Just one company is set to bid on a new Air Force-operated GPS satellite that is set to launch in 2016, which is raising issues for one member of Congress. U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO), who is on the House Armed Services Committee, believes that having only one company bid for the project is problematic. He has requested the Air Force look into its request for proposal process. Read More »

CAE will provide a trainer for the U.S. Air Force, as part of an order from AD, Inc., which is working with the Air Force via the Defense Logistics Agency Tailored Logistics Support program. The new Aeromedical Evacuation Training System will be used at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia. Read More »

The incident has led to conflicting narratives over what took place, with Turkey insisting it sent repeated radio warnings to the aircraft to leave the nation’s airspace before Turkish F-16s shot it down. Russia, however, said the jet received little to no warning and may not have even been in Turkish airspace. The Kremlin is condemning the attack as Western provocation. Read More »

The Department of Defense said this week that it is now in the second phase of a mission to equip and train the Ukrainian military to patrol and secure its borders, as well as defend its territory, more effectively, Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesperson, said. Read More »

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Israel’s Ministry of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources unveiled six new joint clean-energy projects on Monday as part of the Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy program, with a joint investment of more than $5 million. Read More »

The U.S. State Department is marking a new milestone in the process of reworking Iran’s nuclear capabilities along the lines set by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) recently brokered with Iran. Read More »

U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Rep. Martha McSally (R-AZ) recently sang the praises of the A-10 Thunderbolt II jet after hearing reports that the aircraft was used to destroy more than 100 ISIS oil-tanker trucks in Syria. Read More »

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Korban Blackburn, a student at the Naval Postgraduate School's Department of Operations Research, is developing a new energy-optimization tool that potentially could save the Navy millions of dollars in fuel savings. Read More »

Speaking at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and East Asia summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday, President Obama aimed to reassure the Asia Pacific region and the world that the U.S. is committed to defeating ISIS. Read More »

An international gathering of nuclear-disarmament experts convened in Oslo, Norway, recently to discuss the best ways to verify claims of nuclear disarmament. Read More »

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently launched an initiative to spread new technologies developed in the federal government's national labs to the private sector to improve the economy. Read More »

A workshop was held this week at the United Kingdom's Wilton Park agency compound in Steyning, England, by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change on ways to boost security and fight weapons trafficking in the world's maritime supply chain. Read More »

Headquarters Marine Corps Installations and Logistics (HQMC I&L) placed the order, for Life Cycle Support Modernization Services, in which the company will help the unit modernize its logistics processes by combining proven technology with best practices and standards. Read More »

Greg R. White has been confirmed as the new executive director of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), effective Dec. 1. Read More »

Earlier this week, the U.S. House debated the Critical Infrastructure Protection Act (CIPA), which would mandate new measures to protect against and boost preparedness for responding to electromagnetic-pulse (EMP) disruptions of U.S. power grids, whether by natural causes or through a terrorist attack. Read More »

With U.S. Special Operations Command set to request contract bids this month for non-armored and armored vehicles, Battelle has been preparing to submit proposals. Read More »

A third test of a B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb took place recently at the Tonopah Test Range in Nevada, the U.S. Air Force and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), which conducted this test, said in a statement. Read More »

As conflict with violent extremists in the Middle East continues to ravage the region, the U.S. and its allies have stepped up cooperative measures to counter threats posed by ISIS and other terrorist groups. Read More »

The Obama administration appears to be moving toward fulfilling one of the president's campaign promises: shutting down the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba. Read More »

The U.S. Department of Energy  (DOE) late last week released its annual "Revolution...Now" report, showing major advancements in several clean-energy initiatives that aim to combat climate change. The report, recently announced by Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, brings together data that shows a market boom in cleaner-energy solutions. Read More »