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Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] on Thursday reported mixed results in its third quarter, with sales up on acquisitions and work in its nuclear shipyard while earnings fell due to lower […]

The Navy and General Dynamics’ [GD] Electric Boat (EB) have reached an agreement to buy nine to 10 Block V Virginia-class submarines in a multiyear contract to be awarded in […]

New BAE Spox. Caitlin Hayden was named communications leader at BAE Systems, Inc., the company said on Tuesday. She replaces Kristie Cunningham, who left the company in August. Hayden most recently […]

The Senate has failed a second attempt to pass a motion to proceed with a vote for a minibus bill that includes fiscal year 2020 defense appropriations, as the current […]

The Navy’s top acquisition official is considering if the second Ford-class aircraft carrier should change from a dual to single-phase delivery to reduce risk going forward. “I’m personally looking at […]

Despite the U.S. military requesting and receiving near-record budgets in recent years, rising costs in each of its funding categories will continue to apply pressure on procurement and research-and-development funding […]

The Air Force should alter its planned force structure, the new assets in development and the proposed mix of legacy aircraft it plans to keep if it is to maintain […]

The federal government late Monday afternoon began to solicit interest from industry for upcoming evaluations of technology for detecting, tracking, identifying and mitigating potential threats from small drones and other […]

The Air Force said Oct. 27 that its X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission 5 has successfully landed after more than two years in orbit, breaking its own record. The fifth […]

Derek Tournear, who has served as acting director of the Space Development Agency (SDA) since June, was officially named the agency’s director Oct. 28. The SDA was established in March. […]