Space Daily articles from June 2008

Space Daily archives from June 2008

AAER To Deliver Wind Turbine To The US Marines Logistics Base.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Montreal, Canada (SPX) May 30, 2008 AAER has announced that it has signed an agreement for the delivery of one 1.5 MW wind turbine to the U.S. Marine Corps Logistics Base in Barstow, California. The A1500 is...

African Dust Forecast May Help Hurricane Season Predictions.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Madison WI (SPX) Jun 02, 2008 As the official June 1 start of the Atlantic hurricane season approaches, forecasters are developing predictions about the severity of this year's season. For the first time this year,...

Amino Acids Get Into Some Hot Water.
June 3, 2008... Byline: David Tenenbaum Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 03, 2008 Well over 100 different amino acids have been detected in meteorites, and it's probable that they originally formed on the asteroids that spawned these space rocks. Amino acids...

Astronomers Find Tiny Planet Orbiting Tiny Star.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers St. Louis, MO (SPX) Jun 02, 2008 An international team of astronomers led by David Bennett of the University of Notre Dame has discovered an extra-solar planet of about three Earth masses orbiting a star with a mass...

Astronomers Weigh The Coldest Brown Dwarfs With Sharpest Eyes On The Planet.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers St. Louis MO (SPX) Jun 02, 2008 Astronomers have used ultrasharp images obtained with the Keck Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope to determine for the first time the masses of the coldest class of "failed stars,"...

Audit Shows Pervasive Inaccuracies In Washington DC Think Tank's Climate Campaign.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) May 30, 2008 A newly released audit report reveals that the popular online power plant emissions ranker Carbon Monitoring for Action, run by the Center for Global Development (CGD), is utilizing...

Boeing Awarded Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System Contract.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers St. Louis MO (SPX) Jun 03, 2008 Boeing has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force to deliver the first phase of the next-generation Department of Defense range-upgrade program, the Common Range Integrated...

Capstone Turbine Corporation Receives ISO 14001 2004 Certification.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Chatsworth CA (SPX) Jun 03, 2008 Capstone Turbine Corporation a manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, has announced that its facilities in Van Nuys and Chatsworth, California, have received ISO 14001:2004...

DLR And Airbus Show Off New Fuel Cell.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jun 03, 2008 Together with its partner, Airbus, the Institute for Technical Thermodynamics of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) has equipped the DLR aircraft carrier A320 ATRA with a Michelin fuel...

Duke Energy Indiana Proposes Sweeping Modernization of Its Power Delivery System.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Plainfield IN (SPX) Jun 02, 2008 Duke Energy Indiana has proposed a sweeping modernization of its power delivery system including the installation of more than 800,000 new digital "smart meters" -- one for virtually...

Energy Levels Reach Record Low For Fading Spirit Of Mars.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 03, 2008 Energy production reached a record low for Spirit this past week. On Sol 1560 (May 23, 2008), solar array input was 220 watt-hours (enough energy to light a 100-watt bulb for two hours...

Fenton Communications Launches Green-Tech Division.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers New York NY (SPX) Jun 03, 2008 Fenton Communications, the nation's leading public interest communications firm, has announced the expansion of its environmental practice to include green technology companies. Josh...

First Battery Of THAAD Weapon System Activated at Fort Bliss.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Dallas TX (SPX) Jun 03, 2008 The U.S. Army has activated the first battery of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System, developed by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and produced by Lockheed...

Five Years Of Mars Express.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Bonn, Germany (SPX) May 30, 2008 Now more than ever, Mars is the focus of planetary research. A week after the resoundingly successful landing manoeuvre of NASA's Phoenix probe, scientists and engineers are...

Grants Available To Help Local Governments Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Harrisburg PA (SPX) Jun 02, 2008 To help local governments play a role in combating climate change, the commonwealth is making $300,000 available through a new grant program so municipalities can reduce greenhouse gas...

Hunt For Superearth Planets Underway.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 30, 2008 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center scientist, Dr. Drake Deming, will present an update on the EPOXI mission on June 2, 2008 at the 212th American Astronomical Society in St. Louis, MO....

Keeping The Military Fully Networked And Online.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Bethpage NY (SPX) Jun 03, 2008 Northrop Grumman has conducted a study for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, which demonstrates airborne electronic jammer aircraft...

