Jeff Martin

On this edition of Defense News Weekly, visit the F-35 production line and get an up-close look at the new Army combat fitness test.

Watch a successful test of the SM-3 Block IIA, after two consecutive failures.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan explains how the Pentagon is preparing two budgets as the White House says a $33 billion cut is needed.

Jeff Martin pays Lockheed Martin’s F-35 production line a visit to see how the stealthy fifth-gen fighter is made.

Lockheed Martin’s EVP for Missiles & Fire Control, Frank St. John, lays out the company’s work on hypersonics–and how its not really a new thing.

Military Times reporters Jillian Angeline and Meghann Myers got a closer look at the Army’s new Combat Fitness Test in action on Fort Eustis in Virginia. Army Training and Doctrine Command leaders explained why the newest exercises will help get soldiers combat ready.

On this edition of Defense News Weekly, Belgium gets the F-35, and a deep dive into the Army’s top modernization priority.

The F-35 has beat out the Eurofighter Typhoon in Belgium’s future fighter competition.

Gen. Robert Brown, the commanding general of U.S. Army Pacific, talks about the importance of working together longer with regional partners and the effect of the Trump administration’s pause in exercises while North Korean negotiations take place.

Get a look at what the Army is looking to do with its top modernization priority, long-range precision fires, and how new technology is being incorporated.