Department of Defense News

The hulking cargo ship that tore through a western Kentucky bridge last month is carrying millions of dollars of rocket components that will be used to blast satellites into space for NASA and Department of Defense missions.

Knight Sky will share a federal contract worth up to $900 million with three other firms.

The Department of Defense will review an report that blames Captain Haney for the fatal crash of his F-22 north of Anchorage "Department of Defense reviewing report of 2010 crash" is categorized as "local". This video was licensed from Grab Networks.

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced Friday that the next Independence variant littoral combat ship will be named the USS Gabrielle Giffords.

U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey arrived in Afghanistan Thursday to assess the status of military operations in the region, the Department of Defense said.

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With fears looming over cuts for the Department of Defense , investors should expect elevated volatility among aerospace firms.

"They have proven their ability to serve in an expanding number of roles on and off the battlefield and these changes will allow them to accomplish more," Department of Defense spokesman George Little said in making the announcement.

Brig. Gen. Samuel A. Greaves, who serves at Air Force Space Command, has been nominated to be major general, the Department of Defense announced on Wednesday.

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IRobot Corp.'s stock has lost a third of its value, after the company announced it would likely lose a significant chunk of its revenue from military contracts in the current year, due to constrained Department of Defense budgets.

Some topics of conversation border on the absurd when taking place in the nation's capital.

Laura Sellers, a candidate for appointment to the Stafford County School Board, is a contractor for the Department of Defense and is no longer chairwoman of the Stafford Democratic Committee.

This article is part 4 in the five-part series, " The Battlefield and the Barracks: Two War Fronts for Women Soldiers .

The Pentagon is expected to propose changes on Thursday to the current policy restricting women from certain combat roles, a senior defense official tells CNN.

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The Center for LAM Research and Clinical Care at Brigham and Women's Hospital has been awarded a $1 million plus, four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs to fund their work on lymphangioleiomyomatosis .

Harris Corp. received a $26.4 million order from the Kingdom of Jordan for its Falcon II and III radios, which will be used to modernize tactical communications for that country's military.

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