Watch Bell's Next-Generation Tilt-Rotor V-280 Valor Take Flight Bell Helicopter's next-generation tilt-rotor aircraft, the V-280 Valor, has made its first flight, the company announced...
Air Force Taps Raytheon to Build New Smart Bomb for F-35 The U.S. Air Force has awarded a nearly $60 million contract to Raytheon to integrate a new laser-guided smart bomb onto the...
F-35 Undergoes Cold-Weather Testing in Alaska The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is undergoing some more extreme weather testing before additional jets fly across the pond for...
BAE to Close Vehicle Plant, Lay Off Workers The facility, located about 50 miles outside Houston in Sealy, since 1990 has produced tactical wheeled vehicles for the U.S...
Textron Buys Beechcraft in Industry Shakeup As federal budgets decline, contractors may increasingly seek mergers and acquisitions to maintain profit margins.
BAE Adds F-15, F/A-18 to Fighter Upgrade Push The international market for upgrading the twin-engine jets won't be as large as that of the single-engine F-16 Fighting...
Trump Wants a Department of War. A House GOP Amendment Would Give Him One. Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., has filed an amendment to the annual defense policy bill that would formally change the name of the...
F-35 Pilot Was on Phone for Nearly an Hour with Engineers Before Ejection and Fiery Crash The 39-page crash report, released this week, detailed the circumstances of the fiery crash, which completely destroyed the F...
All Services Now Issue Form DD214-1 to Departing Reservists The military's reserve components now issue departing reservists a new record that summarizes their periods of active and...
Veteran Stole $244K in Disability, Then Faked Drowning Death in Maine, Feds Say Gregory P. Heimann Jr. will be returned to Maine, where he will face a charge of making false statements to the government.
US Deportation Flights Hit Record Highs as Carriers Try to Hide the Planes, Advocates Say Immigration advocates gather like clockwork outside Seattle's King County International Airport to witness deportation...