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Human personnel alone cannot adequately respond to the cyber threats facing the US military today, Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work told Congress Wednesday. “This is an area where we will not be able to solve it with people,” he...

William Roper, director of the Department of Defense’s Strategic Capabilities Office, wants to be the US military’s trick play manager. “We have run our current playbook too long,” he told the Senate defense appropriations subcommittee Wednesday. “Successful teams turn this...

The Pentagon is ready to present Congress with its plans for splitting the position of the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology, and logistics into two positions, Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work said Wednesday. “We’re going to start engaging with...

A total of 141 Republican members of the House signed a letter to Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) Tuesday urging him to “bring a measure to the House floor that repeals sequestration for national defense.” The letter originated from the office...

The number of ISIS fighters left in Western Mosul is “probably well short” of 1,000, but it will be a “difficult fight” to clear the rest of the city, Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman USAF Col. John Dorrian told reporters on...

A group from the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom AFB, Mont., managed the launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., early Wednesday morning. The test launch was the second in a week because the...