In keeping with its rich tradition of supporting the communities in which it does business, The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) today announced that it will donate $250,000 to the USO's Operation Enduring Care campaign to assist U.S. military veterans. The USO's $100-million five-year capital campaign will design, build and endow Wounded Warrior Support Centers at Bethesda, Md., and Fort Belvoir, Va., to offer specialized spaces, services and programs to serve the troops recovering in long-term care and their families. (Logo: ... read more

Military chaplains stationed overseas and here at home have requested over 20,000 Military BibleSticks in October alone. These compact digital audio players are pre-loaded with the entire New Testament. Faith Comes By Hearing, the world's largest Audio Bible ministry, began this project in 2008 resulting in more than 70,000 BibleSticks provided to chaplains who deploy them to troops when requested. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090210/DC68397LOGO) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090210/DC68397LOGO) Currently, Faith Comes By Hearing will be able to meet about half of the chaplains' requests. ... read more

Health Net Federal Services, LLC, part of the Government Contracts segment of Health Net, Inc. (NYSE:HNT), is honored to take part in the official groundbreaking ceremony for the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial on Nov. 10, in Washington, D.C. ... read more

The Air Force Association congratulates the qualifying teams that have advanced to the third round in the nation's largest and fastest-growing youth cybersecurity challenge. CyberPatriot, an education initiative produced by AFA to inspire students to consider science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields in their studies, completed a second round of competition on Saturday, November 6. Nationwide, and in U.S. Department of Defense Dependent Schools in Japan, Korea and Guam, teams raced against time and their opponents to quickly find and effectively ... read more

NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EST on Monday, Nov. 15, from Punta Arenas, Chile, to discuss the agency's Operation IceBridge. Researchers are using seven instruments aboard NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory to map Antarctic ice surfaces and the features hidden below. The data are critical for understanding the dynamics of ice in West Antarctica and its impact on sea-level rise. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) During the briefing, IceBridge scientists will provide an overview of the multi-year mission and ... read more

SUPERIOR, CO -- (Marketwire) -- 11/09/10 -- StillSecure®, a managed network security solutions and certified compliance company, today announced that StillSecure Safe Access®, the company's network access control (NAC) solution, has been added to the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency's (DISA) Unified Capabilities Approved Products List (UC APL), establishing it as the first NAC solution approved for use across the entire Department of Defense. Safe Access thoroughly tests and manages endpoints belonging to guests, employees, contractors and partners to ... read more

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Nondestructive Testing http://www.reportlinker.com/p0326197/Nondestructive-Testing.html The total U.S. market for nondestructive testing (NDT) technologies is valued at nearly $2.5 billion in 2010. This market is forecast at more than $2.3 billion in 2015, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -0.9% between 2010 and 2015. Nondestructive testing techniques play a crucial role in the manufacturing sector. Preliminary data for 2010 indicate that the U.S. manufacturing sector is recovering. BCC estimates ... read more

CAMPBELL, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/09/10 -- Barracuda Networks Inc., a leading provider of content security, data protection and application delivery solutions, today announced the Barracuda Security Bug Bounty Program, an initiative that rewards researchers who identify and report security vulnerabilities in the company's security product line. In the past, several technology companies have announced bug bounties; however, Barracuda Networks is the first security vendor to offer such a bold program, to reward researchers for identifying vulnerabilities in ... read more

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne a $1.35 million contract to develop improved computational tools to better predict combustion stability of hydrocarbon-fueled liquid rocket engines. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company. The Advanced Liquid Rocket Engine Stability Technology - High Fidelity Model (ALREST-HFM) will be designed to improve the prediction of combustion instability using a combination of advanced algorithms and Computation Fluid Dynamics (CFD). The contract runs through ... read more

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne a $2.35 million contract to perform risk-reduction tests on key components of the Third Generation Reusable Booster (3GRB) rocket engine design. The 3GRB is a technology demonstration program for future U.S. Air Force spaceflight missions. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company. "Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne has a successful history in the development of reusable rocket engines," said Brian Lariviere, program manager ... read more

