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NASA Administrator Mike Griffin is awaiting two studies probing how to shrink the yawning half-decade gap when NASA won’t be able to take even one astronaut to low Earth orbit. […]

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, coming to the United States for a Group of 20 Nations summit confronting economic issues, backed off from their prior harsh […]

But Missile Defense Generally, And The Airborne Laser Especially, Will Face Close Obama Scrutiny While some military analysts have voiced concerns that President-elect Obama will slash defense spending deeply when […]

By Emelie Rutherford A leading lawmaker who oversees the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) predicted the arm of the Pentagon championed by the Bush administration will undergo major changes when Democrats control […]

By Emelie Rutherford President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team yesterday announced some key members dealing with defense matters. The Department of Defense Agency Review Team is lead by John White and […]

By Emelie Rutherford A leading House authorizer voiced support yesterday for the initial concept behind the Bush administration’s beleaguered Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) effort, and said the next Congress will […]

By Emelie Rutherford Pentagon leadership agreed this week to spend $50 million on parts for four future F-22 jet fighters, instead of obligating $140 million in advanced funding for 20 […]

By Emelie Rutherford A Marine Corps-lead effort for buying thousands of a new breed of all-terrain Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle for Afghanistan is moving forward, with a solicitation […]

Cyber warriors in China repeatedly hacked into an unclassified White House computer network, stealing data before IT experts patched the system to fix the breach, the Financial Times reported. China […]

President-elect Barack Obama said in his victory speech that the United States will defeat those who attempt to tear down the world, while also offering an olive branch to those […]