Maryland News

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has delivered the first of four AQS-24A airborne mine-hunting vehicles to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) for deployment on Japan's new MCH-101 helicopter platform. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121024/LA98563LOGO) "This first delivery is a major milestone in the development of Japan's airborne mine-hunting capability," said Tom Jones, vice president of Northrop Grumman's Undersea Systems business unit. "The effort marks the first complete build of an AQS-24A since eight were delivered to the U.S. Navy in 1995. It ... read more

MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRS), a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, continues to expand its interactive marketing presence with the recent launch of the Delta Hotels and Resorts' website. The new website provides seamless integration to the MICROS OPERA Property Management, OPERA Central Reservations, and OPERA Customer Information solutions that Delta has utilized for many years. MICROS' eCommerce team partnered with Delta, one of Canada's largest independent hotel brands, to transform its ... read more

MaxCyte, Inc., the pioneer in scalable, high performance transient transfection systems, is hosting an educational webinar entitled “Large Scale, CHO Transient Transfection and Rapid Generation of Stable Clones: >1 Gram/Liter Antibody Titers Within 2 Weeks and High Yield Stable Clones in Under 8 Weeks” on Wednesday, ... read more

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) (the "Company" or "Sinclair") announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the assets of Dielectric from SPX Corporation, for an immaterial and leverage neutral purchase price. Dielectric is the nation's largest manufacturer of broadcast television, radio and wireless antennas, transmission lines, and RF systems. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100119/PH39783LOGO ) Commenting on the transaction, David Smith, President and CEO of Sinclair stated, "Dielectric has supplied more than two-thirds of the TV industry's high power ... read more

MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRS), a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to announce that Outrigger Enterprises Group, one of the largest and fastest growing privately-held leisure lodging and hospitality companies in the Asia-Pacific and Oceania regions, is standardizing its enterprise on the MICROS OPERA Enterprise Solution. In addition to its four Asia-based properties that are already utilizing MICROS OPERA, Outrigger will begin implementation of the OPERA Property Management Solution ... read more

TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS), a world leader in highly reliable and secure mobile communication technology, today announced that TCS Director of Business Development Sean Murphy will be discussing the impact of smartphones on enterprise at CommunicAsia2013 in Singapore on June 20th. CommunicAsia2013 is Asia's largest integrated info communication technology event, where industry professionals from around the world congregate to obtain industry updates, witness product/service launches, optimize business opportunities and gain insightful knowledge from communication technology experts. News Facts: ... read more

Global performance improvement solutions provider GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX) announced today that it has acquired UK-based Lorien Engineering Solutions (LES), a provider of engineering design and project management services with specific expertise in the food & beverage, manufacturing and life sciences industries. GP Strategies can now provide further value to LES clients by offering services including technical documentation, reliability and maintenance, operational excellence, training needs analysis, and training design, development and delivery. With the addition of LES, which represents over ... read more

The Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland will offer an online MBA program beginning in January 2014. Designed to accommodate working professionals, the flexible online program allows students to earn an MBA degree largely on their own time with minimal on-campus requirements. The program courses are taught by the same top faculty and adhere to the academic rigor of the Smith School's other top MBA programs. "This is a major step forward for the university and ... read more

Women make up an increasingly large part of our armed forces. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs reports one in ten veterans is a woman. Many women veterans returning from operations in Iraq and Afghanistan are struggling to transition to civilian life, with factors such as homelessness, childcare, disability, lack of licensing or credentialing, and other challenges impeding their and their family's path to economic self-sufficiency. In January, the unemployment rate was 17.1 percent for women veterans; the latest data ... read more

TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS), a world leader in highly reliable and secure mobile communication technology, today announced that it has partnered with Direct Technology, a leading provider of 9-1-1 reporting solutions, to expand the functionality of its GEM9-1-1(TM) product to include the Emergency Call Tracking System (ECaTS). As SMS9-1-1 is deployed nationwide to meet the recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) SMS9-1-1 Mandate, this partnership will support the growing public safety requirement for robust SMS9-1-1 reporting capabilities. News Facts: ... read more

