Department of Defence
Joint media release: Senator Jim Molan AO DSC
Two contenders for the largest acquisition project in the history of the Army have been officially unveiled in Canberra today.
The new Infantry Fighting Vehicles prototypes are currently under evaluation, and once delivered, the project will provide the Army with an advanced, cutting-edge mounted close combat capability.
The Acting Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne said the Morrison Government is acquiring up to 450 Infantry Fighting Vehicles.
“These next generation infantry fighting vehicles will provide Australian soldiers with higher levels of protection, mobility, firepower and connectivity,” Minister Payne said.
Professor s post-class comments criticizing Black law students captured on Zoom
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Updated: Georgetown Law Center has terminated the position of an adjunct professor who was video recorded saying, “a lot of my lower ones are Blacks” with regard to students who took a negotiations seminar she taught.
Sandra Sellers is a Virginia intellectual property lawyer and trained mediator, according to her website Technology Mediation Services. David Batson, who co-taught the course with her, also appeared on the video, and he appears to nod his head while Sellers is speaking. He has been placed on leave from his adjunct position at Georgetown pending an investigation, the Washington Post reports. A Georgetown Law profile describes him as a senior alternative dispute resolution specialist and ADR counsel with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Industry Leader Sushma Bhan Joins Ikon Science as Board Member
SURBITON, United Kingdom, March 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Ikon Science, a global provider of knowledge management solutions designed to optimize subsurface discovery, is proud to expand its board of directors with the appointment of Sushma Bhan, former Chief Data Officer at Dutch Royal Shell for Subsurface and Wells, as a non-executive director. We are delighted to welcome Sushma to the Ikon Science board, said Denis Saussus, Chief Executive Officer, Ikon Science. As the company celebrates 20 years of being an industry leader and launching a product that will help energy companies with their digital data transformation challenges, having Sushma s deep strategic and technical perspective of the digital and data space will be a great benefit to our business.