GERMANTOWN, Maryland, Oct. 29 -- Amentum, a provider of technical and engineering services, issued the following news release: CHANTILLY, Va., October 28, 2024 - The U.S. Navy awarded Amentum (NYSE: AMTM) a $490 million contract to deliver comprehensive contractor logistics support (CLS) of the state-of-the-art T-54A Multi Engine Training System (METS). This innovative system will supersede the aging T-44C aircraft, as Amentum collaborates with the Navy and Textron, the original equipment manuf  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 29 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: At the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, future veterinarians get hands-on experience with animals through an innovative program that benefits students and the local community. The Animal Instructors Program brings pets from Blacksburg and surrounding areas into the classroom to provide invaluable learning opportunities for veterinary students while offering health services to animals that are free of ch  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Oct. 29 -- Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, issued the following news release: Charlotte, NC (Monday, October 28, 2024) -- The STEM Careers Coalition - an alliance of industries and non-profit organizations partnering with Discovery Education to create equitable access to free STEM content and career connections - today announced it has surpassed the goal of reaching 10 million students by the end of 2025 ahead of schedule. Since 2019, the ST  more

GERMANTOWN, Maryland, Oct. 29 -- Hughes Network Systems issued the following news release: * * * Hughes leading-edge technology is ready to transform IFEC for business jet market * * * Hughes Network Systems, LLC, an EchoStar company (Nasdaq: SATS), announced the Gogo Galileo HDX Electronically Steerable Antenna (ESA) built by Hughes has completed its test flight on a Bombardier Challenger 300. A commercial aviation variant will be available from Hughes in the first half of 2025, using the s  more

BOWIE, Maryland, Oct. 29 -- Inovalon, a provider of cloud-based platforms empowering data-driven healthcare, issued the following news on Oct. 28, 2024: * * * Leading Cloud-Based SaaS Company Introduces New Products for Provider, Payer, Pharmacy, and Life Sciences Customers to Advance Data-Driven Healthcare * * * Inovalon, a leading provider of cloud-based software solutions empowering data-driven healthcare, unveiled new products and features today at Empower 2024, its annual data-driven he  more

LANHAM, Maryland, Oct. 29 -- The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development issued the following news release: * * * DHCD's initiative to close the appraisal gap in Maryland's disinvested communities recognized by the National Council of State Housing Agencies * * * The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development's UPLIFT program, which is designed to help close the appraisal gap that now blocks essential investments in the state's historically redlined communities  more

ADELPHI, Maryland, Oct. 29 -- The University System of Maryland issued the following news release: Baltimore, Md. (Oct. 28, 2024) -- The University System of Maryland (USM) Launch Fund has awarded a series of microgrants and grants to USM-affiliated entrepreneurs, in a bid to make critical early capital more accessible. Launch Fund awardees are students, alumni, staff, faculty, and startups developing ventures that are based on USM intellectual property or are located in places affiliated with   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 30 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: * * * 20 AGs File Brief Supporting "Keeping Families Together" Federal Program * * * Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief (https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/News%20Documents/102824_Texas_DHS_%20Amicus.pdf) in Texas v. DHS in support of the federal program "Keeping Families Together," which al  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 29 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2024: The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General is investigating a police-involved in-custody death that occurred in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, Saturday night. Preliminarily, on Saturday October 26, 2024, at approximately 10:15 p.m., officers from the Hagerstown Police Department were executing a search warrant  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 30 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General is delaying the release of the names of the decedent and involved law enforcement officers in the October 26, 2024 officer-involved in-custody death in Hagerstown, Maryland. The IID needs additional time to gather and review evidence to determine the involved law enforcement of  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Oct. 29 -- The Maryland Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Maryland's Best, an agriculture and seafood marketing program under the Maryland Department of Agriculture, has announced the Eat Like a Marylander Thanksgiving campaign, highlighting Maryland farms and harvesters using all local products in their Thanksgiving boxes this year! Several farms throughout the state will offer pre-ordered meal boxes, with locally grown and sourced products, that  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 30 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT Kavli Institute scientists and collaborators will produce a concept study to launch a $1B experiment to investigate the X-ray universe. * * * By Erika Reinfeld and Nayanika Yellepeddi, MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research The MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (MKI) is a project lead for one of two finalist missions recently sel  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 30 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: * * * Letter calls on PJM to address record-high electricity capacity prices in the five states * * * On Friday, Governor Phil Murphy joined Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, Maryland Governor Wes Moore, and Delaware Governor John Carney in issuing a letter to PJM Interconnection, the grid operator for New Jersey and the aforementioned states. T  more

COCKEYSVILLE, Maryland, Oct. 29 -- Sinclair, a media company and a provider of local news and sports, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2024: BALTIMORE - Earlier this month, Sinclair launched Sinclair Cares: Hurricane Relief, a fundraising partnership with The Salvation Army to assist with humanitarian relief efforts on the ground in Western North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Virginia and Tennessee in the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton. In total, the compan  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 30 -- The University of Baltimore issued the following news release: A group of students and professors from The University of Baltimore recently completed a collaborative project with their counterparts from the University of Palermo in Sicily, resulting in an assessment of a county's environmental sustainability efforts and a national health care provider's local facility. According to down to earth, a quarterly newsletter produced by the Carroll County Bureau of Res  more