WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 3, 2025 ARMY Bechtel National Inc., Reston, Virginia, was awarded a $242,282,475 modification (P00284) to contract W52P1J-09-C-0012 to capture past contract overruns for the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. Work will be performed in Pueblo, Colorado, with an estimated completion date of April 3, 2026. Fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation, Army funds in t  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Supports Wildland Fire Technology Demonstration Advancements in NASA's airborne technology have made it possible to gather localized wind data and assess its impacts on smoke and fire behavior. This information could improve wildland fire decision making and enable operational agencies to better allocate firefighters and resources. A small team from NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is demo  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Space Force issued the following news: * * * US, Australia demonstrate current, future space priorities at Avalon International Airshow MELBOURNE, Australia (AFNS) --U.S. and Australian forces demonstrated their combined focus on cooperation, warfighting effectiveness and lethality in the Indo-Pacific space domain during the Avalon International Airshow and Trade Days, March 25-30. Avalon is the Southern Hemisphere's largest airshow and aerospace and defense e  more