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The Supreme Court voted 6-3 against affirmative action programs at colleges in June and some experts say the decision could put the Small Business Administration's billions in federal contracting dollars...

An independent panel of 27 experts assessed the Microelectronics Quantifiable Assurance efforts of the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and found that combining such initiatives...

A new Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program aims to explore the potential of quantum heterostructures and other manmade metamaterials to regulate the temperature of superconducting electronic devices. The Synthetic...

The Department of Defense, General Services Administration and NASA have jointly released a proposed rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to require contracting officers to provide explanations to unsuccessful...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs Office has lifted certain restrictions on commercial remote sensing satellite operations. The Office of Space Commerce said Monday that...

Rear Adm. Douglas Williams, acting director of the Missile Defense Agency, said MDA plans to conduct the first test flight of its Aegis missile defense platform designed to defend a...

Shalanda Young, director of the Office of Management and Budget, has released a memorandum announcing the establishment of an interagency forum to improve coordination, transparency and accountability for federal financial...

The National Reconnaissance Office, U.S. Space Command and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency have agreed to coordinate in raising satellite operators' asset threat awareness as part of a strategic framework, SpaceNews...

Spirit AeroSystems and Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Manufacturing Demonstration Facility have partnered to develop hypersonic travel and aircraft technologies under a memorandum of understanding. The team will work to enhance high...

First-time Wash100 honoree Doug Bush, assistant secretary of the U.S. Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, formally received his award from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. Bush was included in the...