(Photo provided by LRAFB) What was good for Jacksonville almost 75 years ago has proven to be beneficial and then some for central Arkansas and far beyond. Little Rock Air Force Base, the global home of the workhorse C-130 Hercules, …
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Security Starts Here: Little Rock’s Forge Institute Poised to Make National Security State’s Top Export
by Doug Criseby Doug CriseFeature photo: Forge CEO Lee Watson (Photo by Steve Lewis) Lee Watson sees a different Arkansas than most. The lifelong entrepreneur and founder/CEO of Little Rock’s Forge Institute deals heavily in cybersecurity, technological advancement and career training in various security …
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Forge Institute Launches Phoenix Xcelerator to Propel Defense Startups
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffForge Institute has unveiled the Phoenix Xcelerator, a groundbreaking program designed to foster innovation and growth among startups in the defense and aerospace industries. With support from the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC), the program aims to tackle defense challenges …
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A Bigger Boom: Lithium Industry Poised to Inject Billions of Dollars into Arkansas Economy
It seemed to happen overnight. A few years ago, sleepy south Arkansas woke up to a growing buzz — with a lithium boom on the horizon, the region is set to strike it rich once again. According to a study …
- ArchitectureIndustriesMagazineNovember 2022
Executive Q & A: Greg Cockmon, Cromwell Architects-Engineers, Little Rock
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffGreg Cockmon is the CEO of Cromwell Architects-Engineers, one of the oldest architecture or engineering firms in the state, with a history dating back to Benjamin J. Bartlett in 1885. Over his 33 years with the company, serving as president …
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ASBTDC Offers Free Webinars to Prepare for Federal Funding Opportunity
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC), based at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, is offering a free summer series designed to help small businesses win federal funding for research and development of innovative technologies with …
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UALR Awarded $165K Grant to Support Research Efforts to Monitor Cyber Warfare Tactics on Social Media
Dr. Nitin Agarwal, Jerry L. Maulden-Entergy endowed chair and distinguished professor of information science at UA Little Rock, has received a grant for $165,540 that will support research efforts to monitor cyber warfare tactics through social media. UA Little Rock …
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) is part of an international research cohort that has received about $2.35 million in funding from the Department of Defense (DOD) to investigate the use of social cyber forensics to understand covert …
A University of Arkansas research team has landed a significant defense grant that could have an impact on the future of infrared imaging devices, particularly with military applications. Two UA professors – Shui-Qing “Fisher” Yu, associate professor of electrical engineering, …