Bill Moggridge, the British-born industrial designer credited with the creation of the first laptop computer in 1982, has died of cancer aged 69. Until his death, Moggridge was best known for his design of the Grid Compass, the first ...
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Fort Knox served as the "Home of Cavalry and Armor" for seven decades and is now embracing its new array of missions brought about by the BRAC transformations. As one of the largest US military bases in Kentucky, with over 109,000 acres ...
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Boeing lands$16M laser weapon follow-up 08 Oct 2012 Defense contractor agrees follow-on contract with US Army Space and Missile Command for 10kW solid-state system. Boeing is to develop a truck-mounted 10kW laser weapon for the US Army. ...
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Oshkosh Defense has signed a contract with the Department of Defense to replace the US military’s aged HMMWVs with a lightweight vehicle through the joint light tactical vehicle (JLTV) programme’s engineering, manufacturing and ...
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The US Senate on Thursday voted 54-41 to reverse a plan included in a larger defense policy bill that would have ended the Department of Defense's participation in an agreement aimed at boosting the supply of biofuels available to the ...
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Alabama-based American Apparel,Inc.,which manufactures US military uniforms and employs 1,300 workers,will lay-off hundreds of people soon,as the company lost its contract with the US military. The company said the Defense Logistics ...
Shane and Kay,the founders of Burg&Schild Berlin asked Edwin Europe to collaborate on their Fifth Year Anniversary'BLACK COLLECTION'.As a selected supplier to Burg&Schild,naturally,this was a project I felt passionate about in that we where ...
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Shane and Kay,the founders of Burg&Schild Berlin asked Edwin Europe to collaborate on their Fifth Year Anniversary'BLACK COLLECTION'.As a selected supplier to Burg&Schild,naturally,this was a project I felt passionate about in that we where ...
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Home secretary Theresa May has issued a statement, which has effectively blocked the extradition of hacker Gary McKinnon. In September, May told Parliament that the coalition agreement committing the government to reviewing the UK's ...
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American Power Source Inc.,which makes clothing for US Air Force personnel,has announced that it would layoff 50 workers at its Fayette and Columbus,Mississippi factories. The company said the layoff is due to loss of orders to Federal ...
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Free-space laser comms to boost Marines'bandwidth 11 Sep 2012 US Navy awards$7M contract for ITT Exelis and Novasol to build a line-of-sight system to handle escalating data needs. Intelligence,surveillance and reconnaissance:data crunch ...
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Bill Moggridge, the British industrial designer credited with inventing the modern laptop, has died from cancer at the age of 69. In 1979 Moggridge designed the Grid Compass, the first computer to attach a keyboard to a folding screen. ...
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Comtech Telecommunications Corp says that its subsidiary Comtech PST Corp in Melville, NY, USA has been awarded a $3.1m contract for solid-state, high-power RF switches from a major domestic prime contractor. The firm says that the ...
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For second-quarter 2012,Kopin Corp of Taunton,MA,USA,a supplier of III-V semiconductor products and microdisplays for mobile applications(including smartphones,tablet PCs,military thermal weapons sights and wearable computers),has reported ...
The parking garage located in the Kailua Town Center, nestled in one of the world's top beaches was built to service newly developed commercial districts that comprise Whole Foods Supermarket, California Pizza Kitchen, and Long's Drug ...
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