JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, March 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: * * * 689th Network Operations Squadron receives new leadership JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-Lackland, Texas - Lt. Col. Jason Brosseau assumed command of the 689th Network Operations Squadron from Col. Richard Wallace during an assumption of command ceremony at Air University's Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education at Maxwell Air Force Base, Al  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 4, 2025 NAVY Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Connecticut, is awarded a $99,964,084 modification (P00007) to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N0001923D0015). This modification adds scope and increases the contract ceiling for compatibility assessments and engineering models, cost reduction analysis, softwar  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 5, 2025 NAVY Systems Planning and Analysis Inc., Alexandria, Virginia, is being awarded a $98,585,373 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00002) to a previously awarded and announced contract (N00030247002) for support services for Nuclear Sea-Launched Cruise Missile Weapons Surety, Policy, and Compliance. Tasks to be performed include systems engineering and system integration, test/fl  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, March 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama issued the following news release: * * * Montgomery Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison Following Federal Drug and Gun Convictions Montgomery, Ala. - Today, Acting United States Attorney Kevin Davidson announced the sentencing of a Montgomery, Alabama man following his convictions on federal drug and gun charges. On March 4, 2025, 23-year-old Arthur Varcea Colvin, received a sentence of 96 mo  more

SYRACUSE, New York, March 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release: * * * Nigerian Citizen Admits Guilt in Bank Fraud and Money Laundering Conspiracies Causing More Than $1.7 Million in Losses David Daniyan Admits Supervising Conspiracies Led by Nigerian Citizen Oluwaseun Adekoya ALBANY, NEW YORK - David Daniyan, a/k/a "Bamikole Laniyan," a/k/a "David Enfield," a/k/a "Africa," age 60, of Brooklyn, New York, pled guilty today  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * X-ray Signal Points to Destroyed Planet, Chandra Finds A planet may have been destroyed by a white dwarf at the center of a planetary nebula -- the first time this has been seen. As described in our latest press release, this would explain a mysterious X-ray signal that astronomers have detected from the Helix Nebula for over 40 years. The Helix is a planetary nebula, a late-stage star like our Sun that has shed its outer la  more