
Mercer named CEO, executive director of Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority
Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Roosevelt “Ted” Mercer Jr. has been named CEO and executive director of the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority.

Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Roosevelt “Ted” Mercer Jr. has been named CEO and executive director of the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority.

The Senate voted on Tuesday to pass the United States Innovation and Competition Act, bipartisan legislation that includes provisions to foster U.S. innovation in the race for 5G and shore up American leadership in the microelectronics industry.

The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved a $1.74 billion university budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year at its meeting in Blacksburg on June 8.

The Senate Rules Committee and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued a bipartisan report on the security, planning, and response failures that led to the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection.

The Deloitte Graduate Student Research Program on Artificial Intelligence is currently seeking students pursuing degrees in artificial intelligence and related fields to be hired as graduate research assistants.

Virginia Tech sophomore Evan Allen knows his way around Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets, an online forum where millions of users gather to talk about the stock market.

We’re being spied on by a domestic army of government snitches, spies and techno-warriors.

Because electric aircraft can significantly reduce carbon and nitrogen oxides emissions, it is a promising solution to a global problem.

Globally, national governments and private industries are making a push towards reducing carbon emissions.

Former U.S. Sen. John Warner, who represented Virginia in the Senate for 30 years before retiring in 2009, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 94.
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