FTC Investigating Northrop Grumman Amid ICBM Spat with Boeing The agency is probing whether Northrop violated the terms of an agreement it made to acquire Orbital ATK.
Air Force Investigating Whether Airman Smoked Weed at a Missile Alert Facility for ICBMs Officials at Minot are investigating "reports of suspected illegal drugs at an above-ground facility."
Kamikaze Drones Could Deploy to Protect Patriot Missile Defense Batteries The Army is looking to integrate counter-drone capabilities into existing Patriot systems.
Army M1 Tanks Are Getting the Ability to Locate and Destroy Enemy Missiles Ultimately, four brigades of tanks will get the new system.
US to Deploy 200 Troops, Patriot Air Defense Battery in Response to Saudi Attacks Defense Secretary Mark Esper has also put an unspecified number of U.S. troops on "Prepare To Deploy Orders."
Attacks on Saudi Oil Plants Reveal Weaknesses in US-Made Defenses The attacks on the Saudi oil facilities evaded Raytheon’s Patriot ballistic missile defense system.
Pentagon Halts Work on Directed-Energy Beam to Stop Enemy Missiles The Pentagon is shelving a directed-energy program it was hoping to use in space to destroy enemy ICBMs.
Boeing Withdraws from Competition to Build New Land-Based Nuclear Missile Boeing Co. says it is out of the running to develop the U.S. Air Force's Ground Based Strategic Deterrent missile.
NORAD May Ramp Up North American Surveillance amid Rising Threats from Russia NORAD gets several notifications a day that require monitoring at the command center or scrambling jets.
NORAD Is Evolving to Meet New Threats to North America "NORAD is responding toemerging threats by transforming how we defend our nations, sharpening our focus."
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...
