Huntsville: NASA's Best Small Business Program & Tech Capital of the South

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2. What's it like for Charlie Bolden to call you a 'national treasure'?  Ask Dave Brock Huntsville center has NASA's best small business program - again - 4th time in award's 7-year history The Top Cities For Engineers - …and HSV is tops on the Borg – Hive Huntsville named Science, Tech, Engineering & Math Capital of the South. 5 cool new things that didn't exist until NASA in Alabama helped invent them - Earthquake shock absorbers, air scrubbers that eat bacteria… Local Alabama Company in the Running for the U.S. Chamber's Community Excellence Award. - …2 HSV companies - - GAN, and LEAN Frog Forbes profiles the woman near the top of Huntsville's male-dominated space industry - profile of Teresa Vanhooser, deputy director of MSFC. Tec-Masters, Inc. & PROJECTXYZ - Nunn-Perry Mentor-Protege Award Uber "will not operate in Huntsville" under new ordinance Senator files bill to give UAB, UAH 'real, genuine presence' on UA Board Finally - Vergez and Tilton hit the fan Local

3. Petraeus plea could pave way for comeback Ex-CIA chief admits sharing military secrets with mistress Which leaker is worse — David Petraeus or Edward Snowden? Ex-Army colonel pleads guilty to breaking law in job hunt ... Dallas FBI office gets new boss with counter-terrorism background General Says Army Must Stop Banking on ‘Leap-Ahead’ Technology Air Force General Who Threatened Treason Over A-10 Removed From Post Defense Executives

4. Torch Technologies will add 150 defense jobs at expanded Huntsville campus DynCorp International prepares to open new Huntsville location a.i. Solutions Named NASA Agency Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year Advanced Aerospace Solutions - NASA Small Business Subcontractor of the Year Award DESE gets gold Boeing Performance Excellence Award - 5th in 5 years. Ball Protests JPSS Award to Orbital ATK CACI Acquires LTC Engineering Associates Is DOD moving away from LPTA? Contractors Could Get New Rules for Handling Sensitive Government Data More tech employers are taking applications - HSV Feb up 23 percent Half Of Shipbuilders ‘1 Contract Away’ From Bust Companies / Contracts / Characters

5. Russia: We’re building a new space station with NASA. NASA: huh? Ted Cruz Tells NASA to Stop Worrying About Climate Change and Focus on Space - NASA’s emboldened administrator takes on Texans in Congress Boeing, SpaceX look beyond NASA for space customers ATK's Thompson on Antares u/g: 'A year from now, will be the first launch" Things Are Not Going Well At Russia's New Spaceport - "I will not allow sabotage, I'll simply rip heads off," … Russia is in the process of building its first new cosmodrome-or rocket launch site-since the fall of the USSR. And it's a hot mess. Another Construction Boss Sacked at Russia's Mega Cosmodrome | Business - second scalping of a spaceport construction boss in less than a year, and comes days after Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin's visit to the cosmodrome RD-180 Ban Threatens Russian Firm Investors Bullish On Pending LEO Economy Hyten: No "Fair Competition" If ULA Contract Remains Space Biz

6. Falcon Makes Hard Landing after Launching Dragon to ISS SpaceX Could Steal $1 Billion in Business From Boeing and LMCO. SpaceX to deliver Bigelow blow-up job to ISS astronauts -  September 2, weather permitting Secret plane X-37B to launch into space on fourth mission in May The rocket built to take down Elon Musk United Launch Alliance, announced a new "Vulcan" rocket whose booster engines can be recaptured and preserved in mid-air after being intercepted by helicopters. Video: Sierra Nevada Corporation Presentation of the Autonomous Version of the Dream Chaser Aerojet Rocketdyne wins NASA contract for deep-space propulsion Space Craft

7. The Pentagon Says 2014 Was the 'Most Complex Year Since 1968' New Pentagon Plan Emphasizes Buying Adaptive Weapons Army asks Congress for another BRAC The battle is on to save military bases from closure - 32 from Kentucky and Tenn hit D.C Give Us Sequester? Bases Will Get Cut: McHugh, Graham Army Secretary 'Optimistic' Sequestration Can Be Averted Carter: Nation - Would be Less Secure' Under Sequestration Pentagon Warned Sequestration Budget Controls Not Going Away Officials look to civilian use of Robins Air Force Base Air Force Budget Includes ORS Program at Kirtland Air Force Base Marine Corps Identifies $2.1B in Unfunded Priorities, Mostly in Aviation Gen. Martin Dempsey: No slack left to Defense budget US Navy chief aims to finish list of 'unfunded priorities' soon Marine Corps General Stumps for Coast Guard Cutters Beltway

