J. B. Steel
October 30, 2010 in Imported by Bob Hagen
To beam in on new business, J.B. Steel ‘hires’ high-tech robot
By Roger Yohem, Inside Tucson Business
Published on Saturday, October 30, 2010
Monthly Archives: October 2010
by Bob Hagen
To beam in on new business, J.B. Steel ‘hires’ high-tech robot
by Bob Hagen
UA Research Corp.
October 29, 2010 in Imported by Bob Hagen
New UA arm will market tech created by university scientists
Becky Pallack Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Friday, October 29, 2010 12:00 am
The University of Arizona is launching a new company to make it faster for scientists to commercialize their inventions and start high-tech businesses.
The company, which is being called University of Arizona Research Corp. – or UARC – will be a nonprofit subsidiary of the UA Foundation. It will use private funds and university funds, not state tax dollars.
The new model leverages existing resources – research and education programs plus business mentoring – and brings in the private sector by partnering with high-tech business clusters and working with venture capitalists.
“All of us working together is going to be what it takes to start pulling those discoveries out of the university, getting them into the marketplace, and getting them to the bedside at the hospital or to the companies – to improve lives and create jobs,” UA Provost Meredith Hay said during an announcement on Thursday.
by Bob Hagen
Raytheon Co.
October 29, 2010 in Imported by Bob Hagen
Raytheon raises its ’10 profit view
Posted: Friday, October 29, 2010 12:00 am
Defense contractor Raytheon Co. said its third-quarter profit rose sharply because of cost cutting and a favorable tax settlement, and said its estimated 2010 profit would be larger than it had expected.
But while Raytheon’s profit handily beat analysts’ expections, third-quarter revenue fell short of Wall Street projections, and the company lowered its annual revenue forecast.
Raytheon shares fell $1.66, or about 3.5 percent, to $45.64 on the New York Stock Exchange.
Sales at Raytheon’s Tucson-based Missile Systems unit were essentially flat in the third quarter, while operating income rose.
The parent company earned $728 million, or $1.94 per share. That was up from $490 million, or $1.25 per share, in the same period last year. The company said its adjusted profit was $1.36 per share, after accounting for the tax settlement of 45 cents per share and other one-time items.
by Bob Hagen
UAS&TP Solar Zone
October 29, 2010 in Imported by Bob Hagen
UA Solar Zone wins innovation Award from Chamber of Commerce
29 October 2010
Inside Tucson Business Blog
The Solar Zone at the University of Arizona Science and Tech Park received the Innovation in Green Technology Award from the Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at the 2010 Innovation in Economic Development Awards.
The Solar Zone is a comprehensive, innovative economic development strategy to create a supportive environment where companies can develop, test and demonstrate the next generation of renewable energy products and technologies.
Phase one of the Solar Zone development is a unique public/private collaboration between the University of Arizona and Tucson Electric Power (TEP). Construction of phase one, which includes six solar generation projects sited at the Solar Zone by TEP, occupies 222 acres within the UA Tech Park and is expected to be completed by 2012. The projects represent a capital investment of $80-100 million and will combine to generate approximately 45,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) per year, enough to power nearly 4,000 Tucson homes.
by Bob Hagen
Raytheon JAGM
October 27, 2010 in Imported by Bob Hagen
Tucson firm, partner complete test of launcher for missile A new milestone for Raytheon’s JAGM David Wichner Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 12:00 am Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems and partner Boeing Co. have completed a key flight test in their bid to build the military’s next-generation ground-attack missile, the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile. The Raytheon-Boeing team recently tested the fixed-wing aircraft launcher for the JAGM on Boeing’s F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet fighter jets, Raytheon announced Tuesday at a major military conference in Washington, D.C. To test the launcher, the Raytheon-Boeing team used an instrumented measurement vehicle, which is the same size, shape and weight as a complete JAGM round and contains equipment that evaluates JAGM’s performance during a mission. The flight tests are a crucial first step toward qualifying JAGM for use on the Super Hornet, Raytheon said. Raytheon and Boeing are competing against Lockheed Martin for the JAGM program, potentially worth about $5 billion over 20 years.
by Bob Hagen
UA NIST Grant
October 27, 2010 in Imported by Bob Hagen
Optical Scientists Perfect Telescope Mirrors With $1.35M Award
UA professors Jim Burge and Bob Parks and their colleagues are perfecting measurement techniques to make sure mirrors such as those in the Hubble Space Telescope produce clear images.
