The Army's newest and most advanced Unmanned Aircraft System has successfully completed a series of tests with a missile specially engineered to fire from a UAV with a 360-degree targeting ability.
Army leaders said testing, prototyping and incremental development are needed to ensure the successful and rapid delivery of goods and services to warfighters in months and years ahead.
The President and Vice President met today with Ambassador Chris Hill and General Ray Odierno, Commanding General of the United States Forces-Iraq (USF-I), to review political, economic, and security developments in Iraq. They discussed the importance of broad participation in the upcoming…
From the Roosevelt Room 5:20 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Hey, guys. COMMANDER ZAMKA: Good morning from the International Space Station and from the Space Shuttle Endeavour, Mr. President. THE PRESIDENT: Well, it's great to talk to you guys. I wanted to, first of all, just say that…
*No disaster declaration requests have come in yet for the most recent Mid-Atlantic winter storms. 1:42 P.M. EST MR. GIBBS: Let me give you guys a quick readout of the President's meeting in the Situation Room to get an update on Afghanistan and Pakistan. And obviously throughout the…
If you were to ask my opinion, I would have to say yes, at least more sense than I used to make, back when I didn’t write any of this stuff down. You see folks, here is the problem, I should be out there working, to much time spent thinking at home. Don’t get [...]
10:26 A.M. EST THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good morning, folks. Thank you all for being here. It's been one year today since the President signed the Recovery Act into law, and I'm probably preaching to the choir here as to how beneficial it's been. I stand before you, as I said,…
The Recovery Act at One Year One year in, the Recovery Act is at work across the country creating jobs and driving economic growth. From major highway projects to green retrofits of military facilities and manufacturing of advanced batteries, more than 55,000 projects across the country have now…
Recovery Act-Funded Projects Will Create Jobs, Spur Lasting Economic Growth KANSAS CITY, MO - One year to the day after President Obama signed the historic American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) into law, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood will announce Recovery Act awards to states,…
The following op-ed, written by Vice President Joe Biden, was published in today’s USA Today: USA TODAY Assessing the Recovery Act: 'The best is yet to come' By Joe Biden February 17, 2010 A year ago today, President Obama signed the Recovery Act into law. Time and again I am asked,…
A couple of years ago I gave my Dad grow lights for Father’s Day. He had mentioned to me that he wanted a garden, but living in a gated community there was not the appropriate amount of space on his property to do so. He started to create an indoor garden comprised of herbs and [...]
Michelle and I join Christians here in America and around the world in observing Ash Wednesday. We mark this solemn day of repentance and promise, knowing that Lent is a time for millions to renew faith and also deepen a commitment to loving and serving one another.
Washington, DC — American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard held a media teleconference with reporters in which he made several inaccurate statements regarding the Administration’s development of oil and gas resources on public lands and in the Outer Continental Shelf.“Mr. Gerard needs…
Students in elementary and middle schools nationwide will have their questions about space answered live on Feb. 14 by space shuttle astronauts orbiting 220 miles above Earth.
NASA is targeting Monday, April 5, for the launch of the next space shuttle from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
A diverse cast of cosmic characters is showcased in the first survey images NASA released Wednesday from its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.
New findings from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have provided a major advance in understanding a type of supernova critical for studying the dark energy that astronomers think pervades the universe.
The next set of International Space Station residents will be available to talk to journalists at 1 p.m. CST on Tuesday, March 2.
President Obama, congressional leaders and middle school students will speak with the astronaut crews of the International Space Station and the space shuttle Endeavour Wednesday at 5:15 p.m. EST to congratulate them on their successful ongoing mission.
Building sustainable facilities is a thriving business at Fort Carson. Several new construction projects here have achieved the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design gold rating certification since late 2008.