NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., is building the James Webb space telescope, whose unique beryllium mirror system will enable it to examine the earliest times of the universe when launched in 2018.
The Lockheed Martin Space Systems Advanced Technology Center, Palo Alto, has opened an Advanced Materials & Thermal Sciences Center for research and development.
MMFX Steel Corporation of America, Irvine., Calif., and Williams Form Engineering Corp., Belmont, Mich., are partnering to expand the Williams Form line of high-strength and corrosion-resistant products for the construction industry.