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August 4, 2022
In this photo provided by NASA, NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.. NASA's Artemis I flight test is the first integrated test of the agency's deep space exploration systems.
NASA Aims for Saturday Launch of New Moon Rocket
August 31, 2022
BAE Systems’ Combat System Mission Crew Workstation (CSMCW) is now qualified for the P-8A Poseidon Multi-mission Maritime Patrol Aircraft – adding to the aircraft’s mission capability.
BAE Systems’ Workstation Qualified for P-8A Poseidon Aircraft
August 30, 2022
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Gerresheimer Invests Some $94M in U.S. Expansion
August 18, 2022
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This image taken from video footage provided by Iranian military on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, missiles launch during an attack targeting the Iraqi Kurdish region.
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How to Protect Your Network From Ransomware
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How to Protect Your Network From Ransomware
Digital transformation is accelerating and should be a goal for any manufacturer looking to achieve operational resilience. This new report tells you how industrial networks are evolving and provides tips to futureproof your networks.
October 7, 2022
The first boxes of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine are loaded into a truck for shipment from the McKesson facility in Shepherdsville, Ky., Monday, March 1, 2021. As demand for COVID-19 vaccines collapses in many areas of the U.S., states are scrambling to use stockpiles of doses before they expire and have to be added to the millions that have already gone to waste.
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States Left with Huge Vaccine Stockpiles
States are scrambling to use stockpiles of doses before they expire.
March 4, 2022
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Construction to Begin Soon on New U.S. Offshore Wind Farm
President Biden has set a goal to install 30 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030.
January 20, 2022
In this Sept. 26, 2019, photo, cars pass Rockefeller University in New York. Prestigious universities around the world, including Rockefeller, have accepted at least $60 million over the past five years from the family that owns the maker of OxyContin, even as the company became embroiled in lawsuits related to the opioid epidemic, financial records show. Rockefeller accepted more money from the Sacklers than any other school in recent history.
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Colleges Got $60M from Sacklers
Some of the donations arrived before recent lawsuits blaming Purdue Pharma for its role in the opioid crisis. But at least nine schools accepted gifts in 2018 or later.
October 3, 2019
Hamdi Ulukaya, founder, chairman and CEO of Chobani.
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Chobani Comes to Aid of Students
Low income students were getting cold sunflower butter and jelly sandwiches instead of a hot meal.
May 13, 2019
In this Sept. 12, 2011 file photo, generals salute during an installation ceremony at the U.S Army Forces Command at Fort Bragg, N.C., one the Army's three major command headquarters. The Army is scouting large cities in 2018 to find a home for a fourth command headquarters, one that would be near experts in technology and innovation who can help focus on the Army's future. The site is expected to be announced by the end of June 2018.
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Army Scouting Big Cities for New HQ
It wants the new command headquarters to be close to academia and industry.
June 11, 2018
In this Thursday, March 15, 2018 photo, preparations are under way for the commissioning of the U.S. Navy Virginia-class attack submarine PCU (pre-commissioning unit) Colorado (SSN 788) at the naval submarine base in Groton, Conn. The submarine will be the USS Colorado and begins service Saturday, March 17, 2018, at the Naval Submarine Base in Groton.
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The Navy's New Attack Sub
The 377-foot-long sub weighs about 7,800 tons submerged.
March 16, 2018
This March 2017 photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard and made by a robotic camera aboard a reconnaissance aircraft, shows icebergs floating near the Grand Banks of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic Ocean. The U.S. Coast Guard says about 1,000 icebergs drifted into the North Atlantic shipping lanes this year, marking the fourth consecutive 'extreme' ice season. The Connecticut-based Coast Guard International Ice Patrol monitors iceberg danger in the North Atlantic and warns ships. It held its annual meeting Thursday, Dec. 14 in New London, Conn., to discuss 2017 and look ahead to 2018.
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1,000 Icebergs Tracked in Shipping Lanes in 2017
This will mark the fourth consecutive "extreme" ice season.
December 15, 2017
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Navy to Spend $5B on Sub Project
General Dynamics was awarded the contract for ballistic-missile submarines.
September 22, 2017
In this Tuesday, July 31, 2012 file photo, Christopher Del Mastro, head of anti submarine warfare mobil targets stands next to an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) in a lab at the Naval Undersea War Center in Middletown, RI. President Donald Trump and U.S. Navy leaders have said that the nation needs about 350 ships, roughly 75 more ships than the fleet has today. Adm. John Richardson, chief of naval operations, said they could get closer to the Navy's goal by counting unmanned vehicles that have capabilities similar to a manned ship.
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Navy Considers Unmanned Vehicles
Unmanned vehicles could one day lay mines and conduct surveillance.
August 31, 2017
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U.S. Water Chemical Contamination Study
Perfluorinated chemicals have been linked to cancer but aren't regulated in drinking water.
August 15, 2017
This photo provided by the US Navy shows Stephen Corr welding the outline of Dana Richardson’s initials on the Oregon keel as Dana and Electric Boat President Jeff Geiger look on Saturday July 8, 2017, in North Kingstown, R.I.
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Construction Begins on Attack Submarine
The future USS Oregon is expected to cost about $2.7 billion and be delivered to the Navy in November 2019.
July 10, 2017
The Zumwalt Destroyer.
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Navy: We Need 355 New Ships
The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the cost of building and operating 355 ships would average $102 billion annually through 2047.
May 17, 2017
In this May 16, 2012, file photo, released by the U.S. Navy, Petty Officer 3rd Class DonPaul Mitchell, left, assigned to the guided-missile submarine USS Georgia, instructs Ensign Tabitha Strobel, Georgia's main propulsion assistant, in a trainer at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Georgia.
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Navy Redesigning Submarines for Women
Every sub in the U.S. fleet was designed with men in mind. That's going to change.
April 19, 2017
In this Thursday, March 2, 2017, photo, engineer David Wade, hands only, attaches a seal whisker to a clamp in a laboratory at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, in Newport, R.I. Scientists think real seals, specifically their whiskers, may be the key to a new way for ships and underwater vehicles to sense their environment.
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Navy May Add Seal Whiskers to New Ships
It could be the key to ships and underwater vehicles sensing their environment.
March 15, 2017