App Challenge to Showcase Innovation
Congressman Steny Hoyer has announced the third annual app challenge, open to high school students in Maryland’s 5th District. The deadline is Nov. 2.
F-35B Transmits Info, Launches Anti-Air Missile
Targeting information is successfully transmitted from the Marine Corps F-35B for the Navy to launch an SM-6 anti-air missile and strike a Beechcraft MQM-107 target representing an adversarial fighter.
PRMI’s Robbie Loker Opens Day of Caring ’16
Robbie Loker, PRMI reverse mortgage specialist, kicks off the 2016 United Way of St. Mary’s County Day of Caring.
Israel, US to Sign 10-Year Defense Deal
This is the largest and longest such agreement between the two nations. No details yet on the agreement’s impact on Qatar’s and Kuwait’s ability to clear long-awaited fighter sales from the US.
’70s in St. Mary’s: Formative, Transformative
The 1970s in St. Mary’s County: These years were fundamentally formative and even transformative, and the landscape we negotiate today is the landscape born of that era.
Bates, Dunkle, Webster Appointed as Trustees
Three new members of the College of Southern Maryland Board of Trustees have been appointed by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan. Margaret C. Dunkle and Jay W. Webster of Calvert County and Bradley O. Bates of St. Mary’s County are now members of the governing body that provides leadership and oversight of the college’s mission and policies. They will serve five-year terms as part of the nine-member board.
VX-1: Squadron That ‘Does It First’
The Air Test and Evaluation Squadron works between development of new weapon systems and their introduction into the Fleet, VX-1 is the squadron that “does it first.”
Session Details NSA Co-op Program at CSM
Students who are interested in learning more about the National Security Agency’s educational co-op program can attend an information session. The NSA Co-op will be discussed at 6 pm Sept. 14, 2016, at the College of Southern Maryland La Plata Campus’s Center for Business and Industry (BI Building), Room 113, 8730 Mitchell Road, La Plata.
New US Challenge: Dealing With N. Korea
North Korea’s latest nuclear test was the biggest recorded detonation since the country began underground testing in 2006. Analysts say this is a key step toward developing missile capable of reaching the US mainland.
Join Walden at Fed Up! Rally
Let your voice be heard in Washington, DC, and become a part of the fight against opioid addiction and overdose. Walden is sponsoring a coach bus for members of the community who want to attend the Fed Up! Rally on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, on Capitol Hill.
