Raytheon Awarded Phase 2 Contract for Stand-Off Radiation Detection

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TEWKSBURY, Mass., July 9, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- The Department of Homeland Security has awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) a phase 2 contract to continue its development of a Stand-Off Radiation Detection System (SORDS).

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Raytheon Awarded Phase 2 Contract for Stand-Off Radiation Detection (PR Newswire)

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Raytheon Awarded Phase 2 Contract for Stand-Off Radiation Detection. - TEWKSBURY, Mass., July 9, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- The Department of Homeland Security has awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN - News) a phase 2 contract to continue its development of a Stand-Off Radiation Detection System (SORDS).

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Bruker Daltonics

www.army-technology.com | Feb 8, 2008

CBRN detectors and handheld point detectors are used for hazardous agents detection and the detection of biological warfare agents. Bruker Daltonics also manufacture RAID chemical agent detectors and mobile infrared chemical detectors.

http://www.army-technology.com/contractors/nbc/bruker-daltonic

Space debris: Despite Chinese test, some improvement

www.spacemart.com | Jan 30, 2008

Paris (AFP) Jan 29, 2008 - Commercial satellite operators last year worked harder to prevent space debris, although a Chinese anti-satellite test sharply worsened the problem of orbital junk, a French official said on Tuesday.

http://www.spacemart.com/reports/Space_debris_Despite_Chinese_test_some_improvement_999.html

Health Information

Radiation therapy uses high doses of radiation to destroy cancer cells (tumors). Radiation damages the genetic material of cells in the area being treated, leaving the cells unable to continue to grow.

http://www.memorialmedicalcenter.org/health/healthinfo/index.cfm?A=C&hwid=tc4130spec

1987 | 2608 | Flight Archive

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-60° Countdown to co-operation Recently the Soviet Union has been remarkably frank about its plans for space exploration, perhaps in an effort to encourage international participation in its ambit

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1987/1987%20-%202608.html

The Cerenkov FEL, a source for next generation radar systems

The aim of the present proposal is the development of a versatile, high (peak) power, tunable Cerenkov Free Electron Laser (CFEL) operating in the millimetre and submillimetre wavelength region.

http://www.stw.nl/Projecten/T/ttn/

The Penner-Hahn Group Page

Spectroscopic investigation of metal site structure in bioinorganic systems. There is a large group of enzymes (including methionine synthase and farnesyl transferase) in which a Zn active site is intimately involved in transfer of an alkyl group from an alkyl donor to a thiol acceptor.

http://www.umich.edu/~jphgroup