Pamela Melroy, a former NASA astronaut and retired U.S. Air Force colonel, has been confirmed by the Senate to be the space agency’s deputy administrator. The White House announced her nomination in
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The Senate confirmed Richard Spinrad, a professor of oceanography at Oregon State University, as the 11th administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Spinrad's appointment will mark his return to the
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Defense Secretary and 2021 Wash100 Award recipient Gen. Lloyd Austin said at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing the U.S. should put more money into technology research, deployment and repurposing efforts to confront China's
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The Biden administration plans to spend more than $3 billion on projects to discover, develop and manufacture antiviral drugs for the prevention of illness and death from COVID-19. This investment is for
More Veritone announced on Thursday that the company has been awarded a new U.S. patent for its Conductor technology that performs dynamic artificial intelligence (AI) model orchestration through the use of a proprietary
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The U.S. Army demonstrated a launcher designed to autonomously fire missiles at maritime or ground-based targets. The wheeled Autonomous Multidomain Launcher rolls out of transport aircraft then fires missiles, like an autonomous
More Reps. Michael Waltz, R-Fla.; Deborah Ross, D-N.C.; Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas; and Frank Lucas, R-Okla., have presented a bill to produce a strategy for the country's science and technology pursuits. NSTC and
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Leonor Tomero, deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear and missile defense policy, said the military will review its missile defense approach to address related, growing challenges. She told the House Armed
More Gen. John Raymond, chief of Space Operations for the U.S. Space Force and 2021 Wash100 Award winner, recently acknowledged that the U.S. is currently developing directed-energy systems to maintain American space superiority.
More The U.S. Space Force has embarked on initiatives to test emerging technology, train personnel, and build an innovation environment with industry partners as part of the military branch's digital service strategy. USSF
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