By Shelley Littin, NASA Space Grant intern, University Communications, October 27, 2010
When the Hubble Space Telescope was first launched in 1990, astronomers found that a measurement error of 2.2 microns – about one-fiftieth the width of a sheet of paper – on the surface of its primary mirror caused images to blur. Astronauts had to train for 11 months and execute one of the most complex space missions ever attempted to correct the problem.
Now, with the help of a $1.35 million grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, University of Arizona professors Jim Burge and Bob Parks of the College of Optical Sciences and their colleagues are perfecting measurement techniques to ensure that errors like Hubble’s mirror don’t happen in the future.
by Bob Hagen
IdeaFunding 2010
October 26, 2010 in Imported by Bob Hagen
UA-linked possibilities for entrepreneurs to be key focus at IdeaFunding
Becky Pallack Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 12:00 am
University leaders will discuss the University of Arizona’s contributions to economic development Thursday during a daylong workshop for entrepreneurs and inventors.
Speakers at IdeaFunding include Regents Rick Myers and Fred DuVal, Provost Meredith Hay and several UA vice presidents. They’ll talk about university/business partnership success stories and opportunities.
Sessions at the annual event include ways to build partnerships, collaborate with the UA, hire talented people, get your message out, and find lending and investments.
The gathering will allow inventors to meet investors and small-business owners to meet with with industry leaders.
The Thomas R. Brown Award in Entrepreneurship and the Grubb & Ellis Emergent Entrepreneur Award also will be presented.
Contact reporter Becky Pallack at bpallack@azstarnet.com or 807-8012.
by Bob Hagen
Mt. Graham LBTI
October 23, 2010 in Imported by Bob Hagen
Graham scope has both eyes open
Tom Beal Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Saturday, October 23, 2010 12:00 am
The Large Binocular Telescope atop Mount Graham became truly binocular for the first time last week when a newly installed instrument combined the light from its two giant mirrors to create a “high definition” view of astronomical objects.
The LBTI, or Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer, uses the light from the two jointly mounted 8.4-meter mirrors to create a single infrared image with the resolution of a mirror that is 22.8 meters, or 75 feet, in diameter.
The scientific goal of the interferometer now installed on the massive telescope is discovering solar systems around nearby stars that might contain habitable, Earth-like planets.
To date more than 500 exoplanets (those outside our own solar system) have been discovered, but none are truly Earth-like and imaging one is beyond the capability of the current generation of telescopes.
by Bob Hagen
Schulman 32-inch Telescope
October 22, 2010 in Imported by Bob Hagen
Visitors invited to Mount Lemmon SkyCenter to see the cosmos show
By Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan, Wick Communications Science Intern
Inside Tucson Business
Published on Friday, October 22, 2010
by Bob Hagen
Roche Tax Incentives
October 20, 2010 in Imported by Bob Hagen
Pact on expansion at Oro Valley site set to yield high-pay jobs County OKs Roche’s lower property taxes Andrea Kelly Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 12:00 am The Pima County Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to a 10-year property-tax reduction for Roche’s planned new Oro Valley facility. The agreement is expected to save the company $8.2 million over the 10 years. The tentatively approved tax break for the biomedical firm still needs approval from the federal government as a Foreign Trade Zone designation. It calls for the Switzerland-based global company to pay property taxes based on 5 percent of the assessed value of the new facility Roche plans to build. Normally, business property taxes are based on 21 percent of the assessed property value, compared with 10 percent of the assessed value for residential properties.
