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Bill Gates’ TerraPower wins $8.5M in federal funding for conversion of used nuclear fuel

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TerraPower’s grant is the largest of the 11 announced today for ARPA-E’s ONWARDS program. The company is working with GE-Hitachi on a demonstration nuclear reactor that’s due to be built in Wyoming and go into operation by 2028, producing up to 500 megawatts of power.

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Accelerating Aerospace Organizational Innovation, Speed, and Resilience with Digital Technologies

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Billion by 2028, growing at a CAGR of 9.10% from 2021 to 2028. Then, I will share information about the 2023 SAP Innovation Award program and how companies can get involved. Aerospace and Defense 2020 SAP Innovation Awards We celebrated a record number of submissions for the 2020 SAP Innovation Award program.

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The Black Boardroom Initiative launches with support from Seattle tech to boost board diversity

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Its goal is to increase the number of Black leaders on public boards to one in eight by 2028 — a ratio that matches the fraction of America’s Black population. The program initially focused on women in leadership when in started in 2015 and has expanded to include other underrepresented groups.

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Interlune comes out of stealth with its plan to harvest helium-3 and more on the moon

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“We’ll rely on landers being developed by other companies under the Artemis program and CLPS [ Commercial Lunar Payload Services ] program, depending on the mission,” Meyerson said. “The Blue Alchemist program is focused on producing solar arrays and oxygen. Click to enlarge.)

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Boeing pays tribute to its ‘Queen of the Skies’ following the rollout of the last 747

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. “For more than half a century, tens of thousands of dedicated Boeing employees have designed and built this magnificent airplane that has truly changed the world,” Kim Smith, Boeing’s vice president and general manager for 747 and 767 programs, said in a statement after Tuesday night’s rollout.

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Global costs of cyber attacks in 2024 and the future

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A common tactic, loader attacks, employs innocent-looking programs to covertly deliver malware. With over 1 billion unique malware programs, Trojans dominate at 58%. As per ExpressVPN’s recent study, the projected cost of cyber attacks for 2024 is as follows: USD 9.5 trillion a year USD 793 billion a month USD 182.5 trillion 10.5%

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Axiom raises $130M for its space station — and adds Blue Origin alum to its board

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CNBC quoted Axiom President and CEO Michael Suffredini , a former manager of NASA’s space station program, as saying the company’s valuation now exceeds $1 billion. If the ISS is decommissioned in 2028, as planned, Axiom would detach its modules and operate them independently as a privately owned space station.