Defense Secretary Hegseth Tours Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth and SpaceX Starbase in Texas

Trump’s Claims About Nigeria Strikes Don’t Hold Up

The Christmas attack did not target the Islamic State, observers say.

Lockheed Delivered 191 F-35 Stealth Fighters in 2025—and the Program Still Has 416 Jets ‘Backlogged’

Summary and Key Points on F-35 Fighter Production: Lockheed Martin’s 2025 output signals the F-35’s shift into industrial-scale maturity, with 191 deliveries in a single year and a global fleet approaching 1,300 aircraft across 12 nations. The Bad News: Production is described as predictable and sustained, breaking the “boutique” model that defined many advanced fighters […] The post Lockheed Delivered 191 F-35 Stealth Fighters in 2025—and the P…

War Sec. Hegseth Visits Defense Firms on 'Arsenal of Freedom' Tour

War Secretary Pete Hegseth visited aerospace, defense, and weapons manufacturers as part of his ongoing "Arsenal of Freedom" tour.

Defense Business Briefing -- January 13, 2026

Welcome to today's Defense Business Briefing, your weekly roundup of the latest defense industry news. This week's top story Trump's executive order targets defense contractor buybacks, dividends President Trump has ordered the Defense Department to restrict stock buybacks and shareholder distributions by major defense firms during periods of contract underperformance, attempting to tie executive compensation more closely to on-time delivery, pr…

Hegseth praises Fort Worth’s F-35 assembly workers in renewing military might

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Hegseth tells defense contractors to ‘step up,’ warns Trump’s $1.5 trillion war budget is ‘a message to the world’

War Secretary Pete Hegseth encouraged employees of the military’s largest defense contractor Monday to “step up” amid a push by President Trump to up the Pentagon’s budget and send “a message to the world.”