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White House, defense industry officials meet to discuss cuts
With automatic federal spending cuts set to hit the defense industry on March 1, senior White House officials met with chief executives from contractors to discuss the potential impact. White House spokesman Jay Carney made the disclosure Wednesday...
Tags: Defense Equipment, Huntington Ingalls Industries, White House, Manufacturing and Engineering, U.S. Congress
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Daredevil went faster than previously thought during 24-mile fall
The results are in from Felix Baumgartner’s record-setting leap from a capsule floating more than 24 miles above a barren New Mexico desert, and it turns out he went faster during his supersonic free fall than originally estimated. With more...
Tags: Air and Aviation Sports, Satellite Technology, California Science Center, Sports, U.S. Air Force
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Gordon Brush plant owner bristles at red tape tying up expansion
Ken Rakusin is frustrated. You would be too. Since 2009, the owner of Gordon Brush Manufacturing Co. has been trying to expand his 51,000-square-foot City of Commerce factory by 20,000 square feet. That would mean a larger factory floor, more office...
Tags: Employees, 401K, Local Government, Politics, Los Angeles Times Columnists
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Northrop Grumman pins Navy contract strategy on Linthicum facility
The specter of federal budget reductions has meant hundreds of jobs lost at Northrop Grumman Corp. in Maryland, but as the defense contractor vies to build a key Navy radar system, that same cost-cutting pressure could boost the importance of Northrop's...
Tags: Job Layoffs, Weaponry, U.S. Marine Corps, Manufacturing and Engineering, Lockheed Martin Corp.
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NASA solves 30-year solar puzzle with 5 minutes and $5 million
Scientists have taken the highest resolution images of the sun’s atmosphere ever, and it offers an explanation for the decades-old mystery of why its outer most layer is up to 800 times hotter than its surface. Using photos from the High...
Tags: Science, Manufacturing and Engineering, NASA, Science and Technology
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Spirit Aerosystems names new President/CEO
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsSpirit AeroSystems, Inc. has named a new president/CEO. The company announced today that its board of directors has chosen Larry A. Lawson to fill the position starting on April 6th. Lawson, who was executive vice president of Lockheed Martin...Tags: Military Aircraft, Economy, Business and Finance, Manufacturing and Engineering, Companies and Corporations, Corporate Officers
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Naval Academy graduate from Howard County killed in jet crash
A 26-year-old Naval Academy graduate from Howard County who realized a long-held dream of becoming a Naval aviator was killed when the jet she was piloting crashed into a field outside Spokane, Wash. Lt. j.g. Valerie Cappelaere Delaney and her two crew...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Elijah E. Cummings, Anglicanism, Graduation, Soccer
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UC San Diego council seeks divestment from firms with West Bank ties
L.A. NOWUC San Diego’s student government joined a widening movement urging the university system to divest from companies that some student activists contend are violating the human rights of Palestinians and aiding Israel’s occupation of the West... -
BioWatch stands at a crossroads
WASHINGTON -- Year after year, health officials meeting at invitation-only government conferences leveled with one another about BioWatch, the nation's system for detecting deadly pathogens that might be unleashed into the air by terrorists. They...Tags: Smallpox , George W. Bush, Medical Procedures and Tests, Science, Politics
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National review calls Wichita 7th worst-paying city for women
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsImagine finding out the man working next to you, in the same position, makes $20,000 more. Research done by 24/7 Wall St. shows that's happening in Wichita. Wichita made national headlines for being one of the worst paying cities for women in the...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Manufacturing and Engineering
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NASA James Webb Space Telescope model lands at South by Southwest
Braving the rain, scientists and engineers have rolled out a full scale model of the NASA James Webb Space Telescope at South by Southwest. The public will get an up-close look at the telescope, which will look deep into the cosmos for starlight from...Tags: Space Programs, Science, Manufacturing and Engineering, NASA, SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival
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Lamborghini Veneno: First Look
KickingTiresCompetes with: Ferrari LaFerrari (giggle), Bugatti Veyron, a Malibu beach house Looks like: A 21st century take on the Lamborghini Countach, with some jet fighter thrown in Drivetrain: 6.5-liter V-12 making 750 hp; seven-speed single-clutch manual...Tags: Sports, Manufacturing and Engineering, Bullfighting
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