AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 11, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE: GT) will be honored with the R&D 100 Award for an airless tire capable of transporting large, long-range vehicles across the surface of celestial bodies such as the moon or Mars. The 44th Annual R&D 100 Awards ceremony, billed as the "Oscars of Innovation", was held today in Orlando, Florida. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20101111/CL99458 ) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101111/CL99458 ) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050204/GTLOGO ... read more

In this season of hope and giving, the American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) are teaming up to invite the public to "send a touch of home" to U.S. service members and veterans across the country and abroad through the Holiday Mail for Heroes campaign. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090108/RedCrossLOGO) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090108/RedCrossLOGO) Now in its fourth year, the Holiday Mail for Heroes program gives Americans the opportunity to extend holiday greetings and thanks to service members and veterans. ... read more

Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and Cisco announced Thursday a joint effort to both expand the Wounded Warrior Project's (WWP) education initiatives and support the development of a new cybersecurity training program. The effort will include the expansion of current, multi-tiered information technology training programs with an added focus on developing new cybersecurity training opportunities. Combined, these programs will facilitate the ability of wounded servicemen and women to successfully re-enter the workplace with new skills for the IT and cybersecurity markets. The ... read more

Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and General Norton A. Schwartz, Chief of Staff of the Air Force joined Fisher House Foundation Chairman Ken Fisher, President David Coker, Representatives of American Gold Star Mothers, Matthew Denn, Lt. Governor of Delaware and other special guests gathered - on the day before Veterans Day - to officially dedicate the Fisher House for the Families of the Fallen and Meditation Pavilion on the campus of Dover Air Force Base here today. To ... read more

Ashworth College, a leader in online education, today announced that the institution's Vice President of Education, Dr. Leslie Gargiulo, and the Military Education Coordinator, Melissa Maddox, will be featured guests on Army Wife Talk Radio, to be aired live on http://armywifenetwork.com beginning at 8:00 PM EST, Monday, November 15, 2010. With the recent re-launch of the Department of Defense's MyCAA program which provides education funding for military spouses, Dr. Gargiulo and Maddox are expected to comment on current occupational trends and ... read more

On November 11, 2010, Veteran's Day, Romero Britto and Buzz Aldrin will launch a new endeavor at POP International Galleries in Soho, New York at an invitation-only gallery opening. The National hero, astronaut, and visionary Buzz Aldrin, served as inspiration for Pop Artist Romero Britto to create a series of original art on canvas that reflects on the achievements of NASA, and the global future of space exploration. This group of artwork is intended to bring awareness to ... read more

The United States Marine Corps will partner with the City of St. Louis to bring Marine Week to the Gateway City, June 20-26, 2011. The week-long celebration will showcase the unique characteristics of America's Corps through more than two dozen events where attendees can watch combat demonstrations; climb aboard aircraft and ground equipment, to include helicopters, the V-22 Osprey and amphibious vehicles; and participate in community service projects alongside Marines. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101111/CG99602) (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20101111/CG99602) "Marine Week directly connects our Marines ... read more

This Veterans Day, highly distinguished Americans from across society's spectrum - organized by FamilySecurityMatters.org - reissues an open letter/petition to President Obama, demanding that he honor America's World War One veterans by allowing the replacement of the Mojave Desert War Memorial Cross, the sole National Monument to the nearly 5 million American veterans of that war. This is the third appeal in 6 months; both previous appeals, issued on behalf of twenty-three million veterans, have been ignored by their ... read more

LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. (NASDAQ:BOOT), a leading provider of premium, branded footwear for work and outdoor users, today announced that it has received a new $5.0 million order from the U.S. Army for the Danner Combat Hiker boot. The Company anticipates delivering this order by the end ... read more

Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced that its AJ26 engine was hot-fire tested today at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. In support of the Taurus® II launch vehicle program, Orbital Sciences Corporation (Orbital), Aerojet and NASA conducted this first of three hot-fire engine tests to be performed throughout the next several weeks. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101110/SF99564) (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20101110/SF99564) Aerojet's AJ26 engine is an oxidizer-rich, staged-combustion LO2/Kerosene engine that achieves very high performance in a lightweight compact package. Based on the ... read more

