- 10,000 Soldiers/Officers to Declare Refusal of
Expulsion Orders.
By IsraelNationalNews.com Petitions signed by at least 10,000 IDF soldiers and officers opposed to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's withdrawal plan are to be presented to Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz next month. Noam Livnat, the brother of Education Minister Limor Livnat and spokesman for the Homat Magen [Defensive Shield] group, has ......
- Comtech Communications Corp. fills army orders
Comtech Communications Corp. on Thursday said it received $12.6 million in orders from its Movement Tracking System contract with the U.S. Army. MTS tracks vehicles on the battlefield.
- OUTSOURCING IRAQ
HEADNOTE The reconstruction of Iraq has spawned a sprawling tangle of contracts let by many agencies, often with little oversight. IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1 IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 2 In early 2003, Jay Garner quietly and quickly began building a nation. Garner, a retired Army general, had led the rescue of hundreds of ......
- Jeff Parish gives U.S. Army Corps of Engineers second chance
The Jeffseron Parish government seized control of West Bank pump station repairs June 28 after growing disgusted with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' failure to complete the work nearly 10 months after Hurricane Katrina.
- The patent paradox revisited: an empirical study of
patenting in the U.S. semiconductor industry,
1979-1995.
We examine the patenting behavior of firms in an industry characterized by rapid technological change and cumulative innovation. Recent survey evidence suggests that semiconductor firms do not rely heavily on patents to appropriate returns to R&D. Yet the propensity of semiconductor firms to patent has risen dramatically since the mid-1980s....
- Valuation of the Electronics Industry
The electrical equipment manufacturing industry, covered by SIC Group 36, covers all companies engaged in manufacturing equipment, machinery, and supplies for generating, storing, transmitting, and utilizing electrical energy, with the exception of computer equipment. The industry includes power distribution equipment, communications equipment, semiconductors, radio and television receivers, lighting and wiring, ......
- Navy to modernize aging Aegis cruisers; conversion
program will extend the ships' operational life to 35
years.
The U.S. Navy will upgrade 22 of its 27 Aegis cruisers (CG-52 through CG-73), in an effort to keep these ships combat-relevant until a new generation of surface warships can be designed and built. The cruiser conversion program will extend the service life of each ship to 35 years through ......