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Latest News in Aerospace & Defense

  • September 03, 2025

    Lockheed, Pratt & Whitney Can't Keep Up With F-35 Deliveries

    The U.S. Department of Defense plans to boost production of its F-35 strike fighter aircraft, despite Lockheed Martin's and Pratt & Whitney's inability to keep up with current aircraft and engine deliveries, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a report issued Wednesday.

  • September 03, 2025

    GAO Says DOD Lacks Crucial Info On Prototype Deals

    The U.S. Department of Defense doesn't track whether special deals to develop prototypes result in a standard production contract, making it difficult to determine whether such deals are working to get new capabilities to troops as intended, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report issued Wednesday.

  • September 03, 2025

    Texas Judge Asks Feds How Boeing Deal Serves Public

    A Texas federal judge pressed the U.S. government to explain why he should accept a nonprosecution agreement with Boeing that would let the company escape a criminal case for its role in deadly 737 Max 8 crashes, asking Wednesday how the deal serves the public.

  • September 03, 2025

    Ex-Air Force Worker Says Disability Bias Case Can't End Early

    A former U.S. Air Force assistant general manager told an Arizona federal court that he supported his claims that he was denied paid safety leave during the coronavirus pandemic because of his disability, urging the court to keep his case standing.

  • September 03, 2025

    Military To Blame For Maine Mass Shooting, Victims Allege

    Victims and relatives of those who died in a 2023 mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday accused the U.S. government of failing to stop the Army reservist who opened fire, alleging the military was aware the gunman posed a threat but misled others about his danger.

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