In its updated Arctic Strategy, the Pentagon says it will take a “monitor-and-respond" approach, as officials warned that more cooperation between China and Russia and the effects of climate change present growing challenges in a region that is “becoming a venue for strategic competition.”
The Defense Department on Sept. 10 announced new guidance to control which commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) DOD organizations can acquire, with the intent of making it easier to buy approved commercial UASs of all sizes while ensuring such systems do not become a vector ...
Subject-matter experts can begin to inquire with the appropriate Biden administration officials about serving on the Defense Department’s volunteer federal advisory boards. Some past members whose terms were ended early in February may be invited to rejoin.
Senior military leaders are stepping up efforts to encourage service members to get the COVID-19 vaccine, even as the Defense Department rolls back mask mandates and other regulations put in place to stymie the spread of the virus. As of May 20, the Defense Department ...
To ensure it can compete—and win—against peer adversaries such as China and Russia in the future, the Air Force must divest its aging equipment and instead invest in more capable and advanced aircraft, said Lt. Gen. S. Clinton Hinote, deputy chief of staff for strategy, ...
U.S. aircraft will continue to provide support for Afghan forces through the withdrawal process beginning May 1. The Pentagon’s No. 2 official said she is confident that modernized technology and processes mean “over-the-horizon” support from outside the country will be effective. “It’s not 2001—it’s 2021,” ...