WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: Col. Everett C. Hume, a former cadet and longtime member of Civil Air Patrol who served as Massachusetts Wing commander from 2013-2017, has been selected as the Northeast Region's next commander. Hume, now one of the region's vice commanders, accepted the appointment by Maj. Gen. Mark Smith, CAP's national commander and CEO. Hume succeeds Col. Jack Ozer, who has commanded the region since August 201  more

HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, June 25 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By K. Houston Waters A Hanscom Air Force Base team recently completed demonstrations that tested new techniques on tactical data links to increase data sharing in contested environments and improve warfighter readiness. The Tactical Data Link Enhancements Team, formed through a partnership between the Aerial Networks Division, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, a federally funde  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.3 million grant to the city of Worcester, Massachusetts, for infrastructure improvements needed to serve the Reactory Biotechnology Park and grow the region's critical biotechnology, life sciences, and research and deve  more