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2 days ago
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Disability Action Center breaks ground new Fairmont recreation center
FAIRMONT, (WBOY) — The Disability Action Center (DAC) held a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday at the site of the upcoming Wilfong Wellness Center in Fairmont. DAC officials told 12 News that the center will provide a place for people with disabilities and the community at large to recreate and focus on physical fitness. The facility will include a fitness area, a multipurpose space and a gymnasium that will allow for basketball, volleyball, and pickleball. 'We want the center to not only serve our clients with disabilities, but the greater community, knowing that when we bring everyone together with the focus on health and focus on inclusion, that the entire community wins,' Disability Action Center Executive Director Julie Sole said. Aerial Drone Competition Northeast Regional Championship begins at Fairmont State University The DAC raised around $1.7 million over four years to fund this project. Funders included Senator Manchin, Senator Capito, a number of state officials, the Marion County Commission and Kevin and Donna Wilfong, whose family has been heavily involved with the disabled community in the area since 1958. Kevin Wilfong's parents founded the first association in Marion County for people with developmental disabilities after his younger brother passed away from hydrocephalus. Wilfong said his contributions to the wellness center were very meaningful to him and that the facility will be designed to better serve people with disabilities in the area with features such as matts on the walls and wheelchair accessibility. The Disability Action Center said it plans on working to get the Wilfong Wellness Center up and running as soon as possible. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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3 days ago
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Danish Aerospace Company to build prototype of exercise equipment for the Moon and eventually Mars
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT Odense, May 28, 2025 Company Announcement no. 61 – 28.05.2025 Danish Aerospace Company to build prototype of exercise equipment for the Moon and eventually MarsDanish Aerospace Company A/SCVR no.: 12424248 Danish Aerospace Company A/S (DAC), Odense, has today signed a contract with the European Space Agency ESA to develop and build a prototype of a new exercise device that can be used on the Lunar Gateway space station orbiting the Moon and eventually for human missions to Mars. The six-month contract entails the development of a prototype of exercise technology to meet the standards of Lunar Gateway. The new prototype will also include a new form of exercise - jumping - to help strengthen the astronauts' bones, muscles, and cardiovascular system while they are in space. The Gateway Exercise Equipment study contract runs for approximately 6 months and has a total value for DAC of approximately EUR 580,000. (DKK 4.3 million). The contract does not change the company's previously announced expectations for 2025. The Lunar Gateway is a new space station that NASA, ESA, Japan and Canada have agreed to develop. NASA's current plans envision launch and beginning initial operations of the Lunar Gateway in about 2028. The Gateway will orbit the Moon, where it will be visited by astronauts for 30 to 90 days at a time. This represents a big step forward for DAC, and the first time the company is seriously looking at moving further into space with its exercise equipment, after having supplied ESA and NASA with exercise- and medical monitoring equipment for more than three decades for the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station (ISS) programs. Amentum Clean Energy from England will participate in the project as a subcontractor. Over the next six months, DAC's sophisticated exercise technology will be refined further so the new exercise device can meet the unique requirements of the Lunar Gateway. The new prototype will also include a new form of exercise - jumping - to help strengthen the astronauts' bones, muscles, and cardiovascular system while they are in space. Amentum Clean Energy's contribution to the prototype study involves development of a vibration damping system that ensures vibrations from the astronauts' exercise do not propagate to the Lunar Gateway space station and disrupt systems and other research on board. "We are extremely proud that ESA has chosen Danish Aerospace Company to develop a prototype of the exercise equipment for the Lunar Gateway. This shows our extensive experience in this area, but it also offers a lot of exciting new challenges. The exercise equipment must be even more reliable than before, because it is much further away from home. For example, the electronics in the equipment must be able to withstand the much higher background radiation so far from Earth and still function, and the HALO module, where the astronauts will exercise, is much smaller than the modules on the ISS; so the exercise device we develop must be optimized even more. We are very much looking forward to contributing to this fascinating new area", says Thomas A. E. Andersen, CEO, DAC. The Gateway Exercise Equipment study contract runs for approximately 6 months and has a total value for DAC of approximately EUR 580,000. (DKK 4.3 million). For further information, please contact: Danish Aerospace Company A/S:CEO Thomas A.E. AndersenCell: +45 40 29 41 62 Certified Adviser:Baker Tilly Corporate Finance P/S Poul Bundgaards Vej 1, Valby Tel.: +45 33 45 10 00 About Danish Aerospace Company A/S: Danish Aerospace Company (DAC) is a high-tech company operating in the area of advanced medical instrumentation and other engineering fields primarily within space applications. Our products are based on many years of specialized research and development. These consist of developing, integrating, and applying new as well as established medical technologies to the challenges of functioning and remaining reliable in space. These products and services bring the potential of space research and experience from space operations