U.S. military posture in Africa shifts while terrorist threats intensify | DefenseScoop
The commander of U.S. Africa Command shed light on his team’s new approach to enable more African-led solutions that confront contemporary risks.| DefenseScoop
The commander of U.S. Africa Command shed light on his team’s new approach to enable more African-led solutions that confront contemporary risks.| DefenseScoop
The Army released a solicitation Tuesday for so-called Launched Effects systems amid a broader push by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to pressure the U.S. military services to quickly ramp up their arsenal of autonomous drones.| DefenseScoop
Stemming from support for the Project Flytrap exercise, the Army's C5ISR Center has a plan for how to scale low-cost and attritable drones.| DefenseScoop
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued a directive late last week ordering the Pentagon's chief information officer to take additional measures to ensure the department's technology is protected from the influence of top adversaries.| DefenseScoop
As a leader of the Trump administration’s new high-priority plan to "unleash American drone dominance," the Pentagon is moving to reduce bureaucratic barriers and speedily expand the quantities and types of U.S.-approved autonomous systems military personnel can access for operations across warfighting domains, senior officials told a small group of reporters at the Pentagon on Wednesday.| DefenseScoop
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued a new directive July 10 aimed at shaking up the Pentagon's UAS enterprise and unleashing U.S. military drone dominance.| DefenseScoop
Additional operational details about the use of MOP weapons against Iranian nuclear sites during Operation Midnight Hammer were provided Thursday during a press briefing by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.| DefenseScoop
DOGE will continue to move fast and influence major bureaucratic reforms in the months to come, according to Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson.| DefenseScoop
Speaking Monday at the AI Expo hosted by the Special Competitive Studies Project, Navy Secretary John Phelan told attendees that he's looking forward to seeing what the DOGE team comes up with next.| DefenseScoop
Billionaire tech titan Elon Musk’s time as a “special government employee” is coming to an end, but Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued a new memo this week empowering the DOGE team at the Pentagon to provide more input on contracting.| DefenseScoop
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has issued a new memo aimed at limiting the Defense Department’s hiring of IT consultants.| DefenseScoop
Pentagon leadership will no longer require civilian employees to submit five-bullet point emails spotlighting their previous week’s accomplishment. However, workers are being tasked to submit another round of ideas for eliminating waste and inefficiencies in an online survey.| DefenseScoop
DISA is expected to see a 10 percent cut to its overall staff as a result of the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to lean out the entire federal workforce.| DefenseScoop
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he's prepared to “take a lot of arrows” when he tries to shake things up.| DefenseScoop
Pete Hegseth briefed a small group of reporters at the Pentagon for the first time as the Defense Secretary on Monday.| DefenseScoop
U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers dropped a total of 14 GBU-57 “massive ordnance penetrator” bombs on Iranian nuclear sites during Operation Midnight Hammer, according to senior officials.| DefenseScoop
President Donald Trump nominated Space Force Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton to serve as the next vice chief of space operations and Gen. Thomas Bussiere to be the next Air Force vice chief of staff.| DefenseScoop
Officials provided new numbers and an inside look at unfolding plans to dramatically reduce the Defense Department's civilian staff.| DefenseScoop
The future of the the Navy's F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter jet remains uncertain as lawmakers support robust funding for the program while the Trump administration tries to slash spending in 2026.| DefenseScoop
The Defense Department plans to allocate more than $4 billion in fiscal 2026 to fund development of the Air Force’s F-47 fighter jet and Collaborative Combat Aircraft, senior Pentagon officials told lawmakers Tuesday.| DefenseScoop
An April 30 memo directs the secretary of the Army to make changes to how the service is organized and purchases equipment, with a focus on prioritizing homeland defense and deterring China in the Indo-Pacific.| DefenseScoop
Elon Musk is leading the newly created Department of Government Efficiency under Trump.| DefenseScoop
President Trump issued an executive order tasking the Pentagon to build a multilayered defense system against emerging missile threats.| DefenseScoop
The Defense Department’s chief information officer has published an updated roadmap detailing the organization's plans to support continued growth of the Pentagon’s software factory ecosystem and enterprise cloud program over the next two years.| DefenseScoop
The Pentagon is set to begin its termination of thousands of select probationary employees in the coming days as part of the Trump administration’s unfolding campaign to “maximize efficiency” by rapidly reducing the size of the federal workforce, according to a senior defense official.| DefenseScoop
The instructions for all Pentagon components are laid out in a new memo issued this week.| DefenseScoop
