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Tell committee members to keep war contractors' hands off the money that should go to Social Security and Medicare: http://warcosts.com
The law that created the deficit committee also created a zero-sum game: Any expensive program that escapes the budget knife does so at the expense of cuts to other programs. If the military contractors succeed in keeping the war budget intact, they'll likely do so at the expense of Social Security and Medicare. That means money that would go to your Social Security or Medicare benefits will instead go into the hands of people like Lockheed Martin CEO Robert J. Stephens, who last year made $21.9 million, almost totally from taxpayer-funded military contracts.
This should an easy choice: cut the war budget.
Tell committee members you want military contractors' hands off the money that should go to Social Security and Medicare.Tell committee members to keep war contractors' hands off the money that should... more
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Following up on a 2007 world record for the fastest transistor speed, Northrop Grumman announced today that it has shattered the world record for integrated circuit performance. The new circuit layout operates at 0.67 terahertz, or 0.67 trillion cycles per second, more than doubling the frequency of the fastest known IC in the world.
Northrop Grumman’s Terahertz Monolithic Integrated Circuit (TMIC) was developed as part of DARPA’s Terahertz Electronics program, which aims to introduce the next generation of high-performance electronics that push performance levels above the 1 terahertz center frequency range. Such electronics should lead to better communications technologies, sub-millimeter wave sensors, and terahertz imaging systems that blow current technologies out of the water.
Obviously, 0.67 terahertz doesn’t quite reach DARPA’s goals, which as always are quite ambitious. But TMIC amplifiers could still have an appreciable impact on technologies ranging from communications to radar to explosives detection. And naturally these advances should trickle down to benefit those of us who don’t have security clearance as well.
If you’re the type who really likes to dig into the nuts and bolts, the technical paper on the circuit is available in PDFFollowing up on a 2007 world record for the fastest transistor speed, Northrop Grumman... more
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Northrop Grumman Corp, a U.S defense contract company said it received a contract to provide materials for U.S Navy guided missile destroyer. The contract is said to be worth $114 million.Northrop Grumman Corp, a U.S defense contract company said it received a contract to... more
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Two Northrop Grumman Laser Systems Help Airborne Laser Testbed Turn Science Fiction Into Fact
REDONDO BEACH, Calif., Feb. 12, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Airborne Laser Testbed (ALTB) transitioned from science fiction to directed energy fact Feb. 11 when it put a lethal amount of 'light on target' to destroy a boosting ballistic missile with help from a megawatt-class laser developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC).
While ballistic missiles like the one ALTB destroyed move at speeds of about 4,000 miles per hour, they are no match for a super-heated, high-energy laser beam racing towards it at 670 million mph. The basketball-sized beam was focused on the foreign military asset, as the missile is called officially, for only a few seconds before a stress fracture developed, causing the target to catastrophically split into multiple pieces.
"This experiment shows the incredible potential for directed energy as a premier element in early or ascent phase missile defense," said Steve Hixson, vice president of Space and Directed Energy Systems for Northrop Grumman's Aerospace Systems sector. "The demonstration leaves no doubt whatsoever about ALTB's unprecedented mobility, precision and lethality," he added. Hixson is a former ALTB program manager for the company.
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http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/globenewswire/184242.htm
http://www.windblox.com/images/utility/laser_fabrication.jpgTwo Northrop Grumman Laser Systems Help Airborne Laser Testbed Turn Science Fiction... more
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SAIA demands that Carleton University immediately divest its stock in BAE Systems, L-3 Communications, Motorola, Northrop Grumman, and Tesco, and adopt a Socially Responsible Investment policy.
January 2010, Ottawa, Ontario
More information: http://carleton.saia.caSAIA demands that Carleton University immediately divest its stock in BAE Systems, L-3... more
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In the debate surrounding Barack Obama’s decision to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, one detail has slipped through without much attention: Barack Obama was the top recipient of military industry money in the 2008 election cycle. His haul of over a million dollars far surpassed that of Republican contender Sen. John McCain's, which was just under $700,000.In the debate surrounding Barack Obama’s decision to send an additional 30,000... more
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Ok, so we've told you the basics on the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge and if you missed them you can head to our website and search for NGLLC.
But, what you haven't heard is the unofficial, soon to be official outcomes.Ok, so we've told you the basics on the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge... more
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As if it wasn't exciting enough, this year's Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge is getting more and more interesting each day! At the start of this competition season we had three teams competing... and now we have four: Armadillo Aerospace, Masten Space Systems, Unreasonable Rocket and the newcomer Bon Nova.As if it wasn't exciting enough, this year's Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander... more
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From the device level through signal sources and integrated assemblies, suppliers of RF/microwave components continue to contribute to advances in military electronic systems.
Military electronics systems generally leverage the latest technologies in order to achieve performance or even tactical advantages. Although systems, such as radar and electronicwarfare (EW) platforms, are comprehensive collections of analog, digital, and RF circuits and devices, it is often the technology in a part as small as a transistor that can have an enormous impact on the overall performance of a military electronics system. From the device level through signal sources and integrated assemblies, suppliers of... more
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