US aerospace giant Boeing said Monday it was linking up with Italian aerospace group Finmeccanica in a bid to produce a new fleet of helicopters for the White House.

We'll get through this oil mess together, Jimmy Buffett tells people of Florida Panhandle. The timing might be a bit off for tourists hoping to waste away in Margaritaville. But that doesn't bother Jimmy Buffett.

Biden highlights milestone year for women at Naval Academy as submarine service opens. Vice President Joe Biden on Friday highlighted a milestone year for women at the U.S. Naval Academy, taking special note during the academy's commissioning ceremony of 11 graduates who will be the first women to serve on submarines.

Vice President Joe Biden to deliver commencement address at US Naval Academy on Friday. Vice President Joe Biden is delivering the commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., on Friday.

Navy plebes quickly climb non-larded monument in a tradition that could be on its last legs. As they have for 70 years, students at the U.S. Naval Academy celebrated the end of their grueling first year by scaling a 21-foot obelisk on Monday. But this time, without a lard coating on the monument, students completed the task in minutes.

Novavax says former FDA officer Mark Thornton will lead development as new medical chief. Drug developer Novavax Inc. said Monday it has named former FDA officer Mark Thornton as its new head of development and chief medical officer.

Novavax says former FDA officer Mark Thornton will lead development as new medical chief. Drug developer Novavax Inc. said Monday it has named former FDA officer Mark Thornton as its new head of development and chief medical officer.

US Navy: Destroyer followed missing ship packed with pirates off Somali coast last week. The U.S. Navy says one of its destroyers had located a hijacked ship loaded with dozens of pirates off the coast of Somalia last week.

A former US soldier who says he fought in the Vietnam War has torn up his passport and is asking India to grant him political asylum, reports said Saturday.

Iran says it warns off US surveillance aircraft trying to observe naval exercise in Gulf. A semiofficial Iranian news agency says the country's naval forces have warned off a U.S. surveillance aircraft trying to get a closer look at military maneuvers in the Persian Gulf.

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The United States released two Guantanamo prisoners to Spain and Bulgaria, whittling the detention camp population to 181, the Defense Department said on Tuesday.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday said new weapons threatened US dominance of the high seas and questioned the US Navy's reliance on costly aircraft carriers and submarines.

Obama recognizes Navy football team for 7th consecutive win of Commander in Chief trophy. President Barack Obama has congratulated the 2009 U.S. Naval Academy football team for winning its seventh consecutive Commander in Chief trophy.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday said new weapons threatened America's dominance of the high seas and questioned the US Navy's reliance on costly aircraft carriers and submarines.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran is challenging U.S. naval power in the Middle East with an array of offensive and defensive weapons, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Monday.

9 Somali suspects plead not guilty to US piracy charges in attacks on Navy ships off Africa. Nine Somali men accused of attacking two U.S. Navy ships off the coast of Africa pleaded not guilty Friday to piracy, plundering and weapons charges.

The US military mobilized equipment and planes armed with chemical spray gear to help battle a giant oil spill that began washing ashore on Friday on the country's Gulf coast, officers said.

The US Navy's long-standing ban on women serving in submarines came to an end on Thursday, with commanders saying female officers would bolster the underwater fleet.

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - Prosecutors in the U.S. war crimes tribunal at Guantanamo replayed a video on Thursday showing Canadian prisoner Omar Khadr as a boy, learning to wire roadside bombs in Afghanistan.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Navy announced on Thursday that women will start serving on U.S. submarines as early as next year, lifting a symbolically important barrier to women in the U.S. armed forces.