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Business Wire
13 hours ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Voyager Onboards With U.S. GSA Government-wide OASIS+ Contract
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Voyager Technologies, Inc. (Voyager), a global leader in defense technology and space solutions, is on contract for Research & Development (R&D) services under the U.S. General Services Administration's (GSA) One Acquisition for Integrated Services Plus (OASIS+) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle. 'The contract opens the door for all federal agencies to tap into Voyager's mission-critical solutions,' said Marshall Smith, president, Space Solutions, Voyager. 'This includes space infrastructure, autonomous systems, aerospace engineering, materials science, secure communications and next-generation defense technologies.' Under the R&D domain, Voyager may provide technology and services in nanotechnology and biotechnology; physical engineering and life sciences; aircraft, aircraft engine and engine parts; and guided missiles and space vehicles, their propulsion units and propulsion parts. 'This IDIQ positions the government to move fast given the advancing threats our nation faces,' said Matt Magaña, president, Defense & National Security, Voyager. 'Now the government can take advantage of already developed components and parts for propulsion and weapon systems as well as satellites.' OASIS+ is a flexible, government-wide contract vehicle designed by GSA to simplify how federal agencies acquire complex non-IT service requirements such as research & development, engineering, logistics and consulting. As an IDIQ, OASIS+ allows federal buyers to issue task orders tailored to their unique program needs with confidence in the quality and capability of awarded vendors. About Voyager Technologies: Voyager is a defense and space technology company committed to advancing and delivering transformative, mission-critical solutions. By tackling complex challenges, Voyager aims to unlock new frontiers for human progress, fortify national security and protect critical assets from ground to space. For more information visit: Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains "forward-looking statements." All statements, other than statements of historical fact, including those with respect to Voyager Technologies, Inc.'s (the "Company's") mission statement and growth strategy, are "forward-looking statements." Although the Company's management believes that such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot guarantee that such expectations are, or will be, correct. These forward-looking statements involve many risks and uncertainties, which could cause the Company's future results to differ materially from those anticipated. Potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, general economic conditions and conditions affecting the industries in which the Company operates; the uncertainty of regulatory requirements and approvals; and the ability to obtain necessary financing on acceptable terms or at all. Readers should not place any undue reliance on forward-looking statements since they involve these known and unknown uncertainties and other factors which are, in some cases, beyond the Company's control and which could, and likely will, materially affect actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Any forward-looking statement reflects the Company's current views with respect to future events and is subject to these and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to operations, results of operations, growth strategy and liquidity. The Company assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise these forward-looking statements for any reason, or to update the reasons that actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.
Al Etihad
16 hours ago
- Business
- Al Etihad
ADNOC Distribution and TotalEnergies launch ADNOC Voyager lubricants in Egypt
28 May 2025 15:52 ABU DHABI (ALETIHAD)ADNOC Distribution, in partnership with TotalEnergies Marketing Egypt (TEME), has officially launched its ADNOC Voyager lubricant range across Egypt, marking a significant milestone in the brand's regional expansion strategy.'This is the first time Voyager products will be available at third-party retail outlets across Egypt,' a statement by posted ADNOC Distribution on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange's (ADX) website said. Currently sold through selected stores in Greater Cairo and the Nile Delta as well as on Amazon and noon, ADNOC Voyager aims to be present in 3,000 locations nationwide by the end of 2026, the statement lubricants are manufactured at a state-of-the-art blending facility in Borg El Arab operated by TEME. This local production initiative supports Egypt's industrial growth, creates skilled jobs, and reduces reliance on imports—aligning with the country's broader strategy to boost domestic manufacturing and attract foreign Bader Saeed Al Lamki, CEO of ADNOC Distribution, said: 'The national launch of ADNOC Voyager lubricants in Egypt marks a key milestone in our strategy to expand the reach of ADNOC's trusted, high-performance lubricants across Egypt and North Africa."The roll-out builds on ADNOC Distribution and TotalEnergies' shared commitment to sustainable growth and innovation, while deepening our collaboration, expanding ADNOC's regional footprint, and building future-ready capabilities that serve national priorities and regional markets alike.'ADNOC Distribution acquired 50% of TotalEnergies Marketing Egypt in 2023. With this launch, the company extends its presence from the UAE and Saudi Arabia into North Africa, entering Egypt's