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Military Telecommunication Group makes debut
Relevance Score: 3.329 2010-01-22 15:00:40
Nhan Dan Online - The Military Telecommunications Group made its debut in Hanoi on January 12. According to the Prime Minister’s Decision 2079/2009/QD-TTg, the group will operate in the form of ‘holding company – affiliate companies’. It was established on basis of the reorganisation of the Military Telecommunications Corporation and its members This is the first economic group to be set up by the Ministry of National Defence. The group includes the wholly State-owned enterprises and multi-ownership enterprises. It engages in multi-sectoral areas, with the telecommunications and information technology being its key business. In addition, the group will also invest in doing research and development and production of hardware and software in the fields of electronics, telecommunications and information technology.
Solar energy, LEDs brighten up Sejong
Relevance Score: 2.835 2010-01-11 21:24:28
Massive investments by large conglomerates are expected to help Sejong City, to be built from scratch, turn into a high-tech production and research base, government and industry officials said yesterday. Samsung Group, Hanwa Group, Woongjin Group and Lotte Group plan to pour a combined 4.4 trillion won into the city to build manufacturing and research facilities. The government yesterday announced plans to make Sejong City, located about 150 kilometers south of Seoul, an "international science and business belt" with 17 trillion won of new investments in the next 20 years. Samsung, the country's biggest business group, said it will spend close to $2 billion by 2015 on "green energy and health care," which include solar cells, light-emitting diodes and medical equipment. Five Samsung affiliates will take part, including Samsung Electronics, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Samsung SDI and Samsung LED.
Esterline Promotes Al Yost to Corporate Group Vice President.
Relevance Score: 2.292 2009-11-25 21:27:16
Esterline Corporation (NYSE: ESL), a leading specialty producer serving the aerospace, defense and medical markets, today announced the promotion of Albert S. Yost to corporate Group Vice President. Yost has more than 17 years of broad operational experience in the aerospace/defense and medical technology sectors, including more than two years as President of Esterline's Advanced Input Systems unit. During that time he also held management responsibility for Esterline's Interface Technologies business platform, which encompasses six operating locations in the U.S., Europe and Asia. He first joined Esterline in 1999 as Director of Finance for Esterline's Mason Electric operation in southern California. Esterline CEO Brad Lawrence informed, "Al has years of experience in our key markets, deep financial accumen, and excellent management skills; put those elements together and you have an ideal next Group Vice President." Prior to joining Esterline, Yost held positions at Moog's aircraft group and Raytheon Aircraft. He graduated from Brigham Young University with an economics degree and later obtained an MBA from Utah State University.
Perla Group acquires DB Aerocopters in a multi-million dollar deal
Relevance Score: 2.091 2009-11-13 14:16:41
Perla Group International Ltd., the Dubai-based company with interests in telecommunications, aviation and other growth sectors, have recently reached an agreement to acquire 100% shares of Ukraine’s DB Aerocopter. DB Aerocopter Ltd. designs and builds the AK1-3 petrol-powered, two-seater light helicopter. Like no other helicopter in its class, the AK1-3 is built using state-of-the-art computer aided machining instead of traditional die-casting – resulting in a durable and easy to transport aircraft that’s ideal for business and pleasure flights, farming and agriculture, security, aerial photography and other applications. Charles D’Alberto, CEO and Founder of Perla Group International, personally flew the AK1-3 while touring the facilities in Poltava, Ukraine and was immediately impressed at the helicopter’s performance, agility and manufacturing excellence. “In its class, it is my opinion and the opinion of many industry professionals that the AK1-3 stands alone,” declares D’Alberto, who is currently busy in his company’s pre-IPO phase and has raised USD 33 million towards its expansion goals. With the current manufacturing facility located in the Ukraine, Perla Group has plans to move the assembly plant to the UAE to take advantage of the company’s ties to the Middle East and Africa regions. This move will be a groundbreaking development for the UAE’s aviation industry, which at present has no local aircraft manufacturing facility. Perla Aviation, Perla Group’s aviation division, are looking forward to the versatility and marketability of the low-cost, easy-to-maintain helicopter. “The acquisition of DB Aerocopters by Perla Group International is an exciting step for us,” says Igor V. Polituchyi, Director of DB Aerocopter. “It will take our company to a new level, and give us the ability to enter into new and exciting markets and show the world just how good the AK1-3 really is.” The additional financing and support from Perla also allows DB Aerocopter to complete the development and design of their new 4-5 person helicopter. For more information, visit Perla Group at Dubai Airshow, West 728, or their website www.perlagrp.com
Kentucky Guard Team Heading To Afghanistan.
