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Hail to the Victors! Team Michigan Wins Inaugural Worldwide Robotics Competition in Australia With a squad of 14 robots that worked together autonomously in a complicated mapping exercise, the University of Michigan's "Team Michigan" has won the inaugural Multi Autonomous Ground-robotic International Challenge (MAGIC 2010) in Australia. Brisbane, Queensland (Vocus) November 16, 2010 With a squad of 14 robots that worked together autonomously in a complicated mapping exercise, the...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a $77 million contract by the National Capital Region Contracting Center to provide IT infrastructure for the newly relocated U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) Headquarters building at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. This is the second major military headquarters relocation contract for Harris, which is completing work on a...
MAGIC 2010 competition sponsored by United States, Australian Defense Departments; Five teams from three countries to battle in inaugural showdown U.S. Army Detroit Arsenal, Warren, MI (Vocus) October 27, 2010 Robots are in transit, teams are prepping to travel and Australian hosts are making final arrangements as the inaugural Multi Autonomous Ground-robotic International Challenge (MAGIC 2010) gets ready to rumble at the Royal Showground in Adelaide, South Australia, Nov. 7-12. Teams...
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) recently celebrated the graduation of its second group of summer interns who participated in a program aimed at providing undergraduate students with the opportunity to work with top scientists and engineers on challenging research projects in support of the nation's defense. ECBC partnered with the Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education (ORISE) and the U.S. Army Research...
BALTIMORE, July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education, the U.S. Army announced today that it has named the 2010 eCYBERMISSION national first-place teams. Managed by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., the eCYBERMISSION program awarded more than $1 million to students from across the nation and in Department of Defense Education Activity schools overseas....
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC), the premier national resource for chemical and biological defense, announced today that the Baltimore Federal Executive Board (FEB) recognized six ECBC employees during its 43rd Excellence in Federal Career Awards program, held May 7 at Martin's West in Baltimore. The annual event recognizes federal employees for excellence in job performance during the previous year. "Gold,...
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education, the U.S. Army announced today that it has named the 2009-2010 eCYBERMISSION 96 regional winning teams. Managed by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., the eCYBERMISSION program awarded more than $800,000 to students from across the nation and in Department of Defense Education Activity...
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) Technical Director Richard "Rick" W. Decker II was honored for his 24 years of outstanding service during his retirement ceremony April 23 at the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) conference center in Edgewood, Md. "As with all good things in life, there is always a time to stand down and, for me, that time is now," Decker told the Center's...
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC), the premier national resource for chemical and biological defense, has announced the retirement of Technical Director Richard "Rick" W. Decker II effective April 30. "As with all good things in life, there is always a time to stand down and, for me, that time is now," Decker told the Center's workforce. "Twenty-four years ago, I began my career as a civil servant with the last...
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- A logistics environmental team with the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., won the FY 2009 Secretary of the Army award for environmental excellence in weapon system acquisition. The AMCOM G-4 Environmental Team provided support to more than 30 weapon system product managers and was critically involved in more than 20 Army System Acquisition Review Council reviews. For the last two years, the G-4...
