U.S. Army Secretary Mark Esper has said he is open to the idea of allowing foreign companies to participate in a program to develop a next-generation combat vehicle for the service branch,
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Andrew McCabe has stepped down from his post as deputy director at the FBI after two years on the job, The New York Times reported Monday. David Bowdich, FBI’s associate deputy director,
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NASA plans to showcase an Orion stage adapter technology at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama before the space agency transfers the flight hardware to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The agency said Saturday it will
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The U.S. has supplied Sikorsky-built Black Hawk helicopters to Jordan in support of efforts to reinforce border defenses and conduct cross-border operations against Islamic State militant group forces, Reuters reported Monday. The report
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Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) has asked Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget, to explain the agency’s proposal to suspend salary increases for all federal employees, Government Executive reported Friday. McCaskill
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The next White House budget request for NASA will potentially cover plans to cut support for operations onboard the International Space Station in the mid-2020s, Space News reported Friday. A draft budget
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The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity plans to launch new research programs in 2018 to mitigate threats associated with biological weapons, FCW reported Friday. IARPA Director Jason Matheny told FCW in an interview that advances in
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has created a superconducting switch to support the development of “neuromorphic” computers that would operate like a human brain. NIST said Friday the switch, called a synapse,
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Defense Secretary James Mattis has emphasized diplomatic efforts to help the country’s allies stop North Korean nuclear threats during a joint press conference with his South Korean counterpart Song Young-moo, DoD News reported
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The Defense Department‘s Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation has evaluated the performance of a directional infrared countermeasures technology installed on U.S. Army helicopters, The Drive reported Thursday. DOT&E found
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