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Defense firms seek legal advice over Trump’s clampdown on payouts
Defense contractors are seeking legal advice after Trump tied buybacks, dividends and executive pay to weapons deliveries.
Trump blocks defense company payouts until arms production speeds up
President Trump says defense contractors should halt dividends and buybacks until weapons production speeds up.
Hegseth says he wants the Pentagon to prioritize speed over cost when buying weapons
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveils a major overhaul of military procurement, emphasizing speed and mass production over perfection and bureaucracy.
Hegseth calls sudden meeting of U.S. generals, admirals
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned hundreds of top U.S. generals and admirals for an unusual meeting at Quantico next week.
Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desert
Trump’s administration grants a $1.2B contract to a small Virginia firm to build the nation’s largest immigration detention camp at Fort Bliss.
Defense Department accepts Boeing 747 from Qatar for Trump’s use
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a gifted Boeing 747 from Qatar for President Donald Trump to use as Air Force One, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
The Latest: As controversies pile up, Trump allies increasingly turn on one another
The infighting and backstabbing that plagued Trump‘s first term have returned as a threat to his second, with deepening fissures over trade, national security and questions of personal loyalty. The latest turmoil threatens to engulf the Pentagon, where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has pushed out top advisers and faces fresh controversy over sharing sensitive information about airstri[...]
A smart defense
In late 2020, the Air Force made headlines when it announced that an artificial intelligence co-pilot, named ARTUµ, helped command and control a U.S. military spy plane for the first time in history. If the name, pronounced R-2, sounds familiar, it is. Think R2-D2, or “Artoo,” Luke Skywalker’s lovable droid and X-Wing copilot from the […]
Boeing receives $2.3B Air Force contract for tanker aircraft
Arlington County-based Boeing has received a $2.3 billion contract to build 15 more KC-46A Pegasus tankers for the Air Force. The Pentagon announced the award for production lot 10 of the tankers Tuesday. Boeing has 153 of the aerial refuelers under contract globally and has delivered 76 to the Air Force and two to Japan, […]
Northrop Grumman awarded up to $732M for satellite contract
Fortune 500 Falls Church defense contractor Northrop Grumman will build 38 data transport satellites for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency under a contract valued up to $732 million as the agency builds out a space-based communications network. The work, announced Monday by the agency, falls under Tranche 2 Transport Layer – Alpha, a […]
Two NoVa companies receive $1.5B DOD tech contract
Two Northern Virginia-based federal contractors have received a five-year contract valued up to $1.5 billion to provide analytic and technical support services to the Department of Defense‘s administrative and management organization. Falls Church-based Analytic Services, known as ANSER, and Alexandria-based Systems Planning & Analysis, known as SPA, will provide acquisition and sustain[...]
Reston contractor lands $235M extension for Iraq base support
A subsidiary of Reston-based federal contractor Acuity International LLC won a $235.6 million U.S. Air Force contract modification to provide base support and security services for the Iraq F-16 program, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. The modification adds 12 months to the previously awarded contract, bringing the cumulative value of the contract to $360.78 million. The […]
