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HOUSTON, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Running a company amid the current economic strife can feel like navigating through a war zone. It takes effective leadership to survive and thrive in business... not unlike the strong military leadership needed to master a battlefield. A three-day intensive Leadership Boot Camp Experience slated for September 27-29 at the Marriott Courtyard Houston (The Woodlands, 1020 Lake Front Circle) will blend business leadership operatives with military principles....
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB) today announced that SunPower world-leading solar technology has been selected for installation at several U.S. government properties, including for the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), the General Services Administration (GSA), the Navy and the Air Force. SunPower expects to create more than 1000 local jobs during the construction of these projects. These contracts...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WidePoint Corporation (NYSE Amex: WYY), a specialist in wireless mobility management and cybersecurity solutions, today announced that WidePoint's Operational Research Consultants, Inc. (ORC) subsidiary received a $3 million order from its reselling partner, Conquest Security of Gaithersburg, MD in support of a deployed cybersecurity solution for a Department of the Navy mobile environment. Mobile cybersecurity solutions are used in...
BOWIE, Md., Aug. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The MIL Corporation (MIL), an organization that provides the Federal government with financial, quality assurance, and information technology-management services, is pleased to announce the celebration of its 30th anniversary. Established in 1980, MIL began as a small business that signed its first contracts with the U.S. Department of Energy. Since then, the organization has successfully competed for multiyear, multimillion dollar contracts with 17...
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that its Supersonic Sea-Skimming Target (SSST) ramjet propulsion system successfully completed the first flight test of the Coyote High Diver variant supersonic target mission. Orbital Sciences Corporation (Orbital) developed the target vehicle and uses Aerojet's solid-fueled Variable Flow Ducted Rocket (VFDR) propulsion engine. Orbital upgraded the original SSST configuration with...
ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 12 PRNewswire/ -- Lunarline, Inc. has been awarded multiple contracts to support the Department of Defense (DoD) Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP). These contracts and sub-contracts include medical devices, sensor systems, DoD specific applications, and enterprise integration efforts. Lunarline's vendor contracts are to perform system security engineering to ensure that the systems/applications are DoD 8500.2 compliant, as well as...
SYRACUSE, N.Y., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Navy approved Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) preliminary design for a system to defend surface combatants from anti-ship cruise missile threats. The preliminary design review for the Navy's Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement (SEWIP) Block 2 upgrade program is a significant milestone under the initial $9.9 million design contract awarded to Lockheed Martin last November. The contract includes options totaling nearly $167 million, if...
BURLINGAME, Calif., July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- ECC and the Navy officially broke ground during a ceremony to celebrate the construction of a new $4 million, 11,000-square-foot U.S. Army New England Recruiting Battalion at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. The design-bid-build project is being executed under a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract with the Navy, and is anticipated for completion by May 2011. Attendance at the ceremony included Captain...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Today marks the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs' first underwater launch of a Fleet Ballistic Missile, which was designed and built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). The Polaris A1 missile successfully launched from the submerged USS George Washington (SSBN-598), the first ballistic missile submarine, July 20, 1960, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Fla. This successful Navy test proved the capability of launching...
FARNBOROUGH, England, July 19, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and a U.S. Navy team used a combined-beam fiber laser to shoot down four unmanned aerial vehicles in flight during an over-the-water engagement. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100719/NE36467 ) (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100719/NE36467 ) The UAV targets were engaged and destroyed using the Navy's Laser Weapon System guided by Raytheon's Phalanx Close-in Weapon System sensor...
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Ronald Ellwin Evans, Jr. was an astronaut that worked with NASA on the Apollo missions and served as a Captain in the United States Navy. Evans is one of the twenty-four astronauts to fly to the moon. . Evans was born on November 10, 1933 in St. Francis, Kansas. He graduated from Highland Park High School in Topeka, Kansas. Boy Scouts of America played a huge role in Evans youth as he attained the highest level of Life Scout. Evans then went on to study at the University of Kansas...
Frederick Hauck is a retired Captain and pilot in the United States Navy, and a NASA astronaut. He was born Frederick Hamilton "Rick" Hauck on April 11, 1941 in Long Beach, California. He was raised in Massachusetts and Washington, D.C., and he graduated from St. Albans School in Washington, D.C. in 1958. He then went on to attend Tufts University as a Navy ROTC student, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from in 1962. He was commissioned upon graduation and reported...
Pete Conrad was an American naval officer, astronaut and engineer, and he was the third person to walk on the Moon. He was born Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr. on June 2, 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While his legal name was Charles, his mother gave him what would be his lifetime nickname, Pete. The Great Depression had a tough impact on the Conrad family, but they pulled through it. Conrad has always been bright and intelligent; however, he suffered from dyslexia, a condition that was not...
Jim Lovell is a former NASA astronaut and a retired captain in the US Navy. He was born as James "Jim" Arthur Lovell, Jr. on March 25, 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio. During his childhood, Lovell was interested in rocketry, and built flying models. His father died in a car accident when he was young. Lovell graduated from Juneau High School in Wisconsin. Later he attended the University of Wisconsin"“Madison for two years. He then transferred to the United States Naval Academy, and entered in the...
