The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said this week that it will fund six projects involving solar-power storage technology. Read More »

The Department of Defense (DOD) held a ceremony this week in Salt Lake City to officially announce that Virginia-class attack submarine SSN 801 will be named the USS Utah, the second U.S. naval ship to bear that name. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) said this week that reliability ratings at nuclear plants in the U.S. reached record-high levels in 2015. Read More »

Several companies were awarded Army, Air Force and Defense Logistics Agency contracts for test and evaluation support services, architectural and engineering support, vehicle parts, combat boots and tactical missiles. Read More »

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently selected two companies, X-energy and Southern Company, as recipients of awards with a multi-year cost share of up to $80 million to create advanced nuclear reactor designs. Read More »

The time is now to discuss how new technologies have the power to alter ethics and warfare, Air Force Gen. Paul Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said late last week at a Brookings Institution event. Read More »

Exelon Generation has purchased Renewable Energy Systems' (RES) Bluestem Wind Project in Oklahoma, RES said recently. Read More »

Senate Democrats recently blocked the American Security Against Foreign Enemies (SAFE) Act, eliciting disdain from U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-LA). Read More »

Late last week during the Washington Auto Show, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz unveiled two programs that will provide approximately $58 million in funding to develop advanced vehicle technology. Read More »

The Department of Transportation (DOT) recently awarded Maritime Administration contracts valued at $1.96 billion to seven U.S. maritime firms to manage operations of 48 National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) vessels through January 2024. Read More »

Defense Secretary Ash Carter spoke recently to the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell in Kentucky to outline the Pentagon’s plan to counter ISIL extremists. Read More »

The House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Energy and Power will hold a hearing at 10 a.m. EST on Tuesday in Room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to examine eight energy infrastructure bills, five of which involve boosting the amount of hydroelectric power sourced from non-powered dams. Read More »

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released recommendations on how the Department of the Interior should improve its data system for tracking decommissioning and other activity involving offshore oil and gas infrastructure, as well as revise its system for making cost estimates on decommissioning projects to save the federal government from financial losses from inaccurate estimates. Read More »

Defense ministers from several nations in the Operation Inherent Resolve coalition to defeat ISIL were in Paris recently to discuss military and political strategies to counter the violent extremist group. Read More »

Army Lt. Gen. John "Mick" Nicholson Jr., the U.S. Army commander of NATO land forces, has been nominated to succeed Army Gen. John Campbell as commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said this week. Read More »

The USS Sioux City (LCS 11) will be christened as the Navy’s newest Freedom variant littoral combat ship on Saturday in Marinette, Wisconsin. Read More »

The U.S. Senate this week began voting on amendments to the bipartisan Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016, which recently advanced out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee this week, with final passage expected soon. Read More »

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter talked about the importance of defeating ISIL during a discussion at the World Economic Forum recently in Davos, Switzerland. Read More »

The U.S. Coast Guard cutter acquisition programs will undergo review next week at a hearing by the House Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA). Read More »

U.S. Central Command is billing the coalition aerial assault against ISIL in Iraq and Syria as the most precise air campaign in world history. Read More »