Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has submitted his resignation to President Trump following months of tension with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the direction of the service and the ouster of numerous senior Army officers.
The Pentagon’s suite of commercial generative AI products has expanded beyond Google’s Gemini offering, according to officials who told DefenseScoop that insiders can now chat with approved versions of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Starshield AI’s Grok frontier models when they log on to the GenAI.mil platform.
The leaders of China, Russia, and India gathered with other heads of state in Kyrgyzstan on Aug. 31 for the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a group billed as a counterweight to U.S. global influence.
Ukraine is urgently trying to develop interceptors capable of countering a new generation of Russian jet-powered drones that have wreaked havoc across the country in recent months.
The Defense Department on Aug. 31 announced two framework agreements between General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems and Lockheed Martin to boost production of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense and Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptors.
Japan’s defense ministry is set to continue its trend of record-high defense budgets year-on-year, requesting 8.89 trillion yen ($55.6 billion) in its latest budget proposal.
A tanker was struck by three unknown projectiles while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Aug. 31, stoking worries that the Middle East conflict could once again escalate. ... Iran launched an attack on two American bases in Jordan on Aug. 31 in retaliation for the U.S. attack on its Larak Island. American forces targeted two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island on Aug. 30, reportedly killing three, saying that Tehran intended to launch rockets carrying sea mines into the Hormuz Strait.
Gravitics was selected by Lockheed Martin to build three spacecraft for demonstrations of space-based missile defense technologies under the Pentagon’s Golden Dome program, according to regulatory filings.
Air Force Maj. Jason Watson sat behind a keyboard 14 months ago to share his thoughts on the commander in chief. Watson became more public in his statements — demonstrating in July outside the U.S. Capitol, in uniform, by name, while holding a sign stating “Impeach, Convict, Remove.” At the time, Watson said that any consequences he faced would only underscore the importance of his message. Now, those possible consequences appear to be taking shape in a detailed list of military charges filed against him last week.
The next time you face adversity in your career—whether it’s a missed promotion, a difficult boss, or a deal that falls through—United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby has a simple but effective mantra: “No excuses.” ... It’s a philosophy the 58-year-old first learned while training as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force Academy—and one that was put to the test most publicly when he became United’s CEO in May 2020, just as the pandemic was bringing the airline industry to a standstill.
