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发表于 9-15-2010 11:37:35 | 只看该作者 回帖奖励 |倒序浏览 |阅读模式
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Nathan Hodge, For Army, It's the Charge of the Drones; Military Tests Robots, Other Gadgets to Help Soldiers Scout Battlefield in Real Time; Costs May Cloud Initiative's Future. Wall Street Journal, Sewpt. 15, 2010.
http://topics.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748703882304575465664196721940.html

Note:
(a) White Sands Missile Range
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Sands_Missile_Range
(in parts of five counties in southern New Mexico)

(b) Army's second largest installation behind the adjacent (but NOT contiguous with) White Sands Missile Range, Fort Bliss spans El Paso County, Texas and Doña Ana / Otero counties, New Mexico.
(c) WALL-E
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WALL-E
(d) The article has several photographs in prints, two of which are those of
Honeywell T-Hawk Micro Air Vehicle, a 17-pound, 14 inches in diameter, vehicle that can hover and stare and offers an option of electro optical or infrared camera sensors for real-time surveillance and that features vertical take-off and landing and can fly up to 10,000 feet at 46 miles per hour.
Honeywell T-Hawk Unmanned Aeiral Vehilce Reaches 10,000 Flight Milestone. Honeywell, June 18, 2010.
http://honeywellnow.com/2010/06/18/honeywell-t-hawk%E2%84%A2-unmanned-aerial-vehicle-reaches-10000-flight-milestone/

-----------------------------------Separately
(1) News release:  Northrop Grumman-Built STSS Demonstration Satellites Show Growing Capabilities by Detecting, Tracking Another Satellite. Northrop Grumman, Sept. 14, 2010.
http://www.irconnect.com/noc/press/pages/news_releases.html?d=201475

(2) Spencer S. Hsu, Case targets microchips sold to Navy. Washington Post, Sept. 15, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/14/AR2010091406962.html
(A Florida pair, Shannon L. Wren and an employee Stephanie A. McCloskey, is accused of selling more than 59,000 counterfeit computer microchips from China to the U.S. Navy and other clients for military use)

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