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Interos Ends One-Size-Fits-All Supply Chain Risk Management with Groundbreaking Resilience Watchtower™

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Monday, March 25, 2024
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ARLINGTON Va., March 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Interos, the AI-first supply chain resilience company, today announced Interos Resilience Watchtower™, the industry's first, and only, personalized risk technology that evolves organizations from monitoring to action. The module allows leaders to build tailored risk models that prioritize at-risk suppliers based on their materiality to the business, for a faster and more precise risk response.

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  • ARLINGTON Va., March 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Interos, the AI-first supply chain resilience company, today announced Interos Resilience Watchtower™, the industry's first, and only, personalized risk technology that evolves organizations from monitoring to action.
  • Resilience Watchtower speeds procurement decision-making by defining a shortlist of suppliers who fail a company's unique risk thresholds.
  • Next generation resilience demands this level of materiality and actionability delivered through dynamic and tailored risk modeling."
  • Unlike "one-size-fits-all" assessments anchored in fixed risk conditions, Resilience Watchtower's contextualized intelligence aligns risk data to business priorities.

Interos Awarded Multi-Year Contract to Expand Resilience Throughout Canada's Coast Guard and Royal Navy

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024
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HALIFAX, NS and ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Interos, the trailblazer in AI-powered supply chain resilience, today announced a milestone contract with Canada's Irving Shipbuilding Inc., solidifying a strategic partnership to fortify the Canadian defense industrial base through Canada's nationwide initiative to expand its maritime capabilities and readiness.

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  • Interos is supporting the ambitious national strategy while also helping Iriving Shipbuilding meet the country's Industrial and Technological Benefits Policy (ITB) requirements by partnering with Canadian organizations including COTA Aviation.
  • "We are proud to see both Irving Shipbuilding and Canada adopt continuous multi-tier risk intelligence to support to the future stability of the Coast Guard and RCN fleet.
  • Interos Founder and CEO Jennifer Bisceglie highlighted both companies' leadership in embracing next generation solutions to mitigate threats in the complex global risk landscape.
  • Interos' award-winning visibility and monitoring technology assesses public and private sector supply chains against multi-factor risk, using thousands of proprietary data points.

Birdon Welcomes New Additions to its U.S. Board

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Saturday, September 2, 2023
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"Kevin and Ron will provide invaluable insight and guidance to our management team as Birdon continues to grow and deliver major programs to its customers," said Birdon CEO and Owner, Jamie Bruce.

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  • "Kevin and Ron will provide invaluable insight and guidance to our management team as Birdon continues to grow and deliver major programs to its customers," said Birdon CEO and Owner, Jamie Bruce.
  • Kevin Mooney has over 37 years of leadership and management experience in both private industry and the U.S. Navy.
  • "I welcome the opportunity to work more closely with the Birdon team during this exciting time for the company."
  • Birdon is successfully delivering on major projects for the Australian Navy, Australian Army, U.S. Army, U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy.

Techsploration and Irving Shipbuilding Announce Four (4) Scholarships Awarded to Young Women Entering Skilled Trades, Business, and Technology Programs at NSCC

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Wednesday, July 5, 2023
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, July 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Techsploration and Irving Shipbuilding are excited to announce the launch of four (4) x $3,500 scholarships to students entering their first or second year of any trades, business, or technology program at NSCC.

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  • HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, July 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Techsploration and Irving Shipbuilding are excited to announce the launch of four (4) x $3,500 scholarships to students entering their first or second year of any trades, business, or technology program at NSCC.
  • Today, over 13% of our skilled trades workers are women.
  • “As a Techsploration student in 2012, I had role models who were tradeswomen with Irving Shipbuilding who ignited the spark in me to pursue a career in the skilled trades,” Henneberry explains.
  • In addition to the Pathways to Shipbuilding program through the Irving Shipbuilding Centre of Excellence and the National Shipbuilding Strategy, these scholarships only further their commitment to helping NSCC students and alumni thrive.” – Don Bureaux, President, NSCC
    For over twenty years, Techsploration has been offering scholarships to young women and non-binary youth entering post-secondary science, engineering, technology, and skilled trades programs.

Irving Shipbuilding Invests in Green Harbour Project, Targeting Net Zero Emissions by 2050

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Thursday, June 8, 2023
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The Green Harbour Project aims to make Halifax Harbour a net zero emitter by 2050, making it a leader in green technology.

