Pentagon Eyes Airborne Lasers for Missile Defense The U.S. Defense Department recently began testing a laser that might be used to knock incoming missiles out of the sky.
Services Look to Expand Background Checks at Gates Gate security re-entered the spotlight after two men tried to ram into the National Security Agency gate.
DARPA Touts Deep-Web Search in Hunt for ISIS An experimental Pentagon tool to search the deep web is now being used in the hunt for Islamic militants.
A Tale of Two Gatling Guns: F-35 vs. A-10 The F-35 software that lets pilots shoot the Gatling gun isn't expected to ship until 2019.
Expert: Sony Hack Used Black Market Malware "I don't think it was an act of war," President Barack Obama said during an interview.
Pentagon Satellites to Persistently Stare at Targets in 10 Years Over the next decade, the Pentagon plans to launch satellites that offer a revolutionary leap in surveillance technology.
Rosetta Boosts Hopes of Deflecting Earth-Killing Asteroids The spacecraft that landed on a comet last week is searching for clues about the composition of the early solar system.
Orbital Rocket Explodes After Liftoff in Virginia An unmanned Orbital Sciences Corp. rocket exploded seconds after liftoff Tuesday from a launch pad in Virginia.
Scientists Skeptical of Lockheed's Fusion Breakthrough Lockheed Martin says it plans to build a fusion reactor small enough to fit on the back of a truck.
Textron Test-Fires New Precision Glide Bombs The Fury is a small 27-inch, 13-pound GPS and laser-guided bomb engineered to fly and fire from medium and large drones.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
