REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama, Nov. 15 -- The Army Space and Missile Defense Command issued the following news: By Jason Cutshaw, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command A U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command team played an important behind-the-scenes role in Air Force Global Strike Command's recent operational test to showcase readiness of U.S. nuclear forces as safe, secure, reliable and effective. A U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy joint team launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercont  more

MONTEREY, California, Nov. 15 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: In recognition of his efforts to modernize the California Fire Chiefs Association, Southern Marin Fire District Chief Christian Tubbs has been inducted into the Association's Hall of Fame. The Center for Homeland Defense and Security alum just capped off a three-year term in executive leadership with the Association, including a year each as President-elect, Pr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: The Department of Defense today announced the conclusion of the Hypersonic Accelerated Manufactured Prototype Demonstration (Hyper-AMPD!) prize challenge with awards to Castelion Corporation (El Segundo, California) and Specter Aerospace (Cambridge, Massachusetts) for novel concepts for the rapid delivery of hypersonic prototypes. Sponsored by the Joint Hypersonics Transition Office (JHTO) within the Office of the  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: The Department of Defense today announced the remaining nine awards to bioindustrial firms under the Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program (DBIMP). This announcement completes the first phase of DBIMP investment at 34 total awards worth over $60 million. The awardees include Amyris, based in Emeryville, California; Cauldron Molecules, based in in Australia and the United States; Checkerspot, based in Ala  more

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Virginia, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command issued the following news: By Johannes Schmidt, MCSC Office of Public Affairs and Communication Marine Corps Systems Command Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California - Since 2018, the National Defense Strategy (NDS) has emphasized the shift from counterinsurgency operations in the Middle East to preparing for large-scale conflicts against near-peer competitors across various regions and theaters of opera  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today that the president has made the following nominations: Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Robert C. Fulford for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general, with assignment as deputy commander, U.S. European Command. Fulford is currently serving as commanding general, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Adam L. Chalkley for appoi  more

LIVERMORE, California, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) leadership is engaging with world leaders to make fusion energy a reality. Last week, LLNL Director Kim Budil joined the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) inaugural meeting of leading fusion energy experts and high-level policymakers from 35 countries in Rome. "In the face of growing global competition and a b  more

LIVERMORE, California, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: When Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) achieved fusion ignition at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in December 2022, the world's attention turned to the prospect of how that breakthrough experiment -- designed to secure the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile -- might also pave the way for virtually limitless, safe and carbon-free fusion ener  more

PASADENA, California, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: The imaging spectrometer measures the colors of light reflected from Earth's surface to study fields such as agriculture, hydrology, and climate science. Observing our planet from the International Space Station since July 2022, NASA's EMIT (Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation) mission is beginning its next act. At first the imaging spectrometer was solely aimed at mapping minerals   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The White House issued the following statement on Nov. 14, 2024, by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on the upcoming meeting by President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping: * * * President Joseph R. Biden Jr. will meet with President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in Lima, Peru on November 16. This will be the third meeting between the two leaders, building on the November 2023 Woodside Summit in California and their November 2022 meeting in   more