On January 18, 2006 NASA announced the COTS program. COTS stands
for Commercial Orbital Transportation Services and is rooted in the
concept that private companies can provide a means of supplying
cargo and later crews to the International Space Station (ISS) in
light of NASA’s thinning budget.
Space Flight Challenge Competition Encourages Innovation In
Propulsion, Other Technologies
NASA has signed an agreement with the Space Florida Small
Satellite Research Center of Cape Canaveral, FL, to manage the
Nano-Satellite Launch Challenge, one of the agency's new Centennial
Challenges prize competitions.
Represents Air Force's First Investment in Potential Family of
Motors
ATK reports it and the US Air Force successfully tested a Large
Class (92-inch diameter) Stage III solid rocket motor at the Air
Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) in
Tennessee.
Facility Expected To Employ 300 to 400 Within Decade
GE Aviation Monday hosted a groundbreaking ceremony at the site
of its new jet engine components factory in Auburn, Alabama.
Governor Robert Bentley, US Representative Mike Rogers, Auburn
Mayor Bill Ham, Jr. and Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard were
among those who joined company executives at the event.
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