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'God fights on the side with the best artillery,' said Napoleon Bonaparte. This aphorism appears as true today as it did almost three centuries ago. What has changed over the past several decades is the capability of army fires, artillery and rockets vis-a-vis potential adversaries. Today, ...

WASHINGTON РІР‚' The U.S. Navy has signed a $14.9 billion contract with shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls for two Ford-class aircraft carriers, the Navy announced Thursday evening. By buying two carriers simultaneously, the Navy expects to save $4 billion, according to a Navy release. ...

WASHINGTON РІР‚' Sikorsky and Boeing have provided the first video of the SB>1 Defiant helicopter, one of two designs competing in the Army's Joint Multi-Role technology demonstrator program, showing a ground run at a company facility in Florida. ...

WASHINGTON РІР‚' The U.S. Navy is looking to get a lot of underway time out of its new frigate and is eyeing a crewing model that swaps out teams of sailors to maximize the operational time for each hull. The so-called blue-gold crewing model effectively creates two crews for each ship of the class. ...

WASHINGTON РІР‚' Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan has identified who he wants to lead U.S. Space Command, and work is underway on the confirmation process. However, when it comes to a name, Shanahan is keeping things close to his vest. ...

WASHINGTON РІР‚'The U.S. Air Force's light-attack experiment is set to get a lot bigger, with the service considering adding drones, helicopters and more sophisticated aircraft to the mix in the future, the service's top general told Defense News. 'What is the right mix of fixed wing, rotary wing, ...

WASHINGTON РІР‚' The Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced Tuesday that Japan has been cleared to buy a pair of land-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense systems, the first foreign military sales announcement since the end of a government shutdown that stalled the FMS process. The sale, ...

WASHINGTON РІР‚' Lockheed Martin has been given assurances by top Pentagon leaders that the F-35 program will not be negatively impacted by a potential U.S. Air Force buy of Boeing's F-15X, Lockheed CEO Marillyn Hewson said Tuesday. 'If they choose to have an order of the F-15, ...

MADRID (AP) РІР‚' Spain's state-owned shipbuilder says it has called back for security reasons four Spanish technicians in Venezuela who were readying for final delivery a navy patrol ship sold 14 years ago to the Venezuelan government. ...

WASHINGTON РІР‚' A new low-yield nuclear warhead, created at the behest of the Trump administration, has officially entered production. The first production unit of the W76-2 warhead is underway at the Pantax Plant in Texas, according to a statement from the National Nuclear Security Agency. ...

WASHINGTON РІР‚' The U.S. Army has a spotty history when it comes to large acquisition programs. Secretary Mark Esper himself referred to the Future Combat Systems and Comanche helicopter in the context of grand failures. But more than a year into his tenure, ...

LONDON РІР‚' The Royal Air Force struck a deal with General Atomics to fit critical detect-and-avoid technology to the fleet of Protector RG Mk1 remotely piloted air vehicles being developed to replace the United Kingdom's Reaper fleet. While the contract has yet to be officially announced, ...

WASHINGTON РІР‚' The U.S. Navy is zeroing in on a cost and the shape of its new frigate as it prepares to launch an open competition this summer. Through the conceptual design phase, which kicked off last year, the Navy asked for feedback from the five competitors in the competition. ...

WASHINGTON РІР‚' When the Missile Defense Review was rolled out Jan. 17, it represented the culmination of almost two years' worth of work. So some experts were left scratching their head when they opened up the document and found a significant number of items that still need reviewed or hashed out, ...