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Leonardo Inaugurates Its New Airborne Systems Facility In L’Aquila, Making the Abruzzo Region A Hub for Leonardo’s High-Tech Production: 7/25/2017 2:01:47 PM; Today Leonardo officially inaugurated its airborne systems facility in L’Aquila, Italy. L’Aquila, the capital of Italy’s Abruzzo region, is one of the birthplaces of Leonardo’s airborne and space systems division and is also home to Thales Alenia Space (a joint venture between Thales, 67% and Leonardo, 33%) which opened a major site in the city in 2013.
Northrop Grumman’s 2016 Corporate Responsibility Report Highlights Achievements in Sustainability, Diversity and Inclusion, and Corporate Citizenship: 7/25/2017 1:43:21 PM; Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) today released its 2016 Corporate Responsibility Report (CRR), highlighting the company’s ongoing commitment to corporate responsibility including diversity and inclusion; employee engagement; support for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education; environmental sustainability; supplier diversity and ethics.
Our engineers develop Bluetooth-enabled sensors to detect health of military bridging systems: 7/25/2017 1:36:04 PM; The new ‘fatigue monitoring’ technology continuously detects the stress and strain on bridges designed to be used by tanks such as the more than 60 tonne Challenger® 2.
BAE Systems expands teaming in Italy for highly mobile armored vehicles: 7/25/2017 12:43:31 PM; The agreement significantly builds on BAE Systems’ current relationship with Goriziane Group in support of the BV206, and calls for joint marketing and sales of the BvS10.
Hampshire firefighters safer and public better served with integrated communications: 7/25/2017 11:19:26 AM; Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MSI) and Radiocoms today announced that Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service will deploy 1,000 MOTOTRBO radios and the WAVE 5000 Mobile Communicator service.
NASA Television Coverage Set for Next International Space Station Crew Launch: 7/24/2017 4:35:37 PM; Three new crew members for the International Space Station are scheduled to launch on Friday, July 28. Live launch coverage will begin at 10:45 a.m. EDT on NASA Television and the agency’s website.
Bombardier Business Aircraft Expands its Challenger 300 Aircraft Training Capabilities in Dallas: 7/24/2017 3:58:01 PM; Bombardier announced today that it expanded its Challenger 300 training capacity in Dallas, complementing the existing Challenger 350 aircraft training program.
NASA to Show Technologies at Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture 2017: 7/24/2017 7:55:29 AM; Visitors to the Experimental Aircraft Association’s 2017 AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin will see NASA’s latest technologies from across the agency.
Papros Releases Cutting Edge Technology to Enable Seamless Quality Checks for PLM Data Exchanges and Information Dissemination for Global Trade: 7/23/2017 6:46:24 PM; Green leader Papros Inc. announced that it has brought advanced quality control in checking substance, substance category and exemption lists, thresholds and identities, queries and also any custom lists to the supply chain.
NASA Recommends Safety Tips to View the August Solar Eclipse: 7/21/2017 3:14:45 PM; More than 300 million people in the United States potentially could directly view the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse, and NASA wants everyone who will witness this celestial phenomenon to do so safely.
Bombardier Delivers the First Dual-Class, 86-seat Q400 Aircraft to Philippine Airlines: 7/21/2017 1:00:24 PM; Bombardier Commercial Aircraft delivered the world’s first dual-class, 86 seat turboprop aircraft to Philippine Airlines at its facility in Toronto, Canada, where the aircraft is manufactured.
Birla Planetarium in Calcutta Reopens: 7/21/2017 7:05:51 AM; Following an extensive restoration, the Birla Planetarium in Calcutta reopened on 18 July 2017. Originally built 55 years ago, the planetarium has a 23 m dome and is now equipped with ZEISS STARMASTER VELVET hybrid planetarium technology.
Transformative ideas showcased at Airbus Bizlab Bengaluru: 7/20/2017 3:27:16 PM; Airbus BizLab announced the successful culmination of its second season through a flagship event in Bengaluru. At the event, the start-ups who were selected to work with different Airbus teams in India and across the world over the last six months showcased their concept models and ideas of transforming the aerospace sector.
IBM Scientists Observe Elusive Gravitational Effect in Solid-State Physics: 7/19/2017 7:14:49 PM; An international team of physicists, materials scientists and string theoreticians have observed a phenomenon on Earth that was previously thought to only occur hundreds of light years away or at the time when the universe was born.
Logic PD Appoints Eric Wilkowske as Vice President of Products, Design & Engineering: 7/19/2017 11:43:30 AM; MINNEAPOLIS (July 19, 2017) - Logic PD, an Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) and Product Development solutions company for the connected digital world, has named Eric Wilkowske to the role of Vice President of Products, Design and Engineering.
The President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella Visits the Matera space hub: 7/18/2017 2:47:23 PM; The President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, today visited the Matera space hub, one of the most important centres in southern Italy for research, development and technology transfer, as well as one of the most advanced space facilities in Europe.
Grant awarded to launch UK’s first maritime autonomous systems testing service: 7/18/2017 2:18:37 PM; Based around Portsmouth, Southampton and the South East of the Isle of Wight, BAE Systems together with ASV Global (ASV), Blue Bear Systems Research (Blue Bear), Marine Electronic Systems (MES), SeeByte and the University of Southampton, will work together to provide the service’s infrastructure, with other organisations set to join later this year.
General Dynamics to Webcast 2017 Second-Quarter Financial Results Conference Call: 7/18/2017 12:10:19 PM; General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) will webcast its second-quarter 2017 financial results conference call on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, beginning at 9 am EDT.
Successful first flight for UAV demonstrator SAGITTA: 7/18/2017 8:51:02 AM; Airbus Defence and Space has successfully tested a new type of aircraft that will aid the development of future unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for series production.
NASA Offers Space Station as Catalyst for Discovery in Washington: 7/17/2017 7:32:42 AM; NASA astronauts, scientists and engineers will join industry and academia for a three-day, in-depth conversation about the International Space Station (ISS) as a catalyst for discovery during the sixth annual ISS Research & Development Conference July 17-20 in Washington.