defense interceptor. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. Ultralife Batteries Completes Acquisition Of ABLE New Energy 
Newark NY (SPX) May 25, 2006Ultralife Batteries has completed the acquisition of ABLE New Energy, a manufacturer of lithium batteries located in Shenzhen, China. Tenix Unveils New Data Transmission Technology 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) May 25, 2006Technology developed to monitor rocket fuel tanks is being marketed by Australian defence and technology contractor Tenix to provide the capabilities of RFIDs (radio frequency identification devices) where radio frequencies cannot be used. Comtech Wins Contract To Retrofit AN/TRC-170 Troposcatter Terminals 
Melville NY (SPX) May 25, 2006Comtech Telecommunications has announced that its Orlando, Florida-based subsidiary, Comtech Systems has received initial funding of 50% against a $9.7 million contract award from the U.S. Department of Defense (D.O.D.) for 61 digital troposcatter modem kits. CONTENT PARTNERS
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How Did Continents Split
Athens OH (SPX) May 25, 2006Like pieces in a giant jigsaw puzzle, continents have split, drifted and merged again many times throughout Earth's history, but geologists haven't understood the mechanism behind the moves. Researchers Release Draft Final Report On New Orleans Levees 
New Orleans LO (SPX) May 25, 2006Following an eight-month study of the New Orleans levee system and its performance during Hurricane Katrina, a 30-person team of researchers led by Raymond Seed and Robert Bea of the University of California, Berkeley, released a near-complete draft of their findings today in a "town hall" meeting in that Gulf Coast city. Revolutionary Hydrogen Sensor Developed 
Gainesville Fl (SPX) May 25, 2006US engineers in Florida believe they've solved the problem of safely storing invisible, odorless and highly explosive hydrogen. The storage problem has been viewed as a possible safety problem for hydrogen-powered cars, filling stations and other aspects of the so-called hydrogen economy likely in the future. New Attempt To Monitor fisheries 
United Nations (UPI) May 25, 2006The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says it has a new system to help take the fish stories out of reporting on dwindling stocks of the world's international fisheries. The goal is to manage and encourage international cooperation in managing fish stocks. Climate change threatens EU biodiversity target: Britain 
London (AFP) May 24, 2006 Climate change is a major threat to the European Union's target of halting biodiversity loss by 2010, according to a British government report published on Wednesday. |
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