WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Hard-charging Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak is determined to add a new tier to Israel’s already formidable ballistic missile defense system: He has given the go-ahead to develop a new anti-missile interceptor to operate at higher levels against possible incoming, nuclear-capable ballistic missiles from nations such as Iran.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Defense Department wants Lockheed Martin and Boeing to work together so it can save money on government contracts.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- The Senate easily confirmed Francis Harvey as Army secretary Tuesday, despite some questioning of his qualifications for the position. The 85 to 12 vote followed two hours of debate in which Senate Armed Services ranking member Carl Levin, D-Mich., and

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. Air Force Secretary James Roche announced Tuesday he is resigning the post he has held for four years.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Fresh questions have arisen over an e-mail U.S. Air Force Secretary James Roche sent to a White House budget official involving a job in exchange for support.

WASHINGTON, March 19 (UPI) -- The correct response, when your superior requests you to stop doing something that harms their interests, is "Yes, SIR, Sorry, SIR," preferably accompanied by a smart salute. Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina seems to have omitted this essential piece of

WASHINGTON, March 10 (UPI) -- The Pentagon Wednesday withdrew its repeatedly blocked nomination of an Air Force official to head the Army.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force denied an internal investigation of the sex scandal at its prestigious academy was calculated to protect top officers.

DENVER, March 25 (UPI) -- Four of the top officers at the Air Force Academy will be removed from their posts and reassigned in the wake of a sexual-assault scandal at the academy, the Denver Post reported Tuesday.