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NSWC Crane and Industry Partners Greet Small Businesses for Networking Event
October 25, 2022 - WESTGATE@CRANE Technology Park, (Odon) Indiana (Oct. 20, 2022) – The Crane Regional Defense Group (CRDG), a subcommittee of the White River Military Coordination Alliance, hosted the second-annual Connect to Crane networking event October 12 at WestGate Academy to provide small business owners the opportunity to connect with government and industry leaders supporting Naval...
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Southwest Indiana economic development groups merge
October 25, 2022 - Tuesday, October 25, 2022 12:45 PM EDTUpdated: Tuesday, October 25, 2022 12:47 PM EDT By Alex Brown, Assistant Managing Editor (photo courtesy of the Evansville Regional Economic Partnership) MOUNT VERNON, Ind. - The boards of directors for the Evansville Regional Economic Partnership (E-REP) and the Posey County Economic Development Partnership (PCEDP) have approved a merger of...
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New housing project hopes to attract tech workers
October 25, 2022 - Friday, October 21, 2022 12:59 PM EDTUpdated: Friday, October 21, 2022 04:33 PM EDT By Wes Mills, Content Manager One of the new homes at Westcott (photo courtesy: MEK/Michael Snyder) GREENE COUNTY, Ind. - Responding to a growing need for affordable and contemporary housing near Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, developers and economic development...
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NSWC Crane awards hypersonic flight testing contract
October 25, 2022 - (photo courtesy of Dynetics) CRANE, Ind. - Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division has awarded a contract to Alabama-based Dynetics to support increased capacity for hypersonic flight testing. Dynetics says the program, known as Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed, will “demonstrate ways to affordably prototype a test bed that...
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MedTech devices sweep Crossroads Pitch Competition
October 25, 2022 - Wave Therapeutics CEO Jessica Bussert won the seed competition portion of the Fall 2022 Crossroads Pitch Competition. (Photo courtesy of The Mill) BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Mill in Bloomington has named the winners of the Fall 2022 Crossroads Pitch Competition. South Bend-based heARsight won the pre-seed competition, while Nashville-based Wave Therapeutics won...
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Purdue@WestGate bridging gap between Indiana Manufacturers and doing business with the government
September 13, 2022 - On Tuesday, September 06, Purdue@WestGate and Indiana Procurement Technical Assistance Center hosted a new, first-of-its kind event. Indiana Manufacturing Day offered guidance and resources to small businesses on how they can grow their businesses through government contracting. Twenty manufacturers from across the state were represented at the event in hopes...
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Purdue again ranked 6th in the world for patents
September 13, 2022 - Wednesday, September 7, 2022 03:33 PM EDTUpdated: Wednesday, September 7, 2022 10:14 PM EDT By Mary Roberts, Writer/Reporter (photo courtesy of the Purdue Research Foundation) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A report from the Intellectual Property Owners Association and the National Academy of Inventors includes two Hoosier universities among the top 100 in the world to be...
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Space tech company lands funding for dragsail tech developed at Purdue
September 12, 2022 - Tuesday, September 13, 2022 12:24 PM EDTUpdated: Tuesday, September 13, 2022 01:23 PM EDT By Alex Brown, Assistant Managing Editor Purdue University engineers conduct deployment testing with a Spinnaker3 dragsail prototype. (photo courtesy David Spencer/Vestigo Aerospace) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University-affiliated space technology company has closed on a $375,000 seed funding round along with...
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State’s venture capital activity tapers
September 8, 2022 - Thursday, August 25, 2022 11:37 AM EDTUpdated: Thursday, August 25, 2022 01:00 PM EDT By Mary Roberts, Writer/Reporter INDIANAPOLIS - According to a venture activity report released by Indianapolis-based Elevate Ventures, the Hoosier State is well-positioned for a strong year despite a national slowdown in venture activity in the first half of the year. The ...
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Notre Dame, Purdue help launch microchip network
September 8, 2022 - Tuesday, August 16, 2022 06:45 AM EDT By Wes Mills, Content Manager University of Notre Dame engineering lab. (photo courtesy: Matt Cashore/Notre Dame) SOUTH BEND, Ind. - There are growing efforts to reclaim microchip production in the U.S. and the Midwest is vying for its share of the multi-billion-dollar industry. The...
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