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) announced today that Allen Shofe, executive vice president of corporate affairs, has been appointed to serve on the board of directors of the MdBio Foundation, a private charitable organization whose mission is to support bioscience awareness, education, and workforce development in Maryland. ... read more

Comcast, one of the nation's leading providers of entertainment, information, and communications products and services, today announced the launch of the X1 Platform from Xfinity in the Greater Baltimore area. Unlike any other video service available, X1 uses IP technology and cloud servers on Comcast's network to create the world's first entertainment operating system. X1 integrates the largest collection of video with social media features, interactive apps, web content and more in one easy-to-navigate, sleek viewing experience. "X1 offers an entirely ... read more

Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite solutions and services, today announced the launch of HughesNet(®) Voice, its feature-rich home Voice over IP (VoIP) solution. It is already available to subscribers in the U.S. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110112/NE29456LOGO ) Bundled along with HughesNet -- the nation's largest high-speed satellite Internet service, HughesNet Voice brings customers significant savings in long distance calling together with advanced telephony features such as call forwarding to multiple phones and enhanced ... read more

Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT: RNN), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing potential best-in-class oncology therapies, today announced that it has significantly expanded its intellectual property around a series of novel anti-tumor quinazoline compounds. Rexahn has been issued patent No. 8,404,698 from the ... read more

Ventev Wireless Infrastructure, a division of TESSCO Technologies Incorporated (NASDAQ: TESS) that creates solutions to deploy, protect, power, and improve the performance of wireless networks, today announced it has partnered with X-TRA Communication, a Singapore-based IT provider, to distribute critical ... read more

The Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association (PPTA) commends the Preserving Access to Orphan Drugs Acts, bipartisan legislation that makes an important policy clarification and will remove a barrier to research and development of rare disease therapies. Representative Jim Gerlach (R-PA), introduced H.R. 2315 with lead cosponsor Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA), and Senator Patrick Toomey (R-PA), introduced an identical bill, S. 1128, with lead cosponsors Sens. Robert Casey (D-PA) and Mike Crapo (R-ID). "Representative Gerlach and Senator Toomey have demonstrated exceptional leadership ... read more

Human Circuit announced their Integration 2013 - Large Venue Award for working with Hewlett Packard (HP) on the new Media Gallery at the Newseum in Washington, DC. The editors of Commercial Integrator Magazine teamed up with the editorial staff of Techdecisions to judge the entries and using tenacity along with originality of thought and design as criteria, chose Human Circuit's entry as a winner. There were over 100 entries in 11 verticals this year that merited spirited debates - The ... read more

1Lightbulbs.com, a website that offers a wide range of low cost light bulbs, has just added a brand new addition to landscape design and their site devoted to landscape lighting. The new page features all of the bulbs that people need for outdoor commercial and residential lighting. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130614/CG31578) In addition to being visually attractive, landscape lighting can also help improve safety around a home or office. Adding lighting at night can help people see better, while also illuminating the trees, bushes ... read more

Relay Foods, an online market for sustainable food and everyday groceries, has announced plans to raise money for Frager's Hardware, a beloved Capitol Hill establishment that has been locally owned and operated since the 1920s. Relay Foods will donate $10 per gift card sold from its new pickup point on Capitol Hill, located between 8(th) and I Street SE. On both June 10 and 17, from 4 pm to 8 pm, Relay Foods team members will offer the gift cards. ... read more

Today, the United States Supreme Court released its landmark decision in Association for Molecular Pathology et al. v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. et al. The Court unanimously agreed that "A naturally occurring DNA segment is a product of nature and not patent eligible merely because it has been isolated, but cDNA is patentable because it is not naturally occurring."[1] The decision helps to lay the foundation for continued research and application of diagnosis and treatment of diseases at the molecular level. "AMP ... read more