SNC lands Army contract for mobile air traffic towers
by Rob Sabo, 5/14/2012
Sierra Nevada Corp. has received a $56 million contract award to build 10 Mobile Tower Systems for the U.S. Army, a contract that marked the culmination of years of work.
SNC won the initial development program competitively in 2006, and the new system of mobile air traffic control towers for the U.S. Army was the culmination of several years of engineering and development work by SNC’s Communications, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management business area.
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iPhone App about downtown Reno a labor of love — for locals
by John Seelmeyer, 5/14/2012
Mike van Houten built a new iPhone App, an application that details life in the heart of Reno, as a gift to his neighbors in the Biggest Little City.
Van Houten hopes, however, that the app proves to be a gift that keeps on giving as his JM Studio Inc. begins marketing the concept, as well as the underlying code, to other cities across the United States.
At this point, JM Studio and G&J Technology — a Reno firm that wrote the application’s code — have well over 800 hours invested in developing and de-bugging the app, which is available for free download through the iTunes App store.
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New daycare center meets demand for 24/7 services
by John Seelmeyer, 5/14/2012
If Reno and Sparks are such 24-hour towns — what with gaming, big medical facilities and never-close retail — Mike Fenn has wondered why daycare facilities aren’t available all night.
Sweet Dreams 24/7 Child Care Center, believed to be the first child-care facility in the Reno area to be open around the clock, is scheduled to open June 1.
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‘Dickson University’ stays abreast of industry change
by John Seelmeyer, 5/14/2012
By the calendar, it’s been only a decade since Dickson Realty launched its “Dickson University” training program.
By the measurements of galactic time and space, however, the training program today operates in an entirely different universe.
The four-digit reason: 2008.
“That year was like the industrial revolution for us,” says Nancy Fennell, broker and owner of the Reno-based real estate brokerage. “Everything changed.”
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