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NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EST Wednesday, Dec. 12, to discuss the latest findings from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Astronomers will report on recent observations of a previously unseen population of primitive galaxies that formed more than 13 billion years ago. The teleconference panelists are: -- Richard Ellis, astrophysicist, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. -- Abraham Loeb, chair, Astronomy Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass....
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EST Wednesday, Dec. 12, to discuss the latest findings from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Astronomers will report on recent observations of a previously unseen population of primitive galaxies that formed more than 13 billion years ago. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The teleconference panelists are: -- Richard Ellis, astrophysicist, California...
ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) delivered its first Digital Range Training System to the U.S. Army for live fire gunnery qualifications by armored vehicle crews and has begun development on a third range under a $13.8 million contract award. The Digital Range Training System provides a realistic combat environment for Abrams, Bradley and Stryker crews. The initial range is now operational at Fort Bliss, Texas. A second range is on schedule for...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online New observations by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have found a planet that is secretly being consumed by its own star. The gas giant planet is about 1.4 times the size of Jupiter and is orbiting extremely close to its parent star, completing a full orbit in just over one Earth day. Due to the close distance of orbit, a gas cloud has been "boiled off," and some of it is moving out towards interstellar space to create a shroud...
John P. Millis, Ph.D. for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online This article is the latest installment in a new series where redOrbit’s in-house experts will answer questions submitted by you, the reader. Got a science or space question that’s stumping you? Each week we’ll select a handful of the wiliest questions you can whip up to tease the brains of our resident gurus (we call them 'geeks'). Question: We have seen numerous pictures of other galaxies and other things out...
BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) today announced the acquisition of Chandler/May, Inc., a company that specializes in the design, development, integration, manufacturing, and support of fully integrated mission critical systems for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (C4ISR) missions. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed and are not material to Lockheed...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Air Defense, Missile Warning, and Space Defense systems that support the missions of North American Aerospace Defense, U.S. Northern Command, and U.S. Strategic Command will continue to be sustained by Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT]. The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to provide operations, maintenance, and sustainment of these missions under the Integrated Space Command...
ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has been awarded a $59.4 million contract from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to increase energy efficiency through data center consolidation of the DOL's key data centers. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110419/PH85737LOGO-b ) Under the seven-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract, DOL data centers will be moved to a secure data center and ultimately to the cloud to further...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced today that it has submitted its final proposal revision for the Medium-range Ballistic Missile Targets contract. The Lockheed Martin team delivered its final offer to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA's) Targets and Countermeasures Program Office in Huntsville, Ala., yesterday, Oct. 31. The contract will provide Medium-range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) Targets to support Ballistic Missile...
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $26 million foreign military sales contract to modernize the Royal Jordanian Air Force's national air command, control and communications infrastructure. Lockheed Martin will provide the Kingdom of Jordan with an integrated, real-time air picture across multiple command centers and many remote sites to better protect the country's airspace. The system, known as Omnyx(TM), will...
