Hughes Network Systems Launches DIRECTV Set-top Boxes With Enhanced Video and Audio Features.
Two New Packages Improve Television Picture and Sound, Upgrade Universal Remote Control Features GERMANTOWN, Md., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Hughes Network Systems (HNS), a leading manufacturer of DIRECTV digital satellite receivers, announced plans for a new DIRECTV receiver line that offers enhanced picture...

Hughes Network Systems Merits Frost & Sullivan Market Engineering Leadership Award.
Industry Leader Recognized in Broadband by Satellite Equipment Category For Second Consecutive Year SAN JOSE, Calif., June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Demonstrating Hughes Network Systems' (HNS) leadership in the broadband satellite industry, Frost & Sullivan has awarded HNS with the distinguished 2001 Market Engineering...

Lockheed Martin Awarded Albanian Air Navigation Services Modernization Feasibility Study Contract.
ROCKVILLE, Md., March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The US Trade and Development Agency signed a Letter of Approval authorizing Lockheed Martin Air Traffic Management (LMATM), a business unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT), to conduct an air navigation services modernization feasibility study with the Directorate General of...

US Army vehicle fails ammunition test.
Ceramic armour that is designed to protect the US Army's new Stryker Interim Armoured Vehicle (IAV) has failed to meet minimum requirements to stop heavy machine-gun fire. The vehicle's maker, General Dynamics (GD), is now adding steel backing to the ceramic armour plates in order to rectify the problem....

MEDITECH SELECTS FILETEK AS ITS UK DISTRIBUTOR.
PR Newswire, London, July 23 This press release is transmitted on behalf of FileTek Company will act as sales agent and integrator for MEDITECH's Health Care Information Systems (HCIS) London - FileTek, Inc., a data storage and access management solutions provider, and Medical...

Speedel Appoints Medical Director With Broad Experience.
BASEL, Switzerland and WARREN, N.J., April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Speedel Holding AG, a cardiovascular and metabolic drug development company based in Basel, Switzerland, announced today that it has appointed Dr. Jessica Mann as its Medical Director. Jessica Mann, M.D., Ph.D., has broad experience in the...

Move Over Punxsutawney Phil: 10,000 Physicians and Scientists Cast Long Shadows on Misconceptions of Aging.
CHICAGO, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Today is Groundhog Day, and with it arrives the annual custom of forecasting the weather of the next six weeks based on whether one furry rodent emerges from hibernation to see his shadow. In today's fact-filled world where science now...

Tibotec-Virco Implements International Re-Organisation.
New Geographical and Operational Focus to Improve Effectiveness MECHELEN, Belgium, July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the recent appointment of new CEO Philippe Ballero, Tibotec-Virco today announced international re-organisation aimed at increasing focus and efficiency across the company. Key elements of the re-organisation include the concentration...

TIBOTEC-VIRCO IMPLEMENTS INTERNATIONAL RE-ORGANISATION.
PR Newswire, London, July 26. This press release is transmitted on behalf of Tibotec-Virco. New geographical and operational focus to improve effectiveness Mechelen, Belgium - Following the recent appointment of new CEO Philippe Ballero, Tibotec-Virco today announced international re-organisation aimed at increasing focus...

Virco and Tibotec to Merge.
Merger Will Combine Complementary Expertise in Drug Development and Pharmacogenomics MECHELEN, Belgium, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boards of Directors of Virco Group NV and Tibotec Group NV announce that a merger proposal has been filed with the commercial court of Mechelen to...