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Raytheon wins $228 million GPS ground system contract OCX is being built to command and control Lockheed Martin’s GPS III satellites. (Lockheed Martin) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force awarded Raytheon Intelligence & Space a $228 million contract for the follow-on control system for the GPS satellite constellation. The contract awarded April 30 extends Raytheon’s work on a new ground system for the GPS constellation known as the Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX). The company already delivered Block 0 and is working on Blocks 1 and 2. This contract expands the company...

Read / Add Comments Two female lions have tested positive for coronavirus at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium zoo officials said on Thursday. The results came for a PCR testing of fecal matter revealed that two of the cats were infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, likely contracted after exposure to an asymptomatic zoo employee. Tests for the virus are regularly done since animals at zoos have previously been infected with it, but this is the first case at the Pittsburgh Zoo. “The risk of infection between zoo animals and guests is very low,” says Dr. Barbara Ba...

Two lions at Pittsburgh Zoo test positive for virus that causes COVID-19 Updated Apr 15, 2021; Posted Apr 15, 2021 A mountain lion prowls through fresh fallen snow at the Oregon Zoo on Feb. 12, 2021. Two lions at Pittsburgh Zoo have tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. The lion shown is not one of them. Oregon Zoo Facebook Share On its website, the zoo said both lions were females that tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. “Both lions were displaying clinical signs of occasional coughing and diarrhea but were otherwise normal. However, positive cases at other zoos prompted the ve...

Two lions at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium have tested positive for covid-19, zoo officials said Thursday. Both female lions were coughing and had occasional diarrhea, according to the zoo, “but were otherwise normal.” Cases of covid among lions at other zoos prompted veterinarians in Pittsburgh to test all six lions out of an abundance of caution. “The risk of infection between zoo animals and guests is very low, as we do not allow any of our visitors to come within close proximity to any of our cats,” said Dr. Barbara Baker, zoo president and chief executive. Baker said there’...

Cuteness aside, the CDC advises that you not put face masks on animals As the population rushes to become vaccinated, there are still reported cases of infection, some of them not human. Today, the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium announced that two female lions have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans. A press release says the big cats likely contracted the virus after being exposed to an "asymptomatic zoo employee." “The risk of infection between zoo animals and guests is very low, as we do not al...