SAIC Awarded $25 Million Contract by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Company to Develop Affordable Alternative to Petroleum-Derived Jet Fuel (JP-8) from Agricultural and Aquacultural Feedstock SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation today announced it has been awarded a prime contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to help...

Kathleen A. Gallagher Joins Beck, Redden & Secrest L.L.P. as a Partner.
HOUSTON, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Beck, Redden & Secrest L.L.P. is pleased to welcome Kathleen A. Gallagher as a new partner in the firm. Ms. Gallagher's practice focuses on Commercial, Environmental, Torts, and Products Liability Litigation. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090120/DA60056) Prior to joining Beck, Redden & Secrest...

Thermacore to Develop Active Heat Sink Technology.
LANCASTER, Pa., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Thermacore, Inc. has been awarded a $9.5 million contract, if all options are exercised, by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the development of Micro-technologies for Air-Cooled Exchangers (MACE). The successful development of this technology will significantly improve the thermal performance...

Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology Receives Gates Foundation Grant for Avian Influenza Vaccine Development.
NEWARK, Del., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The Center for Molecular Biology (CMB) has received an $8.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support continued development of an avian influenza vaccine that uses transient plant-based technology. CMB will develop vaccines against highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses...

'Biology in Pico-Liter Droplets' is Focus of Presentation at LabAutomation 2009.
LEXINGTON, Mass., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Darren R. Link, Ph.D., of RainDance Technologies, Inc., will present "Biology in Pico-Liter Droplets," a discussion of the commercialization of the use of picoliter droplets in microfluidic channels for applications in the life sciences, at the LabAutomation2009 conference on Wednesday, January 28, 2009,...

ARTEL Reports Record Year, Awarded $222.8 Million in New Government Contracts in 2008.
RESTON, Va., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- ARTEL, Inc., a global leader in Information Technology and Managed Network Services, today announced $222.8 million in government contract wins for 2008, which resulted in a record year for the company in revenues. The contracts are a combination of re-competes on previous awards...

Textron Defense Systems to Design Cell Module for Laser Weapon System.
ENERGY RESOURCE-3 December 2008-Textron Defense Systems to Design Cell Module for Laser Weapon System(C)2008 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Textron Defense Systems (TDS), an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, has signed an Other Transaction Agreement with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) that will...

Evolved Machines Selected as a Prime Contractor for DARPA Program to Engineer an Artificial Olfaction System.
PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Evolved Machines, Inc. has been selected as a prime contractor under a new Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program to engineer an artificial olfaction system incorporating "brain-like" neural pattern recognition. The $5.1 million dollar contract will integrate work of 7 universities...

Energy Focus, Inc. Chosen for DARPA SBIR to Develop 'Explosion-Proof' Lighting.
SOLON, Ohio, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Energy Focus, Inc. , a global leader in energy-efficient lighting technologies, announced today that the company's proposal to develop Explosion Proof LED fixtures has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. Under the project,...

Radome design introduced.
MFG Galileo Composites, a leading specialist in the design and manufacturing of custom composite radomes and reflectors based in Sparks, Nevada, USA, has introduced a new radome design. The MFG Galileo Generation II radome design features enhancements based on a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) assignment...