BUSINESS AWARDS

The ARCNet Consortium, under the administration of SPGI, funds research that includes autonomy, precision navigation and timing and cyber-physical systems that will strengthen the national aerospace autonomy industrial base and quickly put these capabilities into the hands of our warfighters.

Mark Pohl, ARCNet Operations Director, announced that the ARCNet Consortium has released its first grant subaward. “ARCNet has only been in existence for six months and we are already announcing our first grant subaward. Our team has worked exceptionally hard to quickly put all the systems in place to announce this first award. We are breaking the mold of traditional government contracting, which has always been our goal,” he stated.

The two-year, $4.8 million dollar grant subaward was presented to RBR-Technologies, Inc. to conduct cognitive machine learning. RBR-Technologies, headquartered in Odenton, MD, is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business focused on cloud development, software engineering and data analytics. RBR-Technologies, which began operations in 2010 and whose workforce is currently made up of more than 75% veterans serves clients within the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Intelligence Community (IC). RBR-Technologies, Inc.

To find out more, visit www.ARCNetconsortium. com.

Fuyao Glass America has been awarded with the Montgomery County Solid Waste District Business Incentive Grant. The grant, in the amount of $32,734.10, will go towards the purchase

of four vertical downstroke balers to be used to assist in the collection, sorting, and compacting of recyclable materials generated during production and distribution of automotive glass. In addition to the $32,734.10 grant, Fuyao will match the grant in the amount of $14,028.90, for a total project amount of $46,763.00.

This is not the first time Fuyao has been a recipient of the Solid Waste District’s Business Incentive Grant. The Corporation was awarded this grant back in 2015 for $29,897.00, which was used to purchase a stationary compaction unit, cart dumping system, and monitoring system to be used as the primary processing equipment for Old Corrugated Containers (OCC). Fuyao also matched the 2015 grant with $12,812.73, for a total project amount of $42,709.73.

Montgomery County Solid Waste District offers grant funding to increase recycling at local businesses. Funds are available on a competitive basis to all Montgomery County businesses. A total of $150,000 is available for the program, including $120,000 to fund capital equipment purchases and $30,000 for new recycling service contracts. Additionally, capital equipment purchase grants require a 30% cash match by businesses.