Pentagon

Washington: The US Air Force’s next-generation tanker was supposed to be the ideal candidate for a fixed-price development program. Indeed, when Boeing first won the deal to build what’s now known as the KC-46, the...

Washington: After decades of relying on major military hubs from Hawaii to South Korea, the Pentagon is laying the groundwork for more dispersed operations across the Pacific region. Brig Gen Mike Zuhlsdorf is a key...

Washington: The Pentagon’s Test Resource Management Centre last spring  got requests from two program offices to provide support for upcoming hypersonic flight tests — one over the Atlantic Ocean and one over the Pacific....

Washington: The US Navy’s recent force structure study puts even greater importance on small combatants, the director of surface warfare said, a shift in priorities that could require the surface navy to rebalance its...

Washington: In a new revelation of Pentagon strategy, it has been found that the US military lacks the ability to quickly deploy personnel that can fend off malevolent actors trying to shape public opinion...

Washington: The US Defence Department on October 27 announced the government is moving forward with developing a new version of the B61 nuclear gravity bomb. The bomb, designated B61-13, would have a yield similar to...

Washington: China’s nuclear arsenal has more than doubled in the last three years, amid what a senior Pentagon official calls a “major expansion of their nuclear forces.” As of May 2023, China had around 500...

Washington: A bipartisan group of senators is appealing to the White House to release Pentagon cost estimates related to the submarine-industrial base as the Biden administration and Congress move to implement AUKUS, the trilateral...

Washington: The Pentagon has warned Congress that it is running low on money to replace weapons the US has sent to Ukraine and has already been forced to slow down resupplying some troops, according...

Washington: As the Pentagon prepares to field thousands of autonomous systems in the coming years, its commercial innovation hub is seeking a modular test platform that it could use to validate payloads, sensors and...

London: As the US Defence Department looks to buy thousands of autonomous systems over the next few years through its Replicator initiative, Pentagon officials and industry leaders say production readiness and capacity will drive...

  Washington: In the wake of the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict and China increasing its military strength, the Pentagon is more than a third through preparing a national defence industrial strategy, with the full document set...