Knocking Back Rocks From Outerspace.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Ames IA (SPX) Jun 03, 2008 An Asteroid Deflection Research Center (ADRC) has been established on the Iowa State University campus in the United States. The ADRC will bring together researchers from around the world to...

Lockheed Martin EQ-36 Counterfire Target Acquisition Radar Completes CDR.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Syracuse, NY (SPX) Jun 03, 2008 Lockheed Martin recently completed a successful Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Enhanced AN/TPQ-36 counter-fire target acquisition (EQ-36) radar. The completion of this final...

Lockheed Martin F-35B Succeeds In STOVL Propulsion Ground Test.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Fort Worth TX (SPX) Jun 02, 2008 The shaft-driven lift fan propulsion system that will enable the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter to perform short takeoffs and vertical landings (STOVL) operated for...

Lockheed Martin Launches GMLRS Rocket From HIMARS With GPS-Aided Fire Control.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Dallas TX (SPX) Jun 02, 2008 Lockheed Martin launched the first Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rockets from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) wheeled vehicle launcher using the new...

Lockheed Martin Receives 90 Million Dollar MLRS Launcher Contract.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Dallas TX (SPX) May 30, 2008 Lockheed Martin has received a $90 million contract to support U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps MLRS launchers. Lockheed Martin's Life Cycle Contractor Support (LCCS) system will support...

Lockheed Martin Successful In First SCALPEL Flight Test.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Archbald PA (SPX) May 30, 2008 Lockheed Martin has conducted the first SCALPEL weapon system release in a recent flight test at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division China Lake test range in California. This...

Lockheed Martin Team Delivers Flight Software For Next Missile Warning Satellite.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Sunnyvale CA (SPX) May 30, 2008 Lockheed Martin has finally delivered the first of two major blocks of flight software designed to provide highly reliable command and control of the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS)...

Lockheed Martin To Provide Additional Biological Aerosol Warning Systems For Japan.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Baltimore MD (SPX) Jun 03, 2008 The Japan Ground Self Defense Force recently exercised an option on an existing contract with Lockheed Martin and its trading partner Itochu, of Tokyo, for the delivery of two...

MDA To Provide Solution For A High-Resolution Satellite Program.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Richmond, Canada (SPX) Jun 02, 2008 MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd has been awarded a multi-million dollar upgrade contract to supply a confidential customer with additional capabilities for a complete system...

Multiple Kill Vehicle-L Gets Its Engagement Management Algorithms.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Jun 03, 2008 Lockheed Martin has achieved a key milestone for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Multiple Kill Vehicle-L (MKV-L) payload by successfully demonstrating engagement management algorithms...

New CSIRO Flagship To Lift Mineral Industry Research Efforts.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Canberra, Australia (SPX) May 30, 2008 The Australian minerals industry's R and D effort received a major boost with the launch in Canberra of CSIRO's Minerals Down Under National Research Flagship by the Minister for...

New Family Of Gecko Discovered By Researchers From The U Of Minnesota And Villanova University.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Twin Cities MN (SPX) Jun 03, 2008 Researchers at the University of Minnesota's Bell Museum of Natural History and Pennsylvania's Villanova University have discovered a new family of gecko, the charismatic large-eyed...

New Horizons Set To Cut Cross Saturn Orbit.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Jun 03, 2008 Last week, New Horizons woke up from its longest electronic hibernation period to date - 89 days. And over the next 10 days, the New Horizons team will celebrate a trio of milestones...

No One Cares More About Cattle than Beef Producers.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Manhattan KS (SPX) Jun 02, 2008 Animal welfare and husbandry are the cornerstones of raising efficient, healthy cattle. In today's society we have often confused animal welfare with animal abuse. Distinction between...

Phoenix Lander Robotic Camera Sees Possible Ice.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 03, 2008 Scientists have discovered what may be ice that was exposed when soil was blown away as NASA's Phoenix spacecraft landed on Mars last Sunday, May 25. The possible ice appears in an image...

Phoenix Scoops Up Some Martian Soil.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 03, 2008 One week after landing on far-northern Mars, NASA Phoenix spacecraft lifted its first scoop of Martian soil as a test of the lander's Robotic Arm. The practice scoop was emptied onto...

