The U.S. and U.K. launched a new wave of strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen on Jan. 22, hitting radars, missile support systems, and underground weapon storage areas, the Pentagon said. The strikes were in response to Houthi attacks on American commercial ships in the ...
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U.S. and British forces have carried out airstrikes and sea-launched cruise missile attacks on nearly 30 locations in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, the Pentagon said Jan. 12, striking a dozen more sites than were previously revealed. All told, more than 150 precision munitions were employed ...
It'll take a while for the defense materiel enterprise to bounce back from decades of ponderous acquisition, but the new National Defense Industrial Base builds on steps already in motion, the Biden Administration says.
American and British aircraft and warships carried out strikes against multiple targets in Houthi-controlled Yemen on Jan. 11, in response to continuing attacks on commercial shipping, U.S. and U.K. officials said.
The first-ever National Defense Industrial Strategy sets out the challenges facing supply of the U.S. and allied militaries and prescribes broad remedies, though it doesn’t get into specific programs. An implementation plan to translate the policies into action is expected within a month, Pentagon officials ...
Reps. Rob Wittman and Jen Kiggans, members of the House Armed Services Committee, are pressing U.S. Indo-Pacific Command boss Adm. John Aquilino to ask for more procurement for nuclear micro-reactors in the fiscal 2025 budget request, as a way to ease the logistics of powering ...
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III underwent a surgical procedure for prostate cancer and is expected to make full recovery, the Pentagon said Jan. 9. The announcement ended days of mystery surrounding Austin’s medical status, which was kept under wraps from the White House, ...
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's aides are struggling to explain why no one at the Pentagon informed the White House or U.S. military leaders that the president’s principal civilian military advisor and a top Cabinet official in the presidential line of succession had ...
The U.S. and its allies issued a firm warning to Houthi rebels in Yemen on Jan. 3, telling the group to stop attacks on shipping in the Red Sea or face “consequences.” The Iran-backed Houthis have carried out 24 attacks on commercial shipping in the ...