A legal fight is preliminarily over between Federal Express Corp., the world’s largest express transportation company, and two of its employees over short-term military leave. A federal court filing in Georgia shows FedEx has agreed to pay $900,000 to settle a class-action lawsuit that claimed the company failed to pay…

Percy Spencer was working near a magnetron in 1945 when he noticed the chocolate bar in his pocket had melted. The Raytheon engineer had been helping develop radar equipment, one of the technologies that allowed Allied forces to detect enemy aircraft and ships during World War II. The unexpected puddle…

The National Guard members patrolling Washington, D.C., this summer operate under a specific set of limitations. They can detain people; they cannot arrest them. That line, and where it falls, is now the subject of a $3 million legal claim filed by a decorated Army combat veteran who says Idaho…

Published Aug 3, 2026, 12:50 PM EDT The president made appointments to multiple services as efforts to boost the military remain a priority. President Donald Trump announced key military appointments in multiple military services, including the Army, Air Force and the Space Force. The routine appointments and promotions make personnel changes…

Air Mobility Command’s space-available travel sign-up process has run on the same basic model for years: Fill out a form, email it to whichever passenger terminal you’re departing from, and hope someone on the other end enters it correctly before your window opens. As of March 26, 2026, that changed.…

The Department of Defense (DOD) has announced two framework agreements to expand the production capacity of missile-interceptor components. The agreements, with defense companies Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin, intend to triple the production of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) components, and quadruple the production of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)…