Main News
News Briefs September 3, 2010
General Dynamics site announces layoffs
General Dynamics Robotic Systems in Westminster, Md., said ...
MQ-9 Reaper crashes near El Mirage Airfield, Calif.
An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft crashed approximately one mile north of El Mirage Airfield, ...
Business News
Northrop Grumman 'lays keel' for U.S. Navy's first BAMS UAS fuselage
Northrop Grumman Corporation and U.S. Navy officials celebrated the start of the first MQ-4 Broad Ar ...
C-5 becomes a 'Superstar'
Another Lockheed Martin C-5 is being transformed into the world's most capable strategic airlifter, ...
Commentary
U.S. hopes for Iraq collided with reality
Shortly after U.S. troops captured Baghdad in April 2003, the U.S. military's top officer made a pre ...
Turning the page in Iraq
As much as the Iraq war will ever have a formal end it did so this week when President Barack Obama ...
Defense News
Army eyes industry for energy efficiency alliances
To meet energy initiatives, cut costs, and to help better protect soldiers, the Army is looking to i ...
Nanolithography Nets Biopolymer EO Device Improvements
Researchers from the Air Force Research Laboratory and the University of Arizona collaborated to dem ...
Events
September 2010 Events
Sept. 4-11 - Neutrino Oscillation Workshop, Otranto, Lecce, Italy
www.ba.infn.it/~now/now2010/
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Surface Navy Association hosts West Coast symposium
Members of the San Diego chapter of the Surface Navy Association held its West Coast Symposium at Na ...
People News
Northrop Grumman employees awarded NASA Silver Snoopy award
NASA has awarded Northrop Grumman employees Kathy McGraw-Davids and Igor Chuyan the Silver Snoopy aw ...
AIAA honors Northrop's Harvey Berger for outstanding contributions to satellite communications
Northrop Grumman's Harvey Berger was honored with the AIAA Aerospace Communications Award for his co ...
Space News
NASA ranked fifth best place to work in federal government
NASA has been ranked fifth in the Partnership for Public Service 2010 ratings for the "Best Places t ...
Boeing-built GOES-15 weather satellite enters service for NASA, NOAA
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - Boeing announced Sept. 1 that GOES-15, the company's eighth Geostationary Opera ...
Veterans News
U.S. soldier MIA from Korean War identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced Sept. 1 that the remains of a U.S. ...
Veterans Affairs Works to Reduce Claims Backlog
The Veterans Affairs Department is making great strides in its efforts to reduce the backlog of vete ...