high-potential fuel retail and mobility Strauss, Managing Director and Country Chair of TEME, said: 'Launching ADNOC Voyager Lubricants in Egypt is a proud achievement for TEME and a reflection of the strength of our partnership. By manufacturing locally in Borg El Arab, we are ensuring accessibility, reliability, and top-tier performance for our customers. TotalEnergies Marketing Egypt represents a unique collaboration, proving that the two energy majors – TotalEnergies and ADNOC Distribution – can come together to drive innovation and elevate industry standards.'The launch event, held at Cairo's historic Abdeen Palace, also introduced the campaign 'Voyager: Powering Your Everyday Performance.' The event was attended by senior government officials and business leaders, including Egypt's Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Eng. Karim Badawy; UAE Embassy representative Abdulbaset Mohammed Al Marzouqi; and top executives from both companies. ADNOC Voyager products, certified by over 180 international OEMs and organisations such as API and JASO, are used in more than 47 countries. Egypt, with an annual lubricants market nearing 450 kilotonnes, represents a key growth market driven by infrastructure expansion and a growing automotive sector. Source: Aletihad - Abu Dhabi
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Live performance of famous waltz to be beamed into space
VIENNA – A classical masterpiece with deep ties to spaceflight pop culture will finally reach the stars next week when the European Space Agency beams a live performance of "The Blue Danube" waltz by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra into the universe. Many considered "By the Beautiful Blue Danube" an anthem of space after it was featured in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. However, when Nasa's Voyager 1 and 2 probes launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in 1977, the waltz was not included among the songs on the two Voyager Golden Records. The Vienna Tourist Board partnered with ESA to host the interstellar "Waltz Into Space" event to mark the 200th birthday of the late composer Johann Strauss II and the 50th birthday of the European Space Agency. Nasa Works To Extend Voyager Spacecraft Mission Again: 'Every Day Could Be Our Last' While it's unclear why the Waltz King's most famous piece wasn't included on the Golden Records, the Vienna Tourist Board made a spoof video suggesting that maybe a mission manager "forgot" to give the record back in time to make the launch because they were too busy enjoying the beautiful music. The European initiative is "using modern technology to correct a historical mistake." "This demonstrates that our technology can transmit not only scientific data but also human art over long distances," ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher said. "This year also marks the 50th anniversary of our global ground station network. This broadcast will be a special moment that will show that music – just like space – connects all of humanity." On Saturday, Wiener Symphoniker (the Vienna Symphony) will play Strauss's waltz live as ESA uses its 35-meter-diameter deep-space dish antenna in Spain to transmit the song into the stars, beyond even NASA's interstellar Voyager spacecraft. Voyager 1 And 2 Continue Offering New Mysteries From Interstellar Space The concert from the MAK Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna will also be broadcast around the world, and there will be an in-person viewing event at Bryant Park in New York City. The live broadcast and event will happen at 2:30 p.m. ET and 8:30 p.m. local time in Vienna. According to the Symphony, the signal will be sent into space at the speed of light, passing the Moon in over a second, Mars in 4 minutes and the outer limits of our solar system in 17 hours. After 24 hours, the final chords of the Danube Waltz will reach the Voyager 1 spacecraft more than 15 billion miles from Earth. Both Voyager 1 and 2 continue operating in interstellar space more than 47 years after article source: Live performance of famous waltz to be beamed into space
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Crypto Lender Ledn Goes Full Bitcoin Maxi as It Seeks to Reduce Client Asset Risk
Cryptocurrency lender Ledn is removing support for ether ETH and will begin offering a bitcoin-only loan model starting July 1 as it looks to simplify its product and sharpen its focus around bitcoin BTC. The Cayman Islands-registered company may be attempting to broaden its appeal among the corners of the crypto community that say BTC is the only cryptocurrency that is needed. Such BTC advocates are often referred to as "Bitcoin Maxis." 'With our new hyper-focus on Bitcoin-only lending, we're going back to our roots and principles that inspired Bitcoin to begin with,' co-founder Adam Reeds said in an emailed announcement on Friday. Ledn will also stop lending client assets to generate yield as it seeks to remove risk from its business model. Bitcoin offered to Ledn as collateral for loans will remain fully in its custody or that of its partners, Ledn said. "Traditional finance relies on constantly reusing client assets to create leverage and, ultimately, inflation," Reeds said. "Bitcoiners instinctively reject that model." Cryptocurrency lending was a major casualty of crypto winter in 2022, with the companies including BlockFi, Voyager, Celsius and Genesis going to the wall. Ledn managed to survive and is now attempting to resurrect the BTC-backed lending sector, with its simplified product offering and helped by the friendlier regulatory approach to crypto in the U.S, co-founder Mauricio Di Bartolomeo told CoinDesk in a recent interview.
