NASA has selected two proposals for low-Earth orbit instruments the agency plans to use in investigations of potential air pollutants and to track the development of tropical cyclones in oceans. The space agency said Thursday
MoreU.S. and British troops have engaged in an experiment at Fort Benning to evaluate different technologies for potential use in warfighting efforts. The U.S. Army said Tuesday the Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment involved the British 3rd
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U.S. Chief Acquisition Officer Anne Rung has called on federal agencies to establish laboratories that will help them adopt best practices for buying information technology products and services. She wrote in a blog article published Wednesday an agency Acquisition
MoreNASA has rescheduled the launch date of a study to measure Mars’ deep interior to May 2018 after the agency canceled the initial spacecraft liftoff in December due to a vacuum leak in a science
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ForeSee has issued a new report that shows public satisfaction with the government’s digital services has reached a level higher than or comparable to private sector customer satisfaction. The 50th E-Government Satisfaction
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Jennifer Walsmith, senior acquisition executive at the National Security Agency, has said NSA has started to establish a “Skunk Works” or rapid innovation office in an effort to introduce novel approaches to its acquisition process,
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The U.S. Army has developed a self-test kit that analyzes biological samples to warn troops of exposure to pathogens in the field. The Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center developed SmartCAR in an
MoreThe Transportation Department has issued new guidance that allows states to put to use $2 billion worth of unused earmarks to support other ongoing infrastructure projects. DOT said Tuesday the guidance implements a provision in the Consolidated
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The Transportation Department will conduct a study in April to determine the level of adjacent band radio-frequency power that GPS and Global Navigation Satellite System receivers can tolerate. The DOT Adjacent Band
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The Government Accountability Office has released a new report that says the Defense Department faces fiscal challenges and both adversarial and environmental threats as the agency considers new approaches to space acquisition. GAO evaluated
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