Memorial Day for Congress kicked off an election-year summer sprint in which serious legislating usually takes a backseat to partisan messaging bills. Source link
Russia recently launched a counter-space weapon capable of attacking U.S. satellites in low-earth orbit, Defense Department officials said Tuesday, and they stressed that the American military is “ready to protect and defend the domain” of space if necessary. Source link
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin committed Monday to keeping U.S. weapons moving to Ukraine as Kyiv faces one of its toughest moments against a renewed assault by Russia. Source link
WASHINGTON — U.S. troops ordered out of Niger by the West African country’s ruling junta will complete their withdrawal by the middle of September, the Pentagon and Nigerien defense officials said Sunday. The timeline was the product of four days of talks between the countries’ defense officials in the capital city of Niamey, according to […]
Defense Department officials on Thursday said no final decision has been made about a large shipment to Israel of 2,000 and 500-pound bombs that President Biden put on hold over concerns they could be used in a ground operation inside the densely populated city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip that Washington opposes. The […]
A Senate Armed Services hearing turned heated this week when Sen. Angus King, chairman of the Strategic Forces subcommittee, laid into John Hill, deputy assistant defense secretary for space and missile defense, about why the Biden administration’s 2025 missile defense budget request falls far short on funding to maintain readiness against the growing threat of […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns that the country was approaching a decision on launching a full-scale assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah against the wishes of the U.S., Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday. The shipment was supposed to consist of 1,800 2,000-pound […]
The Pentagon provided a glimpse inside its artificial intelligence overhaul this week, disclosing new details about the government’s spending for its Replicator program and the capabilities it is looking to create. The Department of Defense announced it allocated about $500 million in fiscal year 2024 to the Replicator program, which aims to field multiple thousands […]
The Pentagon said Wednesday that a temporary pier under construction off the coast of the Gaza Strip is more than 50% complete and is on track to provide humanitarian relief in the coming days to relieve the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave. On March 8, the Defense Department announced the mission to erect the […]
The legislative logjam has finally been broken in Washington, but how soon that will change the equation on the battlefields of Ukraine is another question. The Pentagon said Tuesday that the pipeline for weapons to Ukraine could open “within days” after the Senate and President Biden give final approval for $61 billion in military assistance. […]
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