 INDUSTRY TRENDSDecember 2012Monday, December 10, 2012Special TopicsBloomberg Airbus-Backed SG Biofuels Talking to Energy Companies to ExpandSG Biofuels Inc., backed by Airbus SAS, is talking to large energy companies including state oil producers in Africa and Southeast Asia over helping to develop its technology that turns plant material into vehicle fuels. See more November 2012Wednesday, November 28, 2012Special TopicsStars and Stripes Senate amendment revives military's biofuel plansThe U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to remove restrictions on U.S. military biofuels spending in the 2013 defense authorization bill, a measure that preserves one of the Navy's long-term priorities. See more Tuesday, November 27, 2012Special TopicsAir Transport World Obama signs bill enabling US airlines to skirt EU ETSUS President Barack Obama signed into law on Tuesday legislation that enables the country's transportation secretary to "prohibit" US airlines from participating in the European Union's (EU) Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). See more Thursday, November 15, 2012Special TopicsHuntsville Times Airbus partners with Chinese firm to explore algae-based biofuel applicationsAirbus and ENN, one of the world's leading bio-energy companies based in China, have partnered to explore developing technology to derive biofuel from algae oil. See more October 2012Tuesday, October 16, 2012Special TopicsAOL Defense Air Force Cyber Summit Set To Craft Service Requirements, RolesFor years the Air Force has claimed to be the service most suited to understanding and operating in cyberspace and the service fought hard to be the Pentagon's lead on cyber issues. See more Monday, October 15, 2012Special TopicsFCW Panetta, Alexander address cyber threatDefense Department officials have long tried to call attention to the threats in cyberspace. See more Monday, October 1, 2012Special Topics, Top StoriesNational Defense Magazine The War Over Intellectual Property: Who Owns U.S. Defense Technology?Pratt & Whitney spent 20 years and a billion dollars developing a geared turbofan engine that burns 16 percent less fuel. See more September 2012Tuesday, September 11, 2012Special TopicsFlight International Algae fuel plans start to gel Down UnderAlgae need not be mere pond life See more Friday, September 7, 2012Special TopicsWashington Post White House drafting standards to guard U.S. against cyberattack, officials sayThe White House has drafted a preliminary executive order aimed at strengthening the nation's computer systems against attack. See more Thursday, September 6, 2012Special TopicsAviation Week Airbus Presents Measures To Reduce Industry's Environmental FootprintAirbus on Sept. 6 will unveil five measures it says will make the aviation industry environmentally sustainable by 2050. See more Thursday, September 6, 2012Special TopicsThe Hill White House circulating draft of executive order on cybersecurityThe White House is circulating a draft of an executive order aimed at protecting the country from cyberattacks, The Hill has learned. See more June 2012Monday, June 25, 2012Special TopicsReuters METALS-London copper rebounds from 6-month lowCopper prices rose on Monday after European leaders calmed the markets with promises of reform to combat the euro zone debt crisis, and after Germany, France, Spain and Italy agreed on a 130 billion euro ($156 billion) package to revive growth. See more Sunday, June 24, 2012Special TopicsBloomberg China Plant Gives Embraer Asia Jet-Sales Boost: Corporate BrazilEmbraer SA's bid to sell more business aircraft in Asia is taking off after the Chinese government gave the world's fourth-biggest plane maker approval to manufacture the jets there. See more Sunday, June 24, 2012Special TopicsBusiness Standard Kingfisher Airlines may further curtail flightsKingfisher Airlines, which is seeing turbulent times due to a fund crunch, may further curtail or club flights, as it struggles to source spares for its aircraft. See more Sunday, June 24, 2012Special TopicsThe New York Times Chinese Astronauts Make Their First Manual Docking With Orbiting ModuleA Chinese spacecraft with three astronauts on board docked manually with an orbiting module on Sunday, an important step toward China's goal of building a space station by 2020. See more Sunday, June 24, 2012Special TopicsSpace.com Chinese Astronauts Manually Dock Spacecraft at Orbiting Module in National FirstThree Chinese astronauts manually docked their space capsule at an orbiting module Sunday, a major first for China's space program and the country's plans to build a large space station. See more Saturday, June 23, 2012Special TopicsThe Economic Times Cheques by Kingfisher Airlines bounce, GVK moves courtConcerned by a slew of cheques issued by Kingfisher Airlines getting dishonoured, a consortium led by GVK - India's second-largest airport operator - has launched legal proceedings against the beleaguered airline. See more Friday, June 22, 2012Special TopicsNationalJournal Toomey proposes new data-breach legislationSen. Pat Toomey announced on Friday the latest in a string of bills designed to require companies to protect consumer data. See more Friday, June 22, 2012Special TopicsWichita Business Journal Could the Hawker be cut from Hawker Beechcraft?The aviation industry is watching to see just how Hawker Beechcraft Corp. will emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. See more Friday, June 22, 2012Special TopicsSpace News Orion High-altitude Abort Test Faces Budget-driven DelayA high-altitude test of the Orion deep-space capsule's launch abort system could be delayed two years to accommodate the tighter program budgets anticipated by NASA and Orion prime contractor Lockheed Martin. See more Friday, June 22, 2012Special TopicsSpace News Boeing Cleared To Begin Design Phase for SLS CoreNASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., said June 21 that the Space Launch System’s (SLS) cryogenic core stage recently passed its first major technical review, clearing prime contractor Boeing Space Exploration to begin the heavy-lift rocket’s design phase. See more Thursday, June 21, 2012Special Topicsinfosecurity Whitelisting is the solution for the national infrastructureThe Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and McAfee have produced a report on securing industrial control systems within the critical infrastructure. It concludes that whitelisting and related technologies are the best solution. See more |
