The Government Accountability Office released a study this week that found the Department of Defense (DOD) has yet to establish a net-zero policy, or a strategy to achieve net-zero efficiency. Read More »

The Supreme Court of the Philippines recently upheld the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) signed by President Obama last year, bolstering U.S. relations with the multi-island nation, a key U.S. ally in the South Pacific. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act (H.R. 4084), a bipartisan bill to support federal research and development (R&D) and stimulate private investment in advanced nuclear-reactor technologies in the U.S., advanced out of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Read More »

General Dynamics Mission Systems has been granted a U.S. Navy production contract for the Navy’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP), Block 1B3, General Dynamics said this week. Read More »

The White House is planning to cut off the spread of violent extremism at the source: the point of radicalization. Read More »

North Korea’s recent testing of a hydrogen bomb last week prompted the White House to fly a B-52 bomber over South Korea on Sunday in a show of force. Read More »

A high-tech management measure in an energy-infrastructure bill recently passed by the House is receiving high marks from the energy industry. Read More »

Pentagon budget cuts are biting into the Air Force’s budget, prompting the USAF to cut approximately 1,000 civilian jobs over the next several months, the USAF said recently. Read More »

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a review of 2015 listing statistics and details of the past year. Read More »

The Department of Defense (DoD) released information on recently awarded contracts  related to operations of the U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Navy, U.S. Army and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) at the end of December. Read More »

LED light manufacturers are seeking relief from Department of Energy (DOE) efficiency standards, and the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), will hold a legislative hearing next week to discuss new legislation that would provide such relief. Read More »

As private roof-mounted solar panels become ever more popular, those solar owners are increasingly turning to batteries to store excess energy produced, a trend that has the potential to change the utilities market as we know it. Read More »

Defense and aviation contractor Lockheed Martin said this week that it has won a $54.3 million contract to upgrade Apache attack helicopter cockpits with the latest target acquisition and night-vision technology. Read More »

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s energy policy affiliate, the Institute for 21st Century Energy, published its annual Index of Energy Security Risk this week, indicating higher domestic fossil fuel production has benefitted U.S. energy security. Read More »

Scientist and green energy entrepreneur Sanjiv Malhotra has been selected to head the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Clean Energy Investment Center. Read More »

John Brieden III, former American Legion commander and county judge in Texas, recently wrote an op-ed making the case for the Furthering Asbestos Claims Transparency (FACT) Act, which could face a U.S. House vote this week. Read More »

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher Satyabrata Sen has won the Sidney D. Drell Academic Award from the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, the Energy Department said this week. Read More »

Two Gulf Coast congressmen took to the Dallas Morning News' op-ed page to tout Congress’ recent lifting of the 40-year-old ban on U.S. oil exports. Read More »

Aiming for maximum performance from U.S. military leaders adhering to the highest operations standards, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson released “A Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority,” a comprehensive guidance plan, on Tuesday. Read More »

Fluor Corporation, the Texas-based construction and engineering firm, has been subcontracted by Westinghouse Electric Co. for workforce-management services on two nuclear power plant projects involving four Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear power generators in Georgia and South Carolina. Read More »