US Defence Department

Hong Kong: The US Defence Department has added dozens of Chinese companies, including games and technology company Tencent, artificial intelligence firm SenseTime and the world’s biggest battery maker CATL, to a list of companies...

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defence and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem as Secretary of Homeland Security indicates a new direction in American defence and security arrangements. Hegseth has...

Washington: Airbus said its newly finalised acquisition of drone maker Aerovel will allow it to bolster its tactical unmanned systems business and could help it compete for US Defence Department programs such as Replicator. Rob...

Washington: Craig Martell, the department’s founding Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer, will depart the Pentagon next month, the Defence Department announced. He’ll be replaced on April 8 by current Deputy Under Secretary of...

Washington: The United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket successfully completed its debut launch, continuing the vehicle’s path toward certification to fly national security missions later this year. The rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force...

Tel Aviv: Israel is frustrated by the "foot dragging" of the US in response to the hostilities initiated by the Houthi rebels in Yemen. This Iran proxy is launching ballistic missiles to hit targets...

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: The US Navy and the Defence Department completed an updated study of the submarine-industrial base, its upcoming workload, and what the military and industry ought to do to bolster the sector. Previous studies —...

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 US Defence Department’s technology advisory board is launching two studies focused on identifying the practices and policies that impede innovation and improving the way the Pentagon uses and integrates data, from battlefield...

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...