Anthony Capaccio

A weapon meant to jam Chinese and Russian satellites early in a conflict has overcome technical flaws and is expected to be delivered next year, more than two years later than originally scheduled, according to the US Space Force.

The Taiwan Ministry of Defense has signed formal agreements with the US government allowing it to buy as many as 1,000 attack drones from AeroVironment Inc. and Anduril Industries Inc. to aid in blunting a potential Chinese assault on the island democracy, according to people in industry familiar with the transaction.

Shipbuilder HII has settled claims against General Electric Co. that one of its units produced faulty propulsion gears for the USS Gerald R. Ford, the US’s costliest warship, that hobbled the vessel eight months after it was delivered, the companies disclosed.

The Pentagon’s first batch of new and more capable GPS satellites is as much as eight to 11 months behind the desired delivery schedule because contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. is having difficulty manufacturing some complex parts, according to the US Space Force.

President-elect Donald Trump selected Florida congressman Mike Waltz , a 50-year-old ex-Army Green Beret who served multiple combat tours in Afghanistan, as his national security advisor, according to a person familiar with the decision.

The US Defense Department failed for the seventh straight year to score a clean financial audit, highlighting the challenge of tracking the finances of a sprawling organization that has some $3.8 trillion in assets and $4 trillion in liabilities.

Years of high-profile intercontinental ballistic missile tests by North Korea have fallen short of demonstrating that Pyongyang can successfully launch and deliver a nuclear warhead against the US mainland, the head of American forces in the Indo-Pacific said.

Years of high-profile intercontinental ballistic missile tests by North Korea have fallen short of demonstrating that Pyongyang can successfully launch and deliver a nuclear warhead against the US mainland, the head of American forces in the Indo-Pacific said.

A declassified Pentagon comprehensive test report of Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 warplane, America’s most expensive weapons system, reveals that six years of combat testing has been marred by reliability and maintenance delays, guns that don’t shoot straight and unresolved concerns about cyber defense capabilities.

A declassified Pentagon comprehensive test report of Lockheed Martin Corp. 's F-35 warplane, America's most expensive weapons system, reveals that six years of combat testing has been marred by reliability and maintenance delays, guns that don't shoot straight and unresolved concerns about cyber defense capabilities.