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Understanding Interaction In Virtual WorldsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 04, 2010 New cinema blockbuster, Avatar, leapt to the top of box office charts as soon as it came out - a stunning 3D realisation of an alien world. Our fascination with themes of escape to other fantastic places and the thrill of immersion in virtual environments also attracts millions to assume new identities in online virtual worlds. Now researchers at The University of Nottingham, SRI Internati ... read more |
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Las Cruces NM (SPX) Jan 04, 2010The New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) has selected a contractor to provide construction services for the flight apron at the Spaceport America site. After reviewing proposals from several contractors, the NMSA Board of Directors awarded construction of the apron to David Montoya Construction, Inc., of Alameda, NM. The $5.75 million apron project includes all the surfaces around the Ter ... more  
Arnold AFB TN (AFNS) Dec 30, 2009A high-visibility test on a second-stage developmental rocket motor set a new record in the Arnold Engineering Development Center's J-6 large-rocket motor-testing facility Dec. 9. Joe Migliaccio, the Aerospace Testing Alliance engineer who conducted the test, said the team fired an Alliant Techsystems, Inc., or ATK, Castor 30 rocket motor for approximately two and a half minutes, which is ... more  
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Jan 04, 2010Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space and Communications and the world's leading provider of high-power commercial satellites, today announced that it was selected to provide a new direct broadcast satellite (DBS), EchoStar XVI, to a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation. EchoStar XVI is the seventh satellite contract awarded to SS/L in 2009. It is planned for launch in 2012 ... more |
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Moorestown NJ (SPX) Jan 04, 2010The second generation of Lockheed Martin's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system, BMD 4.0.1, successfully detected, tracked and conducted simulated engagements against a variety of different ballistic missile targets during a series of tracking exercises in the Pacific. The key feature of the new system is a new integrated signal processor designed to improve the system's discrimina ... more  
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jan 04, 2010The Raytheon - Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture received a $176 million contract from the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense for more than 1,300 Javelin missile rounds and associated engineering support. "The current battlefield requires precision at all levels of the fight, and Javelin meets the need for precision at both the platoon and squad levels," said Duane Gooden, program di ... more  
St. Louis MO (SPX) Jan 04, 2010Boeing reports that Increment 1 of the U.S. Army's Brigade Combat Team Modernization program was approved to begin Low-Rate Initial Production early in 2010 as a result of the Milestone C production review by the Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) on Dec. 22. As the prime contractor, Boeing, along with Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) [NYSE: SAI], is responsible for the develop ... more |
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