BAE Systems has acquired Collins Aerospace’s Military Global Positioning System (GPS) business, as well as Raytheon’s Airborne Tactical Radio operation.
The asset purchase agreement for the Collins enterprise calls for cash totaling $1.925 billion, with an expected tax benefit of... Read More »
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials recently announced the preliminary results of its initial Gremlins program testing initiative, which seeks to enhance aircraft retrieve efficiently and turnaround preparation efforts.
The X-61A vehicle test conducted in late November at... Read More »
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued a report examining how agencies designate individuals and entities under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act).
The report also examines how the agencies monitor, enforce, and report on sanctions under the Kingpin... Read More »
U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) introduced a bill to provide veteran firefighters with improved compensation and benefits.
The Michael Lecik Military Firefighters Protection Act would protect veteran firefighters who become disabled by serious diseases—including heart disease, lung... Read More »
SecuLore Solutions was awarded $750,000 by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) to improve the resiliency of the nation’s emergency communications infrastructure.
SecuLore will work to eliminate cybersecurity attacks against emergency... Read More »
All travelers from Wuhan, China, to the United States will have to undergo public health screening at the three U.S. airports that receive the most travelers from the Chinese city - San Francisco, New York, or Los Angeles - in response to a novel coronavirus outbreak that is continuing to grow.... Read More »
A pair of reports from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows a weak incoming pipeline of antibiotics, and, according to the organization, this lack of innovation is only going to degrade efforts to counter drug-resistant infections.
Research and development, according to the twin reports,... Read More »
Pandemic preparedness collaboration among private businesses with the public sector is critically important at this time, say experts at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, the World Economic Forum, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
“The next severe pandemic will not only... Read More »
The U.S. Army’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Lockheed Martin a $31.9 million hypersonic missile contract.
The award is for the Operational Fires (OpFires) Phase 3 Weapon System Integration program, a ground-launched hypersonic boost glide missile system designed... Read More »
The U.S. Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM) awarded KBR a three-year contract to provide video evidence management services for the Mobile Federal Law Enforcement Enterprise Technology Service (M-FLEETS) program.
As part of the contract, KBR will install dash cameras, digital video... Read More »
Pennsylvania’s Nonprofit Security Grant Fund Program will provide $5 million in funding to nonprofit organizations for security enhancement projects.
Applicants must be a nonprofit organization that owns or operates a facility that is seeking to protect the safety and security of the... Read More »
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) personnel recently joined St. Louis, Mo., officials in integrating the final phases of smart city technologies.
The effort also included the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and the T-REX Innovation Center (T-REX), as... Read More »
Biologists from the University of California San Diego, along with a team of researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, recently engineered synthetic mosquitoes capable of neutralizing many types of dengue virus.
The study focuses on Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which spread dengue to... Read More »
As the world researchers try to identify the cause of a mysterious, novel coronavirus from China, researchers from the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) have made headway on at least tracking its existing, with the creation of a new assay protocol that allows quick testing of suspected... Read More »
Testifying before a U.S. House Energy and Commerce subcommittee, experts said Tuesday that more flexibility and stability in funding is necessary to battle the next phase in the war against opioid addiction.
During the Oversight and Investigations subcommittee hearing entitled, "A Public Health... Read More »