Photovoltaic Modules Performance Improved By Replacing Glass With Transparent Polymers.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Coral Springs FL (SPX) May 30, 2008 Enerize Corporation has developed a new design for photovoltaic (PV) modules using a proprietary transparent polymer material that substantially outperforms the glass conventionally...

Progress Energy Nears 100th Anniversary.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Raleigh NC (SPX) Jun 03, 2008 When Progress Energy predecessor Carolina Power and Light was formed a century ago, the company's customers - including 983 in all of Raleigh - paid a base rate of $1 per month minimum or...

Quantum And Asola Awarded Major German Solar Module Supply Contract.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Irvine CA (SPX) Jun 03, 2008 Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. has announced that its German solar partner, Asola Advanced and Automotive Solar Systems GmbH, has won a $17 million contract from Sunworx...

Raytheon To Develop Next-Generation DCGS Integration Backbone Architecture.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Garland TX (SPX) May 30, 2008 Raytheon has been awarded a U.S. Air Force contract to continue evolving a system for the sharing of near real-time, actionable intelligence information among warfighters. Known as...

Raytheon To Provide Army With New Wideband Receiver Suites.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Reston VA (SPX) Jun 02, 2008 The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command has awarded an $11.74 million contract to Raytheon for the production and delivery of 205 Global Broadcast Service transportable ground...

REC Solar Expands Colorado Operations.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Westminster CO (SPX) Jun 02, 2008 REC Solar, a rapidly growing provider of residential and commercial solar electric systems, today announced that due to attractive incentives available to Colorado businesses it is...

Saint-Gobain Develops Its Presence On The Solar Mirrors Market.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Courbevoie, France (SPX) Jun 03, 2008 Through its subsidiary La Veneciana de Saint-Gobain, the Flat Glass Sector of Saint-Gobain has decided to extend its presence on the solar mirrors market. The plant extension at...

Science Of The Sichuan Earthquake.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Fort Lauderdale, FL (SPX) May 30, 2008 The first detailed portrait of the ground motions generated by the earthquake that devastated China's Sichuan province on May 12 were presented last week at the AGU 2008 Joint...

Suntech Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results.(Financial report)
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Wuxi, China (SPX) Jun 03, 2008 Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. has announced first quarter 2008 financial results. "We executed extremely well during the first quarter, despite the impact of the snowstorm, to...

Surrey Wins Satellite Imager Contract For Climate Modelling.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Guildford UK (SPX) Jun 02, 2008 Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), the world's leading small satellite manufacturer, has secured a contract worth 1.6 million euros from Astrium GmbH, Germany to proceed with work...

Targeting A Lunar Bulls-Eye.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Aaron Gronstal Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 30, 2008 Researchers have used Earth-based radar to examine ejecta material from the massive impact that formed the moon's Orientale impact basin. Orientale basin is located at the very...

Trilogy By Shea Homes Showcases Green Homes At Nationwide Eco Expos.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Scottsdale AZ (SPX) Jun 03, 2008 Trilogy by Shea Homes, the country's first national green home builder, will host free Eco Expos in eight of their Active Lifestyle communities beginning May 25th. As part of the...

TU Delft Robot Flame Walks Like A Human.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Delft, Netherlands (SPX) May 30, 2008 Researcher Daan Hobbelen of TU Delft has developed a new, highly-advanced walking robot: Flame. This type of research, for which Hobbelen will receive his PhD on Friday 30 May, is...

Wood Shutters Add Sustainable Touch To Eco-Friendly Interior Design.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Ontario CA (SPX) Jun 02, 2008 For generations, interior wood shutters have added value to a home, provided privacy and helped control temperatures. Today, wood shutters are one of the most eco-friendly window...

AIAA Honors Lockheed Martin GPS IIR-M Team With 2008 Space Systems Award.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Newtown PA (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 The Greater Philadelphia Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has selected a Lockheed Martin team as the winner of the 2008 Space Systems Award for the...

AIAA President Urges House To Pass NASA Authorization Act HR 6063.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Reston VA (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 In a statement released last week, George K. Muellner, President of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), urged the House of Representatives to support HR 6063,...