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  • The Green Harbour Project aims to make Halifax Harbour a net zero emitter by 2050, making it a leader in green technology.
  • With Irving Shipbuilding’s support, the Verschuren Centre will work to test new technologies and share findings with Harbour partners to accelerate the path to net zero.
  • These initiatives are crucial in achieving the emissions reduction targets of net zero by 2050, which aligns with the provincial and federal decarbonization goals.
  • The Green Harbour Project is launched with $545,000 in foundational funding from Irving Shipbuilding.

Value for Money 2023: The Conference Board of Canada Assesses the National Shipbuilding Strategy's Impact

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023
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"The National Shipbuilding Strategy is a large-scale investment that covers infrastructure, human resources, and technology development.

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  • "The National Shipbuilding Strategy is a large-scale investment that covers infrastructure, human resources, and technology development.
  • From 2013 to the end of 2022 over $5.2 billion was spent on the National Shipbuilding Strategy with more than 325 organizations across Canada.
  • "The National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) means Canadians are proudly rebuilding a vital national security industrial base here at home after decades of boom-and-bust cycles.
  • Read the full report: Value for Money: Economic Impact of the Halifax Shipyard Under the National Shipbuilding Strategy, 2023 - The Conference Board of Canada
    The Conference Board of Canada is the country's leading independent research organization.

Unifor MWF 1 ratifies agreement with Irving Shipbuilding

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Thursday, January 19, 2023
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HALIFAX, NS, Jan. 19, 2023 /CNW/ - Members of Unifor MWF 1 ratified a new four-and-a-half year collective agreement with Irving Shipbuilding.

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  • HALIFAX, NS, Jan. 19, 2023 /CNW/ - Members of Unifor MWF 1 ratified a new four-and-a-half year collective agreement with Irving Shipbuilding.
  • The agreement covers 1,100 skilled trades workers and sees competitive wage increases over the lifetime of the contract.
  • "Unifor members have been instrumental in outreach programs to recruit and remove barriers for women, Black, and Indigenous people to get their trades training and find good jobs at Irving Shipbuilding."
  • Unifor is committed to working with Irving Shipbuilding to successfully deliver vessels as part of The National Shipbuilding Strategy.

Irving Shipbuilding, Founding Partner of COVE, Renews Funding

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Wednesday, October 5, 2022
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Irving Shipbuilding, a founding investor (2017) in the development of the former Coast Guard property in Dartmouth to build a world-class ocean technology cluster that would become COVE.

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  • Irving Shipbuilding, a founding investor (2017) in the development of the former Coast Guard property in Dartmouth to build a world-class ocean technology cluster that would become COVE.
  • Today, COVE remains one of the only purpose-built commercialization facilities in the world that is industry led and ocean industry focused.
  • I am pleased to announce that Irving Shipbuilding is renewing its funding for COVE for another 5 years.
  • COVE's founding partner is Irving Shipbuilding Inc. (ISI) under the National Shipbuilding Strategy Value Proposition.

Dirk Lesko Appointed President of Irving Shipbuilding

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Tuesday, July 5, 2022
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, July 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dirk Lesko will assume the role of President of Irving Shipbuilding Inc., effective September 1, 2022, the company announced today.

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  • HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, July 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dirk Lesko will assume the role of President of Irving Shipbuilding Inc., effective September 1, 2022, the company announced today.
  • Dirk Lesko retired in April 2022 as a Vice President of the General Dynamics Corporation and the 15th President of Bath Iron Works (BIW).
  • Ross Langley, Vice Chairman of Irving Shipbuilding, will continue as interim President until Mr. Lesko joins the Company on September 1, 2022.
  • We are very pleased that Dirk Lesko is joining us as President, said Jim Irving, Co-CEO of J.D.

Keel Laid for 5th Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) the future HMCS Frédérick Rolette

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Thursday, June 30, 2022
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Charles Frdrick Rolette was born in Qubec City on September 23, 1785 and joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman while a young teen.

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  • Charles Frdrick Rolette was born in Qubec City on September 23, 1785 and joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman while a young teen.
  • The future HMCS Frdrick Rolette will be 103.6 metres in length, have a 19 metre beam, displace 6,615 tonnes, and will be comprised of 440,000 parts.
  • Im excited to be here today to mark the keel laying of Canadas fifth Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship, the future HMCS Frdrick Rolette.
  • Steel cutting for the final Arctic and Offshore Patrol ship - the future HMCS Robert Hampton Grey (AOPV 6) - will start this August.