Persistence Market Research sees an expansive growth in the next generation data storage technology market by 2021 to cater to the amount of data collected from various technologies such as mobile phones, smart homes and wearable electronics. PMR said Tuesday Avago Technologies, Dell, Drobo, EMC, Hewlett-Packard Development Company, Hitachi Data Systems, HGST, IBM, Micron Technology, […] More

NASA has selected the Goddard Space Flight Center’s team of industry and academic investigators to build a spectrometer that will work to support planet formation research aboard NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy. The space agency said Thursday the High Resolution Mid-InfrarEd Spectrometer will be built by a team of investigators with GSFC senior scientist Samuel Harvey Moseley […] More

The Aerospace Corp. has secured a potential $600,000 NASA grant to develop Brane Craft — a 1-meter square spacecraft that could envelop space debris and remove them from Earth’s orbit. The nonprofit said Monday Brane Craft was among the 13 concepts that the agency selected for the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program which aims to foster the creation of new […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected 10 participants in its Atoms to Product program, which seeks technology that can manufacture millimeter-scale products or materials out of nanometer-scale pieces. DARPA said Tuesday researchers will work to address the gap between nano-scale and millimeter-scale components through fabrication from atoms to microns then microns to millimeters. “The […] More

The Northern Virginia Technology Council has announced the roster of its board of directors for the trade association’s 2015-16 fiscal year. NVTC also announced Tuesday the election of 27 new and returning board members, and 16 three-year-term members to the board. Officers of the board of directors include: Chair: Todd Stottlemyer, CEO of Inova Center for […] More

DRS Technologies has launched a new suite of radiometric camera cores designed to measure temperature and provide imagery. The Tamarisk Precision Series line of products feature infrared sensor technology, calibration and new developer tools for integration with the systems of original equipment manufacturers, DRS said Tuesday. DRS developed Tamarisk 320 with a 17-micron pitch and infrared […] More

BAE Systems has introduced a thermographic weapon sight platform designed to help military users recognize threats when they conduct surveillance missions during the day or night. The Universal Thermal Clip-On XII device is built with a 12-micron thermal imaging camera to allow operators to observe target locations that are surrounded by fog, dust or smoke, […] More

Bostonia Group has structured an additional $3.25 million in lease-backed secured notes to finance expanded tenant improvement work on a 30,170 sq ft General Services Administration facility in Tamuning, Guam. The company, through Bostonia Partners and Bostonia Global Securities, have structured and placed two previous batches of notes worth $12.5 million issued by developer Micronesia CSL Development […] More