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The Defense Department has started to weigh its options on the future of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, Defense News reported Monday. Marcus Weisgerber and Joe Gould write the move comes as latest version of the defense authorization bill unveiled last month requires the Pentagon to present an …

The NASA Langley Research Center has formed a partnership with the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing to research and develop new surface engineering technologies and manufacturing systems. As a government member, NASA will work to help CCAM expedite aerospace, space exploration and satellite systems technology development, CCAM said Wednesday. Lesa Roe, …

The Defense Department has established a medical facility at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md. for researchers to analyze and study traumatic brain injuries. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced the Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine Brain Tissue Repository for Traumatic Brain Injury during a …

The National Institutes of Health would have to cut $1.6 billion from its budget for fiscal year 2013 under the automatic sequestration cuts scheduled to take effect Friday, USA Today reports. Dan Vergano writes that cut would take away 5.1 percent of funds for medical research and particularly impact new …

The White House will release the results of federally-funded research to the public within a year for no cost, Reuters reports. An online petition on the White House website calling for the move drew 65,704 signatures, according to the report. Federal agencies with more $100 million in research and development …

The Defense Department has launched an experimental website that will provide users updates on projects supporting soldiers, American Forces Press Service reports. Terri Moon Cronk writes customers in the military branches and small businesses will use the Defense Innovation Marketplace to find out what the government wants. The Pentagon started …

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett is requesting $1 million from the county council for research in a proposed bus rapid transit system, WTOP reports. Legett said the funds would be used for locating three routes and asked the task force to assess the proposed routes, ridership, and project timeline. The …

One of the greatest challenges the Defense Department faces is to recruit and retain talent in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council both say. According to Fierce Government IT, the academies cited the global demand for STEM talent as …

The U.S. Army‘s command and control and weapons platform programs will be most impacted by sequestration if it pushes through, a Deltek analyst says. Alex Rossino, a principal research analyst, estimates the Army could lost $954 million in fiscal year 2013 funds for the research, development, test and evaluation budget. …

National Institutes of Health Francis Collins recently voiced his apprehensions about sequestration cuts to House lawmakers, Federal News Radio reports. Collins testified at a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on health hearing last week, where Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) said NIH would stand to lose 8 percent, or $2.4 billion, …