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- Rolls-Royce signs $171 million F-35 STOVL Liftsystem contract
- 11/20/2009 3:27:09 PM
- Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has signed a $171 million contract with Pratt & Whitney to supply the Rolls-Royce LiftSystem® for a further 9 Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL)...
- NASA Pushes Social Media Experience to New Heights
- 11/20/2009 1:17:19 PM
- WASHINGTON -- NASA launched a social media experience at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida that quickly turned into an unprecedented world-wide event as more than 100 Twitter users got a unique look...
- BAE Systems Receives U.S. Navy Contract Worth up to $233 Million
- 11/20/2009 11:54:57 AM
- NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina — BAE Systems has received a U.S. Navy contract worth up to $233 million to provide information and operating systems integration and related services at land-based fa...
- TRINIDAD and TOBAGO ships sail ahead
- 11/20/2009 11:31:21 AM
- Glasgow, United Kingdom: Two Offshore Patrol Vessels being built by BAE Systems for the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago will this week take a step closer to completion. Employees at ...
- Saab ROV to investigate plane crash
- 11/20/2009 11:10:56 AM
- Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department is the first in the US to have a deep water rated remotely operated vehicle. The vehicle they have chosen is Saab’s Seaeye Falcon DR. When an experimental plane cra...
- £1Bn Upgrade Bid Promises More Punch For British Army Warriors
- 11/20/2009 11:00:45 AM
- LEICESTER, United Kingdom. – British Army Warrior infantry fighting vehicles are set for a major boost in combat effectiveness by 2013 if a BAE Systems bid to upgrade the fleet is successful. The b...
- Lockheed Martin Opens New Facility in South Australia
- 11/20/2009 10:36:12 AM
- MAWSON LAKES, S.A., The Hon. Mike Rann, Premier of South Australia, officially opened the new Lockheed Martin Australia Electronic Systems facility at Mawson Lakes today. Following Lockheed Martin ...
- Exact Flow Introduces Mini-Comp™ Fully Compensated Dual-rotor Turbine Flow Meter
- 11/19/2009 5:19:48 PM
- Advanced meter design ensures exceptional precision and extended flow range performance without the need for flow straighteners SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., November 19, 2009 — Exact Flow, a supplier of prec...
- Ircon® Announces Advanced Features for Modline® 6 Series Fiber Optic Infrared Thermometers
- 11/19/2009 5:09:10 PM
- Innovative, fully featured, high-temperature models designed for metal and glass applications SANTA CRUZ, Calif., November 18, 2009 — Ircon®, the worldwide leader in infrared (IR) noncontact temper...
- Space Shuttle Pilot Set to Talk With Tennessee Students from Orbit
- 11/19/2009 2:44:42 PM
- WASHINGTON -- Congressman Bart Gordon and Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville will host a live conversation between more than 120 students and NASA astronaut Barry E. Wilmore on Sunday, N...
- BAE Systems to Improve Soldier Protection Through Army Vehicle Armor Contract
- 11/19/2009 2:41:41 PM
- AUSTIN, Texas — BAE Systems has received a $42 million U.S. Army contract to produce bar armor kits that protect soldiers in ground vehicles from rocket-propelled grenade attacks. The company will pro...
- QinetiQ’s Dragon Runner robots are sent to Afghanistan to support British troops
- 11/19/2009 2:40:01 PM
- Responding to an urgent operational requirement QinetiQ, a leading international supplier of military robots, today announced that it has been awarded contracts by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to ...
- NASA and Microsoft Allow Earthlings to Become Martians
- 11/19/2009 2:23:12 PM
- PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA and Microsoft Corp. of Redmond, Wash., have collaborated to create a Web site where Internet users can have fun while advancing their knowledge of Mars. Drawing on observat...
- NASA’s Wise Gets Ready to Survey the Whole Sky
- 11/19/2009 1:29:50 PM
- WASHINGTON -- NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or Wise, is chilled out, sporting a sunshade and getting ready to roll. NASA’s newest spacecraft is scheduled to roll to the pad on Friday, No...
- Lockheed Martin Flies Optimized Conventional F-35
- 11/19/2009 11:59:03 AM
- FORT WORTH, Texas,Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] first optimized conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) F-35 Lightning II fighter made its inaugural flight on Saturday, Nov. 14, the fourth F-35 to beg...
- Airbus wins commitments worth USD 5.3 billion at Dubai Air Show
- 11/18/2009 9:12:32 AM
- During the 2009 Dubai Air Show, Airbus announced commitments across its broad product range covering a total of 33 aircraft, valued at over US$5.3 billion. These commitments include firm orders for 15...
- CSC Wins $169 Million Navy Task Order to Support Littoral Combat Ship Acquisition Program
- 11/17/2009 1:00:35 PM
- FALLS CHURCH, Va., CSC (NYSE: CSC) announced today that the U.S. Navy has awarded the company a task order to support the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program Office, PMS 501. The task order, which has ...
- AEW for United Arab Emirates
- 11/17/2009 9:49:06 AM
- Saab has signed a contract for the sale of two airborne surveillance systems to the United Arab Emirates. The contract is worth approximately 1.5 billion SEK. The contract covers two Saab 340 AEW (...
- Fujitsu SynfiniWay V3 Brings Resiliency To Clouds
- 11/16/2009 8:46:51 PM
- Toulouse, France - Enterprises trying to optimise their global IT resources are increasingly frustrated by the resulting complexity, lack of resilience and weak traceability. The release of SynfiniWay...
- Saab ranked top within climate reporting
- 11/16/2009 11:54:36 AM
- For the third year running, Saab has been ranked among Scandinavia’s 20 best companies for climate reporting by the international Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). The reasons for the top ranking ar...
