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Lockheed Snags DARPA Anti-Ship Missile Award

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control has won one of two awards from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to study and design a Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM).

Army Gives Wounded Special Welcome

NCO Awarded Silver Star for Courage

Army Launches New Water Safety Tool

Pentagon Seeks More Power From Vehicles

A strong argument could be made that the recent innovations in ground-vehicle armor, vehicle-mounted communications and sensor equipment brought about by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that the U.S. military is in a "Golden Age" for tactical vehicles.

JSF Program Chief Talks Competing Engines

The top Joint Strike Fighter official says he unequivocally supports President Barack Obama's fiscal 2010 budget request, which does not seek funds for a second JSF engine -- but he is still planning for the F136 and suggests Washington consider the risk otherwise.

Pentagon Budget Provides a Short-term View

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates was not in the room when the Pentagon unveiled its first budget request under the Obama administration on May 7. But, he did not need to be. His fingerprints are all over its themes of reform and unconventional warfare, as well as its omissions.

High Tech Network Monitors Mexican Border

With an estimated 90 percent of all illegal drugs that enter the U.S. passing through Mexico, and claims that many of the weapons seized from drug traffickers and at crime scenes in Mexico come from the U.S., it's obvious that the border between the countries needs more security.

US Army ARH Program Undergoes Major Shift

The U.S. Army's revived Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter program may not end up being a helicopter at all, depending on the results of the service's analysis of alternatives on its aircraft fleet.

Gates Cuts US Military Helo Programs

Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants to ax the Pentagon's two most high-profile rotorcraft projects -- the Combat Search-and-Rescue (CSAR-X) and VH-71 presidential helicopters -- essentially wiping clean the drawing board for new starts in military helicopters for the foreseeable future.