American Public Education to Webcast First Quarter 2010 Results Conference Call

Defense News: CHARLES TOWN, W.Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American Public Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:APEI - News) – parent company of online learning provider American Public University System, which operates through American Military University and American Public University – plans to release first quarter 2010 results after the close of U.S. financial markets on May 6, 2010.

A live webcast of its first quarter 2010 earnings conference call will be broadcast at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday, May 6, 2010. This call will be open to listeners who log in through the Company's investor relations website,www.AmericanPublicEducation.com. A replay of the live webcast will also be available starting approximately one hour after the conclusion of the live conference call. The replay will be archived and available to listeners for one year.

About American Public Education, Inc.

American Public Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: APEI - News) is an online provider of higher education focused primarily on serving the military and public service communities. American Public University System (APUS), wholly owned by APEI, comprises two universities – American Military University (AMU) and American Public University (APU). Regionally and nationally accredited, APUS serves more than 63,800 adult learners worldwide and offers more than 100 online certificate and degree programs in fields ranging from homeland security, military studies, intelligence, and criminal justice to technology, business administration, public health, and liberal arts.

Contact:

American Public Education, Inc.
Chris Symanoskie
Associate Vice President, Corporate Communications
703-334-3880

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Sokkia Releases The Series 50X Total Stations Featuring Increased Range, Speed and Expanded Functionality

Defense News: OLATHE, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sokkia Corporation announces the release of the new Series 50X total stations with increased measurement range and speed as well as an array of new features.

Enhanced EDM Performance

The new total station series extends measurement range to 4,000m (13,120ft.) with a single prism, and up to 5,000m (16,400ft.) with three prisms. This represents a 20 percent increase over previous models while reducing the measurement time by 40 percent.

Sokkia Corporation announces the release of the new Series 50X total stations with increased measurement range and speed as well as an array of new features. (Photo: Business Wire). View Multimedia Gallery

Denny Welch, senior vice president – Survey Business Unit, said, “The Series 50X incorporates five measurement signals with the highest modulation frequency of 75MHz. In conjunction with the advanced digital signal processing technology that is also used in our reflectorless total stations, the new EDM significantly increases distance measurement capability and dependability under all environmental conditions.”

New Compensator, IACS and World-proven Encoder System

The unit’s new dual-axis tilt sensor increases the compensation range to ±6’, facilitating instrument settings such as leveling and centering.

The 2” model is newly equipped with the Independent Angle Calibration System (IACS) to further increase measurement stability. The IACS is commonly used in the high-end models with 0.5”/1”/2” angle accuracies of NET, SRX and SET X.

Welch said, “The extremely simplified angle encoder system consists of a minimum number of optical and mechanical parts. This system also features innovative technology to automatically detect and correct misreading of encoder patterns.”

He said, “Our absolute encoder system has proven its extra long-term dependability through actual use for more than seven years. The misreading correction provides users with additional confidence in angle readings.”

Highest Protection against Dust and Water

The industry-leading IP66 protection shuts out powder dust, sand, mud, snow, dripping water or driving rain.

Dust-tight IP6x: the highest grade of protection against ingress of solid foreign objects.

Water-protection IPx6: the instrument is protected against powerful water jets from any direction.

Other Features Include:

-- Class 1 safe laser output

-- New built-in laser plummet for quick instrument setting on 2”, 3” & 5” models (6” model comes with an optical plummet)

-- SD or SDHC card slot and USB flash memory slot are newly added

-- Built-in Bluetooth^® module option for wireless communication with a data collector

-- Password protection to prevent unauthorized use

“The Series 50X is designed for the users who demand compact, accurate, yet the most rugged and dependable total stations,” Welch said. “The Series 50X joins the ’X’ family of instruments that represents the ‘ultimate in precision and reliability’ ensured by the Sokkia brand.”

Product Lineup

Models with four angle accuracy grades: SET250X (2”), SET350X (3”), SET550X (5”) and SET650X (6”)

The Series 50X will be available in April 2010 through authorized Sokkia distributors.

Contact 800.4.SOKKIA for more information.

