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| GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Announces Compact, Flexible, Rugged Industrial Grade Server |
| GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, today announced the IS-110 industrial grade server, broadening the range of compact, flexible, high performance solutions the company offers to customers requiring powerful embedded computing. The IS-110 broadens the GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms server product line - which includes the IS-100 and IS-200 products – and is also supported by the extended (five year) availability and revision control programs first announced for the company’s industrial computing solutions in July 2008. Read More |
| New Generator Systems To Be Sold Under The GE Brand |
| Briggs & Stratton Corporation, the exclusive licensee for GE-branded standby generator systems, launched a new energy-efficient automatic standby generator systems today at the 2009 International Builders' Show in Las Vegas Read More |
| Boeing To Complete Production Of 6th Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite |
| The Boeing Company said the U.S. Air Force has authorized the Commonwealth of Australia's provision of US$234 million for Boeing to complete production of the sixth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite. Read More |
| Lockheed Martin Get Contract To Support MK 41 Vertical Launching Systems |
| Lockheed Martin has received a $6.3 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to provide engineering support services for MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) work on the U.S. Navy’s Ticonderoga Class guided missile cruiser modernization program and the Turkish navy’s MEKO Track IIA and IIB frigates. Read More |
| Johnson Controls To Supply Batteries To O'Reilly Auto Parts |
| In a new supply agreement, Johnson Controls, Inc. said it will provide automotive batteries to O'Reilly Auto Parts, servicing more than 1,000 Checker Auto Parts, Kragen Auto Parts, and Schuck's Auto Supply stores across the country. Read More |
| SPX Gets Contracts For Dry Cooling Systems In China |
| SPX Corporation said that the Chinese subsidiaries of its thermal equipment and services segment have secured two contracts worth $51 million to provide dry cooling systems for the Hequ (Shanxi) and Haibowan (Inner Mongolia) power plants. Read More |
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