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This story was updated at 8:30 p.m. Eastern.In the seven months since Sen. Tommy Tuberville declared he would not permit the Senate to hold confirmation votes on groups of senior military officers, the Alabama Republican has frequently…

TALLINN—The Estonian army will soon stand up a unit solely dedicated to loitering munitions, drawing on lessons from the Ukrainian war, the battery’s prospective commander told Defense One.Estonian Land Forces Maj. Andrei Šlabovitš said he…

As of Tuesday, lawmakers and the White House had just 11 days to reach an agreement and pass a short-term measure to fund the government and avert a shutdown beginning next weekend.House Republicans’ latest plan—to pass a one-month…

LONDON—U.S. Army recruiting is adding about 20 percent more new soldiers than last year, the commander of the Army’s Recruiting Command said Friday, although it is still likely to fall short of its goal for the fiscal year. The Army is…

It may take the Navy “years” to recover from the promotion delays caused by a military nomination hold, the nominee to lead the service said during her Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.“Senator, I think just at the three-star level, it…

The Navy could have to wait months to start building its second Columbia-class submarine if Congress does not pass defense spending bills by Oct. 1—and could face funding cuts if lawmakers can't do it by year's end. The 2023 Fiscal…

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LONDON—Even as a war rages on the European continent, European defense spending is stuck slightly above neutral, with an overlapping set of political and industrial problems blocking any quick increases in capabilities and styming supplies…

Ukrainian pilots may complete their F-16 training in as little as three months, the Air National Guard estimates. The Pentagon announced in August that it will begin training Ukrainian pilots on the fighter jets in October at Morris…

An Alabama Republican’s ongoing holds on senior military promotions and nominations “have become a national security nightmare,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said Tuesday during the confirmation hearing for Air Force Gen. David Allvin,…