ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Whatever changes the Joe Biden administration’s nuclear posture review prescribes to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in the U.S. national defense strategy, the nuclear production complex will have the same needs as it does now, the head of the National Nuclear Security ...

The U.S. Air Force is evaluating a possible unit cost increase for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] AGM-183A Air Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) and other effects that a House Appropriations Committee-recommended procurement cut to ARRW may mean, if enacted. The service requested $399 million in ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Navy is set to test a fix to the Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) engine next month, but currently deployed ships may have to wait years for the fix. In January, the Navy stopped accepting delivery of the variant due to a material defect in the combining ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–In a new demonstration from Boeing testing advanced manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) capabilities, the Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray unmanned aerial refueler communicated with other manned aircraft without the need for an air vehicle operator on the ground.  The demonstration ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Northrop Grumman [NOC] is doing preliminary integration work for the company’s AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range (AARGM-ER) on the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35A fighter in preparation for lab integration work next year, a Northrop Grumman ...

A roughly $550 billion spending bill being considered by the Senate for investment in the nation’s infrastructure includes at least $1 billion for cybersecurity, mostly for state and local grants but also a sliver to help the new executive Office of the National Cyber Director (NCD) staff up. The ...