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Space

NASA Launches Aquarius to Help Measure Oceans’ Salinity

Wednesday, June 15th, 2011

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As a part of a collaborative mission with Argentina’s space agency, Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE), NASA last week successfully launched the Delta II Aquarius/SAC-D into space from Vandenberg AFB, Calif. The purpose of the mission is to provide unprecedented global maps of surface sea water salinity to discover how our oceans respond to climate change and the water cycle. The Argentine-built SAC-D spacecraft will carry a suite of instruments on the three-year mission in space. Apart from NASA’s Aquarius technology…

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill that includes $60 billion for defense, a figure slightly below the Trump administration’s request to cover Iran war […]

Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]