Daily Business Report-Aug. 28, 2018
Northrop Grumman and DARPA operated a data link at 100 gigabits per second demonstrated over a 20 kilometer city environment. (Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman)
Northrop Grumman and DARPA set new
standard for wireless transmission speed
Northrop Grumman Corporation and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have set a new standard for wireless transmission by operating a data link at 100 gigabits per second (Gbps) over a distance of 20 kilometers in a city environment.
The two-way data link, which featured active pointing and tracking, was demonstrated Jan. 19, 2018 in Los Angeles.
The blazing data rate is fast enough to download a 50 gigabyte blue ray video in four seconds. The demonstration marked the successful completion of Northrop Grumman’s Phase 2 contract for DARPA’s 100 Gbps (100G) RF Backbone program.
The 100G system is capable of rate adaptation on a frame by frame basis from 9 Gbps to 102 Gbps to maximize data rate throughout dynamic channel variations. Extensive link characterization demonstrated short-term error-free performance from 9 to 91 Gbps, and a maximum data rate of 102 Gbps with 1 erroneous bit received per ten thousand bits transmitted.
Said Louis Christen, director of research and technology at Northrop Grumman, “This dramatic improvement in data transmission performance could significantly increase the volume of airborne sensor data that can be gathered and reduce the time needed to exploit sensor data.”
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Researchers to test novel drug
test combo against breast cancers
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have launched a phase Ib clinical trial to assess the safety and tolerability of cirmtuzumab, in combination with standard chemotherapy, to treat metastatic or locally advanced breast cancer that cannot be surgically removed.
Cirmtuzumab is a novel monoclonal antibody developed at UC San Diego, with support from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and the CIRM-funded Alpha Clinic at UC San Diego. It targets ROR1, a cell surface protein that is present on tumors, but not in normal adult tissues, making it “a vital opportunity for targeting cancer stem cells,” said Catriona Jamieson, Alpha Clinic director who also directs stem cell research at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center.
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Skaggs family makes lead gift to Scripps Research
Scripps Research, formerly known as The Scripps Research Institute, announced that the Skaggs family has made a lead gift through their foundations toward Scripp Research’s $100 million campaign to establish fellowships for all students in its graduate program. In recognition of this gift, the program will be renamed the Skaggs Graduate School of Chemical and Biological Sciences.
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Court orders San Diego
schools to keep emails
Voice of San Diego
San Diego Unified School District cannot destroy emails older than one year as officials had intended in June after Superior Court Judge Ronald Styn made his tentative ruling official Friday and issued a preliminary injunction until a trial is held in March 2019. Voice of San Diego filed suit in May seeking to halt the implementation of a new records retention policy — a move that would have led to the permanent deletion of hundreds of millions of emails dating back to 2010.
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Annette Bening event hits $100,000
in revenue to benefit SD Promise
Revenue now exceeds the San Diego Community College District’s $100,000 goal for “An Evening with Annette Bening, to benefit the San Diego Promise,” which will be held at the San Diego Natural History Museum on Sept. 20. Only 30 tickets remain for the event, which starts at 6:30 p.m. and will feature San Diego Mesa College’s most well-known alumna.
Bening, a four-time Academy Award nominee, has starred in films such as “Being Julia,” “The American President,” “American Beauty,” The Kids Are All Right,” and, most recently, “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool.” A San Diego native, Bening says that the education she received as a drama student at Mesa College helped prepare her for a highly successful acting career.
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Coronado family launches
residential real estate firm
Denver and Chris McGarey of Coronado announced the launch of their newest venture, McGarey Home, a residential real estate company that focuses on homebuyers’ two most valuable assets – home and family.
The couple said they have worked on more than $2 billion in real estate projects international and domestic.
“By merging our 62-year history of planning and managing high-profile residential and commercial projects throughout the U.S. and Asia with our combined 36 years of living on Coronado Island, we are able to offer an asset-based approach to home buying and selling, while taking into consideration the movement and opportunities within this unique market where we, ourselves, love living and raising our family,” said Denver McGarey, president.
After visiting Coronado for years, in 2000, Denver and Chris made Coronado Island their home.
The firm has hired Aileen Oya, a 35-year veteran of the Coronado market and a long-time friend of the McGarey family. Additional members of the McGarey Home team include Bridget McGarey and Oliver McGarey, both of whom have experience working on projects ranging from the $700 million USC Village on behalf of the University of Southern California to a portfolio of mixed-use assets across the country.
