New TacSAR Contract
UTC Aerospace has awarded a contract to CPI Aerostructures Inc to support the Tactical Synthetic Aperture Radar (TacSAR) reconnaissance system.
Cassini SAR Scan of main rings
The light of a new day on Saturn illuminates the planet’s wavy cloud patterns and the smooth arcs of the vast rings. Release from NASA/JPL Thursday, July 6 (DOY 187)…
SAR Finds Wires Which are a Threat to Apaches
Wires Are a Survivability Threat for Apaches, Too By James T. McKenna | June 30, 2017 below 500 feet agl have been a longstanding threat to both civil and military helicopters,…
SAR examines geology of Oklahoma’s largest earthquake
Study examines geology of Oklahoma's largest earthquake June 30, 2017 by Alan Buis Radar measurements of Pawnee quake deformation based on before/after satellite data analysis. Red/pink areas moved west and…
Sentinel-1A Detects Delaware-Sized Iceberg
A Delaware-Sized Iceberg Is Tearing Off Antarctica Right Now Maddie Stone Today 8:11am The Larsen C ice shelf as seen by the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) instrument on the Sentinel-1A…
Real Photos of SAR Systems
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Scientists Using SAR to Forecast Volcanic Eruptions
Scientists are trying to use satellites to forecast volcanic eruptions Scientists are trying to develop a model for predicting volcanic eruptions. The models and methods are similar to those used…
DoD Capitalizing on Commercial Space Boom
Pentagon Capitalizes on Commercial Space Boom SANDRA ERWIN The Pentagon is moving to build ties with commercial space firms as U.S. military forces seek faster and cheaper ways to communicate,…
InSAR: Predicting disaster before it strikes!
Predicting disaster before it strikes: InSAR in Australia by Anthony Wallace on 28 June, 2017 in GIS & Data, Latest News, Surveying Displacement in the Perth basin, as observed by InSAR. See annotated figure below for…
Rescues advance, but landslides still hard to predict
MAOXIAN, Sichuan Province, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Technological advances over the past decade have helped make China's disaster rescue more sophisticated. This was demonstrated recently after landslides hit a valley…