down to Earth for the benefit of all mankind. Danish Aerospace Company employs engineers and technicians who deliver full engineering, production and technical services for our customers. We specialize in customer specific design, development, manufacturing, certification, maintenance, testing, and operations. The company has developed five generations of respiratory equipment for spaceflight, ergometers for astronauts, countermeasures, adapted several commercial medical equipment for spaceflight and has participated in the development of the minus eighty-degree Celsius freezers. The Company's quality system is certified in obligation to BS EN ISO 9001:2015, BS EN 9100:2018 technical equivalent to AS9100D that is the acknowledged standard in the area. Note: This is a translation of the corresponding Company Announcement in Danish. In case of discrepancies between the Danish wording and the English translation, the Danish wording prevails. in to access your portfolio
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3 days ago
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Danish Aerospace Company to build prototype of exercise equipment for the Moon and eventually Mars
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT Odense, May 28, 2025 Company Announcement no. 61 – 28.05.2025 Danish Aerospace Company to build prototype of exercise equipment for the Moon and eventually MarsDanish Aerospace Company A/SCVR no.: 12424248 Danish Aerospace Company A/S (DAC), Odense, has today signed a contract with the European Space Agency ESA to develop and build a prototype of a new exercise device that can be used on the Lunar Gateway space station orbiting the Moon and eventually for human missions to Mars. The six-month contract entails the development of a prototype of exercise technology to meet the standards of Lunar Gateway. The new prototype will also include a new form of exercise - jumping - to help strengthen the astronauts' bones, muscles, and cardiovascular system while they are in space. The Gateway Exercise Equipment study contract runs for approximately 6 months and has a total value for DAC of approximately EUR 580,000. (DKK 4.3 million). The contract does not change the company's previously announced expectations for 2025. The Lunar Gateway is a new space station that NASA, ESA, Japan and Canada have agreed to develop. NASA's current plans envision launch and beginning initial operations of the Lunar Gateway in about 2028. The Gateway will orbit the Moon, where it will be visited by astronauts for 30 to 90 days at a time. This represents a big step forward for DAC, and the first time the company is seriously looking at moving further into space with its exercise equipment, after having supplied ESA and NASA with exercise- and medical monitoring equipment for more than three decades for the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station (ISS) programs. Amentum Clean Energy from England will participate in the project as a subcontractor. Over the next six months, DAC's sophisticated exercise technology will be refined further so the new exercise device can meet the unique requirements of the Lunar Gateway. The new prototype will also include a new form of exercise - jumping - to help strengthen the astronauts' bones, muscles, and cardiovascular system while they are in space. Amentum Clean Energy's contribution to the prototype study involves development of a vibration damping system that ensures vibrations from the astronauts' exercise do not propagate to the Lunar Gateway space station and disrupt systems and other research on board. "We are extremely proud that ESA has chosen Danish Aerospace Company to develop a prototype of the exercise equipment for the Lunar Gateway. This shows our extensive experience in this area, but it also offers a lot of exciting new challenges. The exercise equipment must be even more reliable than before, because it is much further away from home. For example, the electronics in the equipment must be able to withstand the much higher background radiation so far from Earth and still function, and the HALO module, where the astronauts will exercise, is much smaller than the modules on the ISS; so the exercise device we develop must be optimized even more. We are very much looking forward to contributing to this fascinating new area", says Thomas A. E. Andersen, CEO, DAC. The Gateway Exercise Equipment study contract runs for approximately 6 months and has a total value for DAC of approximately EUR 580,000. (DKK 4.3 million). For further information, please contact: Danish Aerospace Company A/S:CEO Thomas A.E. AndersenCell: +45 40 29 41 62 Certified Adviser:Baker Tilly Corporate Finance P/S Poul Bundgaards Vej 1, Valby Tel.: +45 33 45 10 00 About Danish Aerospace Company A/S: Danish Aerospace Company (DAC) is a high-tech company operating in the area of advanced medical instrumentation and other engineering fields primarily within space applications. Our products are based on many years of specialized research and development. These consist of developing, integrating, and applying new as well as established medical technologies to the challenges of functioning and remaining reliable in space. These products and services bring the potential of space research and experience from space operations down to Earth for the benefit of all mankind. Danish Aerospace Company employs engineers and technicians who deliver full engineering, production and technical services for our customers. We specialize in customer specific design, development, manufacturing, certification, maintenance, testing, and operations. The company has developed five generations of respiratory equipment for spaceflight, ergometers for astronauts, countermeasures, adapted several commercial medical equipment for spaceflight and has participated in the development of the minus eighty-degree Celsius freezers. The Company's quality system is certified in obligation to BS EN ISO 9001:2015, BS EN 9100:2018 technical equivalent to AS9100D that is the acknowledged standard in the area. Note: This is a translation of the corresponding Company Announcement in Danish. In case of discrepancies between the Danish wording and the English translation, the Danish wording prevails.
