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CJCS Brown: The Pentagon needs to speed up its integrated-deterrence efforts. When the Biden administration rolled out its integrated deterrence concept in 2022, it took a while to explain just what this new concept entailed, and longer to…

Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States are exempting each other from key export controls, a bid to streamline industrial collaboration under their three-year-old AUKUS tech-sharing agreement, officials said Thursday.“Together,…

OMAHA, Nebraska—The U.S. government needs to be quicker about rolling out new integrated deterrence efforts, the Pentagon’s top military officer says, as global tensions have risen since the Biden administration made the concept a key part…

The Ukrainian ground offensive into the southern Kursk region of Russia is as bold an operation as they come, particularly when put in the broader context of military history. It difficult to know, at this point, Ukraine’s intent for…

Ukrainian drones attacked several Russian bases early Wednesday, inflicting damage visible via satellite just a few hours later, officials in Kyiv said. That includes two hangars at Borisoglebsk Air Base well away from the frontlines, and…

Ukraine did not inform the U.S. military about its surprise cross-border incursion into the Kursk region of southern Russia, a senior defense official said, and has not told the U.S. about its long-term plan following the move. “We…

Two new reports suggest that the Pentagon may have finally learned how to buy technology at lower cost quickly, at least when it comes to AI-driven capabilities.One report looks at the Maven Smart System, or MSS, part of Maven, a system for…

Among the most significant personnel changes of the Chinese Communist Party’s recent Third Plenum meeting are two that didn’t happen: Adm. Dong Jun, the country’s defense minister, was neither added to the Central Military…

Developing: Two German bases on lockdown after possible sabotage of water supply, DW reports. The Cologne-Wahn base employs 4,300 soldiers and 1,200 civilians; the nearby NATO air base in the town of Geilenkirchen is now also on lockdown.…

Lockheed Martin and Pentagon officials are back to negotiating a traditional F-35 sustainment contract after the company failed to convince its largest customer to move to a five-year performance-based logistics deal that, company officials…