President Donald Trump’s desire to have a “Department of War” could be fulfilled under an amendment filed this week by a Republican congressman. Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., has filed an amendment to the annual defense policy bill that would formally change the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War.
A major Chinese espionage group targeted some 80 nations—and likely more than just telecommunications companies—in a sweeping hack discovered last year, U.S. investigators said Aug. 27. ... The hackers are “targeting networks globally, including, but not limited to, telecommunications, government, transportation, lodging, and military infrastructure networks,” the advisory says.
The Defense Department is planning to cut its number of “critical technology” areas down from its current list of more than a dozen, Emil Michael, the Pentagon’s undersecretary for research and engineering, said Aug. 27.
U.S. Transportation Command helped to misdirect enemies during the American military’s strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities in late June, according to senior officials familiar with the tactical deception plans behind Operation Midnight Hammer.
Two helicopters faced off against an F-15D Eagle fighter aircraft above water in an unprecedented combat defense test conducted by the Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve, and U.S. Navy.
Footage has emerged taken from the cockpit of a Russian fighter jet, showing a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol plane fitted with a secretive radar pod during a mission over the Black Sea. The video underscores the growing importance of the P-8 for intelligence gathering in critical theaters such as the Black Sea, an active war zone, where a tense standoff continues between NATO and Russian assets, on the margins of the conflict in Ukraine.
When the Pentagon announced a “joint interagency task force” in July to bring the U.S. military up to speed on drone warfare, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. James Mingus compared drones to the threat of improvised explosive devices two decades earlier in Iraq.
In a resource- and budget-constrained environment, the Air Force needs to get on the same page when it comes to communicating its technology requirements to industry, academia and the greater research-and-development community, service officials said Aug. 27.
With space domain awareness at the top of senior military leaders’ priority lists, the U.S. Space Force is seeing new ground-based capabilities come online, deploying new satellites on orbit by the end of the year, and plotting the future of its space-based surveillance layer.
Military spouses will soon see the expansion of a paid fellowship pilot program, with higher compensation and the extension to those living overseas, as the Defense Department program becomes permanent on Jan. 1, 2026.
