Navy Starts Hypervelocity Projectile Developmental Tests
The U.S. Navy has begun to fire electromagnetic railgun hypervelocity projectiles from an Army howitzer through a series of developmental...
DHS: Russian Intell Services Conducted Spearphishing Attacks Against US Critical Infrastructure, Govt Agencies
A Department of Homeland Security report says Russian intelligence services performed spearphishing attacks and other malicious cyber operations called Grizzly Steppe in...
Incoming Administration Seeks to Re-Establish National Space Council
President-elect Donald Trump proposed to reintroduce during his presidential campaign a National Space Council that would manage the U.S. space...
Bruce Danly Appointed NRL Research Director; Rear Adm. David Hahn Comments
Bruce Danly Bruce Danly, superintendent of the Naval Research Laboratory’s radar division, has been appointed by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus as...
OPM’s Beth Cobert OKs 1% Increase for All Title 5 Special Rate Pay Tables
Beth Cobert Beth Cobert, acting director of the Office of Personnel Management, has approved a 1 percent rise in all...
White House Announces Sanctions Against Russia for Presidential Election Cyber Intrusions
The White House has imposed sanctions on Russian intelligence officers and ordered the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats who are...
Obama Administration Cites OPM’s National Background Investigations Bureau Among Security Clearance Reform Efforts
A report published on Performance.gov says the Obama administration implemented several measures in 2016 as part of efforts to update the security...
Ellen Stofan Resigns as NASA’s Chief Scientist
Ellen Stofan Ellen Stofan stepped down as NASA’s chief scientist three years after she assumed the post, Space.com reported Thursday....
NDAA Provision Requires Operational Test & Evaluation of DoD’s Joint Regional Security Stacks
A provision in the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act requires the Defense Department to perform an operational test and evaluation procedure...
CRS: DoD’s R&D, Test & Evaluation Appropriations Hit $65.5B in Fiscal 2015
A Congressional Research Service report obtained by the Federation of American Scientists shows that the Defense Department’s research, development, testing and...