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WASHINGTON, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- A group of America's top business executives today released a plan to make America a global leader in energy technology innovation, and in meetings at the White House and with Congressional leaders called for urgent action to begin the national transition to clean, affordable, and secure supplies of energy. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click...
WALTHAM, Mass., May 14, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) is proud to recognize the 50th anniversary of the laser and to celebrate the many innovations that emerged since Theodore Maiman of Hughes Research Labs developed the first working laser May 16, 1960. As part of the celebration, Raytheon hosted a dinner in El Segundo, Calif., Thursday to recognize employees and retirees from Raytheon and Hughes Aircraft Company who have been central to the company's laser...
NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are asking for proposals to enhance small satellite experiments on the International Space Station. The goal is to better utilize the station as a test bed for advanced space technologies.The effort is centered on Synchronized Position, Hold, Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites (SPHERES). SPHERES are bowling-ball sized spherical satellites used inside the station to test maneuvers for spacecraft performing autonomous...
AUSTIN, Texas, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization (CTSI) and partnering organization Nano Science & Technology Institute will host a technology innovation showcase in conjunction with the Clean Technology 2010 Conference and Expo in Anaheim, California on June 23, 2010. Organizers expect over 120 companies to participate, discuss and demonstrate breakthrough technology with development and investment partners. Similar to the...
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- TiaLinx, Inc., a developer of mm-wave integrated radio and antenna arrays and beamforming technology, announced it has received a Phase II award from the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency's (DARPA) Microsystems Technology Office. The SBIR Phase II award includes delivery of an advanced V-band high-bandwidth communication link and a high-precision radar system. The integrated system-on-chip is considered a key element within the entire...
Intel's Otellini, Microsoft's Ballmer, Kleiner Perkins' Doerr and Many Others Support Funding for ARPA-E's Transformative Energy Innovations WASHINGTON, April 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than one hundred top executives representing America's technology and venture capital sectors today urged Congress to continue to support the Advance Projects Research Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), an agency housed in the U.S. Department of Energy whose mission is to fund high-risk projects that will...
FAIRFAX, Va., April 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Secure Command, a next-generation security software company, today announced that it has changed its name to Invincea, concurrent with the release of its maiden software product, Invincea Browser Protection. Developed under funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Invincea(TM) Browser Protection shields PC users against all types of Web-borne threats by seamlessly moving desktop Web browsers into a controlled virtual...
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- A new technology venture has been formed to enhance the ability of military and homeland security robots to perform tasks that otherwise would place personnel in harm's way. The former principal investigator for the $70 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Revolutionizing Prosthetics 2009 Program, along with colleagues from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and Orthocare Innovations, have formed Contineo...
STRATFORD, Conn., Feb. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today that its Sikorsky Innovations group has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for a contract to develop active rotor technologies that will allow aircraft to adapt to a changing environment and dynamically enhance performance. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060403/SIKORSKYLOGO ) Once the...
ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) was awarded a $30.8 million contract for Phase II of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) National Cyber Range (NCR) program. It follows completion of a $5.4 million contract for the initial development phase of the NCR awarded in early 2009. DARPA's NCR is part of the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative, a major government-wide effort to increase the nation's defenses against electronic attack....
