It can also be used to monitor air-to-air and air-to-ground communications between and among others.
The Seawolf submarine, the C-17 transport aircraft, several different air-to-ground and air-to-air missiles are in the cross-hairs.
You may recall Airfone, the air-to-ground pay phone service that debuted on commercial flights in the 1980s.
Britain has also started to put these principles into practice, by pledging to buy aircraft-carriers, giant transport aircraft, and sophisticated air-to-ground surveillance systems.
Gogo's ATG-4 technology is capable of delivering a peak speed of 9.8 Mbps, triple the peak speed of 3.1 Mbps enabled by the previous air-to-ground network.
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As a benign example of how transatlantic teams can stimulate competition in high-tech weapons making, defence analysts cite the fierce competition to supply Britain with an air-to-ground surveillance system.
For the JAGM contract, Lockheed provides a 27-month technology development program that includes design, test and demonstration of joint air-to-ground missile system that significantly enhances warfighters operational flexibility and combat effectiveness.
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The Americans are trying to use e-mail for routine ground-to-air communication, freeing voice channels and lightening the load for controllers.
The Greek-Cypriots say they will deploy Russian-made ground-to-air missiles next summer.
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Artillery was gradually replaced by tactical missiles in the defensive role, but the Air Force was too busy building a fleet of long-range bombers and supersonic fighters to be bothered with ground-based air defenses, while Army troops had a clear need for such defenses.
The FAA says funding for the new fee system, combined with federal money, would shift the 40-year-old ground-based air traffic control system to a satellite-based, cockpit-to-cockpit system that is safer and more efficient.
British Airways cancelled all flights to Nairobi after reports of possible ground-to-air attacks.
Whether it's Gogo's exclusive air to ground and ATG-4 technologies, SES's Ku-band satellites or, Inmarsat's Global Xpress Ka-band satellite technologies, we plan to offer a full range of connectivity solutions for any aircraft mission.
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According to Allen and his partners, this air-launch-to-orbit system is far less expensive and far more flexible than traditional ground launches, which are still used by some private companies for satellite launches.
The Ministry of Defence has stressed that the government has not yet decided to deploy ground-based air defence systems during the Games.
When asked last year about the rules of engagement for tear gas, he told the BBC that police in America are trained not to fire head-high and to either arc the canister into the air or roll it on the ground.
In April, Sudan and South Sudan slipped close to all-out war with a series of tit-for-tat air raids and ground attacks that prompted the African Union and Security Council to push the two sides to act.
Gogo's ground-to-air transmitters typically mandate evaluating service while jetting around the country above 10, 000 feet.
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Passengers still can't perform multiple tasks simultaneously on their devices or stream video as smoothly as they can on the ground, but they can expect steady improvement in this area as the airlines and Internet service providers work together to improve ground-to-air service.
It carries a host of satellite and laser-guided bombs and is able to remain over targets for long periods of time to assist in close-air support for troops on the ground.
He also revealed that a French helicopter pilot, Lieutenant Damien Boiteux, was killed in Friday's fighting - during an air raid to support Mali's ground troops in the battle for Konna.
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There are, moreover, other ways to provide such a defense -- notably, from the sea using modified AEGIS fleet air defense ships -- that could enable a national missile defense to be fielded for a fraction of the cost of the ground-based system.
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And last April, Sudan and South Sudan slipped close to all-out war in series of air and ground exchanges.
But the idea of simply getting carbon credits for storing CO2 in the ground, which air-capture enthusiasts used to see as the natural use for the technology, is no longer plausible.
Last week's order to ground the planes - in the US air force, army and Marine Corps - marked the second time in two months planes from the F-35 range have been grounded.
As U.S. strategy shifts from ground operations in the Middle East to naval-air operations in the Western Pacific, the Navy deserves more attention.
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Earlier analysis had led ground controllers in Houston and Moscow to suspect a Russian air-purifying apparatus as being the source of the leak.
On the other hand, an uncertain global economic environment which is forcing customers to opt for ground-based and deferred shipping services over premium air-based shipping services will negatively impact the company.
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According to published reports, the United States is proposing to withdraw unilaterally all nuclear artillery shells from Western Europe and to revise NATO doctrine in a manner that makes retaining the remaining air- and ground-launched systems utterly problematic.
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