Wal-Mart Wants to Test Delivery Drones
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Wall-Mart takes on Amazon, applies to the FAA to test drones for delivery, curbside pickup and checking warehouse inventories, reports Reuters.
The House passed an $80 billion budget deal last night, Wednesday night, reports Politico, eliminating high-stakes fiscal battles until 2017, the 266 to 167 vote was a solid win for Republicans leaders and giving Speaker John Boehner a final legislative victory before he retires at the end of the week.
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, addressing the AUVSI Unmanned Defense Systems conference in Arlington, VA praised the certainty a two-year budget agreement could bring to the military, reports Seapower.
“We sail in international waters at a time and place of our choosing,” Defense News quotes an unnamed US official speaking of the US destroyer Lassen that sailed through the South Sea near Mischief Reef in the Spratlys, waters China claims. China’s claim is hotly contested by the Philippines and Vietnam. A teleconference is scheduled today, Thursday, between the top admirals of the US and Chinese navies.
A former CIA officer, Charles “Sam” Faddis declared his intent to challenge Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), to cut spending, lower taxes, tighten border control and revamp foreign policy in the Middle East. Mr. Faddis is author of three novels and three works of non-fiction, one of which argued that the CIA was so dysfunctional, it should be replaced.
Veterans are getting surprised by unexpected repayment bills and the VA is losing hundreds of millions of dollars when vets drop out of school, reports the Washington Post.
Indian Head decommissions its coal-fired Goddard Power and Steam Plant, reports the Maryland Independent.(Paywall.)
