Space Daily articles from February 2009

Space Daily archives from February 2009

4JET Introduces New INLINE Laser System.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Huckelhoven, Germany (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 4JET Sales+Service GmbH adds a new machine to its portfolio for the thinfilm photovoltaic industry. The new INLINE systems can be used for laser edge deletion, P4 isoscribes and...

A Better Way To Pinpoint Underground Oil Reserves.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Denise Brehm Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2009 Boston MA (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 Picture this: an accurate map of a large underground oil reservoir that can guide engineers' efforts to coax the oil from the vast rocky...

Blast Overpressure Is Generated From The Firing Of Weapons And May Cause Brain Injury.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 The brain may be injured by the noise, which is produced when, for example, an anti-tank weapon (Bazooka, Karl Gustav) or a howitzer (Haubits) is fired. Scientists at the...

Capture Of Nanomagnetic Fingerprints A Boost For Next-Gen Information Storage Media.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Davis CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 In the race to develop the next generation of storage and recording media, a major hurdle has been the difficulty of studying the tiny magnetic structures that will serve as their building...

Discovery Gets New Valves - Crew Practices Simulated Liftoff.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 Space shuttle Discovery's gaseous hydrogen, or GH2, flow control valves have arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Following management approval, technicians will...

DuPont Installs Its Largest Solar Panel Array.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Kauai HI (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 DuPont has announced the installation of its largest photovoltaic solar energy facility at its Pioneer Hi-Bred Waimea Research Center in Kauai, Hawaii. The Waimea photovoltaic...

First SBIRS Satellite With New Flight Software Completes Key Test.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 The first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) satellite, built by a Lockheed Martin team for the U.S. Air Force, has successfully completed a major test...

How Obama Will Influence Energy Stocks.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Marin Katusa Chief Strategist, Casey Research Energy Team, 2009 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 One might think the United States would be charging hard on energy security as well as border and other kinds of security in its...

Iowa Staters Advance Developmental Robotics With Goal Of Teaching Robots To Learn.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Mike Krapfl Ames IA (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 Alexander Stoytchev and his three graduate students recently presented one of their robot's long and shiny arms to a visitor. Here, they said, swing it around. And so the visitor tentatively...

New Ariane 5 Arrives In French Guiana.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 Launch vehicle components for Arianespace's second Ariane 5 flight of 2009 have arrived in French Guiana, allowing preparations to begin for an April mission that will carry...

NOAA-N Completes Flight Readiness Review.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 One final milestone, the Launch Readiness Review, will be conducted on Feb. 2 to assure all is ready to start the launch countdown operations the following afternoon. The NOAA-N...

Northrop Grumman Delivers 400th Fuselage Section For F/A-18E/F Super Hornet.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers El Segundo CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 Northrop Grumman has delivered its 400th fuselage section for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, the U.S. Navy's combat-proven multi-role strike fighter. The fuselage "shipset," measuring...

Phantom Solar Credits Scheme Will Increase Dirty Energy Generation.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 The federal government's proposed Solar Credits scheme, for roof-top solar, is equivalent to giving homeowners bogus money and will reduce the amount of renewable energy generated in...

Photovoltaic Systems For Commercial Roofs.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Carlisle PA (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 Carlisle Energy Services and Energy Conversion Deviceshave announced that they have reached a multi-year agreement for ECD to supply its UNI-SOLAR laminates to Carlisle Energy Services....

Planetary Society Reaches Out To Congress On NASA Funding.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 With a new Congress now in session in Washington, The Planetary Society is renewing its efforts to promote space exploration and help shape space policy in the coming years. In early...

Raytheon Makes Executive Changes In Space Business.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers El Segundo CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 William Hart has assumed leadership of the space business of Raytheon Company. Hart, who joined Raytheon in 1975, was named vice president for Space Systems. He succeeds Brian Arnold,...

