Aerospace/Defense
Jewish Family Service Receives $250,000 Citizenship and Integration Grant
Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts (JFS) has been awarded a competitive two-year $250,000 Citizenship and Integration Grant from the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). This grant enables JFS to continue its work helping legal permanent residents become U.S. citizens. Read the source article at BusinessWest
Read MoreEastWest Exchange Sector Series: Aerospace & Defense – May 24, 2021
The Innovation Institute at the MassTech Collaborative, in partnership with US Congressman Richard Neal and the Western Mass Economic Development Council, hosts an ongoing convening and knowledge sharing series called the “The EastWest Exchange” to unite the industrial and technological strengths of Massachusetts to drive more commercial activity within the Commonwealth. The first EastWest Exchange,…
Read MoreGolf Tournament to Benefit Asnuntuck’s Manufacturing Programs
Asnuntuck Community College’s foundation and Aerospace Components Manufacturers will host a golf tournament fundraiser on Tuesday, June 15. This will be the program’s 13th annual tournament and the first year the fundraiser will be held at Tunxis Country Club in Farmington, Conn. Proceeds from the event will benefit to the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center at…
Read MoreUniversity of Massachusetts Awarded DITTO Contract to Improve AI
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the University of Massachusetts Amherst Biologically Inspired Neural & Dynamical Systems (BINDS) Laboratory, the DARPA DITTO – Intelligent Auto-Generation and Composition of Surrogate Models project. This is one of the agency’s AI Explorations. UMass’s co-PI on this award is Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories. DITTO aims…
Read MoreAmerican International College Named to 2021–22 Military Friendly Schools List
American International College (AIC) announced it has earned the 2021-22 Military Friendly School designation. Institutions earning this designation were evaluated using both public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey. More than 1,200 schools participated in the 2021-22 survey, with 747 earning the designation. The 2021-22 Military Friendly Schools list will be published in…
Read MoreWestfield-Barnes Regional Airport completes $7.6M runway as aviation recovers from pandemic; Pentagon eyes F-35A fighters
Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport celebrated Wednesday the completion of a six-month, $7.6-million runway reconstruction project with a parade of historic aircraft and an eye towards the luring the next generation of fighter aircraft to the airport’s Air National Guard Base. “It would secure the future of Barnes for a generation,” said William Gonet, chairman of the…
Read MoreUMass Amherst’s Hava Siegelmann Honored by U.S. Department of Defense
Nearly 100 colleagues recently joined an online celebration to honor Professor Hava Siegelmann of the UMass Amherst College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS), as she received the rarely awarded Meritorious Public Service Medal from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the U.S. Department of Defense. It is the third-highest honor the Department…
Read MoreChristopher Willenborg returns to oversee Barnes Regional Airport
Christopher Willenborg has returned to manage Barnes Regional Airport amid a capital improvement plan and reconstruction of a runway. Those changes are not a surprise. When he left Barnes after seven years in 2015, he assumed the role of state aeronautics director at the MassDOT Aeronautics Division, as well as that of executive vice president…
Read MoreNew England Veterans Chamber Offers Assist to Military-involved Business Owners
The founder of the New England Veterans Chamber of Commerce (NEVCC), which serves businesses owned by veterans, active military, the National Guard, the U.S. Reserves, and their family members throughout New England, wants to hear from its constituents. As the COVID-19 sweeps across the country, temporarily shuttering businesses and devastating the economy, the founder of…
Read MoreAmerican International College Named to Military Friendly Schools List
American International College (AIC) has again been named a Military Friendly School. VIQTORY, a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business that connects the military community to civilian employment and educational and entrepreneurial opportunities, has released the 2020-21 Military Friendly Schools list, providing a comprehensive guide for veterans and their families using data sources from federal agencies, veteran…
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