BATH, Maine — More than 4,000 workers went on strike against one of the U.S. Navy’s largest shipbuilders Monday after rejecting a three-year contract. It was the first strike by production workers at Bath Iron Works in 20 years.

Pickets formed at midnight when the old contract expired in a disp…

Photos recently released by the Pentagon show the F-35A Lightning II stealth aircraft testing its ability to drop the B61-12 thermonuclear gravity bomb. The plane’s next phase of upgrades will enable it to deploy the variable-yield weapon.

In nearly a dozen photos published by the F-35 Joint Prog…

“The Global Positioning System signal and service need to be protected based on the importance of GPS to national security, civil services and the economic benefits to the nation,” said Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper.

GPS at Risk

The Defense Department opposes a license the Federa…

NATO has begun testing the first of five new RQ-4D Alliance Ground Surveillance drones through a number of flights over the Mediterranean Sea earlier this month, advancing the alliance’s implementation of the aircraft, which activists have argued is potentially dangerous for civilians in the area.
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A Chinese military plane entered South Korea’s air defense identification zone (KADIZ) earlier this week, prompting Seoul to scramble a fighter jet in response, military sources said Wednesday.

The Chinese plane, presumed to be a Y-9 aircraft, entered the zone Monday morning in the area south of …

The first crewless boat for general duties with the Royal Navy has been launched, ready for trials to see how it – and similar craft – might fit into the ‘fleet of tomorrow’.

More than £3m is being invested in the crewless Pacific 24 boat – and other autonomous small craft technology.

The boat…