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President Bush said “extremists” of many stripes are seeking to kill Americans and gain access to weapons of mass destruction. These elements “slaughter the innocent,” he said, and now are...

Russia wields hundreds of high-speed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) and therefore has nothing to fear from the United States placing a mere 10 ballistic missile interceptors in Europe, the head...

The United States will retain its foremost position among nations only if it meets squarely the difficult, dangerous and expensive challenge of exploring space, Michael Griffin, the NASA administrator, asserted....

Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] reported progress in the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military satellite communications program. The hardware eventually will be directly applicable to the next-generation Transformational Satellite Communications...

The Senate Armed Services Committee strategic forces subcommittee met Friday with key government officials to probe a recent Chinese test in which one of its missiles shot down a Chinese...

LANGLEY AFB, Va.–China’s recent test of an anti-satellite missile is worrisome in highlighting vulnerabilities of U.S. space-based assets, but is not a paradigm-shifting event that will usher in an abrupt...

Leaders of space agencies in the five nations participating in the International Space Station (ISS) program found it is proceeding well, according to a statement they released after a meeting...

Space Shuttle Atlantis To Launch March 15 On STS-117 Mission To ISS Space Shuttle Atlantis will launch March 15 from Kennedy Space Center on the STS-117 mission to the International...

The Boeing Co. [BA] gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $29 million contract for upgrading radars, including those used in a key ballistic missile defense system. Raytheon will provide sustainment support...