NASA plans to send a Mars rover down a gully that was carved by fluid that could have been water as part of a two-year extended mission that started on Oct. 1. The agency
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The U.S. Air Force and National Nuclear Security Administration have conducted two flight tests that had joint test assemblies of B61-7 and B61-11 nuclear bombs released from two separate B-2A Spirit stealth bombers. NNSA
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The U.S. Navy was scheduled to commission the 10th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship Oct. 8 at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The service branch said Friday House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California) was set
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The Government Accountability Office has recommended for the Office of Personnel Management address the availability and reliability of payroll data to support other agencies and researchers. GAO said Friday OPM has not taken steps to widen the availability of payroll data
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General Motors and the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center have rolled out a hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle prototype at the annual Association of the U.S. Army meeting
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A team of researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have demonstrated future autonomous technologies before a delegation from the Japanese Association of Defense Industries on Wednesday. David McNally of ARL Public Affairs
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Aaron Snow, executive director of the General Services Administration‘s 18F organization, will step down on Oct. 13 and hold an advisory role to support the incoming Technology Transformation Service commissioner, Federal News Radio
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The U.S. Air Force has transferred E-4B aircraft from Air Combat Command to Air Force Global Strike Command during a ceremony at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The service branch said Friday this
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The Department of Health and Human Services has introduced its fourth Open Government Plan that aims to make government more transparent to the public as well as discover new ways to collaborate
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The Congressional Budget Office has estimated the federal government’s budget deficit at $588 billion for the 2016 fiscal year Sept. 30 in an increase of $149 billion over the figure calculated in FY 2015. CBO said
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