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3 days ago
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As NC budget writers get down to brass tacks, a crisis in corrections looms large
NC Department of Adult Correction Secretary Leslie Dismukes tells members of the Senate Judiciary Committee the state is now faced with 40% vacancy rate for correctional officers. (Photo: NCGA video stream) When North Carolina House and Senate budget writers begin hammering out a compromise between their two proposed budgets, one of the more pressing problems will be how to address the crisis in North Carolina's prisons. During a confirmation hearing this month, Department of Adult Correction Secretary Leslie Dismukes told lawmakers the state is now faced with 40% vacancy rate for correctional officers. Three prisons currently have a vacancy rate over 60%, and at another 10 the vacancy rate hovers at over 50%. 'The General Assembly has been our partner and has dedicated resources to help us address this issue. But I'll be honest, it's still a struggle,' Dismukes told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Department of Adult Correction (DAC) has almost 32,000 people in physical custody and another 77,000 under community supervision. State employees in the department are working 12-hour shifts and mandatory overtime to meet minimum staffing levels in the prisons. Flanked by law enforcement officers, Dismukes said she has workers who are dealing with exhaustion and child care needs, that many cannot afford. 'What is the department doing now to recruit new employees and what do you think needs to be changed to do to increase your recruitment?' Sen. Warren Daniel (R-Burke, McDowell, Buncombe) asked. Dismukes said recent raises have been helpful, but North Carolina lags its neighbors. 'We are for correctional officers in the bottom three in the country, and certainly in all of our surrounding states, we are at lowest,' she said. DAC urgently needs to keep qualified staff on board to train the new staff that are being recruited. 'Right now, we're in great danger of losing a lot of our talented staff who know how to do the job because we cannot pay them equivalent to other states or other industries within North Carolina,' Dismukes added. Rep. Phil Rubin (D-Wake) agrees with that concern. 'If you want to be a prison guard, you've got a lot of reasons not to do it here,' Rubin said in an interview this week with NC Newsline. Rubin said the House budget proposal offers a meager 2.5% raise for state workers and proposes getting rid of many positions that have been vacant for months. For DAC that would mean the loss of 400 correctional officer positions that are unfilled. 'We can't fill the spots. So, then we get rid of them, and we have too few prison guards, which endangers the ones that are there, and it drives them out of the job because their job just got harder and worse and they're still not getting paid better,' Rubin explained. 'Meanwhile, we're hearing about doubling the premiums and the deductibles on the State Health Plan.' Beyond just a modest pay increase, the state needs to make a commitment to ensuring the correction officers have a safe workplace. NCDAC has recorded more than $1 billion in deferred maintenance for the aging infrastructure in prisons. 'It's $1.4 billion of maintenance that needs to be done right now,' Dismukes stressed. 'Our fire suppression systems are outdated or completely inoperable in 23 prisons and several prisons don't have air conditioning.' Correction officials say it's not a matter of comfort. The lack of cooling systems in close conditions in an institutional setting can increase the risk of violence. A 2015 Columbia Law School report noted that the rise in older, sicker prisoners may also be more vulnerable to the heat. North Carolina has been working on a long-term project to cool its prisons since 2021. As of last summer, DAC was installing air conditioning systems in buildings containing the remaining one-third of the beds its staff supervises. Indoor environmental conditions aside, the agency learned during Hurricane Helene that it does not have the redundancies and system resilience to meet natural disasters. The storm forced the transfer of nearly 2,200 prisoners from five facilities in the western part of the state. Civil rights groups warned at the time that the emergency transfers exacerbated overcrowded conditions and the workload on correctional officers. 'We must make critical decisions about our prison locations to maximize staffing and return on investment for our infrastructure repairs,' Dismukes told senators. Another ever-present worry for DAC is medical costs. In fiscal year 2024, the department spent $400 million on health care. This fiscal year, that number is projected to rise to $425 million. 'These costs, we cannot avoid given the aging prison population and our duty of care to them,' warned Dismukes. 