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Event Recaps – September 24, 2023

September 24, 2023

BENS CEO, General Tim Ray, traveled to Atlanta to visit with the Southeast Region’s BENS members. Members shared their thoughts and insights on their experiences and engagements with BENS and General…

BENS Member, Chris Harris

September 24, 2023

BENS Member, Chris Harris, Vice President of Defense/Americas for SPEE3D has worked with key staff to train and supply Ukraine with metal 3D printers. The printers will be deployed near the…

BENS New York Member Frank Walter

September 24, 2023

BENS New York Member Frank Walter to be recognized by Vanderbilt University with the inaugural Vanderbilt Way Award. The award celebrates outstanding recent volunteer service to Vanderbilt schools, alumni groups, and other…

BENS Texas Member Flo Groberg

September 24, 2023

BENS Texas Member Flo Groberg, Senior Director for Azure Government Mission Engineering was newly elected to the Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP)  all-volunteer board of directors.

Inside the Delicate Art of Maintaining America’s Aging Nuclear Weapons

September 24, 2023

In an ultra-sterile room at a secure factory in Kansas City, U.S. government technicians refurbish the nation’s nuclear warheads.

Ukraine: New Attack on Crimea, Poland Stops Supplying Arms, Zelenskyy Meets Biden

September 24, 2023

The Ukrainian army claimed on Thursday to have struck a Russian military airfield near the Crimean town of Saky, in yet another attack by Kyiv on this Ukrainian peninsula annexed…

CHIPS are Down: DoD Awards $240M to Build 8 Tech Hubs, Official Warns Shutdown Would Be ‘Crushing’

September 24, 2023

The Pentagon today announced the first set of awards under the CHIPS Act totaling $240 million to build eight regional innovation hubs through its Microelectronics Commons initiative— one day after the US Secretary of…

China is Edging Out the US Military’s Advantage on Tech

September 24, 2023

The future of warfare and military capability is taking center stage as the war in Ukraine rages, Moscow looks to reload its high-tech missile inventory and, in a possible portent of future…

Biden Warns Against Allowing Russia to “Brutalize Ukraine” with No Consequence

September 24, 2023

President Biden in his UN General Assembly speech Tuesday called for more international support for Ukraine and stressed the need for more cooperation between countries on issues like development, climate, artificial intelligence and…