EMERADO, N.D. – On Thursday, April 9, Senator John Hoeven will mark the formal beginning of the Point Defense Battle Lab at a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Grand Forks Air Force Base. As a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee, Hoeven worked with Air Force leadership to advance Grand Forks’ selection for the battle lab, which will develop and test advanced technologies to defend installations from small, unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) threats. Interested media are asked to RSVP to Senior Master Sergeant BreeAnn Sachs at breeann.sachs@us.af.mil by COB Wednesday.

When: Thursday, April 9

2:00 p.m. CT

Where: Point Defense Battle Lab

Bldg. 811, 641 Alert Ave

Grand Forks AFB