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Volkswagen showcases future use cases with UWB equipped concept car: higher levels of theft protection, safety, convenience HAMBURG, Germany, Aug. 27, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) and Volkswagen have shared early glimpses into Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology and its future applications. In a Volkswagen concept car,

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., August 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Univar Inc. (NYSE: UNVR) ("Univar Solutions"), a global chemical and ingredient distributor and provider of value-added services, has been selected to distribute Eastman Turbo Oils and Skydrol™ aviation hydraulic fluids to the military aviation market. Both product lines have been tested and approved across

The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon Company a $190 million low-rate initial production contract for ESSM Block 2 missiles featuring a new guidance system with a dual mode active and semi-active radar. This award follows the Navy's decision to shift from development to production on the enhanced intermediate-range, surface-to-air missile, placing the Block 2 variant on track for initial operating capability in 2020. The ESSM missile is the primary ship self-defense missile a

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Aug. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) will build the Geostationary Littoral Imaging and Monitoring Radiometer, or GLIMR, sensor, under a contract from the University of New Hampshire. GLIMR, NASA's selected Earth Venture Instrument-5 investigation, will be NASA's first hyperspectral imager in geostationary, or

NORFOLK, Va., Aug. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Ario Technologies, Inc., creators of Ario, an augmented reality (AR) software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, announced today that it has closed a $2 million venture round led by NRV, a Richmond-based venture capital firm focused on providing counsel, connections and

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics NASSCO, a subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), was awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy worth up to $1.6 billion for the construction of the sixth and seventh ships of the Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) program, as well as an option for ESB 8.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Media are invited to join NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, astronaut

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have identified a new algorithm that could help virologists better understand and treat infections caused by viruses like the Zika virus.

PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- For decades, the music of The Rolling Stones has had a global reach here on Earth. Now, the band's influence extends all the way to Mars. The team behind NASA's InSight lander has named a Martian rock after the band: 'Rolling Stones Rock.'

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Aug. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Air Force used Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System, known as GPS OCX, to support the launch of its second GPS III satellite into space. The ground system will now spend 10 days maneuvering the satellite into its final orbit, demonstrating GPS OCX's ability to simul

ÉVORA, Portugal, Aug. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Portuguese Government and Embraer signed today, at a ceremony held at Embraer's facility in Évora, a contract for the acquisition of five multi-mission airlifters Embraer KC-390. Additionally, services and support and a flight simulator are included in the contract as part of the process to modern

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., Aug. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the second Global Positioning System III (GPS III) satellite, designated Magellan, for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 on August 22 at

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Filled with almost 2,700 pounds of valuable scientific experiments and other cargo, a SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft is set to leave the

DENVER, Aug. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Air Force's second next-generation GPS III satellite, built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), is responding to commands, under control and now using its own internal propulsion system to get to orbit following its successful launch this morning.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA astronaut Jessica Meir will be available from 7 to 8:15