Featured Stories

MOGEE REPORT FOCUSES ON PATENT ANALYSIS
Reston, Va.-based Mogee Research & Analysis Associates’ (MRAA) new report, "Competitive Technology Report on Global Positioning System Technology," analyzes GPS international patents. The report identifies companies patenting GPS technology and...
LOWRANCE EXPANDS MEXICAN MANUFACTURING OPERATION
Lowrance Electronics Inc. [LEIX] recently expanded its Mexican manufacturing facility in Ensenada, which employees 150 people. Because of demand for GPS units, Lowrance said it will expand its operation to...
DELORME AND AAA CREATE TRAVEL SOFTWARE
DeLorme Mapping and AAA recently created the AAA Map’n’Go software that has a data base of more than 57,000 accommodations, restaurants, campgrounds and points of interest. With the Internet, users...
NOAA AWARDS VESSEL TRACKING CONTRACT
The U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), a branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), awarded a contract to Germantown, Md.-based Lovingfoss & Associates for monitoring and maintenance...
TRW FILES PATENT INFRINGEMENT LAWSUIT AGAINST ICO
TRW Inc. followed up months of threats regarding infringement of its Odyssey system design patents by filing a lawsuit against ICO Global Communications Ltd. in federal court in California last...
GORCA ACQUIRES MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING GROUP
The Gorca Group announced it acquired a majority stake in The Fountain Group, a Washington, D.C.-based consulting and engineering services company. The company (renamed Fountain Integrated Systems Inc.), will serve...
AMSC ANNOUNCES $29.9 MILLION FIRST QUARTER LOSS
American Mobile Satellite Corp. said it lost $29.9 million for the first quarter, compared with a first quarter 1995 loss of $6.3 million. Service revenue growth for the first quarter...