Boeing unveiled the prototype design for its commercial space taxi during a ceremony held Monday at a former shuttle processing site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Orlando Sentinel reported Tuesday. Richard Burnett writes that Boeing showcased a full-size CST-100 model as the end of a two-year industry competition under the NASA Commercial […] More

Siemens will invest $1 billion in software grants for manufacturing programs in seven community colleges, universities and education centers in Virginia, giving students access to the same tools used in real-world factories around the world. “Manufacturing is the most sophisticated, forward-looking and innovative business function in the world today, and we need to let students, parents […] More

Boeing will co-host a rocket launch competition on May 10 at its Huntington Beach, Calif. facility. with support from the Discovery Science Center and the Future Scientists and Engineers of America. The free event is for young engineers to design, build and launch their own bottle rockets and get the opportunity to meet NASA astronaut […] More

Sen. Thad Cochran visited an Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. Monday to see the National Security Cutter Hamilton and other areas of the facility. “We were able to give him a tour of the yard and brief him on the four different classes of ships Ingalls is currently building for our U.S. Navy […] More

Ingalls Shipbuilding has awarded $108,000 in total grants to 25 different science, technology, engineering and math projects from schools in three Gulf Coast states. This is the sixth year of Ingalls’ STEM program and more than $500,000 has been awarded since its launch, Huntington Ingalls Industries announced Friday. “Developing the workforce across the Gulf Coast is […] More

Ingalls Shipbuilding will hold a ceremony on Friday to announce the awardees of the company’s $107,000 science, technology, engineering and mathematics grant program for Gulf Coast school districts. The awards will be held at the division’s visitor control center in Pascagoula, Miss., Huntington Ingalls announced Wednesday. Irwin Edenzon, Ingalls president, will present STEM grant checks to […] More