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SENEDIA ANNOUNCED Wednesday that it has received a $195,500 grant from Real Jobs RI to continue its Defense Partnership Program. 

SENEDIA gets $195K grant from Real Jobs RI for Defense Partnership...

MIDDLETOWN – SENEDIA has received a $195,500 grant from Real Jobs RI to continue its Defense Partnership Program, the workforce development organization announced Wednesday.  The...

Trump administration pauses Revolution Wind, 4 other projects off the East...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Trump administration said Monday it is pausing leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction along the East Coast,...
ROBOTIC SHIP: Paul Lwin is co-founder and CEO of Havoc AI, a software-first defense startup that he launched with Joe Turner in 2024 to build artificial intelligence-powered uncrewed surface maritime vessels.
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Providence startup building AI-powered robot fleet for U.S. Navy

Paul Lwin was flying a 40-year-old EA-6B Prowler over the mountains of Afghanistan as a U.S. Navy pilot when he realized the U.S. defense...
H. Sami ­Karaca

U.S. capitalism is being remade by state power

Is the Trump administration trying to reshape American capitalism? Recent moves by Washington, such as taking a 10% share of semiconductor maker Intel Corp.,...

Orsted shareholders approve $9.4B rights issue amid threats to U.S. offshore...

PROVIDENCE – Revolution Wind developer Orsted A/S won shareholder approval for its emergency $9.4 billion rights issue Friday, as the Danish company fights President...
IN DEMAND: Courtney A. Murphy, director of talent acquisition, workforce development and compensation at General Dynamics Electric Boat, says there will always be a strong demand for nuclear submarines, which Electric Boat builds, but the manufacturer is having trouble finding qualified engineers.
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Workforce shortages are plaguing defense industries

In the shadow of Rhode Island’s prominent defense sector, General Dynamics Electric Boat and other companies are facing a persistent challenge: There aren’t enough...

Rite-Solutions Inc. lands 10-year OASIS+ contract

MIDDLETOWN – Rite-Solutions Inc. has been awarded a 10-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity prime contract by the U.S. General Services Administration, the company announced Tuesday.  Rite-Solutions is...
PRACTICAL ­ATTIRE: Propel LLC owner Clare King, left, and Birgit Leitner, product design and development lead, examine an aircraft carrier flight deck jersey Propel manufactures for the U.S. Navy. The company’s whole-garment knitting machine is to the right. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

King weaves opportunities into a career of innovation

Clare King likes to mix things up. She sees opportunity in combinations others may not. This might explain why her Pawtucket company, Propel LLC, solves...

Steinbrecher earns lifetime achievement award in science

DONALD STEINBRECHER, chief scientist in the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport’s Undersea Warfare Electromagnetic Systems Department, was awarded the 2019 Office of Naval...

Whitehouse helps with effort to call attention to pancreatic cancer

PROVIDENCE – U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., is among a group of federal lawmakers who have drafted a resolution designating November as Pancreatic Cancer...
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