Tag: USA

Air Force-Backed Startup Reveals Hypersonic Aircraft Prototype (Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One)

Air Force-backed startup Hermeus rolled out a hypersonic aircraft prototype, firing the drone’s afterburning engine during a ceremony at an Atlanta airport. Air Force-Backed Startup Reveals Hypersonic...

Romanian official pitched Blinken on Black Sea troop boost (Joe Gould, Defense News)

Romania’s foreign minister said Tuesday he asked U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in person to consider boosting the U.S. troop presence on the Black Sea...

US Army’s hypersonic supervisor talks tech portfolio (Jen Judson, Defense News)

Since Lt. Gen. L. Neil Thurgood took over the U.S. Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, he’s overseen the Pentagon’s attempt to build...

US company Viasat to acquire Britain’s Inmarsat in $7.3 billion deal (Nathan Strout, Defense News)

U.S. communications firm Viasat is set to acquire British satellite comms company Inmarsat for $7.3 billion, the American business announced Nov. 8. “This is a...

America has an infrastructure bill. What happens next? (Adie Tomer, Caroline George, Joseph W. Kane, and Andrew Bourne, Brookings)

Friday afternoons are typically the place to hide bad news, but that wasn’t this. Late Friday, November 5th, the House of Representatives passed the Senate...

Biden was wrong on Afghanistan (Madiha Afzal, Brookings)

To me, as to many, the most haunting images of the end of America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan are those of Afghans crowding an airport...

Digital infrastructure is more than just broadband: What the US can learn from Europe’s open source technology policy study (Frank Nagle, Brookings)

Technology and innovation have long been known to be key drivers of growth allowing companies and countries to better compete. The recent U.S. infrastructure...

Texas’s new social media law is likely to face an uphill battle in federal court (John Villasenor, Brookings)

In early September, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law House Bill 20, a new social media law targeting what Gov. Abbott called “a dangerous movement...

Big cities aren’t dividing America. They hold the key to our collective future (Amy Liu and Alan Berube, Brookings)

Over the past several years, it’s become increasingly convenient to label cities and metro areas as “blue” and prosperous and rural areas as “red”...

U.S.-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue (US Department of State)

The 25th Annual U.S.-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue was held on November 9, 2021, in Washington, DC. Acting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and...

Joint Statement on the U.S.-Egypt Strategic Dialogue (US Department of State)

The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Arab Republic of Egypt on...

Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Uruguayan Interior Minister Héber (US Department of State)

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman met with Uruguayan Interior Minister Luis Héber today in Montevideo, Uruguay. Deputy Secretary Sherman and Interior Minister Héber discussed the positive and productive collaboration and partnership between the United...

Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Uruguayan President Lacalle Pou (US Department of State)

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman met with Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou today in Montevideo, Uruguay.  Deputy Secretary Sherman and President Lacalle Pou discussed the importance of the strong U.S.-Uruguay...

Secretary Blinken’s Participation in the APEC Ministerial Meeting (US Department of State)

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai co-led the United States delegation to the virtual Asia-Pacific Economic...

US DoS offers a reward of up to $10M for leaders of REvil ransomware gang (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

The Department of State offers up to $10 million for information that can lead to the identification or location of individuals in key leadership...

Delivery robots are taking over college campuses (Greg Nichols, ZDNet)

Another campus, another rollout of roving delivery robots. You may not know it, but delivery robot vendors are making a play for campuses across...