GERMANTOWN, Maryland, Aug. 5 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Amentum, a provider of technical and engineering services, issued the following news release: * * * Amentum Reports Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2025 Results * CHANTILLY, VA., August 5, 2025 -- Amentum Holdings, Inc. ("Amentum" or the "Company") (NYSE: AMTM), a leading advanced engineering and technology company, today announced results for the third quarter ended June 27, 2025, and raised its full year organic guidance for fiscal year   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The Attorneys General of Washington, California, New York, Massachusetts, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Michigan, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, D.C., and Harris County, Texas, have submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, expressing their staunch opposition to the agency's recent Interim Final Rules, which rescind vital regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Aug. 4 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO Amalgamated Transit Union issued the following news release: * * * ATU Congratulates Marc Molinaro on Senate Confirmation to Lead Federal Transit Administration Silver Spring, MD--Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) International President John Costa released the following statement on Senate confirmation of Marc Molinaro's nomination to lead the Federal Transit Administration. "On behalf of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), th  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Calls for Probe of Alleged Workplace Harassment Targeting Muslim Employee at Maryland Safeway * The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called for an investigation of alleged Islamophobic and discriminatory behavior targeting a Muslim employee at the Safeway store located at 4370 Montgomery Road in Ellicott City, Maryland  more

LAUREL, Maryland, Aug. 5 [Category: Science] -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory posted the following news release: * * * Design Standard Update Improves Modular Architecture for Unmanned Platforms * The Department of Defense updated its Modular Payload Design Standard, marking a significant evolution in the way electronic warfare, signals intelligence and communications payloads are conceived, integrated and sustained across unmanned and dismounted platforms. Origin  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration has withdrawn its plans for a high-speed superconducting magnetic levitation (SCMAGLEV) train line connecting Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C. The agency is canceling the project's environmental review after determining that the proposed route would cause unmanageable harm to federal agencies and their properties. The SCMAGLEV line was meant to run between Washington, D.C., and Baltimor  more

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, Aug. 5 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * Guest Editorial - Reconceptualizing Recovery: Findings from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health * By Emily Pasman, PhD, LMSW With helpful feedback from Tess K. Drazdowski, PhD, Rebecca J. Evans-Polce, PhD, Ty S. Schepis, PhD, Curtiss W. Engstrom, MS, Vita V. McCabe, MD, and Sean Esteban McCabe, PhD. Of the estimated 48.5 million Americans wit  more

COLUMBIA, Maryland, Aug. 6 -- MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, a part of MedStar Health, issued the following news: * * * Latest Data Shows MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute Performs More Kidney and Pancreas Transplants Than Any Other Program in the Washington, D.C. Region 50 total pancreas transplants in 2024, the largest volume in the country. * WASHINGTON - The latest data from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) shows MedStar Georgetown Transplant Insti  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Aug. 6 [Category: BizAerospace] -- Lockheed Martin posted the following news release: * * * Lockheed Martin Achieves Key Milestone in RIG-360 Development, Advances 360-Degree Missile Communications THE BIG PICTURE The Remote Interceptor Guidance - 360 (RIG-360) completed the first phase of the Engineering, Manufacturing and Development (EMD) program. This is a critical milestone as the Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and PEO Missiles and Space, Integrated Fires and Mission Co  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Aug. 6 [Category: BizAerospace] -- Lockheed Martin posted the following news release: * * * Lockheed Martin Establishes Command and Control Prototyping Hub for Golden Dome for America HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Aug. 5, 2025 - Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has built a prototyping environment that supports the collaborative development of a Golden Dome for America Command and Control (C2) capability. Leveraging its Center for Innovation facility in Suffolk, Va., better known as The Ligh  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * Marines demo range of long range UAS for future operations * The Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (PMA-263) program team put Long Range Tactical (LRT) systems through their paces during a two-week technical demonstration in Chaptico, Maryland in mid-July. Five vendors attended the event to help inform the Marine Corpsof the functions and capabilities  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Maryland Ornithological Society submitted a public comment letter to the Bureau of Land Management opposing the recission of management and protection measures for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A). The organization argues that the recission threatens crucial habitats for numerous bird species as they continue to face alarming population declines. The society maintains that the NPR-A is a vital breeding and molting ground for various bird populations, pa  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Aug. 5 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * National Nurses United welcomes new Executive Director Puneet Maharaj * National Nurses United (NNU), the largest U.S. union and professional association of registered nurses, named Puneet Maharaj as the new executive director to lead the union. This follows a recent announcement that Maharaj has also been selected as executive director of NNU's largest affiliate, the Californ  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Aug. 5 -- The Entomological Society of America issued the following news release: * * * Nine Entomologists Honored as 2025 Fellows of the Entomological Society of America Annapolis, MD -- The Governing Board of the Entomological Society of America (ESA) has elected nine new Fellows of the Society for 2025. Election as a Fellow of ESA acknowledges outstanding contributions to entomology via research, teaching, extension, administration, military service, or public engageme  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 6 (TNSrep) -- The National Information Standards Organization issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2025: * * * NISO Open Discovery Initiative Publishes Results of Survey on AI and Discovery Systems The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) today announces the publication of "Generative Artificial Intelligence and the NISO Open Discovery Initiative," a report on the 2024 AI in web-scale library discovery services survey undertaken by the NISO Open  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Aug. 6 (TNSjou) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * High-altitude observations confirm stratospheric source of toxic groundwater contaminant New findings serve as a reminder that the stratosphere is not fully understood * A new study led by NOAA Research has confirmed that a substantial amount of groundwater contamination caused by perchlorates, a class of toxic chlorine-based chemicals, originates in a surprising   more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * PMA-261 improves visibility while reducing costs * Members of the Air Vehicle department from H-53 Heavy Lift Helicopters Program Office (PMA-261) have coordinated with the Human Systems Engineering Department's Aircraft Lighting and Transparency Lab (ALTL) and Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (HX)-21 at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Maryland, and Sikorsky to find a repla  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (TNSLrpt) -- A report by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development and University of Maryland National Center for Smart Growth exposes a deep and widening housing affordability crisis across the state, underscoring an urgent need for policy and investment to support the state's most vulnerable residents. The 2025 State Housing Needs Assessment, commissioned by DHCD and conducted with the National Center for Smart Growth at the University of Maryland, builds   more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * Richard Cracraft retires after 38 years of service * A man of the people... We've all heard the phrase "people matter." Richard Cracraft has made "people matter" the cornerstone of his 38-year government career. As he retires from his role as director of the Human Capital Group for Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, colleagues remember him as a guiding light during both c  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Aug. 6 -- The Uniformed Services University issued the following research news: * * * USU Research Addresses TBI, Suicide Prevention, and Emerging Threats at MHSRS 2025 Uniformed Services University researchers present cutting-edge findings on battlefield readiness, mental health, and medical innovations at the Military Health System Research Symposium. * The Uniformed Services University (USU) had a strong showing on day one of the 2025 Military Health System Research S  more