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Stop treating shipyards like the ‘corner garage’: former Navy acquisitions chief
The Navy has been treating the private shipyards like their “corner garage,” the service’s recently departed acquisitions boss said Wednesday, instead of making investments that will keep maintenance periods predictable and as short as…
The D Brief: Trump blames Kyiv for war; DOGE at Pentagon; Uncertainty at SDA; State’s…
Trump joins Putin’s Ukraine blame game: Almost exactly three years ago, Russia’s military launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a young democracy on Russia’s western border with Europe. The invasion quickly turned into the largest war…
Uncertainty mounts at Space Development Agency as Air Force IG prepares probe
The Air Force will send an inspection team to Space Development Agency facilities to comb through records and interview employees, according to a memo obtained by Defense One, amid growing concerns over the future of the Pentagon’s…
The D Brief: Congress, DOGE seek DOD cuts; US, Russia warm ties in talks; US drones over Mexico;…
Find things to cut, lawmakers tell DOD ahead of budget season. House Armed Services Committee leaders have asked the services to list “obsolete programs that don’t enhance our deterrence,” according to letters sent Friday to the chiefs of…
Trump administration fires hundreds of nuclear-security employees, sources say
Probationary employees working within the Department of Energy’s agency responsible for managing the country’s nuclear stockpile were among those terminated following the Trump administration’s mandate for federal entities to fire scores of…
Pentagon officials are bracing for Musk’s DOGE
Few would deny that the Defense Department, with its $886 billion budget and byzantine ways, could be run more efficiently. Many have called for sweeping reforms of one sort of another. But if billionaire defense contractor Elon Musk and…
The D Brief: China’s ‘rehearsals’ for war; Gitmo update; DOD preps for DOGE; Court…
China is rehearsing for war, U.S. Indo-Pacific commander says. Navy Adm. Sam Paparo used sharper words than usual to describe recent patterns of activity on Thursday. The Chinese government is “on a dangerous course” and its military’s…
China is rehearsing for war, Indo-Pacific commander says
WAIKIKI, Hawaii—The Chinese government is “on a dangerous course” and its military’s “aggressive maneuvers around Taiwan right now are not exercises, as they call them. They are rehearsals,” U.S. Indo-Pacific Command leader Adm. Sam Paparo…
With IVAS takeover, Anduril looks to build out human-machine ‘ecosystem’
Anduril has seized the lead on the Army’s IVAS headset program, putting the eight-year-old company in charge of one of the military’s most important soldier-enhancement programs, and poising it to deliver not just new drones but also a key…
Trump spending freeze halts some national-lab projects
President Trump's spending freeze has halted various projects at national laboratories, including one focused on threats to the U.S. electrical grid, directors of four of the labs told lawmakers on Wednesday.“We had one project…
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