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The analysts wrote, "United Technologies has been reiterated by TheStreet Ratings as a buy with a ratings score of A-. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, growth in earnings per share, compelling growth in net income, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and ... (more)

The show will be held at the Ernst & Young Centre in Ottawa on May 29 and May 30, 2013.

A British Airways jetliner carrying 75 passengers was evacuated on the runway at London's Heathrow airport, with television pictures of the plane's approach showing smoke spewing from one engine.

The space shuttle Atlantis is seen shortly after the rotating service structure was rolled back at launch pad 39A at the Nasa Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida in this picture taken on July 7, 2011.

The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command has awarded BAE Systems an $85 million, two-year contract extension to continue its support of the agency's Future Warfare Center.

A worker loads a container holding ceramic matrix composites components inside a high-pressure autoclave for curing.

's stock had its "buy" rating reaffirmed by Deutsche Bank in a research note issued on Thursday, Stock Ratings Network.com reports.

The Pentagon 's annual report to Congress shows a decline of $4.5 billion, or just over 1 percent, in the projected development and acquisition cost of the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jet program, sources familiar with the data said on Thursday.

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, pointing to resilience in the labor market despite belt-tightening by Washington.

A pilot quota system that allows companies operating in China to freely transfer some of their yuan profits offshore has gathered some traction in recent months and bankers expect more firms to seek approvals to participate.

Public backlash against deadly overseas drone strikes may undermine promising uses of such technology for anything from disaster response to mail delivery, a top U.S. industry group said as it launched a lobbying effort to "demystify" unmanned planes.

The US Navy's MQ-4C Triton aircraft, powered by a Rolls-Royce AE 3007 engine, successfully completed its first flight on May 22, 2013.

An unmanned jet built for the U.S. Navy's high-altitude maritime surveillance missions made its first flight on Wednesday, officials said.

The maker of Ski-Doo snowmobiles says its initial public offering has been priced at $21.50 per share - giving the company a market value of about $2.5 billion.

General Electric is considering spinning off parts of its finance unit through an initial public offering as CEO Jeffrey Immelt works to shrink the business.

Another week and another set of earnings in the industrial space that confirms the curious bifurcation in the sector.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hailed on Wednesday what U.S. officials said was an estimated $2.1 billion deal for Oman to buy a ground-based air defense system from U.S. defense contractor Raytheon Co.. "I wanted to come here to be able to thank you and to celebrate with you the Raytheon initiative for the $1.6 billion dollar ground based air ... (more)

Through a labyrinth of hallways deep inside a 1950s-era building that has housed research that dates back to the origins of U.S. space travel, a group of scientists in white coats is stirring, mixing, measuring, brushing and, most important, tasting the end result of their cooking.

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It was surely one of those moments where NASA could hardly wait to tear off the shrink wrap.