The winnowing of the defense industrial base may have worried government leaders before the COVID-19 outbreak, but it has one major benefit now: the lower tiers of defense suppliers are proving stronger, according to a new report from a major credit rating agency.

Lockheed Martin’s new CEO is looking to bring more high-technology and telecommunications innovations to the Pentagon’s leading contractor, including more artificial intelligence and 5G efforts, as well as exploring networked solutions for government customers.

The U.S. Navy has determined the problem with the electromagnetic aircraft launch system that forced the USS Gerald R. Ford to return to port first appeared in the power handling system, but an investigation is still ongoing to determine the cause.

The Defense Department is assessing additional U.S. Air Force and Navy depots for F-35 repair and testing work to reduce sustainment costs of the fifth-generation fighter.

Airbus Defense and Space CEO Dirk Hoke has called on Britain to look for closer defense cooperation with Europe after Brexit.

The Spanish government has signed protocols with local members of industry paving the way for their involvement on the European Future Combat Air System.

Acting Pentagon Comptroller Elaine McCusker, who raised concerns in 2019 about the legality of the U.S. freezing aid to Ukraine, has resigned.

Operation Warp Speed aims to deliver 300 million doses of a vaccine to inoculate the spread of the novel coronavirus by January, but senior Trump administration officials acknowledge that they cannot guarantee a 100% success rate.