Tech Park aims to be border lab

Sean Pender, center, explains DRS Technologies' surveillance test tower during a border technology showcase at the UA Science and Technology Park. DRS will build and test the towers there if it wins a competition with other defense contractors for a federal contract to provide them.

Tech Park aims to be border lab

The University of Arizona's Science and Technology Park hopes to parlay its partnership with the U.S. arm of an international defense systems giant into a role as a testing and evaluation center for border security technologies.

3-D isn't a big draw the 2nd time around

LOS ANGELES - Hollywood isn't seeing as much green in 3-D re-releases as it had hoped.

New manufacturing plants set to open in Sonora

The Guaymas, Sonora, industrial park is owned by Tucson-based The Offshore Group. Construction on a new plant will begin this week for British aerospace manufacturer JJ Churchill LTD., which makes turbines. Churchill's expansion into Guaymas comes on the heels of Rolls-Royce's move to create…