SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 5 -- Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, issued the following news release: Charlotte, NC (Tuesday, December 3, 2024)--Alaska's Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District (MSBSD) today announced a new partnership with global edtech leader Discovery Education that will enhance science education across the school system. Through this new collaboration, MSBSD teachers and students in 15 district schools serving grades 6-12 will receive access t  more

GERMANTOWN, Maryland, Dec. 5 -- Amentum, a provider of technical and engineering services, issued the following news release: * * * The West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) is located about 35 miles south of Buffalo, New York. - U.S. Department of Energy * * * CHANTILLY, VA, December 4, 2024 - Amentum (NYSE:AMTM) announced today that West Valley Cleanup Alliance, LLC (WVCA), a BWXT Technical Services Group-led joint venture that includes Jacobs Technology, an Amentum company, and Geosynt  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health issued the following news release: * * * Powder made from dead bacterial cells also kills mosquitoes resistant to chemical pesticides * * * An experimental bacteria-derived biopesticide is highly effective in killing malaria-carrying mosquitoes, including those that have developed resistance to chemical pesticides, according to initial field tests led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloom  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Dec. 5 -- Lockheed Martin issued the following news release: The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $245 million dollar contract extension for the MK-48 Guidance and Control (G&C) Mod 7 program. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy, the Royal Australian Navy and the Foreign Military Sales program. Lockheed Martin is expected to complete work on this contract by September 2027. The MK-48 Guidance and Control progr  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 5 -- The Maryland State Board of Education issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: The Maryland State Board of Education issued a ruling on Tuesday that updates the historic formula for charter school funding. The decision In the Matter of Commensurate Funding for Frederick County Charter Schools outlines guiding principles for calculating charter school funding in the era of the Blueprint for Maryland's Future consistent with long-held precedent on commens  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 5 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General has identified the decedent, and the Howard County Officers involved in the fatal shooting that occurred on Saturday, November 30, 2024, in Laurel, Howard County, Maryland. The decedent has been identified as 29-year-old Tyree Winslow of College Park, Maryland. The involved offi  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- The Maryland State Department of Education issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2024: * * * More schools earned 4 or 5 stars in the 2023-2024 academic year compared to the prior year. * * * Today, the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) released state, district, and school-level results for the 2024 Maryland School Report Card. Maryland report card data indicates school performance under the Maryland Accountability System for the 202  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Dec. 5 -- Lockheed Martin issued the following news release: Farnborough, UK., Dec. 4, 2024 Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Skunk Works and the United Kingdom Royal Air Force (RAF) Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) completed the first-ever live F-35 classified data-share with a non-U.S. Command and Control (C2) system. In this real-time live fly demonstration, an F-35 flying from Lockheed Martin's facility in Fort Worth, Texas, shared classified data via a Skunk Works' Open Syst  more