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Aerostat Systems Market 2013-2020: Aerostat Class, Balloon Type, Payload & Geography Analysis
M2 - Thu Jul 24, 5:04AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/vsj98t/aerostat_systems) has announced the addition of the "Aerostat Systems Market by Aerostat Class, by Balloon Type, by Payload, by Geography - Market Forecast & Analysis to 2013 - 2020" report to their offering. The aerostat systems market is estimated at $3.93 Billion in 2014 and is expected to register a CAGR of 11.92% to reach $7.72 Billion by 2020. Aerostat is a lighter-than-air platform that consists of an aerodynamic balloon tethered to the ground cables. The cables act as a relay for data transmission between the aerostat and ground station. The aerostat systems are widely used for the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, communication, law enforcement, border patrolling, weather forecasting, and coast guarding. The major drivers for the market of these systems include cost effectiveness, long endurance, and high resolution image transmission capabilities. This report describes the analysis and forecast of the rising aerostat systems market. The market has been segmented on the basis of aerostat class, balloon type, payload, and region. The report highlights the aspects that will drive and restrain the market. It also provides a brief overview of the various systems that combine to form an operable aerostat. Further, the report discusses the major industry and technology trends in the market. The aerostat systems analysis also provides a detailed illustration of the ground control station that is a major component for the aerostat. Adjacent to this, the geographical analysis embodies the aerostat systems market forecast of major regions which are North America, Europe, APAC, the Middle East, and Latin America. Amongst which North America and Europe are currently dominating the market; but the markets for regions of APAC and the Middle East are expected to show increase by 2020. Report Scope Aerostat Class - Small - Medium - Large Balloon Type - Spheroidal - Ellipsoidal Payload - Electro-Optics - Thermal Imaging Camera - Electronic Intelligence - Surveillance Radar - INS Key Topics Covered: 1 Introduction 2 Executive Summary 3 Market Overview 4 Trend Analysis 5 Global Aerostat Systems Market Analysis 6 Geographic Analysis 7 Country Analysis 8 Competitive Landscape 9 Company Profiles - Aeroscraft Corporation - Augur Rosaerosystems - Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) - Lindstrand Technologies Ltd. - Lockheed Martin - Near Space Systems, Inc. - RT LTA Systems Ltd. - Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. - Raven Industries, Inc. - Raytheon - Tcom L.P. For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/vs...at_systems

Raven Gets $8.4 M Maintenance Contract from the U.S. Army - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Jun 19, 11:40AM CDT
Raven Industries Inc. (RAVN) announced it has been awarded an $8.4 million contract by the U.S. Army.

U.S. Army Awards Contract to Raven Industries for Vista Smart Sensor Radar Systems
GlobeNewswire - Wed Jun 18, 9:17AM CDT
Vista Research, a subsidiary of Raven Aerostar (Nasdaq:RAVN), has been awarded an operations and maintenance contract for the upgrade and replacement of currently-fielded radar systems in support of the U.S. Army's Persistent Ground Surveillance Systems (PGSS) Program. The firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract has been awarded for $8,381,917 and details an expected completion timeline of December 2014.

NASA Presents Raven Industries With Prestigious Award for Outstanding Contributions
GlobeNewswire - Mon Jun 09, 1:34PM CDT
Raven Aerostar (Nasdaq:RAVN) was recently recognized by NASA for its contribution to the highly successful 2012/2013 Antarctic Long Duration Balloon (LDB) Campaign. The 2013 NASA Group Achievement Award was awarded to Raven Aerostar in August of 2013 for the production of Long Duration/Super Pressure balloons; it was recently presented by a NASA official at Raven Aerostar's High Altitude Center of Excellence in Sulphur Springs, Texas.

Earnings Flashback: Since Reporting Quarterly Results 2 Weeks Ago Raven Industries Is Up 11.7% (RAVN)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Jun 09, 7:11AM CDT
19 days ago, on May 21st, 2014, Raven Industries (NASDAQ:RAVN) reported its earnings. Analysts, on average, expected earnings of $0.33 per share on sales of $103.0 million. The company actually reported EPS of $0.30 on sales of $102.5 million, missing EPS estimates by $0.03 and matching revenue estimates. Shares of Raven Industries have climbed from $29.58 to $33.04, representing a gain of 11.7% since the company reported earnings 19 days ago.

