GERMANTOWN, Maryland, Dec. 10 -- Amentum, a provider of technical and engineering services, issued the following news release: CHANTILLY, Va., December 9, 2024 - Amentum (NYSE: AMTM) has been awarded a $105 million contract to support Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane (NSWC Crane) Airborne Electronic Attack Systems Division (AEASD) to develop the next generation of Electronic Warfare (EW) and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) mission and survivability systems. Amentum will r  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 10 -- The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs issued the following news: * * * The Breakthrough ACTION project is working with governments and other agencies in several countries to encourage caregivers to bring their young children for the four-dose vaccine. * * * By Stephanie Desmon Vaccines against malaria, the mosquito-borne disease that kills hundreds of thousands of children in Africa each year, have finally arrived, and the Johns Hopkins Center   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Exploring how the protein Gata4 accumulates in patients with rare Loeys-Dietz syndrome may help researchers refine treatments * * * Studying the cells of people and genetically engineered mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have uncovered a potential reason why patients with Loeys-Dietz syndrome, an inherited connective tissue disorder, are especially prone to developing an  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Dec. 10 -- Lockheed Martin issued the following news release: * * * The company's self-funded Tactical Satellite to demonstrate cross-linked communications and sensing capabilities vital to the future of space * * * Littleton, Colo., December 9, 2024 - Lockheed Martin's [NYSE: LMT] newest technology demonstration, called the Tactical Satellite (TacSat), is complete and ready for launch in 2025 aboard a Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket. TacSat is an intelligence, surveillan  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 10 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2024: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today announced the filing of criminal charges in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County against two Anne Arundel County Police Department (AACOPD) officers for misrepresenting material facts related to a fatal police-involved pursuit. The defendants are Eddie Vasquez, 29, and Kieran Schnell, 27. After reviewing the evidence, a grand  more

ROCK HILL, South Carolina, Dec. 10 -- Winthrop University issued the following news: * * * HIGHLIGHTS * Winthrop students Madyson Brown and Justin Feaster attended the National Student Vote Summit, held Nov. 20-22 on the campus of University of Maryland, College Park. * The event allowed the Winthrop group to engage in a post-election analysis of what is working on college campuses nationwide and what is working at Winthrop. * * * College student voting nationwide may have been down in 20  more

BUFFALO, New York, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says there are more than 900 artificial intelligence and machine learning-enabled medical devices on the market in the U.S. But as is often the case with technological innovation, the regulatory infrastructure for such devices is still forming. Last month, the FDA Digital Health Advisory Committee held a public meeting in Gait  more