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This wood sat in storage for 100 years. Now it’s being used to fix Capitol riot damage Chris Cioffi CQ-Roll Call (TNS) WASHINGTON — Only a few people on Earth know where to find a stash of century-old rare mahogany that can be used to repair priceless furnishings damaged on Jan. 6 by a pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol. Robert “Bob” Ross is one of those people. The acting assistant director of the U.S. Forest Service’s Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin, knew the e...

This wood sat in storage for 100 years Chris Cioffi - Roll Call Architects of the Capitol staff hold rare century-old mahogany obtained from a U.S. Forest Service lab storage locker in Wisconsin. This historic mahogany lumber, received from USDA Forest Service’s Forest Products Laboratory, will be used to replace U.S. Capitol doors and other wood details damaged during the January 2021 breach. This historic mahogany lumber, received from USDA Forest Service’s Forest Products Laboratory, wi...

BY AMY FRIEDENBERGER The Roanoke Times Virginia Military Institute has chosen Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins as its first Black superintendent to guide the nation’s oldest state-supported military college as it reckons with allegations of systemic racism and its complicated historic ties to the Confederacy. VMIs board of visitors selected Wins, a 1985 graduate of VMI who retired from the U.S. Army in 2019 after a 34-year career, in November to lead the college on an interim bas...

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Army Seeks Info on Biosurveillance Systems that Can Detect Coronavirus erhui1979/iStock.com email The U.S. Army is looking for details on technology solutions capable of detecting emerging biological threats like the novel coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease, according to a recent request for information.   The Chemical Biological Center, part of the Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command, wants to learn about available commercial-off-the-shelf “di...

Army Awards SAIC $4B in Modeling and Simulation Contracts Govindanmarudhai/iStock.com email April 7, 2021 The two contracts will support Army DEVCOM’s Aviation and Missile Center Software, Simulation, Systems Engineering and Integration Directorate. The U.S. Army awarded Science Applications International Corp. two major contracts worth a total of more than $4 billion for modeling and simulation systems engineering and hardware-in-the-loop development, SAIC an...

ASTRO America to manage US Army Jointless Hull project 7 April 2021 (Last Updated April 7th, 2021 11:59) ASTRO America has been selected by the US Army to manage a new effort called the Jointless Hull project. Share Article Hulls are a key part of Humvee vehicle construction. Credit: PRNewsfoto/ ASTRO-America. ASTRO America has been selected by the US Army to manage a new effort called the Jointless Hull project. The initiative will explore the use...

March 17, 2021 US aerospace giant Northrop Grumman is pitching its Sky Viper chain gun for the US Army’s next-generation scout helicopter. The latest weapon is a mini-version of the automatic cannon mounted on the Boeing Apache helicopter, which the US has sold to India. Last week, the Virginia-headquartered Northrop Grumman announced that it would build a prototype of its Sky Viper, a 20mm chain gun, for the US Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA). The Army is currently eval...

Cornell University Cornell researchers have created micron-sized shape memory actuators that enable atomically thin two-dimensional materials to fold themselves into 3D configurations. Self-folding nanotech creates world’s smallest origami bird March 17, 2021 If you want to build a fully functional nanosized robot, you need to incorporate a host of capabilities, from complicated electronic circuits and photovoltaics to sensors and antennas. But just as importantly, if you want you...

 E-Mail ITHACA, N.Y. - If you want to build a fully functional nanosized robot, you need to incorporate a host of capabilities, from complicated electronic circuits and photovoltaics to sensors and antennas. But just as importantly, if you want your robot to move, you need it to be able to bend. Cornell researchers have created micron-sized shape memory actuators that enable atomically thin two-dimensional materials to fold themselves into 3D configurations. All they require is a quick jolt of...