The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environment Satellite System Preparatory Project may not be the largest man-made satellite but it must have the longest name.See story

Traveling SIRCUS Tests Satellite Sensors

When project managers were completing work on the latest addition to NASA’s Earth Observing System satellite fleet – a minibus-size instrument array called the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environment Satellite System Preparatory Project, (NPP) – they saw an opportunity to take advantage of a PML facility called Spectral Irradiance and Radiance Responsivity Calibrations using Uniform Sources (SIRCUS)....

AMETEK Acquires EM Test

AMETEK Inc. has acquired the parent company of EM Test GmbH, a privately held manufacturer of electronic test and measurement equipment headquartered in Reinach, Switzerland for $93 million. EM Test is a global leader in electrical immunity and EMC testing equipment, with expected annual sales of $41 million...