Coalition airstrikes led by the U.S. killed 10 senior ISIL leaders in December, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren said this week. Read More »

Members of the Energy Fuels Inc. board of directors and management team recently expressed their confidence in the growing uranium market through the purchase of additional shares in the company. Read More »

Washington D.C.-based utility provider Pepco Holdings Inc. has been promoting the benefits for D.C. residents from a planned merger with Chicago-based utility Exelon Corp. while the proposal remains under review. Read More »

LLOG Exploration Company LLC said on Monday that it has brought its ninth oil well into production in the company’s Mississippi Canyon 254, bringing the well’s production up to its nameplate capacity of 80,000 barrels per day. Read More »

Military officials released data on the latest strikes by U.S.-led coalition forces against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants late last week, with firepower focused on Iraq in support of the Iraqi government’s offensives to retake ISIL-controlled territory. 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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

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 »

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 »