Navy officers and workers with the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) program recently gathered in wind-driven rain to celebrate completion of the first full-scale catapult, which precedes four shipboard catapults to be installed on the planned aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford in 2015. The $573 million contract to produce the EMALS system was awarded to primary … [Read more...]

Federal aviation officials have labeled a developer’s proposed downtown Boston towers a “presumed hazard,” ruling the complex would have to be chopped to 407 feet, about half its current height, to avoid interference with planes landing and taking off at nearby Logan International Airport. “The structure as described exceeds obstruction standards and/or would have an adverse … [Read more...]

TÜVRheinland® has promoted its East Coast Regional Manager Rick Patterson to the position of Chief Operating Officer.  In his new role, Patterson will manage all operations for TÜV Rheinland of North America, Inc. from the company’s headquarters in Newtown, Conn. A veteran of regulatory and global compliance, Patterson has spent six years in various management positions at the … [Read more...]

John Regazzi, Giga-tronics chief executive officer, and Patrick Lawlor, chief financial officer, will ring the Nasdaq closing bell ceremony on Friday, November 20, 2009 at the Nasdaq Market Site in New York City’s Times Square. A live webcast of the NASDAQ Closing Bell will be available at:http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx … [Read more...]

A U.S. auto safety agency has rebuked an assertion by Toyota Motor Corp. that it found nothing wrong in vehicles involved in a massive recall over incidents of unintended acceleration. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a statement that the recalled Toyota and Lexus vehicles do have an “underlying defect” that involves the design of the … [Read more...]