Radarsat-2: launched and lost?
On December 14, 2007, one of the "world's most advanced" commercial Earth observation satellites was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket. After almost a decade of design, construction, and delays, not to mention $445-million in public investment, Canada's long-anticipated Radarsat-2 was positioning itself...

Egypt negotiates nuclear deal with Moscow.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AHMED ABU EL Gheit, the Egyptian foreign minister, has negotiated a nuclear power cooperation treaty with Russia. The agreement may well set the pace of the intensifying global competition for the lucrative civilian reactor market expanding throughout the Middle East. Egypt is one...

Aerospace & Defense News - Technology.
Jun 23, 2008 The US Air Force Research Laboratory is launching the second phase of a program aimed at demonstrating the ability to refuel unmanned aircraft in flight. It is looking for an integrator to develop and demonstrate the capability for boom and receptacle refueling of UAVs...

Kobe Steel to start up titanium melt shop.
Kobe Steel Ltd has taken a new [yen]3.5 billion (about $32 million) titanium melt shop at its Takasago Works in Hyogo Prefecture into full production. The melt shop uses the company's proprietary Kobe Method (a vacuum arc remelting method), which makes possible the use of titanium scrap....

Company Watch - Alcoa.
Apr 14, 2008 Alcoa is the world leader in the production and management of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum and alumina combined, through its active and growing participation in all major aspects of the industry. Alcoa serves the aerospace, automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial transportation and industrial...

Company Watch - General Dynamics.
Jun 23, 2008 BAE Systems and General Dynamics hope lawmakers award full funding for their XM-1203 Non Line-of-Sight Cannon. The cannon is one of eight proposed Manned Ground Vehicles under the Army's Future Combat Systems program. General Dynamics executive Robert Sorge says the company is optimistic about...

Norwood Tool changes its name to Norwood Medical.
NorwoodTool Company; a Dayton, OH based contract manufacturer, is rebranding itself and, as a result, officially will be known as Norwood Medical as of this month. "We have been focused on supplying single and multiple use instruments and implants to the medical industry for the last 30...

Curtiss-Wright Gets Contract for Italian Frigate Program.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-9 June 2008-Curtiss-Wright Gets Contract for Italian Frigate Program(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Curtiss-Wright Corp. announced that it has received a multi-million dollar contract from Fincantieri S.p.A for the supply of TC-ASIST helicopter handling systems for the first two ships of the FREMM frigate...

Ridgid Offers SeeSnake micro Inspection Camera.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-22 May 2008-Ridgid Offers SeeSnake micro Inspection Camera(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Ridgid announces the availability of its SeeSnake micro Inspection Camera. The company stated that this adjustable mini-camera allows users to see into virtually any space, no matter how small -- like inside...

Norwood Tool changes its name to Norwood Medical.
Norwood Tool Company, a Dayton, OH-based contract manufacturer, is rebranding itself and, as a result, officially will be known as Norwood Medical as of this month. "We have been focused on supplying single and multiple use instruments and implants to the medical industry for the last 30...