Raytheon's Unmanned Ground Control System First To Be NATO-Certified.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Falls Church VA (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 Raytheon has achieved another industry first from NATO for the U.S. Navy Tactical Control System. The so-called STANAG (Standardization Agreement) 4586 certification confirms that...

SEPA Releases Utility Solar Tax Manual.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) is pleased to announce the release of the Utility Solar Tax Manual, providing timely clarity regarding solar tax credit changes for the...

State-Of-The-Art Grating For Gaia.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 An important milestone has been reached for the Gaia Radial Velocity Spectrometer (RVS): the full-size demonstrator model of the RVS grating - a key component responsible for the...

Structure Of Enzyme Against Chemical Warfare Agents Determined.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 The enzyme DFPase from the squid Loligo vulgaris, is able to rapidly and efficiently detoxify chemical warfare agents such as Sarin, which was used in the Tokyo subway attacks in...

Successful Test In Development Of NASA's New Crew Rocket.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 The development of NASA's next-generation crew launch vehicle, the Ares I rocket, took another step forward Thursday as Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, successfully tested a critical...

Teams To Vie For Brightest Idea At Regional Rube Goldberg Contest.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers West Lafayette IN (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 Changing a light bulb is a simple task, but how about completing that duty in 20 steps or more, or even designing a new kind of light source altogether? Those are the tasks...

Two Rockets Fly Through Auroral Arc.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Poker Flat AL (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 After days of waiting for precise aurora conditions, a team from the University of Iowa finally saw the launch of its two scientific sounding rockets from Poker Flat Research Range....

Water Lilies Inspire Scientists To Create Large-Scale Graphene Films.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Boston MA (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 In the world of nanomaterials, scientists and engineers can create new structures with tiny building blocks as small as one billionth of a meter. But in order to construct new materials...

Wireless At WARP speed.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Houston TX (SPX) Feb 02, 2009 Nothing kills innovation like having to reinvent the wheel. Imagine how dull your diet would be if you had to build a new stove and hammer out a few cooking pots every time you wanted to...

Arianespace Begins Payload Integration For First Ariane 5 Of 2009.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Kourou, French Guyana (SPX) Jan 30, 2009 Final integration has begun for the multi-satellite payload to be carried on Arianespace's first Ariane 5 flight of 2009. These preparations began with the installation of...

Cassini Finds Hyrocarbon Rains May Fill Titan Lakes.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 30, 2009 Recent images of Titan from NASA's Cassini spacecraft affirm the presence of lakes of liquid hydrocarbons by capturing changes in the lakes brought on by rainfall. For several years,...

Development Center For Hybrid And Electric Vehicle Battery Systems.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Van Buren TWP MI (SPX) Jan 30, 2009 Ricardo has launched the Battery Systems Development Center at its Van Buren Twp., Michigan, headquarters. The center provides the most comprehensive and integrated range of...

Duke Energy Boosts Share the Warmth Program.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Charlotte NC (SPX) Jan 30, 2009 A sluggish economy has made it especially difficult for many North and South Carolinians to cover their heating costs this winter. To ease this situation, the Duke Energy Foundation...

Early Attempts To Contact Aliens.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Michael Schirber Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 30, 2009 The desire to contact intelligent life on other planets is much older than the UFO craze and the SETI movement. Several 19th century scientists contemplated how we might...

EF Johnson Technologies Introduces Discover GPS Speaker Microphone.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Irving TX (SPX) Jan 30, 2009 EF Johnson Technologies has introduced the Discover GPS Speaker Microphone. The Discover GPS Speaker Microphone transmits location, text messages, and tracking information over the...

Energy Crime Stoppers Hotline Delivers First Arrest.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Houston TX (SPX) Jan 30, 2009 Energized by reports of its first arrest, recovered equipment, and police working active tips on energy theft, sponsors of the Energy Crime Stoppers hotline implored members to increase...

