Palantir has secured another lucrative commitment from the Defense Department: a pledge to pay the company up to $243.9 million to use its software through March 31, 2027.
With the Iran war in its sixth month and unmanned systems having played a defining role in the conflict, U.S. Central Command said Aug. 13 it was launching a new drone task force.
The Army is seeking new kit to directly “engage” adversary satellites from the ground, particularly if and when sensing sats are used to target U.S. forces, according to a senior Army space official.
The Trump administration is enlisting private companies to conduct cyberattacks on foreign cybercriminals in a major policy shift that experts say could come with legal risk for the companies. The move gives vetted companies a prominent role in hacking operations that have historically been the dominion of U.S. law enforcement, spy, and military agencies.
The deputy commander of United States Northern Command was asked on Aug. 13 if he could defend against an attack by a swarm of drones in the homeland. His reply was blunt and chilling: “No.”
The U.S. military is preparing to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln with the USS George Washington as part of a scheduled Middle East deployment, U.S. officials said, amid growing concerns over living conditions aboard the Lincoln and the strain on troops during the Iran war.
Five years after a bruising political fight over where U.S. Space Command headquarters should be located, the debate is giving way to bulldozers, construction contracts, and the practical challenges of moving one of the U.S. military’s most complex commands.
Two Fort Hood soldiers were killed after an Army helicopter crashed Aug. 12 in Central Texas, local authorities and military officials said.
A year into the formation of the Golden Dome for America effort to build a broad protection of the U.S. homeland, the agency charged with leading the mission has seen a shift in its focus. With Golden Dome taking the forefront of spending priorities in air and missile defense and a new four-star leader overseeing the entire architecture, the Missile Defense Agency is now largely in a supporting role.
The Pentagon’s top policy official said Aug. 13 that the U.S. is happy with ongoing progress on the AUKUS trilateral partnership, with Australia especially moving forward with “energy and focus” on the program.
Ukrainian drones struck a major refinery deep inside Russia, military officials said Aug. 13, the fourth in three days in Kyiv’s ongoing campaign to choke Moscow’s vital oil sector.
The Pentagon will soon cover the cost for service members to freeze their sperm or eggs before they deploy to a danger zone or are separated from their significant others for more than six months on orders.
