Press Releases

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Dec. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Abaco today announced that it has appointed Dualos LLC as an authorized distributor for Abaco's extensive range of avionics products in the test and simulation market. Dualos has a market focus on, and far-reaching expertise in, test and simulation, and will initially serve the North American market. The company plans

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TYSONS CORNER, Va., Dec. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- MicroTech is proud to announce its selection as a Prime Contractor to the Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEASYSCOM) for their Next Generation SeaPort (SeaPort-NxG) Multiple Award Contract (MAC). SeaPort-NxG is a potential 10-year, $50B and is the Navy's electronic

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MDA continues positive momentum in space exploration pipeline BRAMPTON, ON, Dec. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - MDA, a Maxar Technologies company (NYSE: MAXR) (TSX: MAXR), announced today that it was selected by Airbus to provide a conceptual design of a rover mobility system and

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SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Amprius, Inc., a leading manufacturer and developer of high energy and high capacity lithium-ion batteries, announced today that the company is supplying advanced lithium ion cells to the

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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Dec. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Millennium Space Systems completed the final phase of its highly successful ALTAIR™ Pathfinder satellite mission Nov. 17. After 548 days operating the satellite from the ALTAIR™ mission operations center at Millennium's headquarters in El Segundo,

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CARLSBAD, Calif., Dec. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, today announced its Mobile Broadband Router (MBR)-4020 airborne modem has successfully completed the Army Forces Strategic Command (ARSTRAT) certification process. By completing

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MADRID, Dec. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Airbus have signed an agreement to jointly explore opportunities to meet the growing demand for aerial refueling for U.S. defense customers.

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PITTSBURGH, Dec. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Electronic component manufacturers and their customers can now easily share design models between different thermal simulation toolsets thanks to the new open neutral file format developed by ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS). The open model format will promote in

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HUNTSVILLE, Texas, Dec. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Mitcham Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: MIND) announced today that due to the fact that the financial markets will be closed on Wednesday, December 5, 2018, it will reschedule the release of its previously-announced financial results for its fiscal 2019 third quarter ended

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AMSTERDAM, Dec. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Embraer has signed a firm contract for three E190 aircraft with Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC), the global leader in regional aircraft leasing. This agreement was announced as a Letter of Intent (LoI) in July at the 2018 Farnborough Air Show. The firm order has a value of USD 156 million, based o

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HERNDON, Va., Dec. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- HawkEye 360 Inc. today announced the successful launch of the company's Pathfinder mission — its first cluster of three, formation-flying small satellites — aboard Spaceflight's SSO-A: SmallSat Express rideshare on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The satellites will deliver a unique source of radio frequency (RF) da

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft completed its 1.2 billion-mile (2 billion-kilometer) journey to arrive at the asteroid Bennu Monday. The spacecraft executed a maneuver that transitioned it from flyin

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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Capella Space, an aerospace and information services company providing Earth observation data on demand, today announced the launch of its first small synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite. The satellite, named "Denali" after the tallest mounta

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HELSINKI, Dec. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- ICEYE, an Earth observation company creating the world's largest Synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation, today confirmed that the launch of its satellite mission ICEYE-X2 has been successful. Communications with the satellite were successfully

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RENO, Nev., Dec. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney Canada, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), today announced it has received approval from Transport Canada to increase cycle limits on its PT6A-140, -140A and -140AG engines.  These increases – made possible through comprehensive parts testing and m

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