The company has been trying to sell its space division as part of an effort to repair its ailing fortunes.
Over a few quarters, the missiles division was sold to Hughes Aircraft, the military aircraft unit was sold to Lockheed, and the space division was sold to Martin Marietta.
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And last year, European aerospace giant EADS announced plans for its Astrium space division to develop a line of suborbital jets to satisfy a space tourism market that it predicts could grow to as many as 15, 000 passengers a year by 2020.
"We want an environment that is conducive to testing, " says Patricia Grace Smith, associate administrator for FAA's Commercial Space Transportation division.
Now the space-sciences division watches for its work popping up in more popular contexts.
In contrast, business at its space and defence division continued to stagnate.
Its space and communications division, based in Seal Beach, California, is the lead contractor working on America's national missile-defence system, as well as the provider of the future combat system that is part of the integrated battlespace system for the army.
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From the scientific perspective, for the story to close for science, flight rates have to be high, said Alan Stern, chair of the scientific organizing committee for the conference and associate vice president of the Southwest Research Institute's Space Science and Engineering Division in Boulder.
If the deal is approved, Northrop will sell off the cars-parts division and hold on to the missile and space business, which brings satellite know-how with it.
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Unfortunately, the physical division of architectural and figurative studies in the exhibition space obscures the way in which these pursuits were in constant dialogue throughout Michelangelo's career.
Perhaps proving how committed it is to this effort, Wachovia leased more than 150, 000 square feet of office space at 375 Park Avenue in Manhattan to house its equity division.
The Pittsburg State number 4 team, winner in the college division, will receive a trip to NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida, to view a Space Shuttle launch.
Residing in hall space a fair distance away from the likes of the Toyota and Sony, the automotive division of Alps Electric was demonstrating a forward-looking vehicle interface at CEATEC 2012.
Further, HP would like lose retail shelf space around the world for other products, such as printers, if HP were to spin off the PC division.
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