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The article discusses issues related to the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Future Imagery Architecture (FIA) program. According to the article, the Boeing/NRO imaging radar that failed shortly after launch creating a falling debris risk indicates that trouble within the FIA program has spread to the radar side of the secret project. Air Force General Victor E. Renuart Junior said that there does not yet appear to be much concern about sensitive technologies on the satellite falling into enemy hands.

The article reports that the Italian plans for hyperspectral sensor and stereo radar sensors and moves in Germany to deploy a laser data-link capability promise to boost Europe's ability to track weather and climate change, as the U.S. hesitates. These ideas were advanced considerably by the recent launch of a pair of X-band radar observation satellites, that is, Germany's TerraSAR-X and Italy's CosmoSkyMed 1.

The article reports that the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is feverishly developing an array of technologies to intercept missiles headed for the U.S., although the U.S. government appears to have backed off of its grandiose plans to quickly pronounce the high-profile, ground-based, U.S. missile defense shield operational. Meanwhile, MDA has been able to point to progressive successes with the Aegis midcourse defense system, which will be an arrangement of sophisticated ship-based radars coupled with the SM-3 missile interceptors. Five of six tests have resulted in missile kills. Five out of 10 attempts have been successful with its ground-based counterpart.

This article reports that while a cause for unease among European government representatives, the Pentagon's decision to reduce funding for the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance system is being viewed as a renewed opportunity by some U.S. industry officials. At one point, European officials were told it was merely a realignment of funds to accurately reflect the AGS schedule. However, U.S. industry officials suggest another motivation was to signal the Pentagon's concern about the speed of the program. Last year, NATO selected a Northrop Grumman/EADS-led team, which proposed a mix of an Airbus A321-based ground-surveillance aircraft with a Global Hawk-derived surveillance unmanned aircraft. Raytheon's proposal was centered on the Airborne Standoff Radar program the company is building for Great Britain, with the Predator UAV as an adjunct.

The article informs that first deliveries are being made of a new, secrecy-shrouded radar that soon will be carried by U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F Super Hornets. Raytheon officials say they delivered the first low-rate initial production (LRIP) radar to Boeing a week ahead of schedule. They expect to build at least 415 of these radars for Boeing that will kick off a bifurcated program to equip new-production aircraft and to reequip in 2007-10 the 123 F/A-18E/Fs that are already flying with the Navy using less advanced radars. There are also at least two reference points to the radar's acuity, which appears from imagery to be in the 6-12-in.

This article reports that the U.S. Navy and the Italian government are discussing potential cooperation on the next-generation anti-radar missile and extending a long-running relationship in this arena. Development of the AGM-88E High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) began last year, but U.S. officials believe there is still time to bring on international partners. Italy has shown "good, positive interest," program manager for direct and time-sensitive strike weapons said. The exact content of cooperation remains to be defined, as does the timing for a formal agreement.An agreement would revive partnering between the U.S. and Europe on HARM. The U.S., Italy and Germany were partners on the HARM precision navigation upgrade effort.

The article discusses the significance of array radars to several industries in the U.S. Since its concept in World War II, it continues to deliver several advantages to different industries in the country. Due to its increasing demands on its radar performance, more radiated power, larger precision antennas, greater receiver sensitivity and improved extraction of information are required prompting radar designer to improve its specifications to meet the changing demands of the industry. Some of the uses of radar include airport surveillance, target detection and tracking.

The article focuses on the U.S. Air Force's Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) sensor. MP-RTIP was originally called a multi-platform program because it was supposed to fly on the Global Hawk Block 40 as well as the defunct E-10, which had been the slated successor to the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System. Testing of the sensor is continuing and officials are confident that they have surpassed some of the more complex technical challenges with new modes for the system.

The article informs that Israel's long-range, Green Pine radar, used to find targets for the Arrow 2 air defense missile, is being upgraded and doubled in power, possibly making it a candidate for conversion into a directed-energy weapon for use against Iranian and Syrian threats. A Pentagon radar specialist says the potential for the array would probably not be in ballistic missile defense, because warheads are so well shielded. Meanwhile, Israelis acknowledge they are tracking U.S. efforts to demonstrate anti-missile weapons using high-power microwave arrays and focused radar beams.

The Great Britain is working toward setting up a joint Predator unmanned aerial vehicle unit with the U.S. British personnel are soon to begin training in using the General Atomics Predator UAV, with the possibility they will then be deployed to form a U.K.-U.S. operations unit in Iraq. Predator unit stationed in the British-controlled area around Basra, at a base in Kuwait or in Qatar where it would be close to the Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC). Both manned and unmanned aircraft have been enlisted in the search, and the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has been testing, in Iraq, both ground-mounted electronic jamming systems and a coherent change detection system for airborne radar.

The article reports that manufacturers of radar detector are not concerned of competition brought by the smartphone market. Majority of these companies believe that their consumers are different from those using free smartphone applications. GPS Angel marketing director Adam Fingerman stated that their consumers are more of the older and professional demographic.

The article announces that Harris Corp. completed the transition of Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) weather and radar data processor (WARP) in the continental U.S. to the FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) network. The system enables air traffic controllers to receive a greater volume of weather radar information faster and provides FAA with software tools to consolidate weather data from various sources into a single, integrated, real-time display for air-traffic operations in the continental U.S. Alaska and Puerto Rico.

When the U.S. Navy officially named the San Antonio this past summer, it was introducing the first in a new class of amphibious transport dock ships, as of January 1, 2004. The Navy said that the San Antonio, also known as LPD 17, was its first surface ship to be completely modeled on computers before construction began. The LPD stands for landing platform dock, a former name for ships of the San Antonio class. Among the innovations on the new LPD is an Advanced Enclosed Mast/Sensor system, a composite material structure that protects radar and communications antennas from weather, and helps reduce the ship's vulnerability to detection by hostile radar.

The article reports that the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have partnered on the development of a portable radar device Finding Individuals for Disaster and Emergency Response (FINDER), which detects the heartbeats and breathing patterns of victims trapped in large piles of rubble. FINDER is based on remote-sensing radar technology, which was created by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

The article reports that researchers at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a table-top apparatus that can accurately characterize the gain and polarization of antennas operating in the 60- to 110 gigahertz frequency range. According to the researchers, the innovation will be beneficial to the proliferation of higher frequency antennas in both military and civilian applications, like the automotive collision-avoidance radar. The size of the antenna was achieved using the extrapolated-gain technique of NIST.

Reports on a decline in U.S. sales of radar detector in 2003. Forecast on radar detector sales in 2004; Information on the POP guns; Details on the Rocky Mountain Radar's D-550 detector.

Reports on a radar device developed by researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta that will help law enforcement officials detect terrorists, kidnappers and other criminal elements through walls and doors with a radar flashlight. Features of the device; System of operation; Types of walls that can be penetrated by the device.

Presents three electronics industries-related news items in the United States, compiled in the week of January 24, 2000. Development of luminescent sensors to virtually instantaneously detect and identify both biological and chemical agents; Patents for micropower radar technology; Use of the annihilation of matter and antimatter.

Reports on the improvement of radar detections for the military service in the U.S. Increase in the use of millimeter-wave radar for detection devices; Capability of tracking hostile signals; Prevention of an enemy from the intercepting radar.