In conjunction with the Defense Innovation Unit, the U.S. Department of the Air Force announced it has selected three companies to potentially develop and operate a microreactor on a DAF... Read More »
The House Appropriations Committee unanimously approved legislation covering military construction and Veterans Affairs for the 2027 Fiscal Year, officials said Tuesday. The legislation, The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, includes $157 billion... Read More »
The U.S. Departments of State and Justice convened the fifth meeting of the Countering Transnational Terrorism Forum in Budapest, Hungary to take action to counter Iranian terrorism. The meeting brought together 35 governments from the Americas, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe to... Read More »
Gen. Chance Saltzman, chief of Space Operations for U.S. Space Force, outlined his vision for the service’s next 15 years during the Space Foundation’s Space Symposium on April 15. Saltzman introduced the “Future Operating Environment” and the “Objective Force” that will prepare the... Read More »
Lockheed Martin announced it was awarded a 10-year, sole source, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to continue the C-130J Maintenance and Aircrew Training System (MATS) program by the Pentagon. The contract, worth up to $1.9 billion, will allow the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Controls (OFAC) sanctioned targets linked to alleged money laundering and cash smuggling by the Cartel del Noreste (CDN), officials said. The CDN is one of Mexico’s most violent drug trafficking organizations, the office said, and... Read More »
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM) will hold job fairs across the country as it works to fill more than 400 civilian positions. The military branch said it was expanding its civilian workforce with a hiring surge of civilians who can help STARCOM fulfill its... Read More »
U.S. Reps. Vince Fong (R-CA) and Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) hosted a cybersecurity roundtable last week with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), local military installations and local community members. As part of the discussion, attendees focused on current, existing, and... Read More »
The U.S. Army’s proposed $253 billion fiscal year 2027 budget includes increases for operations, procurement, research and personnel. The budget proposal includes a 28.7 percent discretionary increase in procurement funding. This includes a $3.1 billion request to modernize the Army’s … Read More
The U.S. Department of Justice announced a Florida man has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit ransomware attacks after being employed as a ransomware negotiator. According to court documents, Angelo Martino, 41, of Land O’Lakes, Fla., collaborated with the operators … Read More
A multi million U.S. Navy contract with Lockheed Martin, a global defense technology company, will allow the company to develop, integrate and test the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) into the Aegis Combat System. Funding will allow Lockheed Martin to … Read More
The Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act, which became law earlier this month, reauthorized the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The SBIR and STTR programs award research and development grants to American … Read More
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced the launch of Mobile Passport Control at four pedestrian border crossings in Washington state. The MPC mobile app allows U.S. citizens, and others, to use their mobile devices to submit passport and travel information … Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tampa’s crew offloaded approximately 3,825 pounds of cocaine worth more than $28.7 million on Thursday that was the result of two interdictions in international waters in the Eastern Pacific Ocean as part of Operation Pacific … Read More
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) plans to hold a biennial radiological emergency preparedness exercise at Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania during the week of April 27. The exercise will assess Maryland and Pennsylvania’s ability to respond to … Read More
The U.S. Army recently awarded aerospace company Boeing a $324 million contract for six CH-47F Block II Chinook helicopters. This increases the number of CH-47F Block II aircraft under contract to 24. “Consistent production awards reflect the Army’s confidence in … Read More
