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Aerojet Produces 1000th Rocket Motor for U.S., Canadian and Royal Australian Navies
(image) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Sept. 30, 2010) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that the company has produced 1000 solid rocket motors for the MK234 Nulka active expendable decoy. A ceremony attended by congressional, diplomatic, Navy and industry officials was held at Aerojet’s Orange County, Va., facility today to commemorate the milestone. Nulka…
NASA and OPTIMUS PRIME Collaborate to Educate Youth
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 29, 2010) – NASA has developed a contest to raise students’ awareness of technology transfer efforts and how NASA technologies contribute to our everyday lives. NASA is collaborating with Hasbro using the correlation between the popular TRANSFORMERS brand, featuring its leader OPTIMUS PRIME, and spinoffs from NASA technologies created for aeronautics and…
International Students to Track Airplanes From Space
STRASBOURG, France (Sept. 24, 2010) – The International Space University – Balloon Air Traffic Control Experiment (I-BATE) is ready to launch from the Esrange Space Centre in the Swedish Arctic between 4 October and 9 October, 2010. The I-BATE will be one of several payloads onboard a stratospheric scientific balloon that will fly to the…
Etonic Launches its First Golf Shoe with Outlast® Technology
BOULDER, Colo. (Sept. 22, 2010) – Outlast Technologies, leader in heat management and moisture reduction in performance footwear, announces new licensee Etonic is launching its firstever golf shoe lined with Outlast® technology. Etonic has incorporated Outlast® technology in the lining of the 2011 Stabilizer golf shoe to manage heat build up, offering the golfer more…
Etonic Stabilizer™ Offers Continuous Comfort Via Heat Management
BOULDER, Colo. (Sept. 22, 2010) – Outlast Technologies, leader in heat management and moisture reduction in performance footwear, announces new licensee Etonic is launching its firstever golf shoe lined with Outlast® technology. Etonic has incorporated Outlast® technology in the lining of the 2011 Stabilizer golf shoe to manage heat build up, offering the golfer more comfort.…
Draper, Digital Fly-By-Wire Team Enters Space Hall of Fame
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (April 15, 2010) – Draper Laboratory will enter the Space Technology Hall of Fame® on April 15 as part of the team that developed a system that makes space and air vehicles easier and safer to operate. Draper developed Digital Fly-By-Wire as an extension of its work on the Apollo Guidance Computer. The…
Aerojet Awarded Contract for Research and Technology in Aerospace Propulsion
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (April 13, 2010) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that NASA Glenn Research Center has awarded the company a five-year Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide NASA with its space propulsion system technologies, including cryogenic and electric propulsion for spacecraft. Aerojet is one of five companies to be awarded a…
Boeing to Provide Next-Generation GPS Ground Systems Support to U.S. Air Force
AURORA, Colo., (April 12, 2010) – Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that, as part of the Raytheon team awarded the space-based Global Positioning System (GPS) advanced control segment program (OCX), it will develop portions of the U.S. Air Force’s new ground control segment. GPS OCX will provide more secure, accurate, and precise navigation around the…
SES Consolidates U.S. Government Business
MCLEAN, Va. (April 9, 2010) – Global Satellite Operator SES today announced it is sharpening the focus of its U.S. Government business and is consolidating all USG capacity sales and delivery activities into a single business unit, named SES WORLD SKIES, U.S. Government Solutions. SES WORLD SKIES, U.S. Government Solutions will leverage the combined resources…
Aerojet Engine Test Demonstrates Engine Design for NASA’s Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle
SACRAMENTO, Calif., (April 8, 2010) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, successfully completed 100 hot-fire test sequences of its R-1E 25-pound, thrust-bipropellant engine. The test included more than 27,389 starts with 6,298 seconds of total burn time under a broad variety of conditions expected for NASA’s Orion service module. Aerojet is providing propulsion to…