Lockheed Martin recently broke ground on its Hercules Training Center (HTC) in Marietta, Georgia, where Lockheed Martin Aeronautics will train air mobility pilots and crews for the C-130J airlifter and LM-100J commercial freighter, beginning in 2018.r, beginning in 2018. Read More »

The U.S. Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) recently awarded Lockheed Martin a $733 million one-year contract for a Sensor Systems-Aerial Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (SS-AISR) task order on the R2-3G indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract vehicle. Read More »

The Department of Energy (DOE) said recently that it has made available $16 million in funding through the Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF), which will help 52 private-sector partners help commercialize 54 projects at 12 national labs. Read More »

British Army Maj. Gen. Doug Chalmers, deputy commander for strategy and sustainment in the Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, recently said coalition forces' efforts against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) are unraveling the group’s “caliphate.” Read More »

Duke Energy Indiana recently selected two sites in the state, in Bloomington and Terre Haute, for its 2016 Site Readiness Program, which will develop plans and provide a $10,000 grant to help the sites bring businesses and jobs into their communities. Read More »

Following the recent release of the Task Force on Tax Reform’s legislative blueprint in the U.S. House, the American Petroleum Institute (API) showed its support for measures in the plan that would allow for economic growth. Read More »

The American Coal Council (ACC) recently criticized a report from the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) for its conclusion that the Obama administration’s plan for the federal coal-leasing program will increase government revenues. Read More »

U.S.-U.K. relations, the latest North Korean missile launches and the military campaign against ISIL have been front and center in foreign affairs, the Pentagon said recently. Read More »

Defense Secretary Ash Carter recently applauded the Iraqi military for pushing the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) out of Fallujah, a significant achievement for the Iraqi security forces and Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. Read More »

The American Petroleum Institute (API) recently criticized the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) new proposed rule to implement Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which involves disclosure of corporate data to competitors, after a previous rule was struck down in court. Read More »

The American Energy Alliance (AEA) recently condemned Republican U.S. senators after the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a measure that contributes $500 million to the United Nations' Green Climate Fund. Read More »

The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) recently promoted Scott Aaronson, former managing director of cyber and critical infrastructure security, to the newly created position of executive director of security and business continuity. Read More »

Duke Energy said recently that it is extending its review process to further gauge public sentiment related to its proposed Central Corridor Pipeline Extension in Hamilton County, Ohio. Read More »

The Defense Department recently overturned the ban on transgender personnel in the U.S. armed forces after a study commissioned by Defense Secretary Ash Carter. Read More »

Lockheed Martin subsidiary QTC Medical Services (QTC) recently sponsored the 36th annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games (NVWG), held last month in Salt Lake City, Read More »

Lockheed Martin recently signed a real estate contract with the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) that entails Georgia Tech purchasing four buildings and 52 acres on Lockheed Martin’s Marietta, Georgia, campus. Read More »

Officials from the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve, which oversees the efforts of U.S. and coalition forces to combat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), recently announced continued progress in Iraq and Syria. Read More »

Lockheed Martin recently demonstrated the capabilities of its AN/TPQ-53 counterfire radar system at the U.S. Army’s annual Maneuver and Fires Integration Experiment (MFIX) at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Read More »

The Best in Homeland Security Education Awards recently honored U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) chemist Shawn Davies, who has worked with high school students through the Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (HSEP) Program for the past six years. Read More »

Because the process of hydraulic fracturing is said to create more energy and less pollution in the U.S., the federal government should not want to ban it, retired U.S. Army Capt. James McCormick, program director of Vets4Energy, said. Read More »