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The drones that fanned out during a recent People’s Liberation Army exercise were dispatched by the Intelligent Precision Strike System, a new product from Chinese defense giant Norinco that used the UAVs’ real-time data to model the…

Air Force: 8-percent budget shift could be “painful.” When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the services to find things to cut to free up $50 billion in the Pentagon’s FY26 budget, he suggested they start with “so-called ‘climate…

The Pentagon reduced waste, abuse, and mismanagement in most “high-risk” areas over the past two years, but is losing ground in weapons acquisition, the Government Accountability Office said in a recent report.The latest edition of the…

Give carmakers a shot at making weapons, deputy defense secretary nominee says. U.S. defense contractors beyond the traditional primes—like General Motors, for example—should get Defense Department money to take a crack at building weapons,…

Today on the Hill, lawmakers are hearing from billionaire investor Stephen Feinberg, who is President Donald Trump’s pick to be Deputy Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon. Feinberg is co-founder of Cerberus Capital Management, a firm…

‘Friday night massacre’In an unprecedented purge of top officers, President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday announced the dismissal of Gen. CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs; and their intent to replace Adm. Lisa…

The Trump administration has begun dismantling the nation’s defenses against foreign interference in voting, a sweeping retreat that has alarmed state and local election officials.The administration is shuttering the FBI’s Foreign Influence…

Pentagon leaders have spent the week drawing up lists of civilian employees, as directed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in preparation for the kinds of mass firings that have recently slashed thousands of workers at other federal…

WAIKIKI, Hawaii—As DOGE focuses its attention on the Pentagon, two members of the House Armed Services committee are urging caution. “I welcome the audit. I welcome the transparency,” Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., said in Feb. 14 remarks at…

Ukraine’s military has grown fourfold since Russia’s full-scale invasion began three years ago, holding off a much bigger force with soldiers who have gone from civilian to battle-ready in just weeks.Their success on the battlefield, where…