Friday, October 16, 2009

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 16, 2009

The FORESTER radar from Syracuse Research will go aboard the
Boeing A-160 Hummingbird UAV, shown above


UAV-based airborne radar system capable of foliage penetration to be built by Syracuse Research -- Military And Aerospace

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., 27 Sept. 2009. U.S. Army researchers are looking to radar system experts at Syracuse Research Corp. in North Syracuse, N.Y., to build a foliage-penetrating radar for airborne radar applications on the Boeing A-160 Hummingbird unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

The Foliage Penetration Reconnaissance, Surveillance, Tracking and Engagement Radar (FORESTER) is an advanced airborne UHF radar for persistent surveillance that is able to detect people and vehicles moving through woods and other forested areas under the tree canopy's foliage.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs

The Great Green Fleet -- Information Dissemination

Further tests of Bulava missile delayed until end of Oct.
-- RIA Novosti

USS Freedom to deploy ahead of schedule -- UPI

Carrier Diversity Thursday -- New Wars

Russia Reports Eliminating 42 Percent of Chemical Warfare Materials -- Global Security Newswire

Swiss to Vote on Proposal to Ban Arms Exports -- Defense Talk

F-22 In The Persian Gulf -- Strategy Page

Gates Throws Down VH-71 Veto Threat -- DoD Buzz

Bosnia Vies For NATO Membership But Needs Reforms -- New York Times/Reuters

Beloved Chaplain Recommended for MOH -- Military.com

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