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Piratepike | Dreamstime
Continuous cast steel rounds.
April 28, 2025
The latest production totals show a nearly 13% monthly rise in output, though only a 3% annual increase – and the year-to-date total shows output is essentially even with 2024...
Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney Middletown, Conn., engine center.
May 6, 2025
An estimated 3,000 workers at two aerospace engine plants rejected wage and benefit increases, and the manufacturer claims it has no plans to resume negotiations.
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin built NASA’s Orion Artemis II crew module, crew module adaptor, and launch abort system.
May 5, 2025
The Orion Artemis II spacecraft has been supplied to NASA for its upcoming manned mission around the Moon, to test systems and prepare for further space exploration.
Huntington Ingalls Inc., Newport News Shipbuilding
Virginia-class nuclear sub.
May 2, 2025
General Dynamics Electric Boat and Newport News Shipbuilding are authorized to construct two Virginia-class submarines – and to proceed with productivity-focused improvements,...
GE Aerospace
A series of CH-53K King Stallion helicopters
May 1, 2025
A new contract modification authorizes GE Aerospace to begin long-lead item procurement for dozens of turboshaft engines, to power the next round of heavy-lift aircraft for the...
Spirit AeroSystems
Spirit AeroSystems fuselage assembly.
Bob Ferguson | Boeing
First Boeing 737 MAX 9 rolled out.
Flickr / Virginia Guard Public Affairs
Soldiers from the Richmond-based Company B, 429th Brigade Support Battalion, 116th Brigade Combat team demonstrate the set-up of the M7 Forward Repair System at Fort Pickett, Va.
April 23, 2025
A five-year, $95-million assignment to supply Forward Repair System for armored vehicles includes diagnostic tools, hand tools, specialty repair equipment, and more, in containerized...
Lockheed / US Dept. of Defense
USMC F-35B aboard USS America. November 2016.
April 22, 2025
A $180-million contract modification for Lockheed Martin will cover the cost of new aircraft updated to Block 4 capabilities, to close any test capability gap for future science...
Andreyi Armiagov | Dreamstime
CNC milling tool, with inserts.
April 21, 2025
Shipments of cutting tools indicate overall manufacturing activity is stalled due to economic uncertainty and the prospect of tariffs that is inhibiting long-term planning and...
Northrop Grumman
US Army Integrated Battle Command System
April 18, 2025
The U.S. Army’s advanced command-and-control development will be accelerated thanks to a new data integration center in Alabama.