The secretary of defense also defended cuts to the E-7 Wedgetail, Constellation-class frigate, and Ukraine assistance funds during the congressional hearing.

The investment comes as among the first in a bid to reach an ambition of manufacturing one SSN every 18 months, which are set to be delivered from the end of the 2030s.

Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, who pushed for unmanned and AI integration at US Fifth Fleet, would take the helm of US Central ...

WASHINGTON — As the US prepares African nations to rely less on Washington’s help, China is attempting to “replicate every type of thing” the US military does to build and maintain ...

WASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman is investing $50 million into Firefly Aerospace to speed their joint production of the Antares 330 rocket and the newly named Eclipse medium launch vehicle, Firefly ...

JERUSALEM — Israel revealed that its military has used prototype laser air defenses to shoot down a number of threats during the course of the multi-front war that the country has been engaged ...

WASHINGTON — An upgraded “fifth-generation plus” version of the F-35 could include new stealth coatings, adjustments to the aircraft’s shape, and even a path toward making the jet ...

WASHINGTON — In a bid to save what he estimated as $300 million per year, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has laid out a plan to reshape the Office of the Director of Operational Test and ...

WASHINGTON — Telecommunications and defense tech company Motorola Solutions announced it acquired Silvus Technologies, a defense wireless-radio firm based in Los Angeles, for $4.4 billion.

SINGAPORE — Ukraine may be many thousands of miles from the Indo-Pacific, but its enemy Russia is a major Pacific power, and US President Donald Trump’s ability to craft some sort of peace ...

WASHINGTON — Defense and information technology company Leidos announced today it acquired Kudu Dynamics, a cybersecurity and networks company, for $300 million in an effort to beef up its ...

WASHINGTON — The US Navy today relieved a senior officer overseeing the acquisitions of its unmanned maritime systems and small combatants due to “a loss of confidence” based on “a ...