The X-51A Waverider is set to demonstrate hypersonic flight. Powered by a Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne SJY61 scramjet engine, it is designed to ride on its own shockwave and accelerate to about Mach 6. (U.S. Air Force graphic) WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR…

Las Vegas, NV The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld a guilty verdict for Dr. Harrison L. Bass in the death of a patient. A Las Vegas jury had found Bass guilty of one count of second degree murder, 49 counts…

KODIAK, Alaska - Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Erich Klingner, aviation surival technician with Air Station Kodiak, assists two men and seven sled dogs in an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter after hoisting them near Godwin Glacier May 15, 2010. The…

Curtis L. Hess, age 49, of York, Pennsylvania, was sentenced yesterday to a 16-month term of imprisonment by United States District Court Senior Judge Edwin M. Kosik for introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce with the intent to defraud and…

WASHINGTON - To ensure the Minnesota Veterans home in Minneapolis remains a comfortable and safe residence for Veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is awarding two grants worth nearly $22.4 million for a new 100-bed nursing home and other…

WASHINGTON Hazim Gaber, 22, of Edmonton, Canada, plead guilty in Phoenix before U.S. Magistrate Judge Edward C. Voss to selling counterfeit cancer drugs using the Internet. Gaber was indicted by a federal grand jury in Phoenix on June 30, 2009,…

Phoenix, Arizona - The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed U.S. District Court Judge Roslyn Silvers dismissal of State v. Harkins Amusement Enterprises, Inc., a lawsuit in which the State sought the installation of equipment needed to display captions…

WASHINGTON - Military personnel insuring their families under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) program, which is administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, will have reduced out-of-pocket expenses beginning July 1. Family SGLI (FSGLI) monthly premium rates will be…

by Janie Santos Defense Media Activity-San Antonio DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) -- The non-nuclear B-1 Lancer has adapted from a strategic mission to a close-air support role, and will continue to play an effective part in today's fight…

El Paso, TX- Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Paso Sector arrested three convicted registered sex offenders over the weekend. One of the subjects, a United States Citizen, affected an illegal entry in order to evade authorities. On Sunday,…

SAN JOSE, CAA Saratoga attorney was arrested and arraigned this morning on 12 counts of wire fraud. According to an indictment, which was filed in San Jose federal district court yesterday and unsealed this morning, David Boyer Prince, 46, carried…

WASHINGTON - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced the award of two contracts totaling $41.5 million to create a "polytrauma center" that cares for the most severely injured Veterans and to improve the existing wards at the Audie L.…