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DARPA SELECTS ICON FOR LUNA-10 LUNAR ARCHITECTURE STUDY

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Tuesday, December 5, 2023
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AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ICON, a leader in advanced construction technologies and large-scale 3D printing, announced today that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected the company to take part in the agency's 10-year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) capability study. ICON is among a group of 14 performers that DARPA selected through a competitive solicitation process.

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  • ICON is among a group of 14 performers that DARPA selected through a competitive solicitation process.
  • ICON has been selected as part of the LunA-10 study to accelerate economic vibrancy on the Moon.
  • The seven-month study will aim to create a framework for interoperable commercial lunar architecture that will help to guide lunar research and investment over the next ten years.
  • "ICON is honored to be selected as part of the LunA-10 study to accelerate economic vibrancy on the Moon."

ICON ANNOUNCES ROBERT HARMON AS GENERAL COUNSEL

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Thursday, July 27, 2023
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AUSTIN, Texas, July 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ICON, the construction technologies company pioneering large scale 3D printing, today announced that Robert Harmon has joined the company as its General Counsel and member of the senior management team. Harmon will oversee legal affairs, regulatory compliance and policy functions of ICON's rapidly growing business across private and public sectors.

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  • Harmon will oversee legal affairs, regulatory compliance and policy functions of ICON's rapidly growing business across private and public sectors.
  • "Robert understands technology, innovation, real estate, construction, and policy as well as anyone I have ever met or can imagine.
  • We feel incredibly fortunate that he wants to lend his tremendous abilities, experience, and knowledge to ICON."
  • Prior to Amazon, Harmon was Deputy General Counsel and Director at Tesla, serving as the senior legal advisor for all aspects of global real estate and construction.

5Star Life Insurance Company Appoints Command Sergeant Major (Ret.) John F. Sampa to its Board

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Thursday, February 9, 2023
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5Star Life Insurance Company announced today the appointment of Command Sergeant Major (Ret.)

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  • 5Star Life Insurance Company announced today the appointment of Command Sergeant Major (Ret.)
  • “It is our pleasure to welcome Command Sergeant Major John Sampa to the 5Star Life Board of Directors.
  • Command Sergeant Major (CSM) John F. Sampa was appointed as the 12th Command Sergeant Major of the Army National Guard on 15 February 2018.
  • CSM Sampa was previously the Command Sergeant Major for the 36th Infantry Division for more than three years.

ICON TO DEVELOP LUNAR SURFACE CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM WITH $57.2 MILLION NASA AWARD

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Tuesday, November 29, 2022
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AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ICON, a leader in advanced construction technologies and large-scale 3D printing, announced today that it has received a contract awarded under Phase III of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The nearly $60 million contract builds upon previous NASA and Department of Defense funding for ICON's Project Olympus to research and develop space-based construction systems to support planned exploration of the Moon and beyond. ICON's Olympus system is intended to be a multi-purpose construction system primarily using local Lunar and Martian resources as building materials to further the efforts of NASA as well as commercial organizations to establish a sustained lunar presence. 

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  • The nearly $60 million contract builds upon previous NASA and Department of Defense funding for ICON's Project Olympus to research and develop space-based construction systems to support planned exploration of the Moon and beyond.
  • ICON's Olympus system is intended to be a multi-purpose construction system primarily using local Lunar and Martian resources as building materials to further the efforts of NASA as well as commercial organizations to establish a sustained lunar presence.
  • ICON to develop lunar surface construction system with $57.2M NASA award targeting first construction on the Moon.
  • In support of NASA's Artemis program, ICON plans to bring its advanced hardware and software into space via a lunar gravity simulation flight.

Statement by the Texas Ranger Association Foundation on the Publication of Cult of Glory by Douglas Swanson

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Thursday, June 25, 2020
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This fundamental premise of safety and fairness has few greater champions and defenders than the modern Texas Rangers, who are serving and will continue to serve all Texans ethically, professionally and lawfully.

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  • This fundamental premise of safety and fairness has few greater champions and defenders than the modern Texas Rangers, who are serving and will continue to serve all Texans ethically, professionally and lawfully.
  • Recently, author Douglas Swanson publishedCult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers, which delves into the nearly 200-year history of the Texas Rangers.
  • In subsequent interviews, Mr. Swanson has noted the Rangers' many contributions to the Lone Star State:
    "They helped pacify an extraordinarily wild and savage place Texas.
  • Criminals were rampant across frontier Texas.