Vandenberg to launch rocket early morning of Feb. 10
Residents near Vandenberg Air Force Base may get an early wakeup call on Feb. 10. A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 carrying a National Reconnaissance Office satellite will blast off from Vandenberg at 3:39 a.m. The United Launch Alliance is a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Boeing. The launch will happen from Launch Complex Read More →
Read More →Port Hueneme’s Stellar Biotechnologies posts mixed earnings results
Stellar Biotechnologies saw revenues increase 130 percent during the first quarter of 2016 but the company still lost more money in 2016 than it did during the same quarter of 2015. The Port Hueneme-based company reported first quarter 2016 results after markets closed Feb. 8. Stellar makes a protein for immunotherapy treatments using a unique Read More →
Read More →Sientra promotions, bonuses and pay raise ill-timed
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Read More →Teledyne sales fall but earnings per share beat analyst estimates
Thousand Oaks-based industrial conglomerate Teledyne Technologies saw sales slip for the fourth consecutive quarter but still beat analyst estimates for earnings per share when it released results Feb. 4. Teledyne sales fell 3.6 percent during the fourth quarter from $622.3 million in 2014 to $600 million in 2015. Sales also fell 4 percent during the Read More →
Read More →Oxnard-based CalAmp buys LoJack for $134 million
Oxnard-based CalAmp completed its hostile takeover of Canton, Mass.-based LoJack on Feb. 1 by buying LoJack for $134 million. CalAmp makes wireless devices for the vehicle and transportation industries while LoJack makes theft recovery systems for cars, trucks and construction equipment. CalAmp had discussions with LoJack for 14 months prior to December 2015 and made Read More →
Read More →Vandenberg AFB launches ground-based interceptor missile
Vandenberg Air Force Base’s 30th Space Wing conducted a successful test Jan. 28 of an unarmed ground based interceptor missile. It launched at 1:57 p.m. from the northern part of the base to destroy a mock enemy warhead launched from the Marshall Islands over the Pacific Ocean just west of Hawaii, the U.S. Missile Defense Read More →
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