For anyone who has ever wondered whether they could handle life on another planet, NASA is offering a chance to find out – well, sort of. The US space agency is looking to recruit four participants ...

Iran is trying to assert its control over the strait by charging for passage. Experts say it is unlikely to happen, but the threat has unsettled the shipping industry. By Jenny Gross Reporting from ...

The Demonstrator Laser Weapon System, acting as a ground-based test surrogate for the SHiELD system, was able to engage and shoot down several air-launched missiles during tests at the High Energy ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon announced April 20 it has formally terminated the Next Generation Operational Control System, or OCX, ending a 15-year effort to modernize the ground system that operates the ...

The Pentagon has canceled a ground control system for the US military’s GPS satellite navigation network after the program’s enduring problems “proved insurmountable,” the US Space Force announced in ...

Health clinics that rely on the Title X program have received their government funding for the year, following a chaotic and unorthodox application process that led to a brief delay and widespread ...

Admiral Brad Cooper, head of U.S. Central Command, recently touted AI’s influence on the war in a video update. “These systems help us sift through vast amounts of data,” he said. “Advanced AI tools ...

Back in 2017, the Department of Defense launched Project Maven -- an initiative to improve intelligence data from sensors, satellites, drones, and radar, and mine it for more usable insights. The ...

Last year, just before the Fourth of July holiday, the US Space Force officially took ownership of a new operating system for the GPS navigation network, raising hopes that one of the military’s most ...

U.S. Army Sgt. Brandyn Brooks, a 15P aviation operations specialist with the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force CARDINAL, monitors mission systems at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, June 8, 2025.