The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released 20 pages of training materials concerning the collection, processing, and analysis of biological evidence following fatal aviation accidents. The…
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Larry W. Bryant was a UFO researcher, writer, and government transparency advocate who pursued federal records through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). His work…
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Proud to be a #helixpartner 🐾 Pugs don’t lie… and neither does your age. 😅 Somewhere along the way I became a person with opinions about mattresses, pillows, and whether my back hurts when I wake up. Meanwhile, Frank and Honey have been prioritizing good sleep this entire time. We’ve been sleeping on our Helix…
The complex engineering involved in demolishing the I-74 Mississippi River Bridge. 🌌Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/practical-engineering 🚣Watch The Anatomy of: https://nebula.tv/realengineering/the-anatomy-of?ref=practical-engineering No shade at all to the new bridges, but honestly I think taking the old ones down was the coolest part of the entire replacement project. Watch…
House appropriators supported a $1.5 billion White House budget request to back E-7 Wedgetail development, but pushed back on an attempt to raid the Navy’s airborne early warning account to partially fund the Air Force’s next-generation radar plane. In a letter last week, Russell Vought, the Office of Management and Budget director, detailed the E-7…
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii—The 30th iteration of RIMPAC will feature 30 to 35 experiments that involve unmanned systems, the Pacific Fleet’s second-in-command said Wednesday. The experiments are “a major part” of this year’s edition of the biennial Exercise Rim of the Pacific, Vice Adm. Jeffrey Jablon told reporters at a press conference. He declined…
Will Ruger, the deputy director of national intelligence for mission integration, was placed on administrative leave as part of a broader personnel shakeup at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence that has removed roughly 50 career and political staffers from their roles since Bill Pulte became acting director Friday, according to a person…
ARLINGTON, Va.—From rockets to tanks, the Army wants to expand its current Amazon-esque marketplace where soldiers, allies and partners now buy drones and counter-UAS tech. “The grand strategy of conflict going forward is compatibility,” Army Secretary Dan Driscoll told reporters Tuesday during the Army’s industry day for low-cost interceptors. “The way that small nations like…
The work continues. Sorry it’s been such a long time since an update but progress is being made.
The Pentagon’s new strategy for defending against quantum computers will ensure “the integrity of our systems for decades to come,” its IT lead said Wednesday, but network modernization “is only a first step” in readying the U.S. military for the threat. Speaking at the SAP NOW summit in Washington, D.C., Chief Information Officer Kirsten Davies said…
General Atomics is working to enable older MQ-9 ground stations to control the latest version of the drone, allowing longtime operators moving to newer models to buy the upgrade package instead of a whole new terminal. The company is expected to announce this week that its Block 30 ground control stations, introduced in 2016 to…
