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Adranos Expanding Manufacturing Presence in Purdue Research Park
February 2, 2021 - Plant will enable large-scale manufacturing of Adranos’s proprietary solid rocket fuel, ALITEC WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (Feb. 3, 2021) – Adranos, a Purdue University-affiliated startup that has developed a high-performance, solid rocket fuel (ALITEC) for long-range missile and space launch systems, announced plans today to construct a new manufacturing facility at Purdue Research...
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UNIVERSITY LAUNCHING FIRST-IN-THE-NATION 5G COMMUNITY
January 31, 2021 - News Release January 27, 2021 Purdue Research Foundation will partner with Tilson, a national network deployment services firm, to build a 5G connected community across the Discovery Park District. Tilson will create a neutral host technology infrastructure platform to bring advanced connectivity solutions and services to residents, retailers, companies, and innovators working...
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Ellington Files Bill to Increase Funding for Westgate Technology Park
January 26, 2021 - State Representative Jeff Ellington of Bloomington has drafted legislation to raise additional tax revenue for the WestGate@Crane Technology Park in Odon to encourage more job growth and economic development for the area. Currently, more than 30 Fortune 500 companies and small businesses are located at WestGate@Crane. The Naval Surface Warfare...
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New Officials Sworn-In at the Department of Defense
January 20, 2021 - JAN. 20, 2021 The following individuals were sworn-in virtually or in-person today at the Pentagon: • Adil Ahmed, Attorney Advisor, Office of the General Counsel, Department of the Army • Terry Adirim, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs • Scott Arceneaux, Special Assistant for White House Liaison Office • Patricia Barron, Deputy Assistant...
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Discovery Park District Creating ‘First in the Nation’ Network
January 19, 2021 - Friday, January 15th 2021, 2:21 PM EST Updated: Sunday, January 17th 2021, 10:21 PM EST By Wes Mills, Content Manager (photo courtesy of Purdue University) WEST LAFAYETTE - The Purdue Research Foundation is making plans to create a “connected community” across the university's Discovery Park District, bringing advanced connectivity and services to residents, retailers,...
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DoD Seeks to Expand AI Capability Across Military in 2021
January 18, 2021 - by ADC | Jan 19, 2021 | Congress/DoD, On Base Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael Groen, director of the Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) is hoping the services will embrace and adopt innovation across the force this upcoming year, CQ reports. “What we’re trying to do is generate...
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SIMBA Chain Receives $1.5M Naval Contract
January 13, 2021 - Wednesday, January 13th 2021, 2:42 PM EST Updated: Thursday, January 14th 2021, 9:02 AM EST By Mary Roberts, Writer/Reporter Joe Neidig is the CEO of SIMBA Chain. (IIB Photo) PLYMOUTH - The U.S. Office of Navy Research has awarded a $1.5 million Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contract to Plymouth-based SIMBA Chain...
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Purdue scientist will be among the first to study asteroid samples
January 6, 2021 - Thompson holds a sample of a carbonaceous meteorite which may have similarities to material returned by the Hayabusa2 mission. (Purdue University photo/John Underwood) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A fireball lit up the Australian sky in the first week of December, as Japan’s Hayabusa2 asteroid explorer sent a capsule containing...
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Defense Officials Discuss Special Operations, Irregular Warfare Initiatives
January 6, 2021 - DEC. 17, 2020 | BY DAVID VERGUN, DOD NEWS This year, the Defense Department released a declassified summary of its Irregular Warfare Annex to the 2018 National Defense Strategy. The annex details how the department seeks to institutionalize and operationalize this form of warfare amid the ongoing recalibration of its focus on peer...
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Center for Turbulence Research Annual Research Briefs 2020
January 6, 2021 - Preface This volume contains the 2020 Annual Research Briefs that summarize the research activities at the Center for Turbulence Research (CTR) in its thirty-fourth year of operation. Foremost scientific objectives of CTR are the fundamental understanding of turbulent flows and the development of physical models and computational tools for multi-scale analysis...
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