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National Defense December 2009 Austin Wright	Polar Ice Surveillance At Rock Bottom Prices University of Kansas researchers needed an unmanned aerial vehicle that could carry 120 pounds worth of radar equipment at low altitudes and over icy terrain to measure vital information for the Navy in Antarctica.
Geotimes December 2004 Sara Pratt	Antarctic Ice Connections The West Antarctic ice sheet contains 3.2 million cubic kilometers of ice. Were it to collapse due to global warming, it would raise global sea level by 5 meters, catastrophically inundating low-lying areas.
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider	Verizon And NASA To Monitor U.S. Drone Traffic NASA and Verizon are collaborating on ways to monitor the U.S.'s commercial and civilian drones from cell-phone towers.
Geotimes May 2007 Kathryn Hansen	Martian Pole Boasts Icy Detail A new map of Mars' south pole revealed that the ice cap is composed almost entirely of water ice and measures up to 3.7 kilometers thick.
Popular Mechanics December 7, 2007 Logan Ward	Climate Engineers Build UAV, Radar to Process Subzero Mystery Combining digital radar equipment with unmanned aircraft gives scientists a much-needed edge in understanding why the polar ice sheets are undergoing rapid changes.
Defense Update March 2007	Advantages of AESA Radars AESA radars are emitting not only radar signals, but can also be employed for non traditional ISR, as well as electronic attack.
Geotimes April 2007 Sally Adee	Massive Antarctic Lakes Discovered The recent discovery of a massive "plumbing" system of linked reservoirs 1,000 meters beneath two major ice streams of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet may help fill out climate change models.
IEEE Spectrum February 2013 Dave Levitan	Laser Eyes Spy a Big Melt in the Arctic Airborne altimeters yield a disturbing picture of polar ice loss
National Defense March 2011 Stew Magnuson	Domestic Unpiloted Aircraft May Use 'Tunneling' to Fly in National Airspace The concept called "tunneling," requires the setting up of safe corridors through airways and the pre-placement of sensors at points along the way.
Popular Mechanics July 30, 2008 Joe Pappalardo	Phoenix Mission 'Definitely' Finds Water Ice on Mars: Update The Phoenix mission will be extended, but team leaders aren't sure how long the lander will last, so they're gathering as much information and evidence on Mars as possible.
Popular Mechanics March 15, 2010 Trevor Williams	Iceberg Forensics: Predicting the Planet's Future With Antarctic Ice Something new is happening with the ice streams and glaciers. They are getting thinner, and they are getting thinner because they are speeding up.
Smithsonian October 2006 Anne Bolen	Life in the Field - Frozen in Time Glaciers in the Pacific Northwest have recorded hundreds of years of climate history, helping researchers plot how quickly the planet is warming.
Popular Mechanics January 28, 2008 Joe Pappalardo	From Space to Sea, New Radar Tech Could Shift Military Might This month Lockheed Martin released a 280-word statement from its radar research headquarters in New Jersey announcing a breakthrough test of an advanced radar platform.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2006	ITT awarded GCA-2000 radar contract for Sweden The White Plains, N.Y. company was awarded a contract worth $5 million to supply a transportable GCA-2000 state-of-the-art air traffic control radar.
Geotimes December 2003 Megan Sever	A year of global ice observations Scientists are now getting the most accurate view ever of changes in the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets. The new maps, using NASA's Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite, are shedding light on the processes controlling these ice masses, which comprise 75 percent of Earth's freshwater.
Popular Mechanics October 1, 2008 Andrew Moseman	Newest Arctic Melt Record Leaves Scientists Scratching Heads There's good news and bad news when it comes to the amount of ice in the Arctic.
Chemistry World November 29, 2012 Jon Evans	Messenger spots Mercury performing organic chemistry Nasa's Messenger spacecraft has uncovered evidence that not only does water ice exist on the surface of the planet Mercury, but in many places this ice appears to be covered in a 10cm-thick layer of soot-like organic material.
Geotimes March 2006 Naomi Lubick	Ice Hunter: Q&A With Lonnie Thompson An interview with glaciologist and Byrd Polar Research Center scientist Lonnie Thompson about what it mean to hunt ice and about some his current work.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2005 John McHale	European Airborne Radar Market Grows to $5.44 Billion by 2014 Force modernization and stock replacement programs will promote strong and sustainable growth across the European airborne-intelligence, surveillance, target-acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR) radar market.
National Defense March 2010 Austin Wright	Tunnel Detection System Digs Deeper Ground-penetrating radar sensors might have reached new depths.
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Otis Port	Super-Radar, Done Dirt Cheap A radar system that uses ubiquitous cell-phone signals is on its way. The technology, called Celldar, seems certain to be deployed, given its myriad civilian and military applications.
Science News February 14, 2009 Lonnie Thompson	Receding Glaciers Erase Records Of Climate History Ice masses on the tops of mountains -- sticking out in the free atmosphere -- have been collecting climate data and storing them, in many cases for very long periods.
