NSWC Crane names first-ever female technical director
February 9, 2021 - By: Matt Craig, Director of Crane Community Support for Radius Indiana Dr. Angie Lewis has been named the new technical director for Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane), becoming the first woman to be selected for the position. Lewis will act as the senior civilian at NSWC...
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Crane Army Continues to Invest in Critical Modernization Efforts
December 13, 2020 - By: Matt Craig, Director of Crane Community Support The Army’s Organic Industrial Base is working toward a strategic modernization effort. While currently meeting the needs of its Joint Warfighters and Coalition Partners, it is simultaneously working to modernize its facilities to address aging conditions and meet future capabilities. ...
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Southern Indiana Site Receives Silver Site Certification
November 22, 2020 - LINTON, Ind. (Nov. 17, 2020) — The Linton, Indiana Dunkerly Industrial site has received Silver Site Certification, making it another southern Indiana location to take advantage of a new certification program through Radius Indiana’s partnership with Verisite. Verisite is the result of collaboration between Ginovus, Plaka + Associates, and the Veridus...
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Change in Command Brings Excitement for Crane’s Future
September 13, 2020 - By: Matt Craig, Director of Crane Community Support for Radius Indiana In July of this year, NSA Crane and NSWC Crane welcomed two new commanding officers to lead the southern Indiana installation. Commander James L. Smith, commanding officer of NSA Crane, is a 2002 graduate of the United States Naval...
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Entrepreneurs Take on Crane IP in New Pitch Competition
July 12, 2020 - By Matt Craig, Radius Indiana Director of Crane Community Support With most every sector of our economy feeling the effects of the pandemic, organizations in our region have come together to offer a new opportunity that will help spur innovation and business growth. This month, Radius Indiana, in coordination...
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NSA Crane Responds to the COVID-19 Pandemic
June 22, 2020 - By: Matt Craig, Director of Crane Community Support, Radius Indiana Naval Support Activity Crane has responded to local and national COVID-19-related needs in unprecedented ways by joining efforts to fight the virus, boost the economy, and assist community members in need. Radius Indiana is proud of NSA Crane’s...
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Economic Development is More Important Than Ever
April 28, 2020 - Column from the Indiana Economic Development Association Indiana launched into 2020 with the unemployment rate in many communities hovering at near-record‐ level lows of 2 – 3%. A major concern in many communities was the lack of workers to fill current jobs. In response, economic developers shifted from attracting businesses to attracting workers. It...
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“Pitch-In” Defines our Regional Collaboration and Communities
March 31, 2020 - From: Jeff Quyle, Radius Indiana President & CEO Did you know that the Dictionary of American Regional English says that southern Indiana has the best pitch-in dinners of any part of the country east of the Rocky Mountains? Now, in truth, the dictionary brags on our region only in a...
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Keeping Watch at Crane
January 8, 2020 - By: Matt Craig, Radius Indiana Director of Crane Community Support Every year the counties and cities around Naval Support Activity Crane expend some energy to assuage concerns that it will someday fall to the ax of military cutbacks. Some ask, “is it necessary?” Without doubt or hint of hesitation,...
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Crane’s Evolution Strengthens Region
October 15, 2019 - By: Matt Craig, Director of Crane Community Support for Radius Indiana Photographs from Naval Support Activity Crane’s early years contain some familiar images that we can still see today at the installation—from the original command office at Building One to vast acres dotted with munitions storage—there...
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