'We must take a look at our overall medical infrastructure and build the best prison medical system we can and create savings wherever possible.' Getting medical personnel to work in the correction system remains a challenge. The persistent and high vacancy rates for nurses have resulted in the use of contract or traveling nurses, a more expensive option for the state. Dismukes is expected to win confirmation from the Judiciary Committee at its next meeting. Sen. Danny Britt (R-Robeson) said the secretary deserves credit for her willingness to take on the challenge. 'It is probably one of the most challenging budget areas that we have to deal with, both on scale and funding,' he acknowledged. Britt said the Senate has done its best with salaries, earmarking an additional 5.25% raise for correctional officers combined with step increases. Probation and parole officers could get an additional 2% raise in the Senate budget. 'There's no real silver bullet, so hopefully if confirmed, you can come up with those answers outside of salaries that can fill these positions. We're willing to do whatever we can to assist. Hope you're willing to reach out.'
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4 days ago
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Danish Aerospace Company A/S and NECAS A/S enter strategic partnership to boost Danish defense and space technology
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT Odense, May 28, 2025 Company Announcement no. 60 – 28.05.2025 Danish Aerospace Company A/S and NECAS A/S enter strategic partnership to boost Danish defense and space technologyDanish Aerospace Company A/SCVR no.: 12424248 Danish Aerospace Company A/S (DAC) announces a strategic partnership with NECAS A/S aimed at strengthening Denmark's technological capabilities and production capacity in the defense and space sectors. This partnership unites two of Denmark's most specialized technology companies with a shared goal: to develop and produce advanced technological solutions applicable across the military, space and extreme environment domains. The collaboration will focus on harnessing the unique synergies between NECAS' expertise in production of electronics for the defense industry and DAC's world-class expertise in developing medical and exercise systems as well as advanced space and extreme environment technologies. Together, the companies will jointly pursue projects involving the development and production of robust systems certified under AS9100 certification, designed to operate in extreme environments – on Earth and in space. This is a unique combination of capabilities. With this strategic partnership, the two companies are combining NECAS' high-tech electronic manufacturing and box-build capabilities for series between 10 to 10.000 units, with DACs expertise in small number manufacturing and hand soldering for the highly specialized space sector. The partnership will also bring DACs AS9100 design expertise in mechanics, electronics and software to the joint capability portfolio. This will allow DAC & NECAS A/S to pursue new opportunities in both the defense and space sectors. For further information, please contact: Danish Aerospace Company A/S:CEO Thomas A.E. AndersenCell: +45 40 29 41 62 Certified Adviser:Baker Tilly Corporate Finance P/S Poul Bundgaards Vej 1, Valby Tel.: +45 33 45 10 00 About Danish Aerospace Company A/S: Danish Aerospace Company (DAC) is a high-tech company operating in the area of advanced medical instrumentation and other engineering fields primarily within space applications. Our products are based on many years of specialized research and development. These consist of developing, integrating, and applying new as well as established medical technologies to the challenges of functioning and remaining reliable in space. These products and services bring the potential of space research and experience from space operations down to Earth for the benefit of all mankind. Danish Aerospace Company employs engineers and technicians who deliver full engineering, production and technical services for our customers. We specialize in customer specific design, development, manufacturing, certification, maintenance, testing, and operations. The company has developed five generations of respiratory equipment for spaceflight, ergometers for astronauts, countermeasures, adapted several commercial medical equipment for spaceflight and has participated in the development of the minus eighty-degree Celsius freezers. The Company's quality system is certified in obligation to BS EN ISO 9001:2015, BS EN 9100:2018 technical equivalent to AS9100D that is the acknowledged standard in the area. Note: This is a translation of the corresponding Company Announcement in Danish. In case of discrepancies between the Danish wording and the English translation, the Danish wording prevails. in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
