New aircraft carriers face years of delivery delays
Delivery of the Navy's next Ford-class aircraft carrier, the John F. Kennedy, was delayed two more years to 2027, budget documents show.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
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Fighter pilots integrate drones into air combat training
The drones served in a "loyal wingman" role to the pilots, marking “a major leap in human-machine teaming," the Air Force said.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
Spending deal would avoid shutdown, give $738B to defense
Congress has a long-awaited 2020 spending deal that contains a windfall for the Defense Department.
By Joe Gould
House passes ‘progressive’ defense bill, 377-48
The compromise 2020 NDAA passed the House with a strong bipartisan vote.
By Joe Gould
Defense policy deal creates Space Force, sidesteps border wall controversy
Lawmakers involved in annual defense authorization negotiations finalized a sweeping deal late Monday.
By Joe Gould
Coming in 2020: A new technology to link F-35 simulators across the globe
Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, will be the first to get the new capability.
By Valerie Insinna
Senate Foreign Relations chairman talks Turkey’s Erdogan, and ‘the hole he’s dug himself into’
Idaho Republican Sen. Jim Risch shares his thoughts on Turkey's S-400 purchase, a Russian pipeline project and nuclear weapons.
By Joe Gould
The UAE wants partnerships to develop cutting-edge tech. The US has questions.
The United States wants "visible guarantees" about tech and data security, the head of the U.S. State Department's political military bureau said at Dubai Airshow this week.
By Valerie Insinna
Rostec exec: American sanctions create unfair advantage for weapons sales
Rostec's head of international cooperation touts Russian weapons as the U.S. urges partner nations to buy American.
By Jeff Martin and Valerie Insinna
US urges Turkey to keep its $2.5 billion air defense system packed away
Despite U.S. threats of sanctions, Turkey plans to activate the S-400 air defense system in April.
The US Air Force is in no hurry to commit to a next-gen fighter design
The service is taking its time to settle on a next-generation fighter design, awaiting instead lessons learned from the F-35 jet and playing the field with promising technologies, says a senior Air Force official.
US puts F-35 talks with the UAE on the backburner to focus on F-16 upgrades
The UAE and the U.S. will not be discussing the F-35 at this year's Dubai Airshow.
By Valerie Insinna