Tag: selects

Transitional council in Haiti selects new PM for country under siege by gangs

Garry Conille has been named Haiti’s new prime minister, nearly a month after a coalition within a fractured transitional council had chosen someone else for the position. The long-awaited move comes as gangs continue to terrorise the capital of Port-au-Prince, opening fire in once peaceful neighbourhoods and using heavy machinery to demolish several police stations […]

Pentagon’s Replicator selects AeroVironment’s Switchblade-600 is first buy

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said Monday that AeroVironment Inc’s Switchblade-600 loitering munition was the first weapon to be publicly confirmed to be part of the Replicator initiative, which aims to rapidly deploy thousands of military drones. The Switchblade-600 has gained notoriety because the Ukrainian military is using it to strike Russian […]

NASA selects Rocket Lab for back-to-back climate change research launches

One of NASA’s latest climate change missions will soon head to space on Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket. Rocket Lab shared this week that planning continues for two back-to-back launches taking that will send NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission to space from the company’s Launch Complex 1 in Māhia, New Zealan. […]

Texas Crime Stoppers Council selects OHS student as council member

Mar. 4—Annually, the Texas Crime Stoppers Council has the authority to designate a current student enrolled in a public school in the state, actively engaged in the Texas Crime Stoppers Ambassador Program, as a nonvoting student advisor to the council. Clarissa DeLeon, a junior at Odessa High School and a member of Odessa Student Crime […]

Virginia Beach selects Franklin city manager as new deputy city manager

Virginia Beach will have a new deputy city manager beginning in April. Amanda Jarratt will oversee the departments of Agriculture, Convention and Visitors Bureau, Economic Development and Planning and Community Development, the city announced Friday. She was tapped for the position left vacant by Taylor Adams, who accepted a post outside the city in May. […]

Unverferth selects new Vice President of Human Resources

Feb. 2—LIMA — Unverferth has announced a new Vice President of Human Resources. According to a recent press release, the new VP Scott McCormick has worked for the company since 2012. “In this new role, Scott will work on ensuring that we continue placing a major emphasis on hiring, career development, and the health and […]