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Syria's surrender of its remaining chemical weapons stocks this week vindicates President Obama's handling of the threat

The Army is planning to launch a pair of blimps over Maryland this fall to watch the Eastern Seaboard for incoming cruise missiles. It's what else they might be able to see from up there that worries privacy advocates.

Two giant missile tracking blimps, part of an airborne attack defense exercise, will soon be perched high above parts of Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford and Baltimore counties, as Army officials have been going to lengths reassure residents that they will not be spying on them.

U.S. leaves no soldier behind but legacy in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq not so noble

As Russia's actions in Ukraine rattle its neighbors, the Maryland National Guard is affirming its decades-long partnership with Estonia.

TMD Technologies, a U.K. based company, has opened its first U.S. office in Lansdowne.

In a duel of sorts between two of Maryland's top Democrats, U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer came to Annapolis Tuesday to press for legislation opposed by Gov. Martin O'Malley that Southern Maryland officials insist is needed to protect their region's prized naval air base from an Eastern Shore wind energy project.

Thanks to a recent court ruling, commercial drones are likely soon to be a big part of American life.

The Maryland Air National Guard is set to lose its attack aircraft, but should be getting its airlift capability back, officials said Tuesday.

The first step was to get everybody involved to agree to study the merits of creating a quasi-governmental agency to own and operate all the local water and sewer systems in Harford County. The second step is more complicated and expensive:

Is there an inherent contradiction between secrecy-shrouded research at JHU and a commitment to academic freedom?

Reports that Moscow violated a landmark 1987 arms treaty could put U.S.-Russian relations back in the deep freeze

The Pentagon plans to launch a pair of helium-filled blimps over Aberdeen Proving Ground capable of detecting, tracking and targeting cruise missiles, rockets and aircraft 340 miles away.

John Guy Cesare Jr., a utility engineer who earned degrees in both the nuclear field and in theology, who served aboard Navy submarines in the Cold War who later volunteered for Baltimore's poor and homeless, died of cancer Jan. 8 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Roland Park resident was 64.

Qaida-linked militants in Iraq capture control of Fallujah and Ramadi

Maryland did not win Federal Aviation Administration recognition as a test site for drones, but still could be involved in federal research on how the unmanned aircraft may safely be flown in U.S. airspace.

A flatbed truck pulled away from the port of Baltimore last week carrying uranium once packed into nuclear warheads aimed at the United States.

Their real-life drones are under assembly and likely won't be up and flying until March.

U.S. has violated Constitution in drone strikes against Pakistan and other countries

Lamenting about "civilian deaths" is an oversimplified argument for a Pakistani, just as "hunting down terrorists" is for an American. This oversimplified narrative is a gift of politicians from both countries, who seem to have taken an oath to tell the half-truth.

The Pentagon is targeting the Cold War-era 'Warthog' plane for retirement amid budget cuts.

The U.S. must render whatever assistance it can to the victims of Friday's typhoon in the Philippines as the death toll continues to rise

Once again, intense negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program have failed to produce a deal, but there remains some reason for optimism after the weekend's high-level negotiations in Geneva.

A suspension of U.S. military aid may be too little, too late to force Egypt's generals to restore civilian rule

Under the cover of, thankfully, sunny skies, this year's Riverfest found vendors in good spirits and close to 1,000 visitors to the outdoor celebration in Riverfront Park, according to Maureen Rogers, administrator at festival sponsor Laurel Board of Trade.

North Korea's capabilities are an increasing threat, yet the Obama administration is cutting the missile defense budget.

Despite concerns about privacy and public safety, Maryland is seeking to open its skies to commercial drones under a federal program that could make the state a powerhouse in the burgeoning unmanned aircraft industry.

Then the drone would take off from that same make-shift landing pad on Spesutie Island under the "Joy Stick" operation of Dr. Hodge.

A fighter jet that crashed off the coast of Chincoteague Island this month was recovered in pieces from more than 100 feet below the ocean's surface by Navy sailors and divers during a 15-day operation that ended Tuesday, according to the Navy.

As the wife of an U.S. Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel, Cheri Fish says she and her family have changed residences 10 times in 10 years, and she knows another move is in store when her husband says, "We need to talk."

Brianna and Bryce Byars, siblings from Belcamp, were excited enough to be throwing out the first pitch at one of the Cal Ripken World Series contests on Saturday night, but they had no idea what was in store for them. Unbeknownst to the pair, their father, Ed, an Air National Guard member, who had been in Afghanistan for the previous year, was there to catch that pitch.

Rockwell Collins Inc, a supplier of avionics and other electronic systems for commercial and military aircraft, has agreed to buy aerospace communications firm Arinc Inc for $1.39 billion from the Carlyle Group LP .

Joseph F. Williams, a retired Timonium dentist who was known for his generosity in not charging patients, died Monday of respiratory failure at Sinai Hospital. He was 83.