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Northrop Grumman to Present at Credit Suisse Fifteenth Annual Aerospace and Defense Conference (3:00:00pm Mon Nov. 23, 2009 CDT)

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) will present at the Credit Suisse Fifteenth Annual Aerospace and Defense Conference on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. The presentation by Northrop Grumman Chief Financial Officer James F. Palmer will be begin at 8:15 am EST and will be webcast on www.northropgrumman.com. ...

NASA Chooses Small Business High Tech Projects for Development (3:00:00pm Mon Nov. 23, 2009 CDT)

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has selected for development 368 small business innovation projects that include research to minimize aging of aircraft, new techniques for suppressing fires on spacecraft and advanced transmitters for deep space communications. ...

$1.8 Billion Annual Hit to Houston Region Causes Stir at Minute Maid Park (2:05:00pm Mon Nov. 23, 2009 CDT)

HOUSTON, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Lawmakers, business leaders, BAE Systems employees and concerned citizens gathered outside of Minute Maid Park in Downtown Houston today to call on the Army to reconsider the flawed bidding process that has taken away a contract to build military armored vehicles at a nearby Sealy plant and will cause the loss of thousands of jobs in Texas and hit the Houston region's economy by nearly $2 billion a year. ...

Mike Bouchard Appointed to the Post of Council Vice President for ASIS International (1:17:00pm Mon Nov. 23, 2009 CDT)

LENOIR CITY, Tenn., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Mr. Mike Bouchard, EODT's Chief Security Officer (CSO), has been appointed to the position of Council Vice President (CVP) for American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) International. As a CVP, Mr. Bouchard will be responsible for reviewing council business plans and organizational goals and objectives to ensure they are in accordance with ASIS International's strategic plan, providing counsel to the ASIS Secretary and staff, and assisting in the development of council leaders. ...

Cisco Router Sent Into Space Aboard Intelsat Satellite (1:00:00pm Mon Nov. 23, 2009 CDT)

IRIS Technology Could Enhance Military Communications ...

Optical Cable Corporation's Recently Acquired Subsidiary Prevails In Major Patent Infringement Lawsuit (11:29:00am Mon Nov. 23, 2009 CDT)

ROANOKE, Va., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Optical Cable Corporation (Nasdaq: OCCF) ("OCC") today announced that Applied Optical Systems, Inc. ("AOS"), a wholly owned subsidiary of OCC, has prevailed in a major patent infringement lawsuit brought in November 2006, by Amphenol Fiber Systems International ("FSI"), a subsidiary of Amphenol Corporation (NYSE: APH). OCC acquired AOS on October 31, 2009, as previously announced. ...

Coast Guard Entrusts ESN With Support Of National Security Cutter With $6.8 Million Contract (11:07:00am Mon Nov. 23, 2009 CDT)

ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Engineering Services Network, Inc. (ESN), a trusted leader in engineering and technology solutions, announced today that it was recently awarded a $6.8 million contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to provide technical analysis, documentation, facilitation and project support services for the U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Acquisitions (CG-9321); Maritime Security Cutter Large (WMSL)/National Security Cutter (NSC), under the Surface Program Acquisition Office (CG-93). ...

Israel and U.S. Missile Defense Exercise Counters Iran (10:53:00am Mon Nov. 23, 2009 CDT)

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Riki Ellison, President and Founder of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org discusses the relevance of the largest joint U.S. - Israeli missile defense exercise held earlier this month in respect to the volatility of the current and future situation in Iran and the rest of the Middle East. His comments are below: ...

OPEIU Grants Charter to Global Helicopter Pilots Association (10:46:00am Mon Nov. 23, 2009 CDT)

NEW YORK, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU), AFL-CIO, CLC, has granted a charter to the Global Helicopter Pilots Association (GHPA), effective October 27, 2009. The group will be known as GHPA, OPEIU Local 103. ...

NASA Updates Time of Tuesday News Conference With Space Station (10:28:00am Mon Nov. 23, 2009 CDT)

HOUSTON, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 12 crew members aboard space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station will hold a news conference Tuesday at 7 a.m. CST, 13 minutes earlier than previously announced. ...

Eutelsat W7 Launch by Proton Postponed by 24 Hours (10:04:00am Mon Nov. 23, 2009 CDT)

PARIS, November 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) has been advised by ILS of a 24-hour postponement of the launch of the W7 satellite by a Proton rocket. There are no technical issues concerning either the Proton rocket or Eutelsat's satellite, which are both in safe configuration mode. ...

Raytheon's Rolling Airframe Missile Completes Key Flight Tests (9:57:00am Mon Nov. 23, 2009 CDT)

TUCSON, Ariz., Nov. 23, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) Rolling Airframe Missile Block 2 successfully completed three instrumented test vehicle flights between April and October designed to demonstrate the system's upgraded kinematic capabilities. ...

Lockheed Martin Successfully Launches Intelsat 14 Spacecraft (9:51:00am Mon Nov. 23, 2009 CDT)

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) this morning successfully delivered a commercial telecommunications satellite for Intelsat, the leading provider of fixed satellite services, into orbit aboard an Atlas V booster provided by United Launch Alliance. ...

Mary Ellen Jones Named President of the Engine Alliance (9:48:00am Mon Nov. 23, 2009 CDT)

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mary Ellen Jones has been named President of the Engine Alliance, a 50/50 joint venture of General Electric (NYSE: GE) and Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). Jones will succeed Jim Moravecek who will return to Pratt & Whitney in a new leadership position. ...

First S-76(R) Civil Helicopter Airframe Completed in China (9:07:00am Mon Nov. 23, 2009 CDT)

JINGDEZHEN, China, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and AVIC today celebrated completion of the first S-76C++(TM) civil helicopter airframe produced in China. The airframe is the first to be built under an agreement between Sikorsky and Changhe Aircraft. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). ...

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