Defense Industry News

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne engines provided the power to successfully place the fifth in a series of Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS-5) communication satellites into orbit today for the U.S. military. The mission was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV medium rocket with Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne RS-68 and RL10B-2 engines providing the booster and upper-stage propulsion, respectively. This was the first flight of the Delta IV rocket after a successful ... read more

ATK (NYSE: ATK) propulsion and composite technologies supported today's successful launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket from Space Launch Complex 37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. This rocket carried the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS-5) into orbit for the U.S. Air Force. WGS-5 is the fifth satellite delivered by prime contractor Boeing as part of the WGS system that provides flexible, high-capacity communications for the nation's warfighters. WGS provides an order of magnitude increase in ... read more

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket successfully launched the fifth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS-5) satellite for the U.S. Air Force at 8:27 p.m. EDT today from Space Launch Complex-37. This mission launched just nine days after ULA successfully launched the GPS IIF-4 satellite last Wednesday, May 15. "United Launch Alliance and our many mission partners continue to focus on mission success, one-launch-at-a-time," said Jim Sponnick, ULA vice president, Mission Operations. "We are honored to work with such a strong ... read more

United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) today called for redemption of all of its 1.200 Percent Notes due June 1, 2015. The outstanding aggregate principal amount of the notes is $1 billion. The redemption date will be June 24, 2013. The redemption price will be the greater of: (i) 100 percent of the principal amount of the Notes; and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the notes, discounted to the ... read more

NASA Johnson Space Center and The University of Texas Arlington's Division for Enterprise Development are partnering to develop best practices for enhancing environmental, health and safety training in support of current and future missions and initiatives. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) UT Arlington will gain insight into training offered at a Voluntary Protection Programs certified site, while JSC hopes to better understand industry-focused training as the agency prepares for increased partnerships with commercial companies in the future. William "Bill" McArthur, Jr., director of Safety and ... read more

Volunteers throughout the nation are joining together for the third year this Memorial Day to honor the nation's fallen heroes by placing roses on graves at Arlington National Cemetery and cemeteries in 28 states around the country. Memorial Day Flowers, a charitable organization created by Ramiro Penaherrera, an Ecuadorian-American rose grower, and Kevin Clifford, of the Delaware Valley Floral Group, is leading this touching tribute. "The supreme sacrifice our military and their families make for us could never be repaid," ... read more

Vietnam veteran David Hartman of Mound, Minnesota is lucky to be alive. He survived an overseas battlefield, exposure to Agent Orange and, after returning home, being hit by a car while riding a bicycle. But not even the collision itself could take Hartman's life - it was a seemingly innocuous injury from the accident that almost ended him. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121220/LA33655LOGO) Initially, Hartman tended to his wound, a right hand laceration, by himself. But after a few days he ... read more

DECISIVE ANALYTICS Corporation Vice President of Analytic Technologies, Dr. Jim Nolan, along with additional inventor Mark Frymire, were issued a patent for their invention titled "Method and Apparatus for Analyzing and Interrelating Data". The patent application process was started in February 2009 and was issued in February 2013. In essence, the invention automatically constructs a pertinent intelligence product for decision makers. The method for automatically organizing data embodies several capabilities, including retrieving, correcting, storing, querying, and identifying topics in the ... read more

On Thursday, May 23, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works celebrated the keel laying of Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001), the second ship in the planned three-ship Zumwalt class of guided-missile destroyers. The ship is named for Petty Officer Second Class Michael Monsoor, a U.S. Navy SEAL who was killed in Ramadi, Iraq, in 2006. Monsoor was on a joint SEAL-Iraqi Army team operating from a rooftop when an insurgent threw a grenade at them. Monsoor jumped on the grenade, covering it and ... read more

Two mobile applications created by a team of Kansas City digital professionals have won global awards in the 2013 NASA International Space Apps Challenge, putting both host site Ingenology and Kansas City's tech development talent in the global spotlight. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130524/CG20357) Ingenology, a Kansas City-based digital marketing agency, was just one of three American host sites to earn multiple awards in the three-day event held in April. The Space Apps Challenge focused on teams building and releasing solutions for a ... read more

