LEE'S SUMMIT, Missouri, March 29 (TNSres) -- The Aircraft Electronics Association issued the following news release: The Aircraft Electronics Association released its 2023 year-end Avionics Market Report, and total worldwide business and general aviation avionics sales for the year amounted to $3,200,148,459.52, or more than $3.2 billion as reported by the participating companies. The dollar amount represented an 11.2% increase in total year-end sales compared to 2022 and is the largest amount   more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 26 -- The city of Albuquerque issued the following news: The City of Albuquerque has filled two critical leadership roles that work to ensure consistent delivery of services and citywide operations. Mariela Ruiz-Angel, previously the director of the Albuquerque Community Safety Department, is now the Associate Chief Administrative Officer (ACAO), and Nathan Martinez is the director of the General Services Department (GSD). Both individuals have extensive experienc  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces issued the following testimony by James Weber, principal director for hypersonics at the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies, involving a hearing on March 12, 2024, entitled "U.S. and Adversary Hypersonic Capabilities": * * * Chairman Lamborn, Ranking Member Moulton, and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for inviting us to provide testimony for the House Armed  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces issued the following testimony by Vice Adm. Johnny R. Wolfe Jr., director of strategic systems programs at the U.S. Navy, involving a hearing on March 12, 2024, entitled "U.S. and Adversary Hypersonic Capabilities": * * * Chairman Lamborn, Ranking Member Moulton, and distinguished Members of the subcommittee, thank you for this opportunity to discuss the development of the Navy's Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS)   more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news on March 27, 2024: On March 7, assembly began at Los Alamos National Laboratory on a groundbreaking machine that will allow scientists to use real plutonium in experiments while studying the conditions immediately before the nuclear phase of a weapon's functioning. The machine will prove instrumental in the Laboratory's stockpile stewardship mission, which ensures the safety, securit  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, March 29 -- The New Mexico Department of Economic Development issued the following news release: The Outdoor Recreation Division (ORD) of the New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) announces the round 3 Trails+ Grant recipients. Projects awarded will expand equitable access to the outdoors and grow New Mexico's outdoor recreation economy. Round 3 awards total $1,611,743 for 12 projects, bringing in an additional $1,567,237 in matching funding. Of the awarded pro  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, March 29 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: At a special meeting Thursday, the New Mexico State University Board of Regents announced that Monica Torres, chancellor of NMSU system community colleges, will serve as interim president of the NMSU system while a new search is conducted for the next permanent leader. Torres will succeed current Interim President Jay Gogue, who has served in that role since April 2023. She assumes her new role on  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is providing national leadership in a new collaboration among five national laboratories to accelerate U.S. production of clean hydrogen fuel cells and electrolyzers. Hydrogen fuel cells provide power to electric vehicles and buildings using an electrochemical reaction that converts hydrogen and oxygen into   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: Technology transfer officials from 13 Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories converged on NETL in Morgantown, West Virginia to exchange ideas, share successes related to efforts to move new energy technologies from laboratories to the marketplace, and meet with key NETL leaders. Technology transfer is described as the movement of data, designs, invent  more