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News Tipoffs - Connecticut Editors Newsletter for Wednesday April 30, 2025 ( 3 items )  

Contracts for April 29, 2025
WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 29, 2025 AIR FORCE Integrated Data Services Inc., Henderson, Nevada, was awarded a $99,000,000 ceiling follow-on, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for program management resource tools. This contract provides for a suite of Air Force enterprise applications designed to support several key facets of program and financial management, acquisition reporting, and leadership  more

U.S. Coast Guard Academy Earns Second Carnegie Classification
NEW LONDON, Connecticut, April 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Coast Guard Academy earns second Carnegie Classification The U.S. Coast Guard Academy is proud to announce recent recognition for excellence in technology, engineering, and science. The recognition from the 2025 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education underscores the Academy's continued leadership in providing high-impact, STEM-focused aca  more

Visionary LLNL director and national security pioneer Johnny Foster dies at 102
LIVERMORE, California, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Visionary LLNL director and national security pioneer Johnny Foster dies at 102 Former Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Director John S. Foster Jr., a pioneering physicist and nuclear weapon designer who shaped U.S. national security for seven decades, died on April 25 at the age of 102. Known affectionately as "Johnny," Foster was a towering   more