During an economic delegation visit to Beijing, Chinese officials suggested they were interested in resuming military talks with the United States. A meeting is planned between President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao in early 2011, “so we very much would like to make progress before the end of the year,” Pentagon Press Secretary [...]

The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency is attempting to stop a controversial book about the Afghan war from being published in what the agency claims is a matter of national security. Operation Dark Heart was written by former Army Reserve Lt. Col.  and intelligence officer Anthony A. Shaffer, who was stationed at Bagram Air Base near [...]

Army Maj. Gen. Michael Flynn will be leaving his post in Afghanistan to take a new job in Washington, D.C., according to Army spokesman Col. Thomas Collins. During his tenure in Afghanistan, Flynn leaves a legacy of comprehensive intelligence, gathering economic and social data as well as tracking physical movements of the Taliban. Although Flynn’s [...]

In an $8.9 million contract, A-T Solutions Inc. will supply the U.S. Navy with its Mobile Counter Improvised Explosive Device Trainers. The training program uses terrain maps and real video to simulate how soldiers might encounter IEDs in the field.  The training program can be updated quickly to account for new enemy tactics or information. [...]

The Federal Aviation Administration is planning five new airport improvement projects that will ramp up infrastructure and create new jobs. The $9 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are newly available because of underbidding on other airport projects nationwide. So far, $1.3 billion has been committed to airport improvements. “These additional [...]

This Saturday, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael Mullen, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and President Barack Obama will speak at a ceremony on the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attacks. The event will be held at the Pentagon Memorial and is for friends and family members of those lost in the [...]

President Barack Obama spoke to an audience this week in Cleveland, Ohio, about his plan to stimulate the economy by helping out the middle class and small businesses. Obama’s talk comes on the wake of another speech in Cleveland made by Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner. He spoke about his party’s solutions to the [...]

Tom Ridge, former secretary of homeland security and CEO of Ridge Global, has joined the board of Tamper Proof Container Systems, a Massachusetts-based security technology solutions provider. TPCS creates secure maritime and aviation containers, pipelines and infrastructure and also works toward nuclear non-proliferation efforts. “We are delighted to welcome Secretary Ridge to the TPCS board,” [...]

Aneesh Chopra, assistant to the president and associate director for technology in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, will deliver a keynote speech at a conference aiming to improve health in developing areas through mobile technologies. The mHealth Summit, taking place Nov. 8–10 in Washington, D.C., is being organized by the Foundation [...]

NASA held a Green Aviation Summit this week at its Ames Research Center to discuss ways to make air travel more efficient and environmentally friendly. “As the world travels even more, we’re going to have a very serious global warming issue, as well as lots of other environmental impacts of aviation,” said Ames Research Center [...]