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Shaw Rocket Fund kick-starts online kids' safety program for Canadian digital content in partnership with kidSAFE Seal

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月曜日, 6月 11, 2018
Shaw Rocket Fund, Terms of service, Safety, Internet privacy, Professional certification, Rocket

BANFF, BC, June 11, 2018 /CNW/ -The Shaw Rocket Fund is proud to announce a new kids' digital safety program to help Canadian producers ensure a safe environment for kids when creating digital experiences: the Rocket Online Safety Program.

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  • BANFF, BC, June 11, 2018 /CNW/ -The Shaw Rocket Fund is proud to announce a new kids' digital safety program to help Canadian producers ensure a safe environment for kids when creating digital experiences: the Rocket Online Safety Program.
  • The Rocket Online Safety Program will ensure that all Canadian digital content receiving Rocket Fund investment be certified based on established online safety and/or privacy standards through the kidSAFE Seal Program, an independent safety certification service designed exclusively for children-friendly websites and technologies.
  • Understanding that online safety for kids is of utmost importance, the Shaw Rocket Fund will open the Rocket Online Safety Program to all Canadian producers of kids' digital content to encourage the certification of any kids' digital content being made in Canada.
  • "This partnership will create an efficient certification process for producersof the Shaw Rocket Fund Online Safety Program, including audits and consultations for safety and privacy compliance."

10,000 Reasons to Leave Fireworks to the Professionals

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木曜日, 6月 7, 2018
Fireworks, Light, Firecracker, Sparkler, Rocket, Skyrocket

SAN FRANCISCO, June 7, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Every year, about 10,000 people are rushed to the emergency department for fireworks injuries.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, June 7, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Every year, about 10,000 people are rushed to the emergency department for fireworks injuries.
  • But here's the explosive truth: Most injuries are caused by legal fireworks parents buy for their children, such as sparklers, firecrackers, bottle rockets, and Roman candles.
  • If you experience a fireworks eye injury, ophthalmologists urge you to minimize the damage to the eye:
    Do not rub the eye.
  • Rubbing may make the injury worse
    To help ensure people get the facts about fireworks, the Academy also created an animated public service announcement titled "Fireworks: The Blinding Truth."

China Launches First Rocket Designed by Private Company

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月曜日, 5月 21, 2018
Subdivisions of China, Geography of China, Liangjiang, Economy of China, Chongqing, Rocket, Draft:OneSpace

CHONGQING, China, May 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --An OS-X rocket named "Chongqing Liangjiang Star" saw its maiden flight finish at 7:33 am on May 17 in a test field in Northwest China.

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  • CHONGQING, China, May 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --An OS-X rocket named "Chongqing Liangjiang Star" saw its maiden flight finish at 7:33 am on May 17 in a test field in Northwest China.
  • The launch of the "Chongqing Liangjiang Star" rocket, developed by OneSpace Technology, a Beijing-based private firm, marks the first time a non-state Chinese rocket has successfully entered orbit.
  • The rocket is nine meters long and weighs 7,200 kilograms.
  • The successful development of the OneSpace rocket has lifted the new area's aerospace industrial competitiveness to a new level.

Valley Tech Systems Demonstrates New Controllable Solid-propulsion Thruster Tech

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水曜日, 4月 25, 2018
Rocket propulsion, Rocketry, Pyrotechnics, Spaceflight, Transport, Aerospace engineering, Rocket engines, Emerging technologies, Rocket propellant, Propellant, Spacecraft propulsion, Rocket

Valley Tech Systems has validated the controllable solid-propulsion thruster design in a hot-fire test at the company's test facility in Lovelock, Nev. A prototype successfully performed continuously for hundreds of seconds the longest firing ever of a system of this type.

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  • Valley Tech Systems has validated the controllable solid-propulsion thruster design in a hot-fire test at the company's test facility in Lovelock, Nev. A prototype successfully performed continuously for hundreds of seconds the longest firing ever of a system of this type.
  • Storable liquid bi-propellant-fueled systems typically have high lifecycle costs due to their toxicity, whereas the solid fuel used by Valley Tech Systems is less hazardous.
  • The Valley Tech Systems technology regulates the ballistic thrust performance of solid rocket fuel, dramatically boosting its energy efficiency.
  • Valley Tech Systems, Inc., is an aerospace engineering company that specializes in innovative rocket propulsion systems and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems and services.

Lockheed Martin Receives $828 Million U.S. Army Contract for Guided MLRS Rocket Production

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月曜日, 5月 7, 2018
Multiple rocket launchers, Rocket artillery, Rocketry, Artillery, M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System, M142 HIMARS, Rocket, Lockheed Martin, LMT, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control

DALLAS, May 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) received an $828 million not-to-exceed contract from the U.S. Army for Lot 13 production of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rockets and associated equipment.

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  • DALLAS, May 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) received an $828 million not-to-exceed contract from the U.S. Army for Lot 13 production of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rockets and associated equipment.
  • Work will be performed at the Lockheed Martin facilities in Dallas and at the company's Precision Fires Center of Excellence in Camden, Ark.
  • "The GMLRS round continues to perform exceptionally well for our customers," said Gaylia Campbell, vice president of Precision Fires and Combat Maneuver Systems at Lockheed Martin.
  • In combat operations, each GMLRS rocket is packaged in a MLRS launch pod and is fired from the Lockheed Martin HIMARS or M270 family of launchers.