The Senate approved legislation by unanimous consent last night that would endorse further NATO enlargement and help open the door for Albania, Croatia, Georgia and Macedonia to become members of the alliance.
Saturday, April 27, 2024
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The Senate approved legislation by unanimous consent last night that would endorse further NATO enlargement and help open the door for Albania, Croatia, Georgia and Macedonia to become members of the alliance.
The Senate today began its consideration of legislation that would alter longstanding U.S. nonproliferation policy so the United States and India can become trading partners in nuclear technology and materials.
U.S. Air Force and Australian Department of Defence officials last week kicked off a multimillion-dollar research and development effort that will explore hypersonic flight technologies that could one day revolutionize both countries' military capabilities, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) announced earlier this week.
Pentagon acquisition czar Kenneth Krieg is co-sponsoring a new task force that will examine existing and emerging nuclear capabilities of potential adversaries as part of a study that could help the Defense Department make preparations for functioning after a nuclear attack.
China's policies toward North Korea and Iran have hampered international efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear and missile technology, according to a new U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission report.
The Defense Science Board is forming a task force to recommend strategies for maintaining a "right-sized" and "properly trained" talent pool of military and civilian employees with the skills needed for nuclear deterrence, according to an Oct. 16 memorandum from Pentagon acquisition czar Kenneth Krieg.
The National Nuclear Security Administration today kicked into higher gear plans to prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement for "Complex 2030," a blueprint for modernizing the U.S. nuclear weapons complex.
Pentagon acquisition czar Kenneth Krieg has ordered the Defense Science Board to form a task force that will study how long and how often National Guard and reserve troops should be deployed in the global war on terrorism.
U.S. and Canadian officials in Washington today approved a memorandum of agreement that formalizes the assignment of Canadian military personnel to the Defense Department's Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization.
The Energy Department should consider beefing up security at its two Remote Sensing Laboratories because the unique capabilities resident there may be too vulnerable to terrorist attack, the Government Accountability Office concludes in a new report.
FARNBOROUGH, ENGLAND -- The U.S. government should not take actions that would terminate production of C-17 airlifters without conducting a full mobility requirements study that takes into account military needs in the global war on terrorism, according to David Bowman, Boeing's program manager for the aircraft.
The House is scheduled this afternoon to consider a landmark agreement between the United States and India that would pave the way for both countries to exchange nuclear reactor technology, fuel and expertise.
FARNBOROUGH, ENGLAND -- The Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency is less than two weeks away from initiating major reforms that will change the way it administers foreign military sales, moves that include giving all case-writing activity to the agency.
V-22 Osprey program officials blame a recent emergency landing in Iceland on the aircraft's ingestion of ice during the trans-Atlantic flight and previous wear and tear that made the engine more susceptible to compressor stalls.
FARNBOROUGH, ENGLAND -- Raytheon is upgrading its mobile Surface Launched-Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile system to give it a command- and self-destruct mechanism, a company official told InsideDefense.com yesterday.
FARNBOROUGH, ENGLAND -- Defense officials are poised to issue Bell Helicopter Textron and Boeing the final request for proposals for a multiyear deal to buy 183 V-22 Ospreys for Marine Corps and Air Force troops.
FARNBOROUGH, ENGLAND -- Northrop Grumman has submitted a formal proposal to the Department of Homeland Security offering its ground-based Skyguard high-energy laser as a means of defending aircraft taking off and landing at U.S. airports from man-portable air defense systems, according to company officials.
FARNBOROUGH, ENGLAND -- One of the biggest near-term challenges facing the tri-service Joint Strike Fighter program is ensuring a smooth transition from the development phase into production, according to military and civilian officials working on the project.
LONDON -- Implementing a landmark deal for civilian nuclear cooperation between the United States and India is a "key prerequisite" to developing strong defense business ties between the two nations, Lockheed Martin Chairman, President and CEO Robert Stevens told reporters here yesterday.
The Senate intelligence committee chairman has asked Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte for a "damage assessment" of high-profile media leaks that exposed classified efforts to track terrorist activity, including those that underpinned a recent New York Times article on previously secret CIA-Treasury Department surveillance of international financial transactions.