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Contact:

Sokkia Corporation
Rhiannon Johnson, 913-492-4900
rhiannon.johnson@sokkiacorp.com

Goodrich Names Michael Barbalas as President of its China Activities

Defense News: CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 7, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Goodrich Corporation (NYSE:GR - News) has named Michael Barbalas as president of its China activities, reporting to Cindy Egnotovich, Segment President, Nacelles and Interior Systems. Barbalas joins Goodrich from the American Chamber of Commerce in China, headquartered in Beijing, where he served as president. He replaces Ken Wood, who will be retiring after 24 years of service at Goodrich.

Commenting on the changes, Egnotovich said, "China is the fastest growing aerospace market in the world, and Mike has spent more than 20 years building relationships with some of the top companies and government entities in the region. As Goodrich continues to grow its operations and customer base in China, we will look to his leadership and experience to bring us to the next level of operational excellence and customer satisfaction there."

Prior to his current position, Barbalas served as managing director for Andrew Telecommunications (China) Co. Ltd. in Suzhou, China where he helped build the business from a startup to the company's largest global manufacturing facility. He has held positions of increasing responsibility and leadership for various industries, foundations and research institutions in China and in the U.S. Barbalas holds a doctorate and a master's degree in chemistry from Cornell University in New York, and a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry fromRose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Indiana.

Barbalas' appointment is effective April 1, 2010.

Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a global supplier of systems and services to aerospace, defense and homeland security markets. With one of the most strategically diversified portfolios of products in the industry, Goodrich serves a global customer base with significant worldwide manufacturing and service facilities. For more information visit http://www.goodrich.com.

Goodrich Corporation operates through its divisions and as a parent company for its subsidiaries, one or more of which may be referred to as "Goodrich Corporation" in this press release.

GR – Nacelles and Interior Systems

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MISTRAS Delivers Dual Ultrasonic Immersion Systems to Leading Carbon Composites Company

Defense News: PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., April 7, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MISTRAS Group, Inc. (NYSE:MG - News) announces the delivery of two carbon composite inspection ultrasonic immersion systems to HITCO Carbon Composites, Inc., a provider of composite aerostructures and materials located in Gardena, Calif.

The identical, 25 foot systems are being used by HITCO for the inspection of composite components manufactured for new commercial aircraft. With the incorporation of phased array technology, the five axes, multi-element immersion systems will increase HITCO's productivity by providing increased speed and single-pass coverage of the inspected composite components. The systems are integrated with MISTRAS' UTwin complex contour motion control software to conform to the parts joggle and noodle sections.

HITCO Carbon Composites, Inc. was founded in 1922, and manufactures composite structures and materials primarily for aerospace and defense applications. HITCO continues to be an innovative leader in the advancement of carbon composite components within the SGL Group, strategically focusing on new projects for aerospace/aircraft and defense applications.

About MISTRAS Group:

MISTRAS offers one of the broadest services and technology-enabled asset protection solutions portfolios in the industry used to evaluate the structural integrity of energy, industrial and public infrastructure. Mission critical services and solutions are delivered globally and provide customers the ability to extend the useful life of their assets, improve productivity & profitability, comply with government safety and environmental regulations and enhance risk management operational decisions.

MISTRAS uniquely combines its industry leading products and technologies - 24/7 on-line monitoring of critical assets; mechanical integrity (MI) and non-destructive testing (NDT) services; and its proprietary world class data warehousing & analysis software- to provide comprehensive and competitive products, systems and services solutions from a single source provider.

For more information, please visit the company's website at http://www.mistrasgroup.com or contact Nestor S. Makarigakis, Marketing Communications (MARCOM) Manager at marcom@mistrasgroup.com.

