Certus Scientific Wins NASA Contract

Certus Scientific responded to a NASA request for proposals entitled "Landing Sensor Advanced Component Technologies." The proposals were to address specific objectives of NASA's Autonomous Landing and Hazard Avoidance (ALHAT) Project.

The proposals were evaluated by a team of experts in accordance with the NASA Research Announcement guidelines and evaluation criteria. The evaluation factors were the relevance of the proposed work to NASA's objectives, its intrinsic merit, and its cost.

The Certus 3D Image Preprocessing and Enhancement proposal to develop a Hazard Digital Elevation Map using the Flash lidar sensor was selected for funding. Certus staff are working within a six-month timeframe to complete this project. NASA will then begin testing the application in explorer landing vehicles.

Certus has also submitted proposals and received two SBIR Phase 0 awards from the State of West Virginia. For more information about Certus Scientific go to www.certusscientific.com.

WVU Law Clinic to Offer Services to Entrepreneurs

The clinics at the College of Law at West Virginia University provide legal services to people who can't afford them while giving students real, on-the-ground experience. Read the full article at the State Journal.

Charleston Entrepreneur Tom Loehr launches Charleston Clean Energy LLC

Former state treasurer Tom Loehr, a venture capitalist who runs companies called Fourth Venture Group and WeSave Inc. from his office on Capitol Street, said he has lined up private investors for the $3 million project, called Charleston Clean Energy LLC. Read more in the Charleston Gazette.

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State Announces Corporate Tax Changes

Beginning July 1 there are two tax changes that may be of interest to you. Click on the link to see the full article. http://tinyurl.com/3ms4zn