McGarey Home officially opens its doors at 956 Orange Ave., Suite 200 in Coronado in September.
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New SDSU students raise the bar
SDSU NewsCenter
More than 11,000 new students—including a record-breaking freshman class—join the San Diego State University family this week as the university kicks off its fall 2018 semester. They will be joined by dozens of new faculty members and new courses under the first full academic year of SDSU President Adela de la Torre. While final data will not be available until the university’s official census in September, the preliminary total of 5,738 first-time freshmen is up more than 400 from last fall and exceeds the previous record-high in fall 2007, by nearly 180.
The freshman class is high-achieving and diverse. The average high-school GPA is 3.73, an SDSU record, while the average SAT scores is 1208. Underrepresented students of color represent 31.5 percent of first-time freshman, including more than 27 percent who identify as Hispanic or Latino. Underrepresented students comprise 41.5 percent of new undergraduate transfers and re-admitted students.
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Scripps Clinic launches program
to support women’s health
In a move toward greater alignment of the health care it offers women with high-risk pregnancies, Scripps Clinic has launched a perinatology program to provide expert specialist care during pregnancy. Scripps Clinic’s Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine includes experts in the health of both mother and unborn baby. The team coordinates care of the mother and baby with other Scripps specialists who may be involved or needed as part of the labor and delivery team, such as certified nurse-midwives, cardiologists and diabetes experts.
The perinatology team will work with Scripps’ neonatal specialists at the four hospital campuses providing maternity services: Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas and Scripps Mercy Hospital campuses in San Diego and Chula Vista.
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UC San Diego named best public
university for social mobility
The University of California San Diego has been named the No. 1 public university in the nation by Washington Monthly for contributions to social mobility, research and public service. UC San Diego has topped the rankings eight times over the past nine years. The 2018 College Guide and Rankings assessed four-year colleges based on recruitment and graduation of low-income students; production of cutting-edge research; the number of undergraduates that go on to earn a doctorate degree; as well as success of instilling the importance of service to the community and our country.
UC San Diego is expected to enroll one its most diverse ethnic and socioeconomic classes of students this fall. Nearly one-third of the campus’s newly-admitted freshmen and transfers are the first in their family to attend a four-year college.
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Epsilon Systems Solutions Awarded $17 million contract
Epsilon Systems Solutions Inc. in San Diego has been awarded a $16,995,948 contract modification to a previously awarded contract to exercise options to provide a full range of technical and repair support services for the Southwest Regional Maintenance Center’s Product Family divisions. Work will be performed in San Diego and is expected to be completed by August 2019. The Southwest Regional Maintenance Center is the contracting agency.
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Personnel Announcements
Rosie Cooper promoted at JPI
JPI announced the promotion of Rosie Cooper to executive vice president and regional managing partner of JPI’s Western Region Office in San Diego. In her new role, Cooper will oversee and lead all components of JPI’s multifamily operation in the Western Region, based out of San Diego. This includes oversite for acquisition, development, design management, construction, capital markets, portfolio management and disposition.
After her honorable discharge from the U.S. Air Force, Rosie originally joined the JPI team in 2006 as a development associate. She was responsible for the sourcing, underwriting, due diligence and management of multifamily and mixed-use development opportunities in California.
After a wide array of success with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, BRE Properties and MKS Residential, Rosie returned to JPI in 2015 in the role of vice president and development manager.
Shortly after Rosie’s appointment to executive vice president, she was named a 2018 recipient of San Diego Metropolitan Magazine’s “40 Under 40 Outstanding San Diegans,” which described the honorees as a group of men and women who represent some of the best and brightest minds in San Diego County.
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Denise McManus joins KUSI Television
Media executive Denise McManus has joined KUSI Television in San Diego as vice president/station manager. McManus has extensive executive broadcast experience in multiple television markets with expertise in station and sales management, client and revenue development as well as local programming and content development across multiple media platforms. She is routinely called on as the broadcast expert speaking on monetization at various OTT events.
McManus is the recipient of both an Emmy and a Telly Award for her original content creation while VP/GM at Nexstar owned KASW in Phoenix. Most recently, she was station manager for Tegna-owned KMSB Fox 11/KTTU My Net.
“McManus’ broad knowledge of the industry, combined with a stellar record leading sales efforts at media companies around the country makes her an invaluable addition to the station,” said Michael McKinnon, president and general manager of KUSI.
