EXWC Technical Director Kail Macias helped kick off the excitement of the FIRST Robotics competition at the Fathomwerx tech bridge laboratory at the Port of Hueneme.
EXWC is sponsoring Team 4414, the HighTide robotics team of Ventura County, in partnership with Naval STEM and DoDSTEM. The team won the world championship in robotics in 2023.
“I want to connect what all these teams are doing here today and just how important it is not only for the Navy labs, but also industry and the world,” Macias said at the opening ceremony, March 1.
Keith Hamilton, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) chief engineer and assistant commander for planning, design, and construction, testified March 11 before the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies.
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Mid-Atlantic (NAVFAC MIDLANT) awarded BjD Resourcing LLC, Newhall, California, a $14,289,061 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with recurring and non-recurring services for grounds maintenance services at the Naval Support Activity (NSA) Crane, Indiana and the Lake Glendora Test Facility, located northwest of the NSA Crane main site in Sullivan, Indiana.
