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Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord says defense contractors and their suppliers are “critical infrastructure” and urged them to stay on the job amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus...Read More

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $601.3 million contract modification for work on the Trident II D5 submarine-launched ballistic missile for the Navy, according to a Pentagon announcement....Read More

As U.S. defense forces have announced their plans to ramp up assistance amid the global spread of the novel coronavirus, NATO officials announced Thursday that troops deployed in Afghanistan could stay longer....Read More

Northrop Grumman received a $48.2 million contract to procure the Mobile User Objective System for the Navy, according to the Department of Defense....Read More

Two U.S. Air Force B-2A bombers were escorted by three Norwegian F-35 fighter jets over Iceland and the North Atlantic this week, Norwegian media reported....Read More

The U.S. Navy has awarded United Technologies’ Pratt & Whitney a nearly $319.7 million contract modification to produce 32 propulsion systems for the F-35 fighter planes for the Navy, Air Force and government of Japan....Read More

The U.S. Navy has awarded United Technologies’ Pratt & Whitney a nearly $320 million contract modification to produce 32 propulsion systems for the F-35 fighter planes for the Navy, Air Force and government of Japan....Read More

The future destroyer USS Delbert D. Black , also known as DDG 119, has successfully completed acceptance trials after spending two days at sea in the Gulf of Mexico....Read More

The U.S. Space Force announced its first offensive weapon, a ground-based communications jammer to block satellite transmissions....Read More

The USS Carney conducted a scheduled port visit in Cape Town, South Africa, while patrolling European and African waters with the U.S. 6th Fleet....Read More