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Lawmakers confront Defense Secretary Austin on secret hospital stay – KOAT

“It’s totally unacceptable that it took three days to inform the president of the United States that the secretary of defense was in the hospital and …

The Hydrogen Gold Rush is On – American Gas Association

Fewer people know that DARPA has civilian equivalents. The Advanced Research Projects Agency-energy (ARPA-E) is based at the U.S. Department of Energy …

Top DOD Leaders to Speak at McAleese’s 15th Annual Defense Programs Conference

This year’s speakers include 2024 Wash100 Award winners Frank Kendall, secretary of the U.S. Air Force; William LaPlante, undersecretary of defense …

Gallant, US defense chief discuss need to establish new aid routes for northern Gaza

In his call with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant overnight, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin stressed the urgent need for more humanitarian …

Where Did Covid Come From? – WSJ

After Darpa turned down the DEFUSE proposal in February 2019, the researchers in Wuhan might have secured Chinese government funding and gone ahead by …

Revolutionizing Space: DARPA Funds Air-Breathing Propulsion for Sustainable Satellites

Discover how DARPA-funded researchers at PPPL and GWU are developing air-breathing electric propulsion systems to revolutionize satellite …

Stopgap proposal would fund DOD through March 22 | InsideDefense.com

Congressional leaders have put forth a bipartisan proposal to extend funding deadlines to avert a partial government shutdown, saying more time is …

Calif. start-up Fuse wins Air Force SBIR contract to lower nuclear effects testing costs

Fuse, a California-based startup focused on fusion power, won an AFWERX Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract recently, setting up a …

Pentagon adds ‘living inspection’ to its cyber defenses

U.S. Cyber Command’s IT arm—Joint Force Headquarters-DODIN—is responsible for protecting those networks. DOD has a process to inspect networks, but …

Major industry coalition seeks clarity from DOD on controlled unclassified information …

A coalition representing large defense and tech groups is asking the Defense Department to provide clarity on marking controlled unclassified …