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Des Moines Register assistant sports editor Mark Emmert and reporter Dan Johnson will discuss all three Iowa teams in the NCAA tournament on Friday.  

U.S. company Northrop Grumman reached a milestone with the delivery of its 500th Directional Infrared Countermeasures system. The U.S. military received its 500th DIRCM aircraft self-protection technology as part of a program with defense contractor Northrop Grumman's Land and Self Protection Systems unit. Northrop Grumman says its DIRCM systems, deployed by the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy with approximately 50 types of fixed-wing transports and rotary-wing aircraft, is designed to automatically dete

Your DIRCM system is a high priority inside the U.S. Marine Corps because it protects the pilots out flying important missions every day   -Dan Johnson

 

RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) -- Members of the 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing are assisting coalition forces with the expanding need for ISR data in Southwest Asia by processing, exploiting and disseminating information coming from remotely piloted aircraft. More than 4,100 Airmen, civilians and contractors make up the 480th ISRW and handle a flow of approximately 700 gigabytes of information daily. Wing officials expect this number to increase in the near future.

It's a growing career field and it's definitely the wave of the future for the Air Force as far as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance   -Dan Johnson

 

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has announced the delivery of the 500th Directional Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) aircraft self-protection system to the U.S. Government. Representatives of the U.S. Navy and Air Force were on hand to commemorate the event, which took place at the company's facility in Rolling Meadows, Ill. "Your IRCM system is a high priority inside the U.S. Marine Corps because it protects the pilots out flying important missions every day," said Dan Johnson, Integrated Prod

Your IRCM system is a high priority inside the U.S. Marine Corps because it protects the pilots out flying important missions every day   -Dan Johnson

 

While the plans for a Samoa development continue their way through the California Coastal Commission review process, the developer remains hopeful that construction will start by next spring. The commission approved another extension for the developer's land use amendment request on Thursday. The extension will give the commission up to a year to decide on the amendment.  

Three new baseball coaches are getting set to begin the season. Jon Pedrosky, a teacher in the New Kensington-Arnold School District, was hired last month to replace Justin Zona at Deer Lakes. Meanwhile, Ray Olszewski, a former Burrell assistant, is the new coach at Highlands, and Jamie Howell has taken over for Dan Pschirer at Springdale.  

Mark and Pam Zum­mach reopened a restaurant in Maybell in August 2009. Lou's is open for business from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesdays through Mondays. The menu includes homestyle cooking, such as shrimp specials, chicken fried steak, hickory burgers and, in addition, breakfast is available all day.  

For the first time in its history, the Northern Iowa women's basketball team is a step away from the NCAA Tournament. The fifth-seeded Panthers (16-15) upset top-seeded Illinois State (24-7) in Saturday's semifinal game of the Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament. It is the first time the Panthers have reached the title game of the conference tournament.  

A Louisville Metro Councilman is doing his part to combat a recent rash of thefts in the Beechmont and Iroquois neighborhoods. Dan Johnson is providing $10,000 in Neighborhood Development Funds for Louisville Metro Police Department's overtime. It will increase patrols in those areas.