Report suggests US offers Lockheed ‘multi-year’ deal for F-35 joint strike fighter

Lockheed Martin is getting offered a multi-year block buy for its F-35 aircraft in exchange for not objecting to its rival Boeing getting new orders from the Navy for the F/A-18 fighter, according to a report. “It is common knowledge within the defense industry...

Plan to Cut Funding for Biomedical Research Hits Opposition in Congress

By ROBERT PEAR April 3, 2017 WASHINGTON — A proposal by President Trump to cut federal spending for biomedical research by 18 percent — just months after Congress approved bipartisan legislation to increase such spending — has run into a...