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Adm. Frank Bradley cautioned that AI may select targets but humans must trust it will apply force only as intended. His remarks at a special forces conference contrast with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s push for rapid, less constrained adoption across…

The Pentagon has confirmed adversaries are using purchased commercial location data to target U.S. troops in active war zones. Lawmakers demand immediate fixes including disabling ad IDs and switching browsers.…

Pentagon chief still presses allies to boost defence spending to counter ‘military build-up’ by Beijing

The Pentagon’s new $9.7 billion contract with Dell is raising questions about potential conflicts of interest after President Trump touted the company’s products and purchased significant amounts of its stock.…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX reportedly leveraged US dependence on Starlink to raise connectivity prices to operate kamikaze drones in Iran

The US military has long known that cheap fixes could stop location data from exposing its troops. It adopted almost none—and now says adversaries are using the data to target soldiers during a war.

From Independent RSS Feed: Hegseth’s sudden Poland troops U-turn ‘blindsided’ Pentagon staff

A new Pentagon unit is racing to break China's grip on rare earths with billions in financing and creative dealmaking, marking a far more aggressive U.S. industrial policy shift.

From Independent RSS Feed: Defense Department not investigating reports of US bombing schools and hospitals in Iran, military chief says

The US military has announced new programs aimed at rapidly expanding stocks of low-cost cruise and hypersonic missiles

The Pentagon raised its estimate of the Iran war cost to $29 billion while analysts put the total at nearly $72 billion

From Business Insider: Trump's Pentagon is looking to 'disruptive' defense newcomers to build large stockpiles of cheap missiles for future wars

Hollywood owns the UFO genre and has actual standards for this sort of thing. The government needs to step it up.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegesth and other Pentagon officials are testifying Tuesday on Capitol Hill over next year's proposed $1.5 trillion budget. CBS News' Nikole Killion has the latest.

Appearing before congressional panel, Defense Secretary Hegseth says US is prepared to either escalate or wind down war.

Hegseth said the Pentagon will review if Sen. Mark Kelly disclosed classified info in raising concerns about the strain the Iran war has placed on weapons stockpiles.

Defense secretary accuses senator of disclosing classified info but Kelly says ‘that’s not classified, it’s a quote from you’

From Independent RSS Feed: Pete Hegseth promises new review of Mark Kelly over his recent TV appearance: ‘Did he violate his oath…again’

From Nypost RSS Feed: Hegseth says Pentagon will review Mark Kelly’s public statements about classified briefing amid ongoing feud

The US military has attacked two more Iranian-flagged oil tankers as Washington presses ahead with a naval blockade, while Tehran has compared control of the Strait of Hormuz to possessing an “atomic bomb”