American Lifestyles Seeing Massive Shift In Response To Rising Energy Costs.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers New York NY (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 Ninety per cent of Americans have made changes in their daily lives to counter higher energy prices, according to an annual energy survey released by RBC Capital Markets, one of North...

Applied Materials To To Build Masdar A 210MW Solar Module Production Capacity In Abu Dhabi.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Santa Clara CA (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 As part of its Masdar Initiative, the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Co. is significantly expanding its investment in solar energy by contracting with Applied Materials to purchase three...

Are Microbes The Answer To The Energy Crisis.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Boston MA (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 The answer to the looming fuel crisis in the 21st century may be found by thinking small, microscopic in fact. Microscopic organisms from bacteria and cyanobacteria, to fungi to...

Big Quakes Cause Temblors Worldwide.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers El Paso, TX (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 Scientists have agreed that strong earthquakes produce aftershocks within the region, but many did not believe that temblors of magnitude 7 and above could trigger smaller quakes on the...

BroadStar Achieves Breakthrough In Low-Cost Energy Production With New Generation Wind Turbine.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Houston TX (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 Renewable energy from the wind, which previously could only be generated in restricted geographic locations - typically off-shore or in remote rural areas - can now be made available...

Canadian Solar Signs 500 Million Dollar Supply Agreement With Neo Solar Power.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Jiangsu, China (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 Canadian Solar has signed a five-year supply contract with Neo Solar Power. NSP has been a stable supplier to CSI since March, 2007. Under the terms of the new agreement, NSP will...

Dassault, Thales and Indra Submit A Joint MALE UAV offer.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 Dassault Aviation, Thales and Indra have signed an industrial agreement covering Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE UAV) activities. On 22 May 2008 the...

Forest Canopies Help Determine Natural Fertilization Rates.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Bozeman MT (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 Nitrogen is the primary nutrient that dictates productivity (and thus carbon consumption) in boreal forests. In pristine boreal ecosystems, most new nitrogen enters the forest through...

Hemlock Semiconductor Bringing New Polysilicon Supply To Solar And Semiconductor Industries.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Hemlock MI (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 Hemlock Semiconductor has begun production at its new polysilicon facility that will nearly double its output of polycrystalline silicon (polysilicon) to serve the needs of the...

Heyuan City Buys To Get New Police Geographic Information System.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Shenzhen City, China (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 China Information Security Technology, Inc. has been awarded a contract to construct the Police Geographic Information System for Heyuan City, Guangdong Province, China, with a...

House Committee Approves NASA Funding Bill.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Washington, DC (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 The House Science and Technology Committee has unanimously passed legislation to reauthorize NASA, H.R. 6063, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of...

Hubble Space Telescope Spies Galaxy And Black Hole Evolution In Action.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Baltimore MD (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 Mike Brotherton, Associate Professor at the University of Wyoming, is presenting his team's findings at the American Astronomical Society meeting in St. Louis, Missouri. Other team...

MESSENGER Trajectory Mastermind Honored For Computation.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 Jim McAdams, the MESSENGER mission design lead engineer, was named the 2008 Engineer of the Year by the Baltimore Section, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)....

NASA Seeks Proposals For Lunar Science Research.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 NASA is looking for the right stuff to further scientific knowledge about the moon. NASA's Science Mission Directorate, in cooperation with the agency's Exploration Systems Mission...

NASA Selects MIT-Led Team To Develop Planet-Searching Satellite.
June 9, 2008... Byline: David Chandler for MIT News Boston MA (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 A planet-searching satellite planned by scientists from MIT, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and NASA-Ames is one of six proposed spacecraft concepts that NASA...

New Details On Venusian Clouds Revealed.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 As ESA's Venus Express orbits our sister planet, new images of the cloud structure of one of the most enigmatic atmospheres of the Solar System reveal brand-new details. Venus is...

New Task Force to Examine Nuclear Weapons And Parts Control Accountability.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Donna Miles Washington DC (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has announced a new task force to recommend improvements needed to ensure top-level accountability and control of U.S. nuclear weapons, delivery...

New Wireless Sensor Network Keeps Tabs On The Environment.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 Have you ever wondered what happens in the rainforest when no one is looking? Research in the University of Alberta's Faculty of Science may soon be able to answer that question....

