Tag: Defense

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gives a strained smile while speaking at the Republican convention.

Treasury Department sanctions Iran’s automotive and rail sectors, areas Tehran has increasingly relied on due to blockade

Mike Brest · October 1, 2026 3:03 pm

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gestures.

Ukraine isn’t a charity case — it’s the world’s top military school

Mariam Mumladze · October 1, 2026 10:00 am

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. signs autographs.

RFK Jr. overhauling clinical trials to prevent US from ‘losing the race’ to China

Gabrielle M. Etzel · October 1, 2026 9:45 am

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth delivers remarks during a War Department Address at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Sept. 30, 2025. The gathering brought together over 800 U.S. military generals and flag officers from around the globe to announce directives aimed at enhancing combat readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Memphis Pitts)

WATCH LIVE: Hegseth delivers State of the Force address

Molly Parks · September 30, 2026 2:59 pm

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Forget drones: Ukraine’s most lethal export is data

Mariam Mumladze · September 30, 2026 10:00 am

Perennial Autonomy's drones at Cibola Range Location JERC (Joint Experimental Range Complex) Two, Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, Sept. 21, 2026.

Australia makes first purchase from US drone marketplace as task force announces billions in new contracts

Mike Brest · September 29, 2026 4:23 pm

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) speaks to reporters after a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 2, 2026.

Cotton pushes Pentagon to investigate missing F-35 components that ended up in China

Emily Hallas · September 29, 2026 12:40 pm

FILE - F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet takes off from the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower, also known as the 'IKE', in the south Red Sea, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

Four sailors injured after landing ‘mishap’ on Eisenhower aircraft carrier

David Zimmermann · September 29, 2026 10:20 am

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine.

Pentagon not forthcoming on how troops are injured in Iran war

Mike Brest · September 29, 2026 7:00 am

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 5, 2025) A containerized LOCUST Laser Weapon System (LWS) is set up on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), for a live-fire test. During the live-fire event, LOCUST LWS effectively detected, tracked, engaged, and neutralized multiple unmanned aerial vehicles marking a milestone toward fielding operational directed energy capabilities. (Photo courtesy U.S. Navy)

Head of the Navy wants to resolve the air-defense math problem with lasers

Mike Brest · September 29, 2026 5:00 am

AI growth Risk artificial intelligence

The network is the weapon: The missing link in the military’s AI revolution

Burak Oktenli · September 28, 2026 9:00 am

Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, during an interview on "The Circuit with Emily Chang" at Anthropic's headquarters in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, April 30, 2026. Anthropic is testing a different version of leadership, one where the CEO protects nearly all of his time for big-picture conversations, organizational culture, and giving input on research direction and strategy, rather than managing people in senior leadership roles.

Federal appeals court upholds Pentagon’s supply-chain-risk designation of Anthropic

Mike Brest · September 25, 2026 2:17 pm