Acromag has released new MIL-STD 1553 bus modules to interface avionics and weapons subsystems to an embedded control system. Two versions of the 1553 bus interface module are available. The IP570 is an Industry Pack ANSI/VITA-4 card that plugs into VME, CompactPCI, and PCI bus mezzanine carrier cards or high-performance single-board computers. IOS-570 models are designed for use within Acromag's I/O Server industrial PC, a small fanless box computer. Both 1553 bus modules offer the choice of one or two ... read more

SANTA CLARA, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/09/10 -- Enterprise 2.0 Conference Booth #106 Traction Software, the leader in enterprise social software, today announced new TeamPage capabilities to help teams work together more effectively. Traction TeamPage Release 5.1 makes it easy for individuals to see their own action plans, the status of shared projects, team workload, individual progress, and team progress toward common goals -- all within the context of the TeamPage collaboration and communication platform where the planned ... read more

The Institute for Defense and Government Advancement (IDGA) announces the inaugural Submarine Capabilities and Requirements Summit scheduled for February 14-16, 2011 in the Washington DC area. Submarine experts from around the world will join to discuss and ... read more

HERNDON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/09/10 -- Objective Interface Systems, Inc. (OIS), provider of the most widely used communications middleware, today announced that its ORBexpress® product now extends support to LynuxWorks™ LynxOS-SE on the ARM® Cortex™-A8 processor. The Cortex-A8 is the most power-efficient processor ever developed by ARM with extremely high performance. ORBexpress provides a high-performance communication infrastructure, enabling real-time and embedded devices in heterogeneous environments to communicate seamlessly. With the lightweight, high-performance combination of ORBexpress, LynxOS-SE, and the ... read more

SAN MATEO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/09/10 -- AtHoc, Inc., the pioneer and leader in network-centric emergency mass notification systems, today announced that the U.S. Army has awarded AtHoc 22 new contracts for installations, operational units and medical facilities to continue its deployment of AtHoc IWSAlerts™ worldwide. The Army's expansion builds upon existing capabilities provided by AtHoc, supporting personnel notification, recall and accountability. AtHoc's systems are mission-proven throughout the U.S. Army both in-theater and at home installations. Most recently, ... read more

Smiths Detection yesterday received a Homeland Security Award from Government Security News (GSN) in Washington, D.C. The company’s HazMatID 360, an upgrade to its successful and leading HazMatID unknown substance identifier, was selected as the Best Chemical/Biological Detection Solution of ... read more

BAE Systems’ new Attendant Control Panel is making work easier for flight attendants onboard the Boeing Next-Generation 737. Incorporated as part of the new Boeing Sky Interior ― just delivered on a new 737-800 to flydubai— the modernized Attendant Control Panel, or ACP, features an intuitive, ... read more

BAE Systems has been awarded two contracts valued at more than $22 million to produce Modular Lightweight Load Carrying Equipment (MOLLE) for the U.S. Army. The contracts include various MOLLE compatible items, including both large and medium rucksacks, pockets, and pouches in the MultiCam® pattern, as ... read more

Emergency responders and county governments will now be able to look for and share critical geospatial information and maps across Montgomery, Frederick and Prince George's Counties thanks to a new interoperable data exchange (INDEX) delivered by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). "The ability for us to share information quickly and efficiently is vital to the safety of our residents and first responders," said Jack Markey, Director of Emergency Management in Frederick County, Md. "The goal of this project is to ... read more

Hamilton Sundstrand, a subsidiary of United Technologies (NYSE: UTX), today began operations of its new Customer Response Center at its Windsor Locks, Conn., facility. The Hamilton Sundstrand Customer Response Center is a technologically advanced center designed to respond and support customer needs ranging from critical spare parts to technical support. "Hamilton Sundstrand's new Customer Response Center serves as a key differentiator in the marketplace by providing a single resource to coordinate across Hamilton Sundstrand's broad portfolio of businesses, platforms and ... read more