AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoDefense Tech & Drones: North Dakota Air National Guard crews joined Kansas at VAPOR 26.1 to test passive defenses against small UAS threats, using camouflage, concealment, deception, and hardening instead of shooting drones. Public Safety Tech: Minot’s Roosevelt Park pool and pickleball courts reopen with a temporary traffic plan while paving continues, and Barnesville’s siren outage shows how communities are leaning on digital alerts like Cass-Clay Alerts. Energy & Materials: Vorbeck Materials finalized a $6.6M Defense Logistics Agency contract to develop PFAS-free firefighting foam for Navy ship fires, building on its Grand Forks manufacturing push. Oil & Policy: North Dakota officials are pushing Enhanced Oil Recovery to unlock more of the Bakken’s remaining oil, arguing the next two years are a policy window. Education Tech Policy: North Dakota launched a statewide survey on responsible classroom technology use, running through Aug. 1. Space Weather: NOAA warned a strong geomagnetic storm could bring northern lights as far south as North Dakota and beyond.
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