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110621MS.Pdf - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -ミルスペース 110621- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [What’s New in Virtual Library?] Ｄｅｆｎｓｅ Ｎｅｗｓ SJAC レポート 110523DN_Cover.pdf, Cover.jpg 1103SJAC_Sekai-No-Uchu-KatsudoHo-DataBook_Contents.pdf, AW&ST Cover.jpg 110606AWST_Contents.pdf, Cover.jpg 1103SJAC_Sangyo-KyosoRyoku-NoTameNo-ChikyuKansokuEisei Military Technology -Senryaku-KentoKai_Contents.pdf, Cover.jpg 1105MT_Contents.pdf, Cover.jpg Boeing Frontiers 1104MT_Contents.pdf, Cover.jpg 1105BF_Frontiers_singles.pdf, 1105BF_Frontiers_Cover.jpg Space Flight 1104BF_Frontiers_singles.pdf, 1104BF_Frontiers_Cover.jpg 1106SF_Contents.pdf, Cover.jpg 1103BF_Frontiers_singles.pdf, 1103BF_Frontiers_Cover.jpg 1105SF_Contents.pdf, Cover.jpg 1102BF_Frontiers_singles.pdf, 1102BF_Frontiers_Cover.jpg Milsat Magazine Aerospace Corp. Crosslink milsatmagazine_11June_Contents.pdf, Cover.jpg Crosslink_V12N1_2011spring.pdf, Cover.jpg [What’s New in Reaｌ Library?] [謝辞] 仏大使館より cnesmag No.40 寄贈、感謝。 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - July 2011 nationaldefensemagazine by Stew Magnuson 予算の行方が不透明になるにつれ、米空軍は小型衛星を採用する方向に Air Force Embraces Small Satellites As Budget Outlook Grows Dim Springs, Colo. The command must deliver an array of services to the armed forces including GPS, communications, weather satellites and space-based sensors. The area of operations it must monitor — the beginnings of space some 100 miles above the Earth’s surface up to where the highest satellites orbit about 24,000 miles is about 73 trillion cubic miles, Shelton said. “There is no question that there will be more demand for these Building, launching and supporting space-based systems is one capabilities, not less,” he added. “Disaggregation” is the key, of the most expensive tasks the U.S military and intelligence Shelton said. Smaller satellites launched more frequently and communities undertake. With the federal budget expected to that are less expensive to build and launch is the trend. (後略) shrink in the coming years, Air Force officials said they are already looking at ways to maintain the capabilities they must deliver to the armed services. http://www.af.mil/shared/media/bio/shelton_wl8.jpg “We’re not going to be relieved of our requirements even as our budget goes down,” said Gen. William L. Shelton, commander of Air Force Space Command, at the Space Symposium in Colorado Shelton http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2011/July/Pages/AirForceEmbracesSmallSatellitesAsBudgetOutlookGrowsDim.aspx [Shelton の スピーチ] Remarks from the 27th National Space Symposium http://www.afspc.af.mil/library/speeches/speech.asp?id=646 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sunday June 19, 2011, 5:00 am EDT finance.yahoo.com/news/ その手のものとしては初のレイセオンのハイパースペクトル・センサが軌道上で 2 年を達成 1 Raytheon's First-of-Its-Kind Space-Based Hyperspectral Sensor Marks Second Year on Orbit PARIS, June 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A groundbreaking space is focused on the visible and shortwave infrared bands, Raytheon sensor built by Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN - News) has is developing the next generation of hyperspectral systems, completed its second year on orbit, exceeding its design life by which will take advantage of the unique attributes of the bands 100 percent. The Advanced Responsive, Tactically Effective of the infrared spectrum. Mid-wave IR hyperspectral sensors will Military Imaging Sensor was launched aboard the Air Force be able to identify faint heat signatures from space, while Research Laboratory's TacSat-3 in May 2009. Originally slated long-wave IR sensors can be used to characterize effluents, for a one-year experimental mission, ARTEMIS performed so well such as factory plumes. "Hyperspectral sensors allow us to that the U.S. Air Force Space Command took control of detect the otherwise undetectable," said Bill Hart, vice president, TacSat-3 for operational use in June 2010. ARTEMIS is a Raytheon Space Systems. "Raytheon is discussing with several hyperspectral sensing system, operating in the visible to government customers the potential for deploying additional shortwave infrared wavelengths. Hyperspectral sensors capture hyperspectral systems, either as a single, multiband system or a light across a wide swath of the electromagnetic spectrum, constellation of disaggregated capabilities."