TOLEDO, OH and AUGSBURG, Germany, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - The KUKA Systems manufacturing operation in Toledo, Ohio, produced its one millionth body-in-white Jeep(®) Wrangler JK this month, the latest achievement for a facility that ranks consistently among the most efficient body shops in the North American auto industry. http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130524/TO970 KUKA Toledo Production Operations (KTPO), a wholly owned subsidiary of KUKA Systems North America LLC, builds the body-in-white of all Wranglers sold in the world - the classic two-door as well as ... read more

Colorado based Air Comm Corporation (ACC) announced today it has completed the acquisition of Texas based Meggitt (Addison), Inc., formerly Keith Products. Air Comm Corporation is the world leader in engineered design and manufacture of Environmental Control Systems (ECS) used by military and civil rotorcraft and general aviation fixed wing aircraft. The nearly 30 year old family-owned business now has over 60 active Federal Aviation Administration Supplemental Type Certificates and OEM Type Certificates including heating and air-conditioning systems for over ... read more

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:Military Robot Market http://www.reportlinker.com/p01191296/Military-Robot-Market.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Aerospace_and_Defense LEXINGTON, Massachusetts (May 22, 2013) - WinterGreen Research announces that it has published a new study on Military Ground Robot Mobile Platform Systems of Engagement. The 2013 study has 600 pages, 262 tables and figures. Worldwide markets are poised to achieve significant growth as platforms of engagement leverage mobile device capability worldwide. Even as the US presence in Iraq and Afghanistan winds down, automated process implemented ... read more

The LGL Group, Inc. (NYSE MKT: LGL) (the “Company”), announced today that the Company’s CFO, LaDuane Clifton, will present at the Second Annual Marcum LLP MicroCap Conference on Thursday, May 30, 2013, in New York City at the Grant Hyatt Hotel. ... read more

Sealevel’s 7203e PCI Express serial interface provides two optically isolated serial ports, each individually configurable for RS-232, RS-422, or RS-485. Each serial port utilizes a high-performance UART with 128-byte Tx/Rx FIFOs that enables data rates to 460.8K bps for reliable high-speed ... read more

General Ray Odierno, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, will discuss issues facing the army at a National Press Club Speakers Luncheon, June 4. As the Army's most senior officer, Odierno is the top advisor to the Secretary of the Army. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080917/NPCLOGO) Odierno has been grappling in recent weeks with several challenges facing the U.S. military, including a Defense Department report that tens of thousands of women were sexually assaulted last year. The Army chief is also involved in ... read more

As the nation heads into the Memorial Day Weekend honoring our country's military and veterans who served their country, the Asbestos Cancer Victims Rights Campaign issued the following statement on the House Judiciary Committee passage of H.R. 982: "I am outraged that the U.S. House Judiciary Committee is sending a bill to the floor that invades the privacy of so many veterans by revealing the last digits of their social security numbers and exposing them to great potential harm. My husband ... read more

NASA's Summer of Innovation project is accepting proposals through Monday, June 10, from organizations that want to offer students science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) educational experiences this summer. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) NASA will grant "mini-awards" of as much as $2,500 each to encourage a wide variety of educational partners, such as museums, schools or school districts, and youth organizations to infuse existing summer and after-school student programs with STEM content. "Fun and interactive learning experiences are a perfect way to keep ... read more

The Air Force Association (AFA) proudly announced the AFA 2013 Team of the Year, honoring the career field of Aircraft Loadmasters, a profession that involves being responsible for supervising the loading and unloading of cargo, vehicles, and people on a variety of aircraft. Each year the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, along with the major command-level command chief master sergeants, selects a specific Air Force career field to be recognized as the "Team of the Year." They then select ... read more

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has signed a U.S. Department of Defense mentor-protege agreement with Davidson Technologies, a teammate on Northrop Grumman's Joint National Integration Center Research and Development Contract (JRDC). Under the JRDC, Northrop Grumman has led a world-class team to conduct ballistic missile defense system-level modeling and simulation, ground and flight test, wargame, training exercise, mission-critical operation and related analysis for more than 15 years. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121024/LA98563LOGO) A photo accompanying this release is available at http://media.primezone.com/noc/. The mentor-protege relationship ... read more