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AvtoVAZ launches 3 concepts at Moscow Motor Show; collaboration with Renault-Nissan

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AvtoVAZ, the largest automaker based in Russia, a part of Rostec Corporation, introduced three new LADA concept cars at the Moscow International Motor Show 2014. Production is scheduled to start in 2016 in Togliatti. The new design is expected to be track launched in 2015, with the first road tests planned for spring 2015.

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Radar Technology Pioneer Merrill Skolnik Dies at 94

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He and his staff developed concepts for wideband shipboard air-surveillance radar with reduced susceptibility to electronic countermeasures; self-defense radar; and space-borne radar for detecting ships. He helped establish electrical engineering graduate programs in Egypt, France, and Tunisia. Naval Research Laboratory.

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