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The Department of Homeland Security will soon have its top two positions filled following Senate confirmation Friday of Alejandro Mayorkas to be the deputy secretary. The 54-41 vote in favor […]

Raytheon [RTN] Dec. 18 said it has started building the 12th AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) a day after a $172.7 million contract award. An […]

FORT WORTH, Texas — Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] F-35 final checkout and assembly (FACO) facilities in Italy and Japan are key to the program’s maturity going forward, according to a company executive.  […]

The U.K. Defense Secretary said $129.8 million of investment has been awarded to BAE Systems to begin work on the next generation of Royal Navy submarines, Successor-class submarines, which will carry the U.K.’s strategic […]

The Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) legislation being considered by Congress would restrict Missile Defense Agency (MDA) funding to no more than $15 million for co-production of […]

The Norwegian parliament last week authorized the purchase of six additional F-35s, raising the total potential buys to 52, according to a spokesman. Endre Lunde, spokesman for Norway’s F-35 program, […]

Sweden’s Saab AB on Dec. 18 won Brazil’s F-X2 fighter competition, Saab AB spokeswoman Helene Lindstrand confirmed on Dec. 19. Saab will supply its Gripen for the program, which could procure as […]

The Norwegian government signed a contract with AugustaWestland on Dec. 19 for 16 search and rescue helicopters in a deal worth about $1 billion. The Ministry of Justice and Public […]

The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which recently returned home from an eight-month deployment to support 5th Fleet, operated with a unique mix of new and […]