(後略) providing unprecedented spectral detail. That spectral information produces a distinct "signature," which can be compared against the spectral signatures of known objects to rapidly identify potential areas of interest. Since TacSat-3 operational acceptance, U.S. Air Force Space Command has improved the "sensor tasking to product dissemination" process for delivering actionable information to the warfighter. ARTEMIS produces approximately 100 hyperspectral imagery products per month, delivering key intelligence within hours after sensor tasking, 10 times faster than during the initial experimental phase. "TacSat-3 has far exceeded expectations in both its superior imaging performance and in its operational service life," said Col. John Kress, Air Force Space Command, chief, Missile Warning, http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110619/NE22120-a Missile Defense and Surveillance Operations. "The unique http://photos.prnewswire.com/pb-large/EN/2011/06/19/09/201106190 TacSat-3 hyperspectral imaging capability continues to provide 90100ENPRNPRN-RAYTHEON-ARTEMIS-1y-1308474060MR.jpg valuable information to combatant commanders." While ARTEMIS 2 http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110619/NE22120-b http://photos.prnewswire.com/pb-large/EN/2011/06/19/09/20110619090112ENPRNPRN-RAYTHEON-ARTEMIS-INFOGRAPHIC-1y-130847 4072MR.jpg http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Raytheons-FirstofItsKind-prnews-1220754404.html?x=0&.v=1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Thursday June 16, 2011, 4:47 pm EDT レイセオンは衛星に関して米海軍を支援することに Raytheon to help Navy with satellites Raytheon gets $51.6 million contract to help US Navy with communications satellites INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Defense and aerospace contractor requisitions, warehousing and tracking of government material. Raytheon Co. said on Thursday that it has gotten a $51.6 million The company will also repair and modify communications U.S. Navy contract to support communications terminals for a equipment. Most of the work will be done in Norfolk, Va., And Navy satellite program. The contract calls for Raytheon to handle Chula Vista, Calif. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Raytheon-to-help-Navy-with-apf-203992950.html?x=0&.v=1 - - - - - - - - - -関連 - - - - - - - - - - Thursday June 16, 2011, 9:00 am EDT finance.yahoo.com/news/ レイセオンは衛星通信システムをサポートするため$51.6M を米海軍と契約 Raytheon Receives $51.6 Million U.S. Navy Contract to Support Satellite Communication System INDIANAPOLIS, June 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Navy connectivity with U.S. Army and Air Force communication has awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN - News) a $51.6 systems," said RTSC Customized Engineering and Depot million contract to provide logistics support for the Support Vice President Wayne Iurillo. "As such, it is extremely communication terminals of the Navy's Extremely High important that the communication terminals remain functional Frequency Satellite Program (NESP). The performance-based and up to date. That's our commitment, and this contract will logistics contract calls for Raytheon Technical Services ensure that we continue to meet the Navy's need." Raytheon Company LLC (RTSC) to fulfill all requisitions; warehouse and Company, with 2010 sales of $25 billion, is a technology and track government-furnished material; resolve innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and supply-obsolescence or source issues; and evaluate, test, repair other government markets throughout the world. With a history and/or modify the communication equipment as needed. The of innovation spanning 89 years, Raytheon provides primary work will be performed at the RTSC sites in Norfolk, Va., state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and and Chula Vista, Calif., with additional engineering support other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, performed at the Raytheon sites in Marlborough, Mass., and control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a Largo, Fla. "NESP provides jam-proof communications for broad range of mission support services. With headquarters in submarines, major surface ships and sites onshore, as well as Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 72,000 people worldwide. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Raytheon-Receives-516-Million-prnews-721107341.html?x=0&.v=1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 Jun 17, 2011 hutchison.senate.gov/ ジョンソン・スペース・センタにて、Hutchison 上院議員とノーベル賞受賞科学者 Ting が ISS での AMS による革新的な実験を討議 AMS = Alpha-Magnetic Spectrometer AT JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, SEN. HUTCHISON, NOBEL PRIZE SCIENTIST PROF. TING DISCUSS GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH BY AMS ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ASTRONAUT MARK KELLY ACCOMPANIES SEN. HUTCHISON, PROF. TING AT FACILITY Hutchison played a pivotal role in AMS deployment, providing the legislative authority in 2008 for a dedicated shuttle mission to ensure delivery of the AMS to space before the end of space shuttle operations. "I have long been a supporter of making the best possible use of our great national investment in the International Space Station as a designated National Hutchison Laboratory," Sen. Hutchison
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