


Hegseth calls for extensive reforms to Pentagon drone-buying practices
The memo directs the military services to create active duty formations by September, built for the sole purpose of scaling the use of drones across DOD.

Pentagon
US resumes sending some weapons to Ukraine after Pentagon pause
The defense secretary directed the pause last week to allow DOD to assess its weapons stockpiles, in a move that caught the White House by surprise.

Opinion
Pentagon’s industrial strategy describes the problem, not the solution
The new strategy contains useful words about the problem. Those words must be quickly put into measurable and funded actions.

Pentagon fell short in tracking $1 billion in Ukraine aid, IG finds
A Pentagon Inspector General report found that the Defense Department has not complied with enhanced tracking requirements for $1 billion in Ukraine aid.

Pentagon’s first industrial strategy calls for ‘generational’ change
The National Defense Industrial Strategy describes itself as a "call to action" to help America keep pace with competitors like China and Russia

Investors form alliance to bolster AUKUS military partnership
The group brings together existing private capital networks in the three countries with a goal of increasing investment in national security innovation.

Lawmakers launch investigation into Austin’s health secrecy
The House Armed Services Committee will look into how senior leaders mishandled the defense secretary's hospitalization earlier this month.

US-China defense talks resume as two sides meet in Washington
Military officials from both countries met for two days, restarting a communications channel lapsed since 2022

‘Cautionary tale’: How Boeing won a US Air Force program and lost $7B
The KC-46 was to be the ideal candidate for a fixed-price development program. Instead, it has cost Boeing billions, and made industry wary of such deals.

Defense secretary hospitalized for surgery complications
The defense secretary went into the hospital on Jan. 1, the Pentagon announced.

Marine Corps’ Mahlock takes reins of Cyber National Mission Force
Maj. Gen. Lorna Mahlock now leads a force she said is "competing daily against a threat that is very real, but which few can comprehend, quantify or see.”
