Inflation threatens Northrop Grumman's profits on the B-21 bomber program, as the program moves from development to production, company officials said on their quarterly earnings call. The program remains below cost and on schedule, though, they said.
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Foreign Military Sales and Direct Commercial Sales of military gear and services rose significantly in fiscal 2022, according to numbers released by the State Department. The direct sales were driven largely by provision of equipment to Ukraine, it said.
Boeing’s defense business has stabilized following a series of massive quarterly losses that put the company in a precarious position, top executives said on an earnings call Jan. 25. Now, officials said they are focused on moving forward with new technology in the Boeing Defense, Space, ...
After months of delays and a new report raising questions about its worthiness, the Air Force is nearing a key production decision for its new MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopter—and laying the groundwork to ensure forces are ready when it arrives. The Air Force Life Cycle ...
Lockheed Martin is finishing but not delivering F-35 fighters, pending results of a Navy investigation into a recent F-35B crash, company officials said on their quarterly results call. They also revealed heavy charges against the hypersonic AGM-183 ARRW missile program and said the company's classified ...
The U.S. and Israel kicked off a massive combined weeklong military exercise Jan. 23, the largest since Israel was moved to U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility in 2021. U.S. officials told Air & Space Forces Magazine the exercise, dubbed Juniper Oak, was notable in ...
The Air Force’s new MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopter is at risk of not meeting “operational effectiveness requirements,” the Defense Department's chief weapons tester declared in a new report. Problems with the automatic flight control system, sensor display, and intercom system, along with its cabin layout and “restrictions ...
The Air Force’s munitions roadmap is meant to take a comprehensive view of service weapons needs, focused on the next five years but taking a longer view, as well. Modularity may be a hallmark of the future weapons inventory, the service’s munitions PEO said.
With the Alabama Air National Guard’s 187th Fighter Wing set to receive its first F-35s this year, the unit’s F-16s are getting a new home—in the Great North. The first transfer of those F-16s took place Jan. 12, when a pair of the fighters, still adorned ...
