Andrea Shalal-Esa

Cost to buy F-35 up 2 percent; to operate down 9 percent: Pentagon

August 25, 2021 at 4:06 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Thursday forecast the cost of developing and buying Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 fighter jet at $398.6 billion, up 2 percent from last year, but...

Two U.S. arms programs face live-or-die reviews after costs jump

May 23, 2019 at 9:34 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An unmanned U.S. Navy helicopter built by Northrop Grumman Corp and a precision ship-landing system built by Raytheon Co face mandatory reviews that could lead to their...

F-35 fighter jet to make first trans-Atlantic flight in July

August 25, 2021 at 4:02 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department has approved the first trans-Atlantic flight of Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 fighter jet in July to take part in two international air shows...

Navy delays submarine commissioning, says more work needed

August 25, 2021 at 4:03 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Navy on Wednesday said it would delay the commissioning of the North Dakota, a new Virginia-class submarine that was due to enter active service on May...

F-35 fighter jet to make first trans-Atlantic flight in July

May 23, 2019 at 9:34 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department has approved the first trans-Atlantic flight of Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 fighter jet in July to take part in two international air shows...

Pentagon says automatic budget cuts would hit F-35, other weapons

August 25, 2021 at 3:59 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Tuesday detailed $48.3 billion in cuts to major weapons programs like Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 fighter jet that would kick in from fiscal 2016...

U.S. agencies back DigitalGlobe bid to sell sharper images

December 23, 2018 at 11:27 p.m.

TAMPA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. intelligence community has thrown its support behind a bid by commercial space imagery provider DigitalGlobe Inc to sell higher resolution images from its satellites, the...

Pentagon says automatic budget cuts would hit F-35, other weapons

May 23, 2019 at 9:34 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Tuesday detailed $48.3 billion in cuts to major weapons programs like Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 fighter jet that would kick in from fiscal 2016...

U.S. Navy aims to smooth impact of fiscal 2015 cut to ship orders

August 25, 2021 at 3:52 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy hopes to smooth out the impact on Lockheed Martin Corp and Australia's Austal of a budget-driven decision to order three Littoral Combat Ships instead...

U.S. Navy looks to leverage submarine work to keep costs down

August 25, 2021 at 3:53 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy hopes to save money and time by leveraging industry investments as it replaces its Ohio-class nuclear-armed submarines with the Virginia-class attack submarines now built...

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