Relevance Score: 2.046 2009-07-10 22:09:46
Lots of Kentucky National Guard personnel are going to Afghanistan, but in a non-combat capacity. Public Affairs Officer First Lieutenant Stephen Martin says the group will help Afghans boost their local agricultural economies. “The Agribusiness Development Team is a team of soldiers and airmen, 64 soldiers and airmen, who are going to Afghanistan as part of a unique mission for helping develop the agricultural industry over there, to help build up the economy,” Martin said. He says team members have a variety of skills and backgrounds in agricultural matters. The group will be send to Afghanistan after several weeks of mobilization training at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. This mission will last one year.
Cyber Attacks May Be Connected With Real War
Relevance Score: 1.930 2009-06-19 01:58:10
Almost three weeks before the shooting war between Russia and Georgia began last August, online attackers started assaulting Georgia’s Web sites. Months after the cease-fire, the attackers’ identities remain a mystery. What is known suggests widespread vulnerability to such elusive attackers. In July the foreign ministry’s Web site was defaced with a slide show comparing Georgia’s president to Hitler. In August hundreds of thousands of computers were taken over and linked into “botnets” that overloaded Georgian servers with junk traffic, hampering the nation’s efforts to communicate. Georgian officials blamed the Russian government, but online attacks are notoriously hard to pinpoint. Hackers take circuitous paths to their targets, masking their origins. Then the Russian Business Network, a shadowy Moscow cyber- criminal group, came under suspicion in media reports. The group disbanded more than a year ago, but cyber-security watchdogs claim that many of the same people, under a different name, were involved in these attacks. Finally, a journalist reporting in Slate discovered for himself how easy it was to wreak cyber-havoc. Simple, downloadable scripts allowed anyone to join the online pile-on. Bill Woodcock, research director with the Internet infrastructure group Packet Clearing House, is cautious about assigning blame. “You’ll never be able to establish who was sitting in front of a computer from which an attack originates,” he says.
Qinetiq wins $56M Navy robot contract
Relevance Score: 1.880 2009-07-14 23:22:35
Defense contractor Qinetiq North America Operations LLC has won a $56.4 million contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Indian Head to provide first responder robots, know as TALON GEN IV robots, as well as repair parts, spare kits and related equipment and services. Under the terms of the contract, Qinetiq’s Waltham, Mass.-based Technology Solutions Group will perform the work, which is expected to be completed early in 2010. The Technology Solutions Group, with 800 product developers, includes the businesses formerly known as Foster-Miller Inc., Planning Systems Incorporated, Automatika, Applied Perception, Spectro Inc. and the research and development activities of Apogen Technologies Inc. Qinetiq has been expanding its line of TALON robots since they were initially deployed for military field tasks in 2000. Now more than 2,800 TALON robots are deployed around the world, more than any other military robot, according to company officials.
