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Boeing will buy Bingen-based Insitu, which designs, develops and manufactures unmanned air systems.

EDMONTON, AB (MARKET WIRE) Optessa Inc. is proud to announce that Stephen I. Rodgers - president, GS Global Solutions has joined the Optessa team as a member of the Optessa Advisory Board. "We look forward to benefitting from Steve's experience and knowledge of the global auto industry from both business development and strategic perspectives to help expand our presence as the provider of choice for optimal sequencing and scheduling technology to auto OEMs and suppliers," said Vasu Netrakanti, Chief Executive Officer of Optessa.

LEHIGH VALLEY, PA (MARKET WIRE) CyOptics Inc., a leader in Indium Phosphide (InP) optical chip and component technologies, today announced the availability of its 10Gbps XMD TOSAs (Transmit Optical Sub-Assemblies) and TOSAs with integrated driver IC enabling DWDM 80km applications with an extended operating temperature range.

ARDEN, NC (MARKET WIRE) Homeland Integrated Security systems, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: HISU) announced that the Company has received positive preliminary results from an evaluation of the Cyber Tracker CT-150 installed on a Southeastern U.S. county vehicle recently. County representatives installed the Company's low cost solution for standard GPS tracking applications on one of its trucks and observed the vehicle for two days.

NEW YORK, NY (MARKET WIRE) API Nanotronics Corp. (OTCBB: APIO) ("API") (the "Company"), a leading supplier of electronic components and nanotechnology research and development to the defense and communications sectors, today announced it received two of the 2008 NanoBriefs(R) Nano 50(TM) awards. Dr. Martin Moskovits, API's Chief technology Officer, was honored as a Nano 50 Innovator and API's SubWave(TM) UV Polarizers were honored with a Nano 50 product award.

CUPERTINO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced Symantec Government Symposium 2008, Symantec's annual event dedicated to the public sector and its partners. The event will bring together more than 500 government IT, security, and business professionals to discuss all aspects of information protection -- including storage management, endpoint security, virtualization, and backup and recovery -- as they relate to the public sector.

SEATTLE, WA (MARKET WIRE) Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) today announced that researchers from the University of Oklahoma's Center for Analysis and Prediction Storms (CAPS) used a powerful Cray XT3™ supercomputer housed at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) to incorporate real-time radar data into their high-resolution thunderstorm forecasting model for the first time. This critical milestone in severe weather prediction, part of the annual National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT) Spring Experiment, demonstrated an ability to predict

TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Radiant energy Corporation, (TSX VENTURE: RDT) ("Radiant" or the "Company"), the developer and marketer of the radiant de-icing systems, announced that its Norwegian subsidiary, Radiant Aviation Services europe AS ("RASE"), is in default of the terms of a loan from Innovations Norway, which has demanded repayment. The Company has begun initial discussions with the lender on behalf of RASE. The loan of NOK 9,000,000 ($1.8 million) is secured by a cash deposit of NOK 3,272,100 ($0.6 million) which the lender has taken possession of, a deicing facility located at the Oslo airport owned by RASE,

Frontier Financial reported that its second-quarter profit tumbled 89 percent on increased provisions for loan losses. Net income sank to...

Boeing agreed to buy partner Insitu to gain full control of the ScanEagle drone and expand in the $100 billion industry for unmanned systems...