Bunker Hill Community College will dedicate its new Veterans Center in a ceremony at noon, Wednesday, November 17, 2010, in the main lobby at the Charlestown Campus. Since the passage of the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (also known as the "Post-9/11 GI Bill"), the number of veterans at the College has more than doubled to 367. Speakers at the event include: Student Veterans Club President Michael Roche; James Wright, Ph.D., President Emeritus of Dartmouth College and ... read more

During approach to Laredo, Texas, yesterday, airplane ZA002 lost primary electrical power as a result of an onboard electrical fire. Backup systems, including the deployment of the Ram Air Turbine (RAT), functioned as expected and allowed the crew to complete a safe landing. The cause of the fire is still under investigation by Boeing. The pilots executed a safe landing and at all times had positive control of the airplane and all of the information necessary to perform that safe ... read more

NCI, Inc. (NASDAQ:NCIT), a leading provider of information technology (IT), engineering, logistics, professional services, and solutions to U.S. Federal Government agencies, announced today that it has been awarded a task order under the NETCENTS contract with a value of approximately $12.5 million to provide engineering and ... read more

Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: SWHC) -- Universal Safety Response, Inc. (USR®), a Smith & Wesson company and a leading turnkey provider of perimeter security solutions, today announced that the company has won the 2010 Government Security News (GSN) Homeland Security Award for "Best Crash Barrier" (Gates, Fences, Bollards, and Guard Booths). The award was based upon the company's Expeditionary Mobile Barrier (EMB(TM)) and was presented at the GSN 2010 Homeland Security Awards Ceremony in Washington, DC on November ... read more

Thousands of current and former National Guardsmen -- many of whom helped win the Cold War -- will spend tomorrow, Veterans Day, wondering if America truly appreciates their service. The issue is the federal government's arcane definition of "veteran status." In short, voluntarily sacrificing other pursuits for many years to be ready on short notice to defend your country anywhere in the world is not enough. Not, at least, if that service was in the National Guard. "The Department of ... read more

Reports that the Deficit Commission Panel may recommend arbitrarily reducing defense funding for modernization -- both procurement and R&D -- raise grave concerns. The highest constitutional responsibility of the federal government is to protect the American people from foreign aggression. While we agree that the Pentagon needs to reform its systems in order to achieve greater efficiencies, we cannot abandon the security of future generations. History provides all too many examples where cuts to defense spending were followed by ... read more

NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi conducted a successful test firing Wednesday of the liquid-fuel AJ26 engine that will power the first stage of Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Taurus II space launch vehicle. Orbital and its engine supplier, Aerojet, test-fired the engine on Stennis' E-1 test stand. The test directly supports NASA's partnerships to enable commercial cargo flights to the International Space Station. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The initial test, the first in a series of three firings, lasted 10 seconds and ... read more

Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed Veterans) proudly announces the winners of its seventh annual Veterans Day Poster and Essay Contest: Luke Anderson of Minot, North Dakota, who won the grand prize for his poster submission, and Kaylea Bixler of Stillwater, Oklahoma, who won the grand prize for her essay entry. Students were asked to submit posters and essays that expressed the theme "Veterans Day: A Time to Honor a Veteran in Your Family or Community." "Congratulations Luke and Kaylea for your ... read more

Colt Defense LLC (“Colt Defense”) announces the appointment of Scott B. Flaherty as Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the company, replacing David Almeida who has left the company to become a founding principal at the Connecticut Capital Group LLC. Formerly the ... read more

LENEXA, KS -- (Marketwire) -- 11/10/10 -- ICOP Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICOP), an industry-leading company engaged in advancing digital surveillance technology solutions, announced today its financial and operational results for the three months ended September 30, 2010. The Company will host a conference call today at 4:15 PM EST to discuss the results, and plans to file its 10-Q on Friday, November 12, 2010. The call can be accessed through the Company's website, www.ICOP.com. The live audio presentation can be accessed by dialing toll free at 877-315-9024. Key ... read more