Rotary wing aircraft have dominated Army fleets since the introduction of its first helicopter in 1944, the Sikorsky R-4. They continue to do so today in the attack realm through the AH-64 Apache, in heavy lift with the CH-47 Chinook, and in utility/transport with the UH-60 Black Hawk and UH-72A Lakota.

Army plans for Black Hawk to be Future Vertical Lift testbed for launched effects and autonomy

The Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) recently announced it is planning to increase its space personnel and space control capabilities, despite the presence of the Space Force, created specifically to centralize resources and talent to maintain space superiority and provide those capabilities for the combatant commands to employ.

The Army wants its own ‘Space Force.’ They shouldn’t be allowed to have it.

WASHINGTON — The Department of the Navy today issued a new top-level Information Superiority Vision to guide its IT initiatives, updating the original 2020 ISV with a distinct new emphasis on data. “ISV 2.0 represents our continued commitment to securely move information from anywhere to anywhere to enable our...

Becoming ‘data fluent’: Navy rolls out updated ‘Information Superiority Vision’

Clemson, SC

GVSETS 2024 — The US Army’s DEVCOM and Clemson University unveiled today a new semi-autonomous, optionally piloted ground rescue vehicle dubbed Deep Orange 15. Designed to be a high-speed, off-road platform, the futuristic-looking vehicle is on display here at the 16th Annual Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering & Technology Symposium (GVSETS) in Novi, Michigan.

Army, Clemson University unveil new, optionally manned Deep Orange 15 rescue vehicle

GVSETS 2024 — The US Army has been using a new approach to handle the development of the XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle in which digital engineering — extensively employing computer simulations in design and production — is front and center. “We can ensure that things are...

Digital engineering saving time, money on Army’s XM30 vehicle competition: Officials

Jacksonville, FL

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A permanent marker will be erected to honor the victims of the racist mass shooting nearly a year ago at a Dollar General store in the New Town community. City Council approved the marker 17-0 on Tuesday night.

Marker will honor victims of racist Dollar General shooting

South Carolina State

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Colleton County, SC

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

College Station, TX

America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, is supporting research to revolutionize the additive manufacturing (AM) industry by significantly reducing operational qualification time and cost. The $2 million project, titled ACCELERATE, is led by Dr. Mohsen Taheri-Andani, an assistant professor in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical...

Reducing Operation Qualification Time and Cost in Additive Manufacturing

Colorado State

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Tampa, FL

Three men and a woman have been arrested on murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Charles Jones , a Jacksonville rapper known as Julio Foolio,” outside a hotel in Tampa.

4 arrested in slaying of Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio

Denver, CO

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

Pullman, WA

PULLMAN, Wash. – The smaller carbon footprint, or wheel print, of automatic delivery robots can encourage consumers to use them when ordering food, according to a Washington State University study. The suitcase-sized, self-driving electric vehicles are much greener than many traditional food delivery methods because they have low, or...

Delivery Robots’ Green Credentials Make them More Attractive to Consumers

Kansas State

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National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) helps to locate missing children. Since July 1, 2024, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), 174 children have been reported missing in the U.S. Since January 1, 2024, there was a total of 1,445 reported missing in the country.

Missing Missouri children as of July 17, 2024, according to the NCMEC

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The FBI is investigating the disappearance of a now 13-year-old girl who went missing from Florida last year and has ties to Georgia and Tennessee. A $15,000 reward is being offered to anyone with information that can lead to her location.

FBI Investigating Disappearance of 12-Year-Old Girl Who Has Ties to Georgia

No, pallet shelters for people experiencing homelessness don’t fold into caskets. It’s a question a reader posed one of the first times I wrote about pallet shelters. I find the pallet shelters to be more palatable than ice fishing tents. The Colorado Village Collaborative operates both micro-communities and the so-called Safe Outdoor Spaces with the tents. We all learned the tents are not safe when a fire roared through a CVC Safe Outdoor Space, destroying the compound quickly. Officials never disclosed a cause of the fire.

Opinion: No, pallet shelters for homeless in Denver, Aurora don’t fold into caskets

Microsoft Corporation and Palantir Technologies have teamed to deliver artificial intelligence (AI), cloud, and analytics solutions for the US Defense and Intelligence Community. The project will combine large language models operated under Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service with Palantir’s AI Platforms suite for government and classified cloud environments. The integrated...

Microsoft, Palantir to Supply AI and Cloud Solutions for US Defense and Intelligence Community

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This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

Early this year, GNN reported on the woman behind the wheels of Wahu!, an electric bicycle company and the only native electric vehicle manufacturer in Ghana, Valerie Labi. From 100 bikes sold to delivery drivers on a pay-per-week basis, Wahu! has shifted another 200 units, driven down the cost of insurance, and is set in the coming months to unleash Africa’s first native 4-wheeled electric vehicle.

UPDATE: Ghanaian Woman Entrepreneur Set to Revolutionize Transportation for Africa, Not Just Native Home

Appling County, GA

A 40-year-old man from Appling County, Christopher Eric Stone, with a significant criminal history, was recently sentenced to over five years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, according to officials from the Department of Justice.

Georgia Man Sentenced to Over 5 Years for in Federal Prison for Meth Distribution

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Army plans for faster AI adoption, for defense too

GVSETS 2024 — The US Army is upping its bet on artificial intelligence and working to broaden acquisition plans in hopes the cutting-edge, at-times-controversial tech can...

Army plans for faster AI adoption, for defense too

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