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  • Northrop Sponsors Space Solar Power Research at Caltech; Joseph Ensor Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Sponsors Space Solar Power Research at Caltech; Joseph Ensor Comments

    Northrop Grumman has agreed to invest $17.5 million into a three-year space solar power research program the company initiated with California Institute of Technology. The initiative is meant to produce technologies applicable to the ultralight photovoltaics, ultralight deployable space structures and phased array and power transmission areas, Northrop said Monday. “The potential breakthroughs from this research could […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Excess Solar Power to Supply Arkansas; Chris Conley Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Excess Solar Power to Supply Arkansas; Chris Conley Comments

    Aerojet Rocketdyne will purchase solar power supply from Silicon Ranch Corp. for the company’s leased facility in East Camden, Arkansas. Silicon Ranch plans to complete construction of the 100-acre solar field in Highland Industrial Park in late 2015, Aerojet Rocketdyne said Friday. The 12-megawatt project will supply supplemental daytime power to Aerojet Rocketdyne and release […] More

  • Software AG's Donald Fisher: Lower Oil Prices to Drive 2015 Energy Industry Activity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Software AG’s Donald Fisher: Lower Oil Prices to Drive 2015 Energy Industry Activity

    Software AG predicts that the digital energy industry will see increased merger activity and adoption of Internet of Things technologies in 2015 due to continually changing oil prices. “Oil prices will be the overriding concern next year and may dictate everything we see going forward,” Donald Fisher, senior director of energy solutions at Software AG, said Wednesday. He […] More

  • Dell to Help Start Solar Lab in South Africa - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell to Help Start Solar Lab in South Africa

    Dell is working with the Students’ Health and Welfare Centres Organisation to launch the company’s first solar laboratory in South Africa’s Western Cape region on Jan. 30, the South Africa The Good News reported Thursday. The Dell Solar Lab will be at SHAWCO’s facility in Kensington and work to serve more than 300 students and 150 community members […] More