Irish Daily Mirror
5 days ago
- Business
- Irish Daily Mirror
'Some downsizing to help the housing crisis that we can all do'
There are a lot of big numbers behind the ongoing social calamity that is Ireland's housing crisis. There are the 15,378 people officially listed as homeless for starters. The average monthly rent that just broke the €2,000 barrier this week. The 50,000 houses needed every year. The 30,330 that got built in 2024. The 1.18 million middle-aged and older people who the Government reckons could downsize to let younger families have their homes. But there is a number that has become part of the problem that never gets talked about. It dwarfs all those other figures – even the €430,000 mooted salary for a housing czar to undo all the blockages in the system. Think of the largest number you can, then double it, and I bet you won't come close to the notion of a 'Zettabyte'. A Zettabyte is one sextillion bytes of data. Or maybe you prefer to understand it as 10 to the power of 21 bytes. Or one trillion gigabytes if that helps. The point is, it's big. Now imagine 100 of them back-to-back and you will have the number of units of stuff that the world stores in "The Cloud". The Cloud - as we have only recently come to comprehend - is actually composed of vast swathes of the Irish landscape, dotted with data centres that are filled with hard drives. They use up 21 per cent of all the electricity we have in the country. And recently we learned they have become another major blockage to building houses. Homes that need to be plugged into our national grid to get built are losing out to new data centres on a first come, first served basis. There are over 80 of these cloud storage hangars around Ireland with another 50 in the pipeline. But aren't they vital to the 21st century information economy you ask? Well yes, some of them may well be. The ones that let you access your money to tap and pay for a pint, stream your favourite series or book a hotel for instance. But consider the rest of the stuff up there in cyberspace, stored forever and sucking electricity like a planet-sized vampire squid. Experts estimate 90 per cent of everything in the cloud is junk. The same percentage of data is never accessed three months after it has been stored. There was a time when all that was deemed worth knowing about humanity fit on to a 12-inch, gold LP we sent to space aboard the starship Voyager. Now to print out one zettabyte of what we keep online you would need the paper from 20 trillion trees. (There are only about 3.5 trillion left on the planet). There are 320 billion emails sent every day, and 62 trillion spam emails a year. Each one uses the energy it takes to power a light bulb for six minutes. And most of them are hanging about at the back of a vast cyber drawer with a load of other junk. Like that hilarious gif of Homer Simpson melting back into the hedges you sent for the gazillionth time. The clip of your ice bucket challenge in 2014. The 47 videos the woman in front of me at Vicar Street uploaded last month of a gig she missed even though she was there. How many zettabytes are needed just to store the history of all those passive aggressive thumbs up emojis we send to friends and family members? Or to keep a permanent digital record of some of the stupidest things ever uttered? Like the internet user who posted to wonder why we haven't invented a reverse microwave that makes things cold? All of this and much, much, much more is out there… preserved and sucking on precious power every second of every day. So if we are serious about doing everything we can to tackle the huge numbers behind the housing crisis, why not start with a bit of online downsizing? A national clear-out day to press delete forever on the ginormous, steaming pile of digital sh**e that is sitting in a data hangar in the middle of Kildare, eating up all the energy someone needs to get their home connected to the national grid.
