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CRDG features NSWC Special Warfare and Expeditionary Systems Department in third Connect to Mission event
August 10, 2023 - WESTGATE@CRANE Technology Park, (Odon) Indiana (Aug. 11, 2023) – The Crane Regional Defense Group (CRDG) hosted a Connect to Mission event August 1 at WestGate Academy. The session featured Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane), Crane Division’s Special Warfare & Expeditionary Systems Department. The half-day, collaborative forum brought together nearly 175...
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Indiana Tests if the Heartland Can Transform Into a Chip Hub
August 7, 2023 - Over the past 14 months, Indiana began converting 10,000 acres of corn and bean fields into an innovation park. State leaders met with the chief executives of semiconductor giants in South Korea, Taiwan and Japan. And they hosted top Biden administration officials to show off a $100 million expansion of chip research and...
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Col. Taylor takes command of Crane Army Ammunition Activity
July 26, 2023 - Southern Indiana Business Report CRANE – Col. Franyate D. Taylor became the 21st commander of Crane Army Ammunition Activity during a change command ceremony July 20. The ceremony took place at a Crane Army munitions receiving facility in the presence of family, friends and colleagues. Outgoing commander, Col. Santee Vasquez, symbolically relinquished...
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Summer program helps students develop skills for growing semiconductors industry
July 16, 2023 - Devin Singh always has been interested in chips. He’d worked on some personal projects in the past making emulators for consoles like Nintendo Game Boy and Game Boy Advance, and he was interested in the process of combining simple components into making a functional machine that could do “cool...
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APPLIED RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND CRANE REGIONAL DEFENSE GROUP HOST CONGRESSIONAL EVENTS IN U.S. CAPITAL
July 10, 2023 - Jul 10, 2023 Washington D.C. (July 10, 2023) – Applied Research Institute (ARI) and Crane Regional Defense Group (CRDG) hosted a series of events last month in Washington D.C in coordination with NSA Crane and defense industry leaders. The annual Team Crane Congressional Breakfast and Reception were held in our Nation’s capital...
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U.S. Semiconductor Building Boom Underway
July 9, 2023 - More than $300 billion worth of active semiconductor projects are in various stages of development, from early planning to under construction. July 5, 2023 Microcircuit with chip close up with neon lighting. Chip shortage | Getty Images/iStockphoto The U.S. semiconductor manufacturing building boom is on, fueled by a drive to boost onshore...
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Purdue, Saab team up to study use of AI in battlespace threat awareness
July 4, 2023 - Monday, July 3, 2023 02:54 PM EDT By Carley Lanich (photo courtesy of Saab) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University researchers will be partnering with Sweden-based aerospace manufacturer Saab to study new technology in battlespace situational awareness. Their research will focus on how to use artificial intelligence to automatically detect threats in complex...
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Purdue, TSMC extend partnership on semiconductor research and workforce development
June 21, 2023 - Purdue President Mung Chiang, left, and Rick Cassidy, chairman of TSMC Arizona, met Monday (June 19) for a signing ceremony in the Indianapolis Bottleworks District. Purdue and TSMC extended an ongoing semiconductor partnership, expanding their collaborative scope through additional workforce development and research programs through 2031. (Purdue University photo/Vincent Walter) Semiconductor...
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Indiana one of two states competing for $50B semiconductor plant
June 20, 2023 - Wednesday, June 21, 2023 12:25 PM EDTUpdated: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 01:00 PM EDT By Peter Blanchard, Indianapolis Business Journal (IBJ photo/Eric Learned) BOONE COUNTY, Ind. - Indiana is one of two Midwestern states in the running for a potential $50 billion semiconductor plant, according to the Indiana Economic Development Corp. The IEDC also disclosed that...
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Purdue University in Indianapolis: Launching Purdue’s first comprehensive urban campus and forming America’s Hard Tech Corridor
June 19, 2023 - Indiana University President Pamela Whitten and Purdue University President Mung Chiang (arms raised) celebrate after the signing of agreements to dissolve IUPUI and establish separate university campuses in Indianapolis, beginning in July 2024. (Purdue University/Rebecca Robinos) Download Image Purdue University in Indianapolis brings unique opportunities to students, faculty and partners...
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