Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin received a $23.4 million deal to procure hardware for Virginia-class submarines, which follows a $22.2 billion contract issued to General Dynamics for nine of the vessels earlier this week.

Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin received a $153.4 million contract to procure test equipment and special tooling for current and future production of the F-35, the Department of Defense announced Friday.

Dec. 6 (UPI) -- USS America dropped anchor Friday at its new homeport in Sasebo, Japan.

Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Reports that the U.S. is considering sending an additional 14,000 troops to the Middle East are "flat out wrong," Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said in a statement Friday.

Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Boston Ship Repair has been awarded a $13.4 million contract for overhaul and repair work on the USNS Leroy Grumman for the U.S. Navy, the Department of Defense announced.

Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Raytheon has been awarded a $13.1 million contract for the Air Force to produce a third high energy laser weapon system for deployment and testing, the Pentagon announced. The first HELWS system was delivered in October.

Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The federal government has joined a lawsuit accusing Navistar International and its defense unit of defrauding the United States to the tune of $1.3 billion.

Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Raytheon has received a $28.9 million contract modification for Standard Missile-2 and Standard Missile-6 repairs, the Department of Defense announced.

Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Former NASA administrator Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden and Caroline Kennedy are expected to attend the christening of the future USS John F. Kennedy this Saturday in Newport News, Virginia.

Dec. 5 (UPI) -- L3 Technologies was awarded the $37.5 million contract precision aiming lasers for the U.S. Navy, as part of the U.S. Special Operations Command's visual augmentation systems weapons accessories program.

Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Pentagon and congressional sources confirmed Wednesday that President Donald Trump will seek at least another $250 million in security aid for Ukraine in his 2020 budget request.

Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Hungtington Ingalls was awarded an $11.5 million contract for repairs on the troubled USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, including planning, procurement and preliminary shipyard and support facility work.

Dec. 3 (UPI) -- General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp. has been awarded a $22.2 billion contract to design and build nine Virginia-class submarines for the U.S. Navy, the Department of Defense announced.

Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The Pentagon announced that Fisher Sand and Gravel Co. has been awarded a $400 million contract to design and build a 31-mile section of wall along the U.S.-Mexico border in a wildlife preserve in Yuma, Ariz.

Dec. 2 (UPI) -- As leaders of NATO countries prepare to convene in London, Canada remains below the benchmark of two percent of GDP, NATO data indicate.

Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Raytheon Co. was awarded a $74.7 million contract for services to the U.S. Navy's amphibious transport dock ships, the Defense Department announced.

Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The USS Harry S. Truman, and its Carrier Strike Group, is in the Atlantic Ocean with the 6th Fleet, the Navy announced on Monday, and is expected to relieve the Lincoln Strike Group in the Persian Gulf in a few weeks.

Dec. 2 (UPI) -- A $218.7 million contract modification for support of the Rolls-Royce turboshaft aircraft engine was awarded to the Bell Boeing Joint Project Office.

Nov. 26 (UPI) -- General Electric was awarded a $1.3 billion contract modification to deliver T700 helicopter engines for the Army, Navy, Air Force and other agencies.

Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army Research Lab, with Zeteo Tech and animal audiologist Pete Scheifele, has developed headgear to help prevent hearing loss in military working dogs.