Month: October 2006

A directive passed last week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) focuses on three kinds of dishes: beef, chicken and satellite. As mandated in...

A new version of the National Space Policy, the first in a decade, says the United States must have both defense and peaceful use of outer space, and also the...

NASA Reopens Old Kennedy Space Center Building For New Uses NASA has reopened giant doors on an old Kennedy Space Center building that constitutes a once and future gateway to...

The Army gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a contract to provide heavy anti-tank, precision assault missiles for the military, a pact worth an initial $163.2 million that contains a potential five...

NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale announced Wednesday the selection of Joyce L. Winterton as the new assistant administrator for education, effective today. Winterton succeeds John M. Hairston, Jr., who has...

North Korea, after announcing it detonated a nuclear weapon, likely won’t surrender its nuclear arsenal even if the isolated regime is punished with further sanctions, analysts said yesterday. However, sanctions...

The U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) system is able to provide protection for allies such as Japan and South Korea, but the missile shield needs substantially more funding, a prominent...

As NASA moves to realize President Bush’s vision for space exploration, other NASA programs may be harmed, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). On the one...

President Bush vowed to increase cooperation with allied nations on ballistic missile defense. In a Rose Garden news conference at the White House Wednesday, Bush said the United States will...

Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] established a high technology Missile Defense Engineering and Analysis Center (MDEAC). The company describes it as a state-of-the-art capability that will support the nation’s integrated air...