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December 18, 2009

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Opens Innovations Research Facility

University of Alabama in Huntsville Home To PoWeR Innovations Research

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne celebrated the opening of the new PoWeR Innovations Research facility on the campus of University of Alabama in Huntsville on December 9th. The facility is part of a collaborative effort designed to develop new technologies and business strategies for both the company and the university.

Frost & Sullivan Thinks Growth Will Come Despite Economic Downturn

Despite the global financial crisis, revenue-generating opportunities across the entire space value chain are expected to increase over the medium to long terms. However, changing dynamics will impel individual industry participants within specific sub-sectors toward a more complex market.

Lance Neibauer Describes the Journey that Revolutionized Aircraft Design

After graduating with a BFA degree in 1971, Lance Neibauer began a career as a graphic designer; his love for aviation, however, was never far from his mind. Having grown up exposed to aircraft at an early age (his uncle, Ray Betzoldt, produced aircraft for Al Meyers), Neibauer loved flying, but most aircraft designs didn’t appeal to his aesthetic eye. As composite structures began to emerge in the late 1970s, his aviation interest went from hobby to inspiration; Neibauer believed he could develop a sleekly designed aircraft that optimized both performance and handling.