... air vehicles and the mission control element of the system's ground station to be completed by December 2003. The US Air Force plans a total of 51 air vehicles. The US Navy is to buy two air vehicles for delivery by 2005. In April 2001, Global Hawk made aviation history when it completed the first non-stop flight across the Pacific Ocean ... from Edwards AFB, California, to the Royal Australian Air Force Base, Edinburgh, South Australia. Global Hawk successfully participated in a series of exercises with the RAAF, the Royal Australian Navy and the US Navy. Guinness World Records has rec...

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... weather satellite which was launched on April 1,1960. Tiros 1 sent pictures of clouds to the earth. Another kind of satellite is a navigation satellite. This satellite was first developed by the U.S. Navy. It was called Transit 1B, and it first orbited in April of 1960. The U.S. launched Echo 1, the first communication satellite. Echo 1 reflected signals back to Earth. The other communication satellites ... . Therefore, Satellite technology developed in many different fields of interest. Satellites were developed to help scientists take a closer look at the moon, to help predict weather ...

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... the Soviet, the American researchers have perceived that the frequency sounds changed according to its movement and its distance. They concluded that a satellite could be a location tool. In 1959, "the Navy built the first satellite navigation system called TRANSIT and was intended to locate submarines"[Mar12]. In 1974, the US launched their first satellite GPS system "NAVSTAR" (Satellite Navigation for ... ...

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Computers and Technology in the Military The military needs to gain intelligence about enemies of the United States, as well as potential enemies, and even allies. Through the gaining of intelligence, the military can formulate plan to counteract enemy goals and improve effectiveness of their goals. In previous times before the computer age the military used spies to infiltrate enemy lines and discover enemy goals, artillery, and the size of their military. The spy would then communicate back to base what was discovered. Now, during the computer age, computers create a whole new angle to espio...

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