Defense

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, assemble a Neros Archer first-person view drone on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 14, 2026.

Meet the defense company that’s gotten the Pentagon’s attention

Mike Brest · November 8, 2026 6:00 am

Adm. Brad Cooper speaks to members of the media during a press briefing with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, at the Pentagon, Thursday, April 16, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

CENTCOM announces task force to blockade Iranian ground transit routes

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., speaks to reporters

House GOP Oversight chairman says ‘there’s a lot of questions about Hegseth’

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he greets Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago club.

Netanyahu says US aid cut makes way for ‘mutual investment’ amid unclear plans for military cooperation

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth administers the oath of enlistment to a group of National Guard soldiers, at the base of the Washington Monument, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Hegseth expands National Guard patrols in DC with military vehicles and boats

U.S. sailors taxi aircrafts to a staging point on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in support of Operation Epic Fury, Feb. 28, 2026.

Latest Iran war estimates: $47 billion in total cost, nearly $30 billion in munitions

Mike Brest October 28, 2026 2:21 pm

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth leaves after attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' Defense Ministers' Meeting in Cebu, central Philippines, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026.

Hegseth gifts Vietnamese counterpart declassified reports that could lead to discovery of hundreds of remains

Mike Brest October 28, 2026 12:09 pm

Dust clouds of gray and a bright flame of yellow tee off the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance as it fires a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile in support of Operation Epic Fury.

USS Spruance breaks record for longest deployed destroyer since WWII

Brady Knox October 28, 2026 11:22 am

President Donald Trump displays the Texas Tech hand sign.

Trump hints at post-midterm strikes on Iran: ‘You’ll see Iran in a couple of weeks’

Naomi Lim October 27, 2026 10:32 pm

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 27 Starlink satellites lifts off looking like a thick flame of orange from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, Oct. 27, 2026. Guardians and Airmen assigned to Space Launch Delta 30 supported the launch by providing range capabilities that help ensure assured access to space from the West Coast’s premier spaceport and test range.

Russia has a sustained pattern of harassing US national security space satellites: DIA

Mike Brest October 27, 2026 8:00 pm

The Aevex Atlas precision guided drone system stands ready to be launched at a range

The military’s $1 billion drone plan to take on China — and how it hopes it never has to use them

Mike Brest October 27, 2026 4:00 pm

A B-2 bomber arrives at Whiteman Air Force Base Mo., Sunday, June 22, 2025, after returning from a massive strike on Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday.

Pentagon orders production of US Air Force’s first hypersonic missile

Brady Knox October 27, 2026 1:45 pm

An artist’s rendering depicts the GHOST-R satellite prototype, which is designed to deliver geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) reconnaissance capabilities to the Department of War, at an undisclosed location, Sept. 18, 2026.

US military will do ‘space-based logistics’ in ‘our lifetimes’: Caine

Mike Brest October 26, 2026 8:08 pm

President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks outside the West Wing of the White House.

Democrats ask Musk for clarification on Starlink shutdown in Ukraine

Rena Rowe October 26, 2026 12:10 pm

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, center, poses with members of the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets on the sideline during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Kentucky, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, in College Station, Texas.

Hegseth’s ‘Arsenal of Freedom’ and ‘Send me’ tours resemble a campaign trail

Mike Brest October 25, 2026 5:00 am

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Starshield systems unlocked in Ukraine after uproar about military restrictions

Emily Hallas October 24, 2026 9:40 am

Pete Hegseth

Hegseth announces dismantling of Chinese ‘sleeper organizations’ at universities

Molly Parks October 23, 2026 7:20 pm