Earnings Flashback: Since Reporting Quarterly Results 1 Week Ago Raven Industries Is Up 6.0% (RAVN)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Jun 02, 7:53AM CDT
A week ago on May 21st, 2014 Raven Industries (NASDAQ:RAVN) reported earnings and analysts, on average, expected earnings of $0.33 on sales of $103.0 million. Raven Industries actually reported earnings of $0.30 per share on sales of $102.5 million, missing EPS estimates by $0.03 and matching revenue estimates. Shares of Raven Industries have climbed from $29.58 to $31.35, representing a gain of 6.0% since the company reported earnings 12 days ago.

Research and Markets: Global Precision Farming Equipment Market Report 2014: Deere and Co, Precision Planting, Raven Industries & Trimble Navigation Dominates the Market
Business Wire - Tue May 27, 4:45AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/f2qtxc/global_precision) has announced the addition of the "Global Precision Farming Equipment Market Report 2014: Deere and Co, Precision Planting, Raven Industries & Trimble Navigation Dominates the Market" report to their offering.

Global Precision Farming Equipment Market Report 2014: Deere and Co, Precision Planting, Raven Industries & Trimble Navigation Dominates the Market
M2 - Tue May 27, 3:29AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/gts7b4/global_precision) has announced the addition of the "Global Precision Farming Equipment Market Report 2014: Deere and Co, Precision Planting, Raven Industries & Trimble Navigation Dominates the Market" report to their offering. The Global Precision Farming Equipment market will grow at a CAGR of 13% to 2018 One of the main factors driving the market is the improved profitability provided to farmers when using this scientific method of farming. Precision farming uses GNSS, which provides better information to farmers and agriculturists, leading to improved profitability. Vendors in the Global Precision Farming Equipment market are increasingly focused on making the tools used in the precision farming process easy to use for agriculturists and farmers. They are focused on providing a better and easier user-interface and innovative features that will help farmers make critical decisions to improve crop yield, turn data into decision enablers, and for environmental protection. The user-interfaces are also expected to allow agriculturalists to integrate time and activity management. Despite the fact that manufacturers develop and promote products that are designed for specific purposes, each product uses a different user-interface. They also provide manuals to users to assist them when using this equipment. Manufacturers are also expected to introduce a better, improved, and easier user-interface in the coming years that will not require the use of a manual. Further, the report states that one of the main challenges restricting the growth of market is the expensive nature of precision farming methodology. The initial investment associated with precision farming is extremely high as it uses advanced technology for farming and satellite systems such as GNSS for data collection and analysis. The key vendors dominating this space are - Deere and Co. - Precision Planting Inc. - Raven Industries Inc. - Trimble Navigation Ltd. The other vendors mentioned in the report are - AgJunction Inc. - AGLeader Technology Inc. - IntegriNautics Corp. - Schmidt and Sons Inc. - Spraying Systems Co. Key questions answered in this report: - What will the market size be in 2018 and what will be the growth rate? - What are the key market trends? - What is driving this market? - What are the challenges to market growth? - Who are the key vendors in this market space? - What are the market opportunities and threats faced by the key vendors? - What are the strengths and weaknesses of each of these key vendors? For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/gt..._precision

Raven Industries Board Announces Cash Dividend of 12.0 Cents Payable on July 25, 2014
GlobeNewswire - Thu May 22, 6:37PM CDT
Raven Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq:RAVN) announced today that its board of directors has approved a regular quarterly cash dividend of 12.0 cents per share. The dividend is payable July 25, 2014, to shareholders of record on July 10, 2014.

Raven Misses Q1 Earnings Ests - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu May 22, 8:30AM CDT
Raven Industries Inc.'s (RAVN) first-quarter fiscal 2015 earnings of 30 cents per share missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate.

Raven Industries Reports Fiscal 2015 First-Quarter Results
GlobeNewswire - Wed May 21, 8:00AM CDT
Raven Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq:RAVN) today reported sales and earnings for its fiscal first quarter ended April 30, 2014.

