The National Background Investigations Bureau plans to start testing a new security clearance system for federal employees in approximately six weeks, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. NBIB Director Charles Phalen said at the Intelligence
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The U.S. Army is exploring new approaches to procure lightweight precision munitions that can integrate with unmanned aircraft systems as the service branch faces a shortage of weapons and equipment for theater
More Virginia has decided to end use of touch-screen voting machines due to potential security risks, Richmond Times-Dispatch reported Friday. The Friday decision by the state’s board of elections stemmed from the Virginia
More The United Nations’ International Civil Aviation Organization has proposed to establish a single platform for unmanned aircraft system owners and operators to register their drones, Reuters reported Saturday. Stephen Creamer, director of ICAO’s
More The Trump administration has objected to a provision under the Senate’s proposed fiscal 2018 defense policy bill that would restrict all funds for U.S. Army battlefield network development efforts, C4ISRNET reported Saturday. The White House
More President Donald Trump intends to nominate Paul Trombino III, president of civil engineering company McClure Engineering, as administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, the White House announced Friday. Trombino previously spent more than
More Ann Stefanek, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Air Force, has said the service branch has been in talks with White House officials to reduce the cost of the next presidential planes and
More Acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan has signed a Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement with Kuwait official Jamal Al Jalawi to establish a legal structure for information-sharing arrangements in support of customs laws. McAleenan represented
More Vice Adm. Mathias Winter, head of the F-35 joint program office, has said he forecasts that another continuing resolution could slow down the development and testing of F-35 fighter aircraft beginning April
More The Government Accountability Office has stated that the Defense Department must continue efforts to mitigate issues related to persistent maintenance, training and readiness of the U.S. Navy fleet. GAO said in a
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