GPS-Enabled Handsets Expected To Bypass The Economic Downturn.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers New York NY (SPX) Jan 30, 2009 Shipments of GPS-enabled mobile phones will hit a speed-bump in 2009, but will still manage to post year-to-year unit growth through the current economic downturn, according to a new...

Mio Technology Gives Navigation A New Spirit.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Las Vegas NV (SPX) Jan 30, 2009 Mio Technology announced that its "Mio Spirit" navigation software will be the new software platform for Mio's North American product line. Being shown at CES 2009, the software is fast...

NACEL Energy Announces Third Texas Power Project.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Denver CO (SPX) Jan 30, 2009 NACEL Energy has confirmed it has entered into two long term wind development rights agreements covering an aggregate of 1573 acres of farm land located in Swisher County, Texas. Swisher...

Pennsylvania Game Commission Releases First Wind Energy Annual Report.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Harrisburg PA (SPX) Jan 30, 2009 As Pennsylvania and the nation seek alternative sources of energy, the Pennsylvania Game Commission has released its first annual report about the results of the voluntary agreement...

Pennsylvania Trapper Captures New York Coyote.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Harrisburg PA (SPX) Jan 30, 2009 Pennsylvania Game Commission wildlife officials are gaining new information about wildlife movements from a State University of New York (SUNY) College of Environmental Science and...

Progress Energy Nuclear Plants Set Generation Record In 2008.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Raleigh NC (SPX) Jan 30, 2009 Progress Energy's four nuclear plants in the Carolinas and Florida set a record for safe, efficient, carbon-free electricity generation in 2008. The company's five reactors at four...

RMT Achieves Another Record-Breaking Year.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Madison WI (SPX) Jan 30, 2009 RMT has announced that its WindConnect team provided engineering and construction services for over 690 MW of wind energy facilities, assisted with the siting and development of over 30...

SBIRS Payload Operationally Accepted.
February 2, 2009... Byline: 1st Lt. Nickolas Barton 2nd Space Warning Squadron Buckley AFB CO (SPX) Jan 29, 2009 On Nov. 7, the 460th Space Wing reached a milestone when Air Force Space Command operationally accepted the first Space Based Infrared System...

SkyPower Secures Major Wind Power Supply Contract.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Toronto, Canada (SPX) Jan 30, 2009 SkyPower has announced that its proposed 64.5 MW Byran Wind Project was selected in the Ontario Power Authority's Renewable Energy Supply (RES III) competitive supply process. ...

Spaceport America And Sweden Announce Sister Spaceports.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Las Cruces NM (SPX) Jan 30, 2009 Officials from the New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Spaceport Sweden to align with Spaceport America as 'Sister...

Spitzer Watches Wild Weather On A Star-Skimming Planet.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 30, 2009 The planet in question orbits a sun-like star catalogued as HD 80606. Part of a binary system, the star is joined in space by a near-twin called HD 80607. These siblings aren't...

Subaru Head Count Of Low-Mass Stars In W3 Main.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 30, 2009 The number of stars in the Universe is staggering. Because there are billions of stars in each galaxy and there are billions of galaxies, the total number is hard to comprehend. ...

Threats And Opportunities For The Wind Energy Market.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers London, UK (SPX) Jan 30, 2009 The recent financial meltdown has intensified the spotlight on the resilience of various industries. The renewable energy industry and particularly the wind energy sector initially seemed...

Toyota Announces Strategic Partnerships.(Company overview)
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Las Vegas NV (SPX) Jan 30, 2009 Toyota has announced its multiple strategic partnerships in support of the new systems. "Our selective partnerships are the cornerstone of our success in the launch of our proprietary...

Toyota Eco-Friendly Dealerships Lead In Environmental Construction.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Torrance CA (SPX) Jan 30, 2009 Auto dealerships now are playing a leading role in the development of buildings and facilities meeting the highest environmental construction standards. Three Toyota dealerships have...

Weightless Students Test Personal Navigation Aid For Spaceflight.
February 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Houston TX (SPX) Jan 30, 2009 Many people resolved to lose weight this year, but seven university students had a different goal - to be "weightless." The students served as both investigators and test subjects in an...