Raven Industries Board Announces Cash Dividend of 12.0 Cents Payable on April 25, 2014
GlobeNewswire - Mon Mar 31, 3:01PM CDT
Raven Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq:RAVN) announced today that its board of directors has approved a regular quarterly cash dividend of 12.0 cents per share. The dividend is payable April 25, 2014, to shareholders of record on April 10, 2014.

Global Precision Farming Equipment Market 2014-2018: GNSS Provides Better Information to Farmers and Agriculturists, Leading to Improved Profitability
M2 - Mon Mar 24, 10:15AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/j9hmvv/global_precision) has announced the addition of the "Global Precision Farming Equipment Market 2014-2018" report to their offering. The analysts forecast the Global Precision Farming Equipment market will grow at a CAGR of 13.07 percent over the period 2013-2018. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the improved profitability that can be obtained by the adoption of precision farming technology. The Global Precision Farming Equipment market has also been witnessing the launch of improved and easier-to-use user interfaces, making the technology easier to operate. However, the expensive nature of this product could pose a challenge to the growth of this market. The key vendors dominating this space are Deere and Co., Precision Planting Inc., Raven Industries Inc., and Trimble Navigation Ltd. The other vendors mentioned in the report are AgJunction Inc., AGLeader Technology Inc., IntegriNautics Corp., Schmidt and Sons Inc., and Spraying Systems Co. Commenting on the report, an analyst from the team said: Vendors in the Global Precision Farming Equipment market are increasingly focused on making the tools used in the precision farming process easy to use for agriculturists and farmers. They are focused on providing a better and easier user-interface and innovative features that will help farmers make critical decisions to improve crop yield, turn data into decision enablers, and for environmental protection. The user-interfaces are also expected to allow agriculturalists to integrate time and activity management. Despite the fact that manufacturers develop and promote products that are designed for specific purposes, each product uses a different user-interface. They also provide manuals to users to assist them when using this equipment. Manufacturers are also expected to introduce a better, improved, and easier user-interface in the coming years that will not require the use of a manual. According to the report, one of the main factors driving the market is the improved profitability provided to farmers when using this scientific method of farming. For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/j9..._precision About Research and Markets Research and Markets is the world's leading source for international market research reports and market data. We provide you with the latest data on international and regional markets, key industries, the top companies, new products and the latest trends.

Falling Earnings Estimates Signal Weakness Ahead for Raven (RAVN) - Tale of the Tape
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Mar 21, 7:49AM CDT
It may be a good decision to sell Raven as its price dropped significantly in the past four weeks, the stock witnessed a negative trend in earnings estimate revisions and a poor Zacks Rank confirms weakness.

Raven Down to Strong Sell - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Mar 20, 3:00PM CDT
Zacks Investment Research has downgraded Raven to a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell).

The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: American Realty Capital, Realty Income, Simon Property Group, Raven Industries and Google
PR Newswire - Tue Mar 18, 8:30AM CDT
Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include the American Realty Capital (Nasdaq:ARCP-Free Report), Realty Income Corp (NYSE:O-Free Report), Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG-Free Report), Raven Industries Inc. (Nasdaq:RAVN-Free Report) and Google Inc. (Nasdaq:GOOG-Free Report).

Raven Outlines Segment Growth Strategies - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Mon Mar 17, 4:55PM CDT
Raven divulged its growth drivers for fiscal 2015 during its fourth-quarter fiscal 2014 conference call.

Company news for March 13, 2014 - Corporate Summary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Mar 13, 9:06AM CDT
Companies in the News are: PAY,EXPR,BWEN,RAVN

Raven Lags on Q4 Earnings, Shares Fall - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Mar 13, 8:10AM CDT
Raven's shares dipped 11% as Q4 earnings declined 23% year over year and fell short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate.

Raven Industries (RAVN) in Focus: Stocks Tumbles 11.1% - Tale of the Tape
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Mar 13, 8:05AM CDT
Shares of Raven Industries fell over 11% yesterday, breaking its recent uptrend since Mar 3



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