Three contractors are bidding to build a lighter, faster replacement vehicle.

The Pentagon is searching for a new official supplier. Will Beretta keep the job?

The smartphone maker partners with Boeing on an ultra-secure phone

Earlier this month, the Air Force announced that it’s going to base 18 of its brand-new Joint Strike Fighter jets in Burlington, Vermont. For some Vermonters, the news was cause for celebration. For others, it was a wrenching defeat.

Some government contractors take cuts in stride, others struggle.

Defense contractor Lockheed Martin has discovered a way to make desalination 100 times more efficient. And that could have a big impact on bringing clean drinking water to the developing world and war zones.

Cuts in defense spending as part of the sequester could ripple to suppliers outside the U.S.

Three big employers dependent on defense spending, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and General Dynamic all expect cuts to their contracting services.

Defense contractors are already cutting back as the war in Afghanistan winds down.

Contractors say 'fiscal cliff' could force layoffs; legal deadline for pink slips looms