The Mistras Group, Inc. logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=6966

Contact:

MISTRAS Group, Inc.
Nestor S. Makarigakis, Marketing Communications
 (MARCOM) Manager
marcom@mistrasgroup.com

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AOptix Technologies and Aware, Inc. Provide DoD ABIS Compliance for InSight 2 Meter Iris Recognition System

Standards-based Solution Ready for Deployment within DoD Biometrics Infrastructure

Defense News: CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AOptix Technologies, Inc., (AOptix) (www.aoptix.com), a leading edge developer of advanced iris biometrics products and long-distance wireless optical communications solutions, today announced that AOptix and Aware, Inc. (Nasdaq: AWRE - News) have completed integration of AOptix’s innovative InSight™ 2 meter iris recognition system with Aware’s URC™ and BioSP™ software products. Deployment ready, this solution provides compatibility of the InSight system and the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Automated Biometric Identity System (ABIS) using the EBTS 1.2 standard.

Screen capture from Aware's Universal Registration Client interface. Iris image captured at 2 meters distance with the AOptix InSight iris recognition system. (Graphic: Business Wire). View Multimedia Gallery

Working at a nominal distance of 1.5 to 2.5 meters, the InSight system fully automates iris biometric image acquisition and provides consistent verification of a subject’s identity in just 2 seconds. The system employs highly innovative adaptive optics technology that automatically finds the subject’s face and eyes within a very large capture volume of over .75 cubic meters, making subject participation effortless. Complementing this focus on usability, the InSight system can be easily deployed in an enterprise environment due to its extensive use of open standards for biometrics and web services communications.

Aware’s Universal Registration Client (URC) application provides an intuitive, customizable user interface for automated enrollment of iris, face, and fingerprint images as well as biographic information. Integration with Aware’s Biometric Services Platform (BioSP), a service-oriented biometric application server, enables standardized communications and EBTS 1.2 compliant biometric record formatting. This allows DoD users to take full advantage of the advanced capabilities of the AOptix InSight in a variety of application settings with full assurance of compatibility with DoD’s ABIS database.

“Aware is pleased to contribute off-the-shelf products to this innovative solution from AOptix,” said Rob Mungovan, Vice President of the Advanced Products Group at Aware. “It leverages many years of experience supplying standards-based biometrics software to the DoD.”

AOptix foresees strong growth in biometrics solutions employed by the DoD, which is one of the largest users of biometrics products and technologies in the world. The integration of the InSight system with Aware’s software is currently undergoing final qualification testing by the DoD Biometrics Task Force.

“Gaining full compatibility with the DoD ABIS standard was essential to serving this very important customer across a full variety of applications,” said Kevin Keipper, Director of Government Sales at AOptix. “Aware’s software products provided us this essential compatibility with minimal effort on our part.”

A demonstration can be seen at the Identity Protection and Management Exposition at the Hilton Hotel in Minneapolis, MN, from April 12^th to 15^th, 2010.

About AOptix Technologies

AOptix Technologies is a privately funded company founded in 2000. With core technology expertise in the application of advanced adaptive optics, it develops free space optical communications and iris biometrics based identification solutions for both government and commercial markets. For additional information, please see www.aoptix.com.

For more information, photos, b-roll, interviews, please contact:

Brian Rhea
Director, Corporate Communications
408 558 3318
408 234-1496
brhea@aoptix.com

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AOptix Technologies, Inc.
Brian Rhea, 408-558-3318 or 408-234-1496
Director, Corporate Communications
brhea@aoptix.com

