The Trump administration has begun detailed planning for a new mission to send American troops and intelligence officers into Mexico to target drug cartels, according to two U.S. officials and two former senior U.S. officials familiar with the effort.
When people think of defense tech titans, they might not think of Palmer Luckey. He looks more like Jimmy Buffett than George S. Patton. But don’t let his looks deceive you.
It’s been nearly seven months since the Trump administration fired Gen. Timothy Haugh, commander of U.S. Cyber Command and the director of the National Security Agency. And with no nominee named yet, experts, former military officials and a sitting Congressman are all raising red flags that the long gap has hurt American cyber preparedness.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Nov. 2 that the Trump administration is not planning on conducting nuclear explosions at this time, after the president ordered nuclear weapons testing last week. “I think the tests we’re talking about right now are system tests,” Wright told Fox News’s “The Sunday Briefing.”
A U.S. Army National Guardsman with no previous aviation background learned to successfully maneuver Sikorsky’s optionally piloted Black Hawk helicopter in less than an hour, according to a company release.
The Army has taken another step forward in its pursuit of new directed energy weapons that can zap small drones. The service issued a request for information on Oct. 30 to inform an Enduring-High Energy Laser production effort, with an eye toward holding a competitive source selection as early as the second quarter of fiscal 2026.
Russia has launched the first of its new Project 08951 class of nuclear-powered submarines, named Khabarovsk, which is intended to be armed with the Poseidon nuclear-powered, nuclear-tipped, ultra-long-endurance torpedo.
The Air Force is spelling out in minute detail how long airmen’s mustaches and sideburns are allowed to be. “The new guidance mandates that sideburns must be above the ear opening and that mustaches are prohibited from going beyond the corners of the mouth or into a respirator seal zone,” an Air Force spokesperson told Task & Purpose.
In this episode, our team explores the top defense issues this month in Washington, D.C. and beyond. Where do the defense bills stand as well as the shutdown? We also discuss the latest developments in Ukraine, plus the latest and greatest with spacepower.
With the federal government shutdown in its second month, commissaries and exchanges are offering some additional relief to the military community.
