Press Releases

This Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers joined Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce leadership and the local business community at the Chamber’s first in-person Washington Brief (formerly Eggs & Issues) event of the year. Rogers, who serves as Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, asserted his firm commitment to continued increases in funding to rebuild and modernize the military, voiced his support for infrastructure funding as well as his concerns about non-infrastructure related spending in President’s proposed plan, and what to expect during the remainder of the federal legislative year. Rogers also took questions from the crowd about Montgomery’s opportunity related to the future growth of space initiatives and the repatriation of manufacturing from foreign countries as an issue of national security and economic development. Read more

TechMGM, Montgomery’s initiative to connect and leverage the city’s unique technology assets, will once again host the annual InnovateAFITC hackathon from August 17-26, 2020. This year, the cyber challenge will be held virtually due to COVID-19. Every year, InnovateAFITC challenges participants to create innovative solutions to significant cyber obstacles and threats. Participants this year will take part in three events, including an application building competition to help solve COVID-19 related obstacles that communities across the country are facing. Read more

Following a nearly two-year process, site surveys and a full strategic basing process, the Air Force announced today that it has chosen Dannelly Field and Truax AGS in Madison, Wisconsin to serve as the next strategic locations for the F-35A and to support the Air Force’s worldwide placement of fighter jets. Read more