3M Forms Renewable Energy Division.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers St. Paul MN (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 3M has announced the formation of its new Renewable Energy Division. This organization will enable 3M to maximize the company's technologies, products and responsiveness to the...

APS Report Charts Clean Energy Future.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Phoenix AZ (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 Over the next two decades, APS customers could receive significantly more of their electricity from clean energy sources under a comprehensive Resource Plan filed with the Arizona...

Arianespace Orders 35 Ariane 5 ECA Launchers From Astrium.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 On Friday, January 30 at European Space Agency headquarters in Paris, Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Arianespace, and Alain Charmeau, Chief Executive...

ASI Chaos Small Robot To Participate In Series Of Exercises.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Logan UT (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 Autonomous Solutions announced that its Chaos small robot will be profiled in a series of exercises at Cobra Gold 2009 in Thailand. The Chaos unit that will be at Cobra Gold was built by...

Axion Power To Study Electric Vehicle Batteries.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers New Castle PA (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 Axion Power International has announced that the potential energy efficiencies and cost savings its advanced lead-acid battery will bring to the rapidly-expanding electric car market...

Big Cats, Wild Pigs And Short-Eared Dogs.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers New York NY (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have released photos from the first large-scale census of jaguars in the Amazon region of Ecuador-one of the most biologically rich regions on the...

Biofuel For Half A Euro A Litre.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Karlsruhe, Germany (SPX) Feb 03, 2009, 2009 A novel technology for synthesising chemicals from plant material could produce liquid fuel for just over 0.50 euro cents a litre, say German scientists. But only if the...

Biofuels Ignite Food Crisis Debate.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers New York NY (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 Taking up valuable land and growing edible crops for biofuels poses a dilemma: Is it ethical to produce inefficient renewable energies at the expense of an already malnourished...

Boeing Conducts Functional Checks Of Aussie Modified Wedgetail.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Seattle WA (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 Boeing has conducted a functional check flights of two 737-700 airborne early warning and control (AEW and C) aircraft modified in Australia for Project Wedgetail. During each of the...

Can Payment And Other Innovations Improve The Quality And Value Of Health Care.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Waltham MA (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 A paramount topic at the moment is value in health care: What should we pay for and how much? Resources aren't unlimited, and desires or demands for health care should be balanced against...

Cassini Thruster Swap Planned.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 The Cassini spacecraft will swap to a backup set of propulsion thrusters in mid-March due to degradation in the performance of the current set of thrusters. The thrusters are used...

Continental Tests Biofuels As Energy Source For Jet Travel.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Houston TX (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 Continental Airlines is demonstrating the use of sustainable biofuel to power a commercial aircraft for the first time ever in North America. The demonstration flight - which is being...

DCNS Delivers First Submarine For Royal Malaysian Navy.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Toulon, France (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 The Royal Malaysian Navy took formal delivery of Scorpene submarine KD Tunku Abdul Rahman at today's official handover in Toulon. The guests of honour included RMN Chief of Staff...

DNA In Dung To Reveal First True Cassowary Count.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 In a world first, CSIRO scientists will use an innovative DNA technique to deliver reliable data about north Queensland's Cassowary population and by doing so develop a greater...

EADS Receives Contract To Build SETI Systems For Navy.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Irvine, CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 EADS North America Test and Services has been awarded a five-year contract to produce the new Shaft Engine Test Instrumentation (SETI) system for the test of U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine...

Early Warning Systems Underestimate Magnitude Of Large Earthquakes.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 Scientists seek to create reliable early warning systems that accurately estimate the magnitude of an earthquake within the first seconds of rupture. In this paper published by the...

Florida County To Tap Landfill Gas.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Atlanta GA (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 Global Energy Systems has signed an agreement with Charlotte County, Florida for the development of a landfill gas sequestration and energy facility at the Charlotte County Zemel Road...

