WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resource released the following testimony by Andrew Thaler, founder and CEO of Blackbeard Biologic - Science and Environmental Advisors, St. Michaels, Maryland, from a Jan. 22, 2026, hearing entitled "Deep Dive: Examining the Regulatory and Statutory Barriers to Deep Sea Mining": * * * Mr. Chairman, Madam Ranking Member, and Members, good afternoon and thank you for inviting me to speak today. My name is Andr  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Jan. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: * * * 2026 Military Pay Tables on DFAS website * Active duty and reserve 2026 Military Pay Tables are now available on the Defense Finance and Accounting Service website. The 2026 tables can be found on the agency's site at Military Pay Tables. The page also includes current tables for military special pay and allowance categories such as Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS),   more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Jan. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: * * * Advancing Financial Stewardship: CRIS Completes Comprehensive Business Rules Update and Delivers 25 Years of Historical Financial Data to Advana-FASTR * The Commanders' Resources Integration System (CRIS) Program Management Office (PMO) is a data warehouse that integrates financial data from system interface partners to provide visibility to financial transactions across th  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Jan. 28 -- Air Force Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * AFIT Class 26M Visits Birthplace of Nuclear Technology The Air Force Institute of Technology's Class 26M recently traveled to New Mexico for a week-long educational tour of the birthplace of nuclear technology. The visit provided students with valuable context for understanding the significance of their work and insight into how the United States maintains its nuclear stockpile. The trip  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: * * * Air Force advances standoff cruise missile program with live-fire test * EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -The U.S. Air Force demonstrated a new benchmark, conducting a live-warhead test of a standoff cruise missile, known as Extended Range Attack Munition, on the Eglin Test and Training Range Jan. 21, 2025, less than 16 months from the program's initial contract award. The eve  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Jan. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: * * * C3BM welcomes new maritime MIT lead * The Department of the Air Force Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Command, Control, Communications and Battle Management selected its senior advisor for its Maritime Mission Integration Team. Mark Daniel assumed the role in November, 2025, and will now lead the Maritime MIT, whose focus is to align maritime capabilities with the DAF   more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Jan. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: * * * CEMS Transitions to PEO BES Agile Toolset * The Comprehensive Engine Management System (CEMS), part of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's (AFLCMC) Propulsion Directorate (LPZC), has successfully transitioned to the Business and Enterprise Systems (BES) Directorate's Atlassian Toolset (BAT). This achievement highlights cross-directorate collaboration, agile leade  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Jan. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: * * * ETIMS Introduces Account Request Management System to Strengthen Technical Order Access * The U.S. Air Force has unveiled the Account Request Management System (ARMS) as part of the latest release of the Enhanced Technical Information Management System (ETIMS), its central hub for managing Technical Orders (TOs) and related technical data. ETIMS provides a single point of  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: * * * Hanscom E&TC key to enhancing acquisition skills of workforce * The 66th Force Support Squadron Education and Training Center will host nearly 40 in-person courses in fiscal year 2026. Offerings include leadership classes, cybersecurity assessments, data analytics and a variety of acquisitions courses intended to develop skills that support the Air Force mission. "There  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Jan. 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: * * * Hegseth establishes Personal Property Activity to ensure successful PCS moves * The War Department's Personal Property Activity will stand up this summer as a permanent fix of the myriad woes service members and their families have experienced during permanent change of station moves. In a video released Jan. 23, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who made PCS moves while ser  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Jan. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: * * * Modernizing the Air Force's Wallet: DFAS & GBG Retire 50-Year-Old System, Boosting Financial Security and Saving Taxpayers Millions * Imagine a government financial system born in 1972, built on technology older than the internet itself, still processing millions in taxpayer dollars daily. That was the challenge faced by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) and  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: * * * Rapid Sustainment Office demonstrates new digital binder application for reducing aircraft maintenance time * NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nevada -The U.S. Air Force's Rapid Sustainment Office in collaboration with Google Public Sector has completed development and initial testing of its Lighthouse Information Technology Engine (LITE) Digital Maintenance Binder application develo  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Jan. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: * * * Team Hanscom Today highlights support for retirees, safety award, and new staff * HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. \-This week's Team Hanscom Today episode highlighted military retiree support services, safety excellence, and welcomed two new teammates. Kevin Keegan, director of the Retiree Activities Office, served as guest host and emphasized the importance of keeping the   more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Jan. 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: * * * USAF to introduce Air Expeditionary Wing 2.0 * Beginning this year, the Air Force is introducing Air Expeditionary Wing 2.0, an improved version of our legacy deployment construct, as its new wing unit of action. AEW 2.0 will be implemented in fiscal year 2027. Changes in the global strategic environment over the last several years emphasized a clear need: maintain an elev  more