NASA Eyes ‘Quiet’ Supersonic X-Plane Demonstration in 2020
NASA aims to build a supersonic aircraft that can generate a thump-like sound rather than a boom and begin flight tests...
NIH Review Aims to Address Quality Control Concerns Over Clinical Drug Production
The National Institutes of Health has partnered with two companies to evaluate agency facilities that produce sterile or infused medicines...
Report: HASC to Consider Potential Elevation of Cybercom to Unified Command Structure
The House Armed Services Committee could tackle the possibility of elevating the status of the U.S. Cyber Command to a...
Northcom, NORAD Nominee Lori Robinson to Push for Increased Natl Security Partnerships
Lori Robinson Lori Robinson, an Air Force general who has been nominated to lead both the U.S. Northern Command and the North American Aerospace...
DHS Seeks to Automate Critical Infrastructure Data Exchange
The Department of Homeland Security wants public input on its proposal to implement an automated system for voluntary exchange of data between critical infrastructure operators...
Frank Kendall: DoD’s Rocket Engine Devt Strategy Remains Unchanged
Defense Department acquisition chief Frank Kendall told the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee Wednesday that DoD plans to continue to use...
Joints Chief Chairman Joseph Dunford Visits Iraq for Counterterrorism Talks
Joseph Dunford Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Baghdad Wednesday to meet with other...
Senate Bill Calls for Space Weather Research, Forecasting Efforts
A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate calls for several federal agencies to develop tools that can aid in the government's...
Frank Kendall: Future of Military Innovation Depends on DoD Budget
Frank Kendall Frank Kendall, acquisition chief at the Defense Department, has said the fiscal 2017 DoD budget proposal supports the department's...
Bob McDonald, Sloan Gibson: VA Works to Transform Veterans Care System
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald and Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson have highlighted VA's ongoing efforts to transform its healthcare system during a...