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Although the Defense Department is facing “serious budget constraints” at home, the US will continue to commit resources and personnel to the Middle East while making sure military capabilities evolve to meet new threats, said Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in...

As the Defense Department’s relief efforts in the Philippines wind down following last months deadly typhoon, talks continue in Manila regarding the future of US military rotations and presence in the country. The US will not return in large numbers...

The Defense Department has offered the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons a technological solution to help neutralize Syria’s chemical weapon stockpile by the end of the year, a senior defense official announced last week. The hydrolysis system would...

Boeing has announced it will partner with Sweden’s SAAB Group to bid on the proposed T-X—an all-new jet trainer and associated training aids to replace USAF’s legacy T-38 Talon fleet, the company announced. “Teaming with Saab will bring together our...

Vice President Joe Biden reaffirmed the US’s commitment to Asia during a speech at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 6. The speech followed a week-long tour of South Korea, Japan, and China, where Biden repeatedly addressed mounting tensions...

Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, led his first Facebook town hall last week, answering a range of questions from service members around the globe right from his E-ring office at the Pentagon. He noted...

Airmen from Patrick AFB, Fla., supported Space Explorations Technologies’ first successful commercial Falcon 9 rocket launch at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station last week. The Dec. 3 launch of the SES-8 communications satellite is the second of three certification...

Northrop Grumman started work on NATO’s first Global Hawk Alliance Ground Surveillance remotely piloted aircraft on its assembly line at Moss Point, Miss., the company announced. The Block 40 Global Hawk is the first of five jointly procured airframes aimed...

Of the 1,011 senior cadets at the US Air Force Academy to receive their Air Force specialty codes last week, 495 cadets, or 45 percent, will become pilots. Other top career fields include acquisition manager (99 cadets), intelligence (52 cadets),...