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 — 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 ...

BELFAST — As the NATO summit approaches, some foreign leaders seem to have warmed to a 5 percent spending pledge through a novel, two-tiered approach — but one that comes with its own ...

The Navy has never gone this long without a fully empowered chief of naval operations. Former officials and analysts say the consequences of that are stacking up by the day.

WASHINGTON — The House passed a massive GOP-backed funding package today, paving the way for Congress to add $150 billion in defense spending aimed at boosting major Trump administration ...

WASHINGTON — The Space Force is collaborating with the Air Force and US Northern Command to demonstrate space-based sensors for tracking airborne targets, with an eye to seeing if that ...

WASHINGTON — In keeping with his penchant for shocking the defense industry, President Donald Trump today seemingly revealed plans to develop a twin-engine version of the F-35 Joint Strike ...

WASHINGTON — The Army has announced its Army Enterprise Wickr platform is expanding to a wider audience, allowing more users to send messages on the end-to-end encrypted messaging system to ...