Report: Out-of-state recruiting helps BIW drive Maine economy

An analysis from University of Southern Maine’s Center for Business and Economic Research found Bath Iron Works supported more than $1.8 billion in economic output in 2021, thanks in part to the shipyard's push to draw out-of-state workers, a strategy labor experts say could help solve the problem of Maine's shrinking workforce.

Navy proposes cutting future production of BIW-built destroyers by 40%

The Department of Defense recommends reducing the number of new Arleigh Burke-class ships planned for 2021-25 from 12 ships to seven.

House approves defense bill, with 12 weeks of parental leave and a ‘space force’

Weeks of arduous House-Senate negotiations finally yield a traditionally bipartisan measure, stripped of many add-ons sought by Democrats controlling the House.

College football: Physical defense key to UMaine's success

College football: Brandon Potvin helping to build defense, culture at Bates

Patriots notebook: Defense contains Texans' Watson

Patriots sport new-look defense after Super Bowl loss

Donald Trump's claim that NATO will boost defense spending disputed

H.S. softball: Defense getting job done for Oxford Hills

Putin boasts of new Russian nuclear weapons that make missile defense 'useless'