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SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) will hold a conference call on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. PT to review its first quarter 2013 results. The call will be broadcast live on the Web at http://investor.trimble.com/. Investors without Internet access may dial into the call at (800) 528-9198 (U.S.) or (702) 928-6633 (international). The passcode is 48324307. About Trimble Trimble applies technology to make field and mobile workers in...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online Tuesday’s flight of NASA’s remotely-piloted X-48C aircraft successfully concluded an eight month research campaign designed to demonstrate technological concepts for cleaner, quieter commercial air travel, the US space agency announced on Saturday. The first flight of the Boeing-designed X-48 hybrid-wing-body subscale aircraft’s C model took place at Edwards Air Force Base in California on August 7. The April 9 flight was...

EDWARDS, Calif., April 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's remotely piloted X-48C hybrid-wing-body subscale aircraft, which demonstrates technology concepts for cleaner and quieter commercial air travel, completed an eight-month flight research campaign on April 9. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) The C model of the X-48 aircraft flew its first flight at Edwards Aug. 7 and its 30th flight brought the productive research project to a close. "We...

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., April 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boeing (NYSE: BA) X-48C research aircraft flew for the 30th and final time April 9, marking the successful completion of an eight-month flight-test program to explore and further validate the aerodynamic characteristics of the Blended Wing Body design concept. All 30 flights were conducted at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. The X-48C typically flew for approximately 30 minutes on most flights, reaching speeds of...

LANCASTER, Pa., April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. (ACT) (www.1-ACT.com) announced today that its Constant Conductance Heat Pipes (CCHP's) have successfully reached over 1 million total hours on-orbit, providing thermal management on-board numerous satellites. Recent launches onboard Orbital Sciences Corporation-built (NYSE: ORB) Intelsat 23, Star One C3, Mexsat Bicentenario and Azerspace/Africasat-1a have pushed ACT's flight heritage over this...

BOULDER, Colo., April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Special Aerospace Services, a leader in aerospace systems engineering solutions, announced today that it has signed a teaming agreement with Ukrainian-based hardware and aerospace technology manufacturer, Yuzhnoye SDO. The teaming agreement will provide Ukrainian rocket engine technology, systems, and services to the U.S. market. SAS and Yuzhnoye SDO have worked closely together over the last three years to develop strategic marketing and...

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), today announced that it has signed a Letter of Interest (LOI) with the Brazilian Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica (ITA) to establish a Rotorcraft Innovation Team. Rated as one of the top universities in Brazil in engineering and related fields, ITA is a federal government institution dedicated to provide high level education and research in the fields of...

CENTENNIAL, Colo., April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- United Launch Alliance recently honored three California-based suppliers with a 2012 Small Business Excellence award for their support of the Atlas V and Delta IV launch vehicles. ULA's Atlas and Delta vehicles support a wide range of missions including the Department of Defense Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Program and NASA science missions, and are poised to launch the next generation of astronauts to the International...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online MIT researchers writing in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society A say they found ionic wind thrusters may be a more efficient source of propulsion than conventional jet engines. Ionic wind, or electrohydrodynamic thrust, was first identified in the 1960s. The phenomenon takes place when a current passes between two electrodes, creating a wind in the air between. If enough voltage is applied, the wind produces a thrust...

Attorney Joins Wyle to Support the Corporation In a Variety of Legal and Contract Services EL SEGUNDO, Calif., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- An aerospace industry veteran who is an attorney and an aircraft structural engineer has been named as Wyle's new corporate vice president of contracts. Andy Zirkelbach will support the corporation and its business groups in the areas of contracts, subcontracts and other business agreements, as well as in related compliance matters. He will...