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated April 7, 2010

Defense News: DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated April 7, 2010
Source: U.S. DoD issued April 7, 2010
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - April 8, 2010: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued April 7, 2010 are undermentioned;<>
CONTRACTS
NAVY
~Sherlock, Smith & Adams,Montgomery, Ala., is being awarded a maximum $50,000,000 firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect-engineering contract for various medical and dental facility projects at various locations in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific area of responsibility (AOR). The work to be performed provides for design and engineering services for the preparation of plans and specifications, cost estimates, design analysis, engineering studies, planning documents, DD 1391s, facilities studies, environmental assessments, facilities utilization studies, deficiency tabulation studies, economic analysis, program for design/space program, equipment planning, and category designation (medical/dental and non-medical). Work will be performed at various Navy and Marine Corps facilities and other government facilities within the NAVFAC Pacific AOR. The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months with an expected completion date of April 2015. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online Web site, with 19 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (N62742-10-D-0005).
~MAR Inc.*, Rockville, Md., is being awarded a maximum amount $30,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract in support of the Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center, Port Hueneme, for the operation, maintenance, and repair of the M/V Independence, including providing research, development, testing, and evaluation of undersea surveillance systems, load handling systems, acoustic array systems, cable system components, cable and system survivability studies, installation methods, test vessel support, and training range establishment and maintenance. Work will be performed in Port Hueneme, Calif. The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of April 2015. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was competitively procured as a 100 percent small business 8(a) set-aside via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online Web site, with one proposal received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Specialty Center Acquisitions, Port Hueneme, Calif., is the contracting activity (N62583-10-D-0363).
~Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $14,222,122 modification to previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00024-09-C-5100) for the production of five fiscal 2010 ship self defense systems (SSDS) MK2 open architecture computing environment kits. The kits include cabinets, processors, converters, network devices, and interface units. The equipment sets consolidate the computing and interface requirements for the SSDS ship class variants. The fiscal 2010 kits will be installed at the Naval Air Systems Command land-based test site and on CVN 75, CVN 78, LPD 26, and LHA 7. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (50 percent), and Portsmouth, R.I. (50 percent), and is expected to be completed by January 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
~General Dynamics, National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $10,000,000 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-2229) for System Design Part 2 efforts associated with the Mobile Landing Platform program. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (58.2 percent); Beloit, Wis. (7.3 percent); Busan, South Korea (5.7 percent); Pittsburgh, Pa. (5.6 percent); Houston, Texas (5.0 percent); Annapolis, Md. (4.0 percent); Norfolk, Va. (2.0 percent); Belle Chasse, La. (0.7 percent); Mobile, Ala. (0.5 percent); New York, N.Y. (0.4 percent); Deerfield Beach, Fla. (0.2 percent); Georgetown, S.C.(0.2 percent); Houma, La. (0.2 percent); Clovis, Calif. (0.1 percent); New Orleans, La. (0.1 percent); Rochester, N.Y. (0.1 percent); Stevensville, Md. (0.1 percent); Ogden, Utah (0.1 percent); Old Saybrook, Conn. (0.1 percent); Pensacola, Fla. (0.1 percent); and other various locations. Work is expected to be completed by August 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
~Hologic, Inc., Bedford, Mass., is being awarded a maximum $15,000,000 fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract for radiology systems, subsystems, and components. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. The original proposal was Web solicited with 43 responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is April 6, 2011. The Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM2D1-09-D-8334).

DTN News: General Dynamics Awarded $20 Million Contract By Boeing For Production Of Composite C-17 Aircraft Components

Defense News: DTN News: General Dynamics Awarded $20 Million Contract By Boeing For Production Of Composite C-17 Aircraft Components

Source: DTN News / General Dynamics
(NSI News Source Info) CHARLOTTE, N.C., - April 8, 2010: General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products was awarded a contract valued at approximately $20 million from The Boeing Company for the production of composite components for the C-17 Globemaster III advanced airlifter. Deliveries are expected to begin in February 2011 and be completed by April 2012. Production and program management will be performed at General Dynamics' advanced materials facility in Marion, Va. General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD - News).
General Dynamics provides components for the C-17, including the winglets, main and nose landing gear doors, flap leading and trailing edge panels, and the forward and aft radomes.
"Our team in Marion is proud to continue our work with Boeing," said Jim Losse, vice president and general manager of advanced materials for General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products. "We have been working with Boeing on a variety of C-17 composite technologies for more than 20 years. This contract will keep C-17 components in production through early 2012."
In addition to the C-17, the Marion site produces composite parts for a variety of aircraft platforms.
General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, located in Charlotte, N.C., provides a broad range of system solutions for military and commercial applications. The company designs, develops and produces high-performance weapon and armament systems, defensive armor, countermeasure systems and aerospace composite solutions, as well as off-road axle and suspension systems. It is also a leading U.S. producer of biological and chemical detection systems. More information about General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products can be found on the Internet at http://www.gdatp.com/.
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 91,700 people worldwide. The company is a market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and information systems and technologies. More information about the company is available on the Internet athttp://www.generaldynamics.com/.