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Northrop Grumman-Built Satellite Antenna Enables NASA’s Discovery of Buried Glaciers On Mars

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Monday, January 19th, 2009

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An antenna aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is enabling detection of huge glaciers on Mars, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced. Northrop developed and built the antenna. Locating the glaciers is challenging, because they are covered by a layer of dust and rocks. The antenna was developed by Astro Aerospace, a Northrop unit in the contractor's Aerospace Systems sector, for the Italian Space Agency SHAllow RADar (SHARAD) instrument. SHARAD probes below the Martian surface using radar waves in the 15-25 MHz…

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

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Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

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Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

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Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

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