The reason Europe decided to build Galileo as a direct civilian alternative to US’ GPS was to prevent the US from shutting down all navigation in case of a conflict. TFA says that the new (US military) GPS now will have 500x transmit power, and also transmit a new civilian signal (L1C) to be...
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by Megan Scully mscully@nationaljournal.com August 21, 2008 The Air Force is finding itself on an unsteady course as it recovers from a string of public embarrassments surrounding the security of its nuclear arsenal that led to...
Airport security technology will be used at concerts and sports events. Verified Identity Pass, the Manhattan-based company that came up with the members-only fast-lanes through airport security, just received $44.4 million in...
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Image Caption: This mosaic of images taken by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager shows Phoenix's workspace, informally named "Wonderland," with the major trenches and features that have been informally named as...