NATO allies reduced defense cuts for the first time in several year, largely in response to increased tensions with Russia following its aggression in Ukraine. The year 2015 marked a “dramatic slowing of cuts to defense spending among most European...

Assuming the protest over the Long-Range Strike Bomber award goes Northrop Grumman’s? way, the company expects “modest” sales money from the program in 2016, attending a “gradual, month-by-month increase” in employment on the project, company CEO and president Wes Bush...

Northrop Grumman thinks it’s well-positioned to get a good chunk of work on rebuilding the Air Force’s ICBM inventory in the years to come, company president and CEO Wes Bush said in a media telecon on Thursday discussing 2015 fourth...

Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Thursday said the US support for the Afghan military will last through 2017 and beyond, saying the country is “in this for the long run.” The Afghan military is still a force in development, Carter...

The nominee to lead US and coalition forces in Afghanistan said the security situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating, and Afghan security forces still need assistance, particularly in aviation. “The Resolute Support mission is a vitally important part of our national...

There “will always be some level of violence in Afghanistan,” so the key for the coalition is ensuring that Afghan security forces can maintain control and prevent terrorists from establishing safe havens, the nominee to lead US and coalition troops...

Defense Department officials on Thursday held a video conference with the Russian Ministry of Defense to discuss the implementation of the joint memorandum of understanding between the two countries on flight safety over Syria. “The two sides discussed measures to...

The Space and Missile Systems Center awarded a $7.03 million contract to Northrop Grumman to demonstrate new manufacturing technology and a new nozzle cooling approach for rocket engines. The contract is the 10th and final one to be awarded since...

The Defense Department will standardize maternity leave for new mothers at 12 weeks, doubling what was previously standard but just two-thirds of what the Navy had approved and what Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said she wanted to implement....

In addition to extending maternity and paternity leave for new parents, the Pentagon announced? five more initiatives as part of Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s “Force of the Future” initiative, which looks to retain troops looking to start families. The Pentagon...