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Article: DEFENSE BILL HAS $2M FOR YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY WORK ON LIGHTWEIGHT BODY ARMOR
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 18, 2009
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, July. 31 -- Youngstown State University issued the following news release:
Youngstown State University and two industrial partners are in line to get a $2 million federal-defense research grant.
The money is part of $16 million secured by U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Niles, D-17th, for what he termed "cutting edge" research in the defense-appropriations spending bill just passed by the House. Ryan is a member of the House Appropriations Committee.
The funding will help develop the next generation of manufacturing techniques in Northeast Ohio, he said.
The money earmarked for YSU, Fireline TCON Inc. and Iten Industries will be used to develop a new lightweight body armor for ...