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Executive Watch 2008 P15
State and local spending on GSA technology schedule up 45 percent in 2007
RESTON, Va., 22 Feb. 2008. GSA Technology Schedule 70 orders for federal fiscal 2007 rose 45.4 percent to $361.2 million from $248.5 in 2006, say analysts at market researcher INPUT in Reston, Va.
European Commission project compiles technology roadmap for photonics and nanotechnologies
BRUSSELS, Belgium, 21 Feb. 2008. A European Commission initiative to coordinate research in photonics and nanotechnologies is publishing a technology roadmap to help government and industry create consensus, exchange ideas, and deploy scientific resources.
Federal spending for basic and applied research to fall slightly in 2009
WASHINGTON, 21 Feb. 2008. The fiscal year 2009 U.S. federal budget would increase spending for research in basic physical sciences, yet keeps biomedical funding at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) flat, say officials of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Washington.
AIA backs study that claims export controls have hurt the satellite business
WASHINGTON, 20 Feb. 2008. The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) in Washington is endorsing a report released this week that suggests U.S. export-control policy for commercial satellites and components has weakened the nation's space industrial base.
NASA Goddard joins hands with Northrop Grumman to develop advanced remote-sensing
GREENBELT, Md., 19 Feb. 2008. Scientists from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., are working together with engineers from the Northrop Grumman Corp. Electronic Systems Sector in Baltimore to develop advanced remote sensing systems for space and Earth science measurements.
Bell Helicopter uses simulation tools from The MathWorks to design civilian tiltrotor aircraft
HURST, Texas, 18 Feb. 2008. Engineers from Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. in Hurst, Texas, needed computer simulation tools to help them design the BA609 commercial tiltrotor aircraft.
Cedip to supply long-range multi-sensor electro-optic surveillance to Lebanese navy
CROISSY-BEAUBOURG, France, 17 Feb. 2008. The Lebanese National Defence Ministry has ordered six 6 Pharos XLR3+ long-range multi-sensor surveillance platforms from Cedip Infrared Systems in Croissy-Beaubourg, France, to provide its naval forces with 24/7 long-range surveillance & reconnaissance capabilities in all weather conditions.
Teledyne to supply heading and digital repeaters to Brazilian navy
WATFORD, England, 16 Feb. 2008. The Brazilian Naval Commission has taken delivery of 16 Meridian Heading Repeaters and four Meridian Digital Repeaters from Teledyne-TSS in Watford, England, in an order worth 65,000 Pounds Sterling. The units will be installed across the Brazilian naval fleet.
Gemfire boosts electro-optics capabilities with acquisition of Covega
FREMONT, Calif., 15 Feb. 2008. Integrated optics manufacturer Gemfire Corp. in Fremont, Calif., is boosting its ability to integrate active and passive wafer-scale architectures with its acquisition of Covega Corp. in Jessup, Md.
Curtiss-Wright bolsters signals-acquisition expertise with purchase of Pentland Systems
LEESBURG, Va., 15 Feb. 2008. Executives at Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing in Leesburg, Va., have acquired Pentland Systems Ltd. of Livingston, Scotland -- a specialist in rugged signals-acquisition technologies.
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