ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia issued the following news release: Song Wu, a Chinese national, has been indicted on charges for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft arising from his efforts to fraudulently obtain computer software and source code created by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ("NASA"), research universities, and private companies. "Efforts to obtain our nation's valuable research software pos  more

SAVANNAH, Georgia, Sept. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia issued the following news release: Newly returned indictments in the Southern District of Georgia include felony charges for illegal firearms possession and drug distribution, while additional defendants have been sentenced to federal prison or await further proceedings after pleading guilty to federal gun charges. "As illegally possessed firearms proliferate in our community, our office contin  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. The functional test team at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex has completed the final contracted Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures upgrade to a C-17 aircraft at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, this last June. The LAIRCM system is a defensive system for large transport aircraft that combines a Missile Warning System and infrared laser jammer  more

ROBINS AFB, Georgia, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Robins Air Force Base issued the following news: By Joseph Mather, 78th Air Base Wing Public Affairs The functional test team at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex has completed the final contracted Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures upgrade to a C-17 aircraft at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, this last June. The 562nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron completed the LAIRCM upgrade in 12 days. The LAIRCM system is a defensive system f  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: Today, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned individuals who have undermined fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression, in Georgia. Specifically, the Department of the Treasury sanctioned two Georgian government officials associated with brutal crackdowns on peaceful protestors and political opponents, and two private Georgian citizens that are  more

SAVANNAH, Georgia, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Savannah District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deployed a team earlier this week to the Former Buxton Naval Facility, a Formerly Used Defense Sites property located within Cape Hatteras National Seashore in Dare County, North Carolina. The team is on-site and responding to recent reports of fuel sheen and odors along the beach. The USACE team, comprised of geologists and heavy equipment opera  more