A recently secured $2.3 million implementation grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) rounds out the capital raise to support the launch of 401 Tech Bridge, which includes the addition of a new 17,000-square-foot Advanced Materials and Technology Center in Portsmouth, RI....
U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced that the U.S. Economic Development Administration has awarded Polaris Manufacturing Extension Partnership a $2.3 million grant to open a new facility in Rhode Island that will support the growth of the local textiles, composites and undersea technology industries....
U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced that the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded Polaris Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) a $2.3 million grant to open a new facility in Rhode Island that will support the growth of the local textiles, composites, and undersea technology industries. ...
Companies from the RITIN network, Nautilus Defense, Propel, LLC, Response Technologies spoke at a Venture Cafe event about Innovation in the Defense sector this summer. At the same event, representatives from BAE, Raytheon, and Battelle discussed how innovative small businesses can best work with them....
Intertwined with Rhode Island’s economy as a source of food, recreation and power, and as a medium for transportation and defense, the ocean has sustained a considerable amount of industry in the state for centuries. Click here to read the full article....
“The Warfare Centers recognize that to be successful, whether it is on a submarine, on a ship or solving a technical challenge, you need a good team,” NUWC Division Newport Commanding Officer Capt. Mike Coughlin said. “We realize that Expanding the Advantage means reaching out beyond our Navy partners, Warfare Centers and traditional defense contractors. We need our team to...
The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport and Polaris Manufacturing Extension Partnership have signed a Partnership Intermediary Agreement to launch the 401 Tech Bridge, NUWC announced. Click here to read the full article....
As Rear Adm. Eric Ver Hage, Commander, Naval Surface and Undersea Warfare Centers, astutely pointed out at the 401 Tech Bridge launch event held at Innovate Newport on Dec. 16, there are few things more iconic in Rhode Island than the Pell Bridge. “Over the years, it has become much more than a concrete and steel connection between Aquidneck and Conanicut...
The champions of 401 Tech Bridge — a materials innovation center that pulls from the private sector, academia and the Navy — says it has the potential to expand the economy, and there’s a plan to ground the new initiative in a physical space on Aquidneck Island. Last year, Gov. Gina Raimondo and David Dooley, president of the University of Rhode...
Governor Gina Raimondo recently joined with University of Rhode Island (URI) President David Dooley to announce $1 million in funding for the creation of the 401 Tech Bridge, the Rhode Island Materials Innovation Center. Industry partners will be able to work in the 401 Tech Bridge Center with the University of Rhode Island and entities such as the Navy or agencies...
