Gap Inc. executives and employees will join nonprofit organizations at a gathering at the San Francisco headquarters to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Gap Foundation. “We’re proud to celebrate 35 years of Gap Inc. employees ...
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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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US Navy details$110M laser weapon call 04 Sep 2012 Sees modular open-systems approach as best way to develop a directed-energy laser gun with a maximum 150 kW output. Maritime Laser A 100 kW laser weapon could be used on board a US ...
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DoD contracts round-up:summer 2012 23 Aug 2012 Substantial backing for optical countermeasure and multispectral targeting systems,including a$463million agreement with Northrop Grumman. MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter The US Department of ...
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When it comes to woodworking, a board cut a few millimetres too long or too short can make the difference between a work of art and a pile of firewood. For a lot of us, this small margin of error can turn the making of even the simplest ...
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Pall Corp is to undertake a multi-phase project for the US Navy to develop an advanced shipboard desalination system for coastal sea waters. Pall will create a detailed design for Navy ship water treatment that will increase the volume and ...
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eMagin, an innovator of OLED microdisplays and virtual imaging technologies, recently declared that the U.S. Navy has awarded the company with a $2.4 M worth contract for research and development of 2,000 x 2,000 px bright OLED ...
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Intevac Photonics orders hit new high 01 Aug 2012 Record bookings largely due to$10 million deal to fit Apache helicopters with night-vision cameras. Intevac's"Night Port" Intevac Photonics,the optics-focused subsidiary of the ...
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Weak markets and delays mean full-year sales are now expected to be nearly 10%lower than previous estimate. Stock slippage Thermal imaging giant FLIR Systems has issued a profit warning for its fiscal year 2012,blaming weak ...
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Despite a cumulative silicon carbide (SiC) raw wafer and epiwafer market that will not exceed $80m in 2012, the body of related patents comprises more than 1772 patent families and over 350 companies since 1928, according to the report ...
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Gardening is easy,right:plant a few daffodils,mow the lawn,bit of white plastic garden furniture,done. But while that might do for an outdoor area to scrabble around after a football in with the kids or unwind in a deckchair on a rare ...
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Mid-infrared imaging for UAVs,high-speed optical networks and laser-based airborne mine detection among the other activities funded. The US Department of Defense(DoD)has awarded a number of new contracts and contract modifications for the ...
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1,800 cases of fake ICs in US military aircraft were discovered last year,says the US Senate Armed Services Committee,and 70%of those could be traced back to China.After China come the UK and Canada as the biggest sources of fake chips. ...
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Energy Focus,a leader in providing LED lighting products and solutions,announced that it has recently received an additional US$1.5 million order to provide IntelliTube LED fluorescent replacement tubes,IntelliTube LED berth light fixtures ...
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Energy Focus, Inc. (OTCBB:EFOI), a leader in providing LED energy efficient lighting products and solutions announced that it has recently received an additional $1.5 million order to provide IntelliTube™ LED fluorescent replacement ...
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