The Senate voted 50-49 Thursday to confirm Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Okla., as NASA administrator, The Washington Post reported Thursday. Bridenstine will replace Robert Lightfoot, who has been leading ...

“Should I be confirmed, with Secretary Esper, putting the team in place as quickly and as early as possible so that you have them for the duration is absolutely essential,†Norquist told the Senate ...

The National Nuclear Security Administration has renewed an advisory committee tasked with providing recommendations on counterterrorism and counterproliferation programs, nuclear weapon modernization ...

Planate Management Group has selected Unanet’s government contracting enterprise resource planning offering to support its anticipated domestic and international growth in the next year. The ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has established an industry consortium that will develop rules for the robotic servicing of satellites in space, Space News reported Tuesday. Todd Master ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has introduced a research program to explore methods to increase the predictability and safety of learning-enabled autonomous platforms such as unmanned ...

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines has unveiled a new document outlining strategic direction, priorities and objectives for the 18 elements of the intelligence community over the next four ...

The Federal Aviation Administration plans to establish new requirements for drones to help mitigate collision and operational risks based on the results of a study released by the Alliance for System ...

Sens. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., have proposed a bipartisan bill that would authorize the Department of Commerce to work with the Small Business Administration to develop and ...

NASA has docked its Mars Helicopter to the Mars 2020 rover for the upcoming exploration mission on the red planet. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory attached the twin-rotor, ...

The White House’s proposed fiscal 2018 budget includes $228 million for a central fund to support updates to the federal information technology infrastructure, Federal News Radio reported Monday.

NASA conducted tests in September on next-generation carbon fiber rotor blades that could power larger and more capable Mars helicopters in the future. The tests were carried out at the Jet Propulsion ...