{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-211-million-us-navy-contract-university", "Congressman Cohen Announces $21.1 Million U.S. Navy Contract with the University of Memphis to Develop an Unmanned Systems Degraded Environment Facility", "2024-08-19", "2024", "2024-08", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "MEMPHIS \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive U.S. Navy funding of $21,184,191 over 48 months to develop an Unmanned Systems Degraded Environment Facility for testing drones in complex and controllable airflow patterns. The funding was awarded based on competitive bids solicited in 2022 and will produce a facility for testing unmanned vehicles and Naval simulators under degraded visual conditions. Most of the work on the project (82 percent) will be conducted in Memphis; other parts of the project will be performed in Tucson, Arizona; Orlando, Florida; and Columbia, Missouri.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cAs the Ranking Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure\u2019s Subcommittee on Aviation, I have long supported the University of Memphis\u2019 headlong leap into the unmanned aerial technologies of the future. This Navy contract will demonstrate the University\u2019s critical national role in developing and testing these technologies, while helping create the cutting-edge aviation workforce of the mid- and late-21st century. I congratulate the University on this prestigious contract award.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:36:13Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-211-million-us-navy-contract-university"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9383638389408588, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}