WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: AIR FORCE Raytheon Co., Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a $325,000,000 ceiling increase modification (P00010) to previously awarded contract FA8672-19-D-0001 for the StormBreaker(r) Small Diameter Bomb Increment II (SDB II, GBU-53/B). The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract from $275,000,000 to $600,000,000. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, and is expected to be   more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, July 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: In an effort to codify the success and significant gains made in line with the Operational Imperatives, Department of the Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall stood up the Integrated Capabilities Office July 19. Driven by the need to rapidly modernize the DAF to meet emerging challenges in an era of Great Power Competition, the ICO seeks to institutionalize the speed, agility and rapi  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing entitled, "Advancing National Security through Export Controls, Investment Security, and the Defense Production." Sen. Brown's remarks, as prepared fo  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following newsletter on July 26, 2024: We know the threat that China poses to our national security and our economy. The Chinese Communist Party steals trade secrets from our companies, buys up sensitive land around our military bases, and is always working to find new ways to gather information about us that they can leverage to get ahead. Now they are looking to internet-connected vehicles to continue their efforts. These are vehi  more

KENT, Ohio, July 27 (TNSres) -- Wright State University issued the following news: By Dennis Bova Researchers in Wright State University's Department of Psychology have received a $200,000 grant to identify eye movement and physiological indicators of fatigue and drowsiness in pilots and motorists. The project is called OPTICS - Ocular and Physio-Temporal Indicators of Cognitive State. "Of particular interest are the indicators that can be assessed in real time and used to detect and predict   more