Saturday, March 24, 2007

Warts and all: Super Hornet seeks clear skies in future fighter debate


Warts and all: Super Hornet seeks clear skies in future fighter debate
Janes - by an improved Super Hornet, and then by a long-range unmanned combat air vehicle Both the radar and ATFLIR are expected to be capable of tracking multiple moving The key issue is whether a one-way data link allowing a GPS-guided weapon to

Queuing conundrum
BBC Brasil - Here s an old economist conundrum about queues. Suppose there is a water fountain in a park. It s a hot day and lots of people want to drink from the fountain. Being awfully British and civilised, they form an orderly queue at the fountain. Now

U.S. official: Chinese test missile obliterates satellite
CNN - The missile carried a "kill vehicle" and destroyed the satellite by ramming it. The The official said that U.S. "space tracking sensors" confirmed that the satellite is orbit satellites have become indispensable for U.S. military communications, GPS

Stacking the Digital Deck
HispanicBusiness.com - We can see the whole fleet, or view one vehicle, zooming down to the street address they're at," says Bob Matson, vice-president of operations. Actcom has been tracking its fleet with GPS since April 2003. "We started on a trial basis with five trucks