In A New Audio Interview at SmallCapVoice.com, Keith Field, Chairman of the Mundus Group, Inc., Provides a Significant Progress Report
Relevance Score: 1.650 2010-01-14 11:46:30
SmallCapVoice.com is a recognized corporate investor relations firm, with clients nationwide, known for its ability to help emerging growth companies build a following among retail and institutional investors. SmallCapVoice.com utilizes its stock newsletter to feature its daily stock picks, audio interviews, as well as its clients' financial news releases. SmallCapVoice.com also offers individual investors all the tools they need to make informed decisions about the stocks they are interested in. Tools like stock charts, stock alerts, and investor fact sheets can assist with investing in stocks that are traded on the OTC BB and Pink Sheets. To learn more about SmallCapVoice.com and their services. The Mundus Group, Inc. (MNDP) is an advanced aerospace technology consortium providing patented Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) technology for experimental aircraft and Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV) since 1990 through its fully owned VTOL division, Roadable Aircraft International (RAI). From US Navy co-developed UAVs for aerial observation and environmental testing to advanced VTOL aerospace technology for civilian and military uses, Mundus Group, Inc. is developing revolutionary products with global potential for change that offers economic protection and growth opportunities for investors. Mundus is at the cutting edge of jet turbine-ducted fan technology and fuses state of the art design, engineering and a prototyping facility with computer assisted auto flight technologies, Remote Controlled (RC) and composite technologies industry segments.
Navy medicine scientists
Relevance Score: 1.600 2009-07-09 11:19:02
Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) began testing a new malaria preventive vaccine, May 25-26, at its Bethesda location at the National Naval Medical Center. The first immunizations for the new PfSPZ (Plasmodium falciparum Sporozoite) vaccine will be administered to male and non-pregnant female volunteers who provide written informed consent and meet the enrollment criteria, according to Capt. Judith E. Epstein, M.D., NMRC’s Clinical Trials Team, U.S. Military Malaria Vaccine Program director. The trial is primarily funded by PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI), a branch of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Additional support is also provided by the Military Infectious Diseases Research Program (MIDRP). The milestone trial takes place 66 years after the U.S. military began its campaign against malaria in the Pacific theatre during WWII. Though advancements have been made in combating malaria, the success of these trials will result in a more effective weapon in the war against malaria. “Historically, malaria has been the largest cause of military casualties during deployments to tropical areas,” said Capt. Tom Richie, M.D., director of NMRC’s Malaria Program. “Malaria took a heavy toll in lives and lost man-hours in WWII and the conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, and there is ongoing exposure to malaria in Iraq.” The vaccine is based on human studies that began in the early 1970s during which irradiated, malaria-infected mosquitoes fed on volunteers. Although the parasites injected by these mosquitoes are able to invade the livers of these volunteers, irradiation makes the parasites unable to mature, multiply or colonize red blood cells and cause the clinical illness malaria. The volunteers in these studies, having been immunized by the bites of the radiation-attenuate parasites, were protected against malaria infection when non-irradiated, highly infectious mosquitoes were allowed to feed on them. The biotechnology company Sanaria, which serves as the sponsor for the trial, has now developed an irradiated sporozoite vaccine that meets criteria required by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and can be delivered by needle and syringe rather than by mosquito bite. This biotechnology breakthrough now makes the irradiated sporozoite vaccine practical for general use. Because this is the first time the vaccine is being tested in people, the initial trial is being conducted as a dose-escalation trial, testing three different doses of the vaccine to identify any possible side effects and to determine the effectiveness of different dosages of the vaccine for preventing malaria. “We’re building up to higher doses for safety reasons because this is the first time we’re introducing it to humans,” said Epstein. Volunteers will be given doses of the vaccine four times, one month apart. Group One volunteers will receive a low dose of the vaccine, Group Two volunteers will receive a medium dose of the vaccine, and Group Three candidates will receive the highest dose. After the immunizations, volunteers will be monitored for vaccine immunogenicity - the ability of the vaccine to activate the human immune system - and any possible side effects. Conclusions from the monitoring period must be submitted to a safety monitoring committee – a local group of experts in the field – and the Food and Drug Administration, which will determine the safety of proceeding with the testing. Three weeks after the fourth dose, immunized volunteers, along with non-immunized volunteers, or controls, will be challenged by being exposed to mosquitoes infected with a strain of malaria that is sensitive to chloroquine. This way the investigators can tell whether the vaccine actually prevented the volunteers from developing malaria infection. Once data has been collected and submitted to the safety monitoring committee from Group One, Two and Three, Group Four volunteers will then receive the vaccine at the highest dose. After the fourth dose, however, these volunteers will be monitored over the next six months to ensure the radiation-attenuated sporozoites comprising the vaccine cannot cause malaria illness in the vaccinated recipients. If the vaccine is effective in less than 80 percent of any of the first three groups, Group Four volunteers will then receive a fifth and sixth dose before being challenged. This will give the investigators the opportunity to see whether the additional “booster” doses increase the effectiveness of the vaccine. If the vaccine is effective in 80 percent or better of the immunized volunteers in Groups One, Two and Three, Group Four will not receive the fifth and sixth doses, since the vaccine would have achieved its target effectiveness with just four doses. Group One and Three will be tested at NMRC, and Groups Two and Four will be tested at the University of Maryland.
