Defense shift could have impact on Colorado basesJanuary 5, 2012 - Colorado Springs GazetteA new defense strategy outlined by the Obama administration Thursday, coupled with spending cuts, will have ramifications for the large Army and Air Force presence in Colorado, but the impact might not be felt for years.
Defense bill includes at least $400M for ColoradoJanuary 2, 2012 - KFOX-TV 14A defense bill signed by President Barack Obama includes more than $400 million for Colorado construction projects.
U.S. Military Chiefs Warn Budget Cuts Will Cancel WeaponsNovember 5, 2011 - BusinessWeekThe chiefs of the U.S. military said they may have to end new weapons programs, close bases and cut civilian personnel starting as soon as next year if Congress allows about $1 trillion in defense cuts during the next decade.Background on H.R. 1249, the America Invents ActSeptember 16, 2011 - Committee on the JudiciaryOn September 16, President Obama signed into law the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (H.R. 1249), a bipartisan, bicameral bill that updates our patent system to encourage innovation, job creation and economic growth. $1.03 Billion FTA Award to Help Build RTD’s Eagle P3 ProjectAugust 31, 2011 - ENO Transportation FoundationThe grant will help build RTD’s innovative Eagle P3 project, a public-private partnership that includes the East Rail Line to Denver International Airport, the Gold Line to the western suburbs of Arvada and Wheat Ridge, a commuter rail maintenance facility and a small segment of the Northwest Rail Line.
Colorado in the forefront of the future of space travelJul 27, 2011 - Denver PostColorado appears poised to become the center of the human-spaceflight universe, with one foot planted in deep space and the other in low-Earth orbit.CU-Boulder's Mars mission moves closer to launchJuly 22, 2011 - Daily CameraAside from learning more about Mars, Jakosky said, the mission is putting an extra $250 million into Colorado's economy, between jobs at Lockheed Martin and the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at CU.Colorado has rich history with space shuttle programJuly 10, 2011 - Denver PostColorado's aerospace industry — consistently ranked as the second- or third-largest in the country — is more diverse than the shuttle program, with more work focused on science and satellites, said Steven Eisenhart, a senior manager with the Space Foundation in Colorado Springs.NASA to pursue Lockheed's Colorado-built Orion spacecraftMay 25, 2011 - Denver PostLockheed Martin Space Systems will continue to develop the next-generation spacecraft that will carry humans into deep space, NASA officials said Tuesday.The announcement ends nearly two years of uncertainty about the Orion crew-exploration vehicle that Lockheed has been working on at its Waterton Canyon facility.NASA plans capsule to take humans into deep spaceMay 24, 2011 - CNNNASA plans a return to yesteryear by developing a space capsule that will carry humans into deep space, it announced Tuesday. "We are committed to human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit and look forward to developing the next generation of systems to take us there," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said.
Vestas lands order for 34 Colo.-build turbinesMay 6, 2011 - Denver Business JournalVestas Wind Systems has landed another big order for wind turbines, this time for a California wind farm.FasTracks' northern route approvedMay 5, 2011 - Denver Business JournalThe FasTracks transit project’s 18-mile North Metro rail line, from downtown Denver to 162nd Avenue in Thornton, has received the Federal Transit Administration’s nod of approval, the Regional Transportation District announced Wednesday.VA gives $22.5M hospital contract to Kiewit, TurnerApril 21, 2011 - Denver Business JournalThe Department of Veterans Affairs on Thursday awarded a $22.5 million contract to Kiewit Building Group and Turner Construction, the first major one awarded for the new $800 million, 1.1 million-square-foot veterans hospital in Aurora.Louisville's Sierra nevada unit gets $80 million for reusable spacecraftApril 19, 2011 - Denver PostSierra Nevada Corp. has been awarded $80 million to continue development of the Dream Chaser space plane by its Louisville-based space-systems group. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced Monday that Sierra Nevada is one of four companies working on space transportation concepts to split nearly $270 million.Lockheed Martin praises Congress for sustaining Orion spacecraftApril 15, 2011 - Denver Business JournalLockheed Martin Corp. on Friday praised Congress for approving a budget agreement for the rest of the fiscal year that continues funding for development of the Orion spacecraft for NASA. The budget action by Congress “continues Orion on a clear path forward to its first orbital flight in 2013 and crewed operations by 2016,” the company said in a statement.Colorado leaders to GE: Bring plant hereApril 14, 2011 - Denver Business JournalColorado’s Congressional delegation, state officials and university leaders — who hope to land General Electric’s proposed thin-film solar power panel-manufacturing plant have written a letter to the company that touts the state’s support for renewable energy.NASA's ACE park lands in Loveland, despite Boulder County efforts to woo projectApril 5, 2011 - Boulder Daily CameraThe coveted Aerospace Clean Energy Manufacturing and Innovation Park has landed in Loveland. Several Boulder County communities, including Louisville, Erie and Longmont, had vied for the project. But the Agilent Technologies Inc. campus in Loveland emerged Tuesday as the choice for the project, known simply as ACE. The center, sponsored partly by NASA, will give the former home of Hewlett-Packard Co. new life -- and the city thousands of jobs.NREL and AIST to compare CPV cells from USA, Japan and GermanyApril 4, 2011 - Semiconductor TodayThe US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, CO, USA is partnering with international industrial technology and solar research organizations to test how solar cells from three different manufacturers — in the USA, Japan and Germany — perform under different average lighting conditions characteristic of the study’s two test sites in Aurora, CO, USA and Yokohama, Japan.Lockheed Martin unveils Colorado training center for OrionMarch 21, 2011 - Denver Business JournalLockheed Martin Space Systems Co. unveiled a $35 million space flight simulation center Monday, showing off where astronauts and others involved with the Orion space capsule will practice flying and docking the future spacecraft.DigitalGlobe picks Lockheed Martin, ULA for next satellite launchMarch 15, 2011 - Denver Business JournalDigitalGlobe's next satellite, the WorldView-3, will launch aboard a United Launch Alliance rocket when it heads into orbit in three years.Concentrating Solar Comes in Mass to ColoradoMarch 4, 2011 - Earth TechlingCogentrix Energy has selected Morrison Construction’s Renewable Energy division as the general contractor for their 30 megawatt solar power plant in Southern Colorado. The Alamosa Solar Generating Project will be the world’s largest concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar field once completed.U.S. Senate OKs amendment to add patent officesMarch 2, 2011, Denver Business JournalThe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be able to create three or more regional satellite patent offices across the country in the next three years under an amendment added Wednesday to the America Invents Act, a patent reform measure before the U.S. Senate.Building at Buckley AFB will slowJanuary 21, 2011 - Denver Business JournalMilitary construction projects have made Buckley Air Force Base the service’s fastest-growing location for 10 years, helping it generate an annual economic impact of $1 billion in Aurora and surrounding municipalities.NASA needs more money for Lockheed Martin's OrionJanuary 16, 2011 - Denver Business JournalNASA's commitment to the Orion space capsule at the start of 2011 looks as clear as ever. But agency reports issued in recent days show that NASA doubts it can meet current launch deadlines without more money.Veterans get early look at plans for VA hospitalJanuary 5, 2010 - Aurora SentinelInpatient rooms of the future VA hospital in Aurora won’t be built until 2014, but local veterans walked through life-size mock-ups of them Wednesday. When Innovation, Too, Is Made in ChinaJanuary 1, 2011 - New York TimesAs a national strategy, China is trying to build an economy that relies on innovation rather than imitation. Clearly, its leaders recognize that being the world’s low-cost workshop for assembling the breakthrough products designed elsewhere - think iPads and a host of other high-tech goods - has its limits.