National Defense December 2015 Edward Lundquist	Fee-for-Service Model Lowers Upfront Costs Instead of buying an expensive system with many more features than needed, it may be possible simply to pay for the service and get only the data required to accomplish the mission.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2008 John Keller	Radar technology looks to the future Modern radar systems are combining advanced materials, solid-state modules, digital signal processors, and complex A-D converters to give a better look to military and civilian users who need the best possible capability in small, compact, and efficient packages.
Popular Mechanics June 20, 2008 Matt Sullivan	As Phoenix Lander Finds Ice on Mars, Could a Real E.T. Be Next? In a breakthrough that likely provides scientists with their best opportunity ever to investigate extraterrestrial life, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has apparently spotted liquid ice on Mars.
Scientific American September 2008 Krista West	Researchers hone seismic skills to peer inside glaciers Seismic data enable scientists to peer inside melting glaciers before they calve
National Defense June 2008 Grace V. Jean	Cutting Through the Radar Clutter The same technology that allows fighter pilots to detect enemy planes in the skies may one day help ground troops peer around buildings in cities to track down insurgents.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2006 John McHale	Synthetic Aperture Radar Technology Key Part of Space-Based Radar The technology of synthetic aperture radar, which has been used to map the Earth from space, will play an integral role in the U.S. Department of Defense's space-based radar programs.
Defense Update July 2008	New F-16 Avionics Upgrades Introduced at Farnborough 2008 Several companies, primarily U.S. based are responding to requirements from current operators, to enhance the operational life of the aircraft and introduce new technologies that could extend its usability for many years.
Geotimes August 2007 Carolyn Gramling	No More "Snows of Kilimanjaro"? Mount Kilimanjaro's glaciers have receded dramatically, making the highest point in Africa a high-profile poster child for global warming. Some scientists contend, however, that Kilimanjaro is a poor example, as its glaciers were disappearing before warming set in.
Geotimes June 2007 Megan Sever	Antarctic Ice May be Grinding to a Halt Some of Antarctica's ice sheets may not be in as much danger as once thought.
Scientific American March 13, 2005 Mark Alpert	Lunar Science NASA's plan to establish a permanent lunar base and use the program's technology to prepare a human mission to Mars hinges on a risky prediction: that astronauts will find water ice in a permanently shadowed crater basin at one of the moon's poles.
IEEE Spectrum April 2010 Philip E. Ross	Ford Taurus Comes With Air-Force-Grade Radar Ford's Taurus puts a very big radar in a very small package
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005 Ben Ames	Weather Forecasters Turn to High Technology From warfighting to civilian airline schedules, weather controls our lives. The modern meteorologist builds forecasting models on powerful computers, and pulls data from radars, satellites, and a global network of sensors deployed on airplanes, weather balloons, and ocean buoys.
Scientific American July 2008 Peter Brown	NASA Satellites Watch Polar Ice Shelf Break into Crushed Ice Ice is melting at the poles much faster than climate models predict.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2008	ITT to Modernize Sweden's Air Defense Radar Engineers at ITT will to upgrade the Swedish Defence Material Administration's PS-870 coastal/gapfiller radar systems.
Geotimes December 2003 Naomi Lubick	Glacial earthquakes Seismologists have fingered glaciers as one source of newly discovered "slow" earthquakes.
National Defense December 2009 Grace V. Jean	Calif. Ranchers Wield British Radar to Detect Illegal Border Crossers Frustrated by trespassers attempting to cross into the United States illegally, ranch owners in southern California have purchased a British radar in an effort to protect their property and to help Border Patrol agents nab more intruders.
Geotimes October 2004 Jay Chapman	Melting Glaciers Promote Earthquakes In southern Alaska, melting glaciers heat up the possibility of earthquakes.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2005	PCI radar input card Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing is offering the Osprey PCI, a radar input card that interfaces radar systems to the Curtiss-Wright line of radar-processing and display devices.
IEEE Spectrum January 2009 David Schneider	Winner: Radio Eye in the Sky ImSAR's synthetic-aperture radar is both small and affordable
IEEE Spectrum December 2005 Erico Guizzo	Into Deep Ice What does the future hold for Earth's ice? A group of British researchers seeks answers in the bowels of a glacier.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006	NASA Tests Clear View for Pilots In an effort to make flying safer, more than a dozen NASA, airline, industry, and government pilots are testing technology to synthetically give pilots a clear view of their surroundings.
Geotimes November 2007 Nicole Branan	Water Pours Through Pores in Sea Ice Scientists have come up with a new model that describes how water moves through the Arctic sea ice beneath melt ponds, helping them to make better climate predictions.
National Defense October 2010 Stew Magnuson	British Model May Hold Key to Solving Wind Energy, Radar Clutter Problem The clean energy industry has found itself clashing with the Defense Department and FAA in recent years over the location of windmills, which are sprouting up across the nation from the prairies to the shores.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2009 Edward J. Walsh	Warship radar technology designers set sights on next-generation Navy cruiser The companies are stressing compliance with Navy "open-architecture" mandates, technology risk reduction, and the need to meet new airborne and missile threats.