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US Air Force issues $409 million award for long-sought Pacific airfield

The U.S. Air Force has awarded a contract for an airfield on Tinian, a Pacific island military leaders consider crucial to their plans in the region. Fluor, an engineering and construction company based in Irving, Texas, will receive about $409 million to finish the...

Information warfare becoming a critical submarine capability: Aeschbach

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. — Demand for information warfare capabilities is growing and will stake a larger presence among the undersea community in the near future, according to one U.S. Navy commander. “I can’t say it enough. We are in demand, more in demand than we’ve...

US Navy secretary points to foreign shipyards’ practices to fix delays

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Navy has released a road map partly aimed at improving ship construction and repair yards, as the service grapples with how to get its major shipbuilding programs back on schedule. A week after releasing a shipbuilding review that...

Israel F-15 sale hangs in the balance as Democrats push Austin on Gaza

A key Democrat on Tuesday said he is noncommittal about approving an $18 billion F-15 sale to Israel, even as centrist members of the party who previously supported unrestricted military aid to the country become increasingly skeptical amid the humanitarian crisis in...