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September 12, 2013

JIB Antennas Will Support Ship ID Capability Being Added to Canadas RADARSAT Constellation Mission
Carpinteria CA (SPX) Sep 09, 2013
Small, lightweight JIB antennas from Northrop Grumman's Astro Aerospace business unit will help provide a new maritime identification capability for Canada's three RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) Earth observation satellites planned for launch in 2018. Astro Aerospace will provide 13 self-deploying, monopole JIB antennas as part of an Automated Identification System (AIS) being added to the identical radar-imaging satellites under a contract from RCM prime contractor MacDonald, Dettwiler and ... read more

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