Novel Bacterial Species Found Trapped In Greenland Icecap.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers University Park PA (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 A team of Penn State scientists has discovered a new ultra-small species of bacteria that has survived for more than 120,000 years within the ice of a Greenland glacier at a depth...

Orbital Closes Sale Of Transportation Management Systems Business To ACS.(Company overview)
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Dulles, VA (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 Mr. David W. Thompson, Orbital's Chairman and CEO said, "We would like to thank all the TMS employees whose efforts contributed to the success of the business. We believe the TMS group...

ORNL And General Electric Collaborate On Super Efficient Electric Water Heater.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and General Electric have collaborated to finalize, test and market the first product from a major brand to meet DOE's new...

Phoenix Mars Lander Checking Soil Properties.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 The arm of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander released a handful of clumpy Martian soil onto a screened opening of a laboratory instrument on the spacecraft Friday, but the instrument did not...

Possible New Approach To Purifying Drinking Water.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Durham NC (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 A genetic tool used by medical researchers may also be used in a novel approach to remove harmful microbes and viruses from drinking water. In a series of proof-of-concept experiments,...

Rand Study Finds Increase In Piracy And Terrorism At Sea.(Report)
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Santa Monica CA (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 Acts of piracy and terrorism at sea are on the rise, but there is little evidence to support concerns from some governments and international organizations that pirates and...

Researchers To Upgrade Safety And Performance Of Rocket Fuel.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Amherst, MA (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have received a $1 million grant from the U. S. Department of Defense (DoD) to boost the safety and performance of fuel used in...

Scientists Pioneer Method For Making Giant Lunar Telescopes.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 Scientists working at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., have concocted an innovative recipe for giant telescope mirrors on the Moon. To make a mirror that dwarfs...

Solar Thin Films And Singyes Holding Building 100MW Solar Module Manufacturing Facility In China.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Dix Hills NY (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 Solar Thin Films has signed a memorandum of understanding with China Singyes Holding Limited to build out 100MW of module manufacturing capacity in China. Under the MOU, Solar Thin...

Taming A Volcano With Macro-Scale Chemical Engineering.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Olney UK (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 Could macro-scale chemical engineering be used to stop a volcanic lava flow in its tracks and save potentially thousands of lives and homes when the next eruption occurs? That's the...

United Solar Ovonic To Add 400 Jobs In Michigan.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Greenville MI (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 United Solar Ovonic will begin hiring 400 new employees to accommodate the recently announced expansion to add 120MWs nameplate capacity to its existing Greenville Campus. With this...

War Zone Demand Assures Steady Growth For US Unmanned Aviation Systems Market.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Palo Alto CA (SPX) Jun 09, 2008 In support of the global war on terror, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has bolstered the strength of its unmanned systems fleet, which includes unmanned aerial systems (UAS),...

Akrion And CEA-Liten Will Collaborate On Advanced Solar Cell Development.
June 10, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Allentown PA (SPX) Jun 10, 2008 Akrion, a supplier of advanced surface preparation equipment, and CEA-Liten (Laboratory of Innovation for New Energy Technologies and Nanomaterials), a French public technological...

Animal Burrows In Antarctic Tell Of A Much Warmer Past.
June 10, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Northbrook, IL (SPX) Jun 10, 2008 Antarctica is a harsh world. Devoid of trees and bushes, it is largely covered in snow and ice and battered by frigid winds. There are no land-based backboned animals that inhabit...

Ariane Skynet 5C And Turksat 3A Launch Delayed To June 12.
June 10, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Jun 10, 2008 These were ordered by Arianespace after a software programming glitch was discovered during last week's original final countdown. The upcoming flight will orbit a dual satellite...

Aster Images Sichuan Earthquake In China.
June 10, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 10, 2008 The Sichuan earthquake in China occurred on May 12, 2008, along faults within the mountains, but near and almost parallel the mountain front, northwest of the city of Chengdu. This...

Boeing Awarded Navy Contract For ScanEagle Services.
June 10, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers St. Louis MO (SPX) Jun 10, 2008 Boeing, in partnership with Insitu, has been awarded a $65 million contract to provide continuing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) services through the ScanEagle...