Fossil Earthquakes Abundant.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 Rocks formed only under the extreme heat and friction during earthquakes, called pseudotachylytes, may be more abundant than previously reported, according to new research focused on...

Germany Requests Addition Of Secondary Missile.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Munich, Germany (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 MEADS International (MI) has received a request from the German government to integrate a European air defense missile into the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS). The...

Global Glacier Melt Continues.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 Glaciers around the globe continue to melt at high rates. Tentative figures for the year 2007, of the World Glacier Monitoring Service at the University of Zurich, Switzerland,...

How Your Body Clock Avoids Hitting The Snooze Button.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers London, UK (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered a new part of the mechanism which allows our bodyclocks to reset themselves on a molecular level. Circadian clocks...

International News Channel FRANCE 24 Chooses AsiaSat 2 For Asia.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Hong Kong (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 Asia's leading satellite operator, Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) and leading international news channel FRANCE 24 has announced the signing of a contract...

Link Between Black Holes And Galaxy Formation.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Austin TX (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 A pair of astronomers from Texas and Germany have used a telescope at The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory together with Hubble Space Telescope and many other...

Medical Schools Must Reform How They Train Physicians So They Meet Societal Needs.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers New York NY (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 Calling this period "an unparalleled opportunity" for change, an influential group of medical leaders have urged the nation's medical schools to reform their educational model because it...

Monterey Coastline To Get Innovative Ecoresort.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Monterey CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 Security National Guaranty (SNG) has announced plans to develop the greenest ecoresort in the world on the Monterey Peninsula. To be located on a degraded former sand mining site,...

Nanotechnology Makes Supertelescopes Much More Sensitive.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Delft, Netherlands (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 Nanotechnologist Chris Lodewijk has succeeded in significantly increasing the sensitivity of the new supertelescopes in Chile. He will receive his PhD on this topic at TU Delft on...

NASA And Google Launch Virtual Exploration Of Mars.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 NASA and Google announced Monday the release of a new Mars mode in Google Earth that brings to everyone's desktop a high-resolution, three-dimensional view of the Red Planet. ...

NASA Goddard Astrophysicist Peter Serlemitsos Wins Joseph Weber Award.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 The American Astronomical Society recently announced prizes for distinction in astronomy and astrophysics for 2009 and an astrophysicist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt,...

NASA Selects Teams For Moon Impact Observation Campaign.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 NASA has selected four teams to observe the impact of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, with the lunar surface during the mission's search for...

New Generation Biofuels Forms Alliance With First Florida Biofuels.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Lake Mary FL (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 New Generation Biofuels Holdings has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with First Florida Biofuels to pursue development of potential biofuel projects in Florida....

New Research Aircraft HALO Lands At Home Airport.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 HALO - High Altitude and Long Range Research Aircraft - the latest member in the research fleet of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt;...

New Technologies Protecting Australian Ports And Harbours.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 Sydney Harbour will be scene of simulated attack from boats, divers and underwater vehicles in this week's Kondari Trial, the Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon....

NGA And Lockheed Martin Mark 4000 Sales Of Geospatial-Intelligence Workstations.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Gaithersburg, MD (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and Lockheed Martin recently reached a major milestone in the integration and delivery of geospatial data, installing the 4,000th...

Research Uncovers Surprising Lion Stronghold In War-Torn Central Africa.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Madison WI (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 Times are tough for wildlife living at the frontier between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Armies are reportedly encamped in a national park and wildlife preserve on the...

SAIC Awarded DARPA Contract.
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Mclean VA (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 Science Applications International has announced it has been awarded a prime contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to help develop an affordable alternative to...

SES NEW SKIES Satellite To Serve Oil And Gas Industry.(Company overview)
February 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers The Hague, Netherlands (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 SES NEW SKIES announces that CapRock Communications, a global provider of satellite communications to remote and harsh environments, has contracted 18 MHz of C-Band capacity...