


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.

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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.

Marines slam a shrinking amphibious fleet, but the Navy isn’t to blame
The genesis of an amphibious lift shortfall is the Corps’ abandonment of its long-standing requirement for a larger fleet of 38 ships, this Marine says.

Pentagon seeks to ease China’s green tech chokehold amid GOP criticism
The Pentagon is trying to scale back China's outsized influence on the critical minerals needed to produce electric vehicles and build solar panels.

Disparities in STEM pay at Pentagon a sticking point in diversity push
Women of all races tend to also make less money than men for similar STEM work in the Pentagon.

What Gen. CQ Brown would bring as chairman of the Joint Chiefs
Two sources confirmed to Defense News that the president has chosen Gen. Brown to succeed Army Gen. Mark Milley as the nation’s top military officer.

First ‘secret’ task orders received for Pentagon’s $9B cloud contract
Pentagon CIO John Sherman likened the $9 billion Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability to a U.S. Navy carrier strike group — powerful and versatile.

US, Philippines vow joint defense ‘anywhere in the South China Sea’
Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. made the rounds in Washington seeking to deepen the alliance amid concerns over Chinese aggression.

US cyber leaders look to AI to augment network activities
If planes can fly and land using autopilot, ARCYBER boss Lt. Gen. Maria Barrett said, it is "not scary to run a network in an automated way."

Evacuating Sudan: An amphibious gap and missed opportunity
We may have dodged a bullet this time, but the conflict is nowhere near over.

Zero trust would have helped prevent Pentagon leak, CIO Sherman says
“This is something we’ve grappled with for years,” Pentagon CIO John Sherman said. “We had the Snowden disclosures nearly 10 years ago.”
