At a May 7 ceremony at the Pentagon, the Defense Department presented Jacqueline Fox, Plans and Operations Specialist, Department of the Army, G-1, ...

In a major policy shift, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has launched a new initiative to “unleash” U.S. drone capabilities, aiming to equip every Army squad with small, one-way attack drones by 2026.

Under Hegseth's memo, DOD will approve hundreds of American products for purchase by the U.S. military to bolster the drone manufacturing base.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced his ‘Unleashing U.S. Military Drone Dominance’ memo on July 10 in front of ...

News about U.S. Department of Defense, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.