Top 100 US Defense Contractors
Relevance Score: 1.457 2009-07-08 23:16:05
1. Lockheed Martin Corp. 2. Boeing Co. 3. Northrop Grumman Corp. 4. General Dynamics Corp. 5. Raytheon Co. 6. KBR Inc. 7. L-3 Communications Holdings 8. United Technologies Corp. 9. BAE Systems 10. SAIC 11. General Electric Co. 12. Computer Sciences Corp. 13. Humana Inc. 14. Health Net Inc. 15. Triwest Healthcare Alliance Co. 16. EDS 17. Public Warehousing Co. KSC 18. ITT Industries 19. Textron Inc. 20. Honeywell Inc. 21. URS Corp. 22. Harris Corp. 23. AmerisourceBergen Corp. 24. Bechtel Group Inc. 25. FedEx Corp. 26. Alliant Techsystems Inc. 27. Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. 28. BP PLC 29. DRS Technologies Inc. 30. Exxon Mobil Corp. 31. Kuwait National Petroleum Co. 32. The Alliance Contractor Team 33. Renco Corp. 34. MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings 35. Environmental Chemical Corp. 36. Oshkosh Truck Corp. 37. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. 38. Stewart & Stevenson Services 39. Armor Holdings Inc. 40. General Motors Corp. 41. Grindex Pumps A B Sweden 42. Korea Agricultural Cooperative 43. CACI International Inc. 44. Johns Hopkins University 45. General Atomics Technology Corp. 46. Rockwell Collins 47. McKesson Corp. 48. Valero Energy Corp. 49. Aerospace Corp. 50. MITRE Corp. 51. Cardinal Health Inc. 52. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 53. Syracuse Research Corp. 54. Chugach Alaska Corp. 55. Dell Computer Corp. 56. Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. 57. ARINC Inc. 58. Phillips and Jordan Inc. 59. Refinery Associates Inc. 60. Rolls-Royce PLC 61. United Industrial Corp. 62. IAP Worldwide Services Inc. 63. Government of Canada 64. Hatakeyama Bussan 65. AP Moller-Maersk 66. ChevronTexaco Corp. 67. Battelle Memorial Institute 68. Shaw Group Inc. 69. Parsons Corp. 70. Thales Group 71. Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. 72. Bahrain National Oil Co. 73. Philip Morris Co. 74. Tetra Tech Inc. 75. Chenega Corp. 76. AshBritt Inc. 77. Hunt Building Corp. 78. Ceradyne Inc. 79. Ceres Environmental Services 80. SK Corp. 81. Veritas Capital Inc. 82. CH2M Hill Companies Ltd. 83. Aecom Technology Corp. 84. Washington Group International 85. Goodrich Corp. 86. Hensel Phelps Construction Co. 87. Procter & Gamble Co. 88. Tesoro Petroleum Corp. 89. UBS Provedores 90. Dogog Farm 91. Datapath Inc. 92. Mantech International Corp. 93. Afognak Native Corp. 94. VSE Corp. 95. Accenture 96. IBM Corp. 97. Arctic Slope Regional Corp. 98. Serco Group PLC 99. Kemyong Farm Ltd. 100. Charles Stark Draper Labs