8. Aviation • United Technologies May Spin Off Sikorsky Helicopter Unit - $7.5 billion of sales last year • What happens if United Technologies unloads Sikorsky? - In a company that has cemented itself as a maker of sub-systems and components, Sikorsky is the only systems integrator in UTC’s portfolio • F-35 Will Not Reach Full Close-Air-Support Potential Until 2022 • I Am Not A Salesman For F-35:’ Lt. Gen. Bogdan, F-35 PEO • Senators Say A-10 Moves Amount to Backdoor Retirement • Solar-Powered Plane Takes Off for Round-The-World Flight Attempt - Solar Impulse, an ultralight plane • New Turbine Engine Is Army’s Number One Priority, Shyu Says - wants a new turbine engine so its helicopters can fly in high and hot conditions anywhere in the world. ITEP's increased range, she said, will also save the Army in the number of helicopters it needs. • China may be starting work on VSTOL fighter

9. International • Netanyahu Soundly Defeats Chief Rival • U.S. special operations forces evacuate air base in Yemen • Iran demands nuclear disarmament from US Russia, China, Britain and France • Coast Guard Commandant Says U.S. Falling Far Behind Russia in Arctic • Putin reappears after mysterious absence • Russia warns of nuclear attack over US missile defense system • Russia Nervously Eyes the U.S.-Iran Deal • Airbnb Is Now Available in Cuba • Death to the Infidel Chicken! The Islamic State Destroys U.S. Chickens Amid Food Crisis • China’s Defense Budget to Grow by 10% in 2015 • US Should ‘Slow’ Or ‘Stop’ China’s Island Building: SASC, Foreign Relations Leaders • China pulls back tax breaks for foreign companies • We Traveled Across China and Returned Terrified for the Economy • No Deal: Intel Can't Sell Chips to China Over US Nuclear Fears • Japan builds military forces to counter Chinese threats

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11. Missile Defense • James Syring: MDA Budget Plan Supports Continued Production of Missile Defense Systems • U.S. missile system could be 'over-matched,' Admiral Syring tells Rep. Mike Rogers • MDA Leads Flight Test of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Functions • MDA Official Says US Missile Defense Program Unaltered by Iranian Deal • $10 billion missile defense program dead after many failures -  the SBX cost $2.2 billion is now lying idle in Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. • AMRAAM: Deploying & Developing America’s Medium-Range Air-Air Missile • China confirms new hypersonic glide vehicle test-flight • Russia’s SMF Ready to Repel a ‘Lightning-Speed’ Nuclear Strike -  will parry all nuclear attacks and punish the enemy with a devastating retaliatory strike. • Missile System Helps Counter N. Korea Threats, US Official Says - Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) is a key part of efforts to counter North Korean missile threats. • Israel says missile-defense test successful, system to be deployed next year • Lockheed sees PAC-3 missile deal with South Korea in coming months • North Korea developing ballistic missile capable of reaching U.S. • Turkey drives hard bargain over crucial missile deal - could hand China a multi-billion dollar contract

12. Cyber / Tech • Europe is getting ready to throw the book at Google - up to 10% of its annual revenues • Let's be clear: This is Google's own fault - case is stronger than you think • FCC rules in favor of net neutrality • Costly shift to new credit cards won't fix security issues • How Data Security is Strangling Companies and What to Do About It • Ex-NSA director: China has hacked 'every major corporation' in US

13. Strange Torque • Parents are dodging the carpool grind by sending their kids on Uber, alone • Laser Bug Zapper Inches To Market - a realistic way of creating a mosquito-free area. • Flexible, fast-charging aluminum-ion battery offers safer alternative to lithium-ion • Cow Milk Without the Cow Is Coming to Change Food Forever • 20-Year-Old Rum in 6 Days • New chip could turn phone cameras into high-res 3D scanners • You've never seen IRS penalties like these - $600,000 in penalties on, say, a $20,000 bankaccount simply because you didn't report it to the IRS • Windows 10 is coming this summer

14. Work hard at work worth doing - Teddy Roosevelt