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Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan chosen to become deputy defense secretary

President Donald Trump today announced his intent to nominate longtime Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan as deputy secretary of defense, the Pentagon’s… Read More

Why war? Exhibit at Paul Allen’s Flying Heritage Collection takes on big question

EVERETT, Wash. – The idea behind the Flying Heritage Collection’s groundbreaking new exhibit about the causes and effects of conflict,… Read More

After Trump’s tough talk, Pentagon makes $8.9B deal for 90 Lockheed Martin F-35s

The Pentagon has struck a deal with Lockheed Martin for the purchase of 90 F-35 stealth fighter jets at a cost… Read More

Following Trump’s lead, Pentagon orders reviews of Air Force One, F-35 fighter jets

President Donald Trump’s defense secretary, James Mattis, has ordered reviews of the multibillion-dollar programs to acquire new Air Force One… Read More

Pentagon awards $2.1 billion contract to Boeing for more KC-46 tanker aircraft

Boeing has won a $2.1 billion contract to build more tanker planes for the U.S. Air Force, the manufacturer and the… Read More

Microsoft’s HoloLens joins the military

Microsoft’s HoloLens augmented-reality headsets have been used to fight video-game aliens in space, but now they’ve been enlisted for wargames on… Read More

Boeing works with Donald Trump on cost concerns over Air Force One and Lockheed Martin’s F-35 jets

After meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg says he’s making a… Read More

Lockheed Martin shares take big hit after Trump grumps about F-35 fighters in tweet

Today it was Lockheed Martin’s turn to feel the Twitter burn from President-elect Donald Trump over the cost of the… Read More

WGS-8 military satellite goes into orbit

An advanced satellite for battlefield communications, known as Wideband Global Satcom-8, rose into orbit tonight from Cape Canaveral Air Force… Read More

Boeing buys Liquid Robotics to boost autonomous surveillance at sea

The Boeing Co. says it has agreed to acquire Liquid Robotics, its teammate in a years-long effort to create surfboard-sized… Read More

Why military veterans make exceptional tech workers, and how Microsoft is helping them land jobs

Bernard Bergan spent six years as an information system analyst for the U.S. Army, including one deployment in Afghanistan. He… Read More

Sarcos Robotics raises $10.5M from Microsoft, Caterpillar and GE for heavy-duty robotics technology

Sarcos Robotics, a maker of industrial robots, has secured $10.5 million in funding from investors including Microsoft, Caterpillar Ventures, and… Read More

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos joins tech titans on Pentagon’s innovation advisory board

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is joining the Defense Innovation Advisory Board, a 15-member panel that’s meant to help the Pentagon… Read More

GPS-3 is go: SpaceX wins its first national security launch contract … by default

SpaceX today won an $82.7 million contract to launch a GPS-3 navigational satellite into orbit for the U.S. Air Force,… Read More

Blue Origin, ULA and Aerojet win Air Force contracts for U.S.-made rocket engines

Blue Origin, the rocket venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, is among the beneficiaries in a set of Air Force… Read More

Next-gen B-21 bomber’s design unveiled

Today the U.S. Air Force took the wraps off the design for its Long Range Strike Bomber, now known as… Read More

Navy investigates mystery drone sighting near Bangor submarine base

The Navy has confirmed that it’s investigating the illegal flight of an unidentified drone over Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, the home base… Read More

New terror-fighting tool: a pain-inflicting, stress-inducing training vest for cops, soldiers

A Canadian firm has found a new way to apply an old technology so police and soldiers can help add… Read More

GAO shoots down challenge to Northrop Grumman’s Long Range Strike Bomber contract

The Government Accountability Office ruled that Northrop Grumman won the U.S. Air Force’s contract for the Long Range Strike Bomber… Read More

Coast Guard aborts copter training mission after Port Angeles laser flash

The U.S. Coast Guard says it had to cut a helicopter training mission short on Monday night after the airborne crew… Read More

SpaceX trumps United Launch Alliance in bid for Air Force GPS-3 launch contract

SpaceX is poised to win an Air Force national security launch contract by default because its archrival, United Launch Alliance, has… Read More

Trident missile launch sparks UFO freakout in Los Angeles and on Twitter

An unannounced Trident missile launch lit up the skies over Los Angeles on Saturday night, setting off a hail of… Read More

Boeing and Lockheed protest Air Force’s snub on long-range bomber

Boeing and Lockheed Martin say they’ve filed a formal protest of last month’s Pentagon decision to award a bomber contract… Read More

Boeing’s new laser gun incinerates drones in 15 seconds

Drones are everywhere these days — straying onto the White House lawn and disrupting wildfire operations. Now, Boeing has developed… Read More

U.S. Air Force deploying 18,000 iPads to replace bulky paper flight manuals

The U.S. Air Force is hoping to save as much as $50 million over the next 10 years by outfitting… Read More

Laser power test extends flight time of spy plane to 48 hours

Seattle area startup LaserMotive and defense giant Lockheed Martin today announced that they’ve successfully completed tests of a laser-based power… Read More

Adapx wins $1.65M DARPA contract to bring speech and sketch to battlefield plans

Seattle startup Adapx has won a $1.65 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to incorporate speech… Read More

Update: Boeing no longer working on hybrid airship, but damn it looked cool

[Update: Well, that was interesting while it lasted. Minutes after we posted the first version of this story, a Boeing… Read More

U.S. Army tests Android, iPhone and Windows Phone 7

The U.S. Army is nearing the conclusion of a six-week test of more than 300 smartphones and tablet computers, analyzing… Read More

Moving from air to ground: Insitu Pacific to support iRobot vehicles

Insitu is best known for its unmanned aircraft systems. But the unit of The Boeing Co. is moving from the… Read More