Army trauma expert quit after admitting UMd. Ph.D. fraud
An Army statistician whose research informed battlefield treatment decisions was quietly forced to resign in January after admitting she did not earn the doctoral degree she had been claiming.
Lockheed awarded Qatar contract
Lockheed Martin, the Bethesda-based security and aerospace company, will provide Qatar’s Apache attack helicopters with a new laser-directed targeting system under a $90.6 million contract with the U.S. Army, Lockheed […]
TCS gets Army contract
TeleCommunication Systems Inc., of Annapolis, a provider of secure mobile communications technology, announced it has received a delivery order of potentially $10 million from the Army for equipment and maintenance […]
Army opens new chemical defense lab in Md.
The Army is opening a new chemical defense laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground near Harford.
Successful test for Lockheed missile system
Lockheed Martin, the global security and aerospace company based in Bethesda, said it has successfully demonstrated its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) dual-mode guidance section during a second test at Eglin […]
Completion of Army bio lab in Md. delayed to 2017
The Army Corps of Engineers says completion of the Army's new flagship biodefense laboratory building at Fort Detrick in Frederick has been pushed back two years to 2017.
Md. developer sues Army, alleging water pollution
Chemicals dumped decades ago in trenches at Fort Detrick have contaminated the groundwater on private property next to the Army post and ruined the parcel's development potential, a developer claims in a civil lawsuit seeking $37 million in damages from the U.S. government.
Army vet expelled from U.S. fights deportation
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A U.S. Army veteran who turned his life around after struggling with drug addiction is fighting his deportation, saying he should not have been expelled last […]
Fire breaks out at Md. Army lab under construction
FREDERICK — Fort Detrick officials say two construction workers were injured when a fire broke out at an Army lab under construction. The two-alarm blaze broke out Wednesday afternoon at […]
Manning’s lawyers attack decisions made by superiors
FORT MEADE — Lawyers for Army Pfc. Bradley Manning opened their case Monday in the sentencing phase of his trial by attacking commanders’ decisions to send the young intelligence analyst […]
Witness in Manning sentencing: Leaks chilled international relations
FORT MEADE — The more than 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables Army Pfc. Bradley Manning disclosed through WikiLeaks have had a chilling effect on American foreign relations, a high-ranking State Department […]
OSHA finds safety violations at Army pond where 3 have died
WASHINGTON — Nearly a dozen safety standards were violated at an Army weapons-testing pond near Baltimore where three people have died this year, the Labor Department said Thursday. The Occupational […]




