BARCELONA, Spain, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Spain-based Safelayer Secure Communications announced the release of improvements to its next-generation electronic passport technology that increases security.
STRATFORD, Conn., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Sikorsky Military Systems and partner Elbit Systems announced the successful completion of a demonstrator program for a next-generation helicopter in Israel.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Boeing announced a successful Defense Acquisition Board review has advanced a U.S. Army's Brigade Combat Team Modernization program.
LANCASTER, Pa., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- California-based Composite Engineering has contracted Herley Industries to deliver its suite of avionics technologies as part of an Air Force target program.
U.S. markets up slightly Wednesday ... GM restores merit pay for some executives ... Post bankruptcy, Frontier faces pay issues ... Treasury set to loan GMAC $3.5B more ... News from United Press International.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. crude oil inventories dropped by 1.5 million barrels in the week ending Dec. 25, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Wednesday.
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A test pilot from the U.S. Marine Corps has delivered a second Lockheed Martin-built F-35B Lightning II aircraft ahead of a four-year flight test program.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- View Systems announced the successful integration of its threat-detection technologies at a ceremony for Macao's 10th anniversary marking its colonial handover.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy has received delivery of its newest Northrop Grumman-built Virginia-class submarine following the recent successful completion of sea trials.
FAIRFAX, Va., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. defense company ManTech International Corp. says its engineering unit has received a certification renewal from the Software Engineering Institute.
SANDUSKY, Ohio, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Investors in Ohio's Cedar Fair, an amusement park company, filed six lawsuits to stop sale of the company to Apollo Global Management, court papers say.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. markets posted marginal gains Wednesday, following a light-trading day Tuesday in which slim gains evaporated by the end of the day.
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Intellicheck Mobilisa says its access control technology has achieved a milestone following its fourth authority-to-operate designation from the U.S. military.
ATLANTA, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- EMS Technologies has named its board chairman to a new executive director position in a move to address U.S. government requirements.
DETROIT, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The head lobbyist at General Motors Co., Ken Cole, has been replaced by two former AT&T executives, the U.S. automaker said Wednesday.
ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed suit against Houston investment broker Harold Jaschke for risky trades that paid him huge commissions.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- New Year's Eve for some, including 166 International Paper Corp. workers in Virginia, will be time to begin a search for work, as their old jobs are ending.
DETROIT, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- General Motors Co. said it would reinstate merit pay for salaried employees except for top executives whose salary is set by the U.S. Treasury Department.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Ocean Casino Cruises, Inc., a Florida cruise line with more than a million passengers since 2001, has filed for bankruptcy protection, court papers show.
DETROIT, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Treasury Department is set to extend $3.5 billion in new TARP funding to automobile finance firm GMAC, sources close to the deal said.
RUGBY, N.D., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Oregon energy group Iberdrola Renewables announced it has completed the construction of a $300 million wind farm in North Dakota.
STORD, Norway, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- French energy giant GDF Suez and Norway's Statoil teamed up to develop an oil and gas platform for the Gjoa field in the Norwegian waters of the North Sea.
TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Iran insists it can alleviate a potential energy crisis in Pakistan by moving forward with the Iran-Pakistan-India natural gas pipeline.
Against the backdrop of Old Glory, Bruce Springsteen opened the four-concert finale to his 15 month tour at the Coliseum with the hit song "Born in the U.S.A." 9/27/1985.
