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The Pentagon says roughly 5,000 US troops will leave Germany over the next six to twelve months after a force-posture review, opening a new phase in Washington’s already strained relations with European allies.

James Baker, who led the Defense Department’s Office of Net Assessment from 2015 to 2025, is joining Anthropic as strategist-in-residence to examine how AI is reshaping U.S. institutions and competition with China.

The Defense Department says seven major AI companies will deploy systems into classified Pentagon networks, underscoring how quickly military AI adoption is moving into sensitive environments.

The Defense Department says Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA, OpenAI, SpaceX, and Reflection can deploy AI on networks handling secret and highly classified data.

At a contentious budget hearing, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to predict how long the Iran war would last as lawmakers pressed for a clearer strategy ahead of a key War Powers Act deadline

US defense officials told lawmakers that two months of operations against Iran have cost about $25 billion so far, with most of the spending tied to munitions and more details expected in a supplemental request.

The Defense Department has formally asked Congress to change its name to the Department of War, a move the Pentagon says would reinforce its core mission and one that could cost tens of millions of dollars to implement.

More than 600 Google employees have signed a letter urging CEO Sundar Pichai to block classified military uses of the company’s AI, highlighting renewed internal conflict over defense work.

A reported classified agreement would let the US Department of Defense use Google AI models for any lawful government purpose, while limiting Google’s ability to veto operational decisions.

The Pentagon says Navy Secretary John Phelan is out effective immediately, with Undersecretary Hung Cao stepping in as acting secretary during a period of naval strain and broader senior leadership turnover.

A prospective force to monitor any Ukraine ceasefire is running into a basic constraint: the troops, air defenses, and political attention needed for such a mission are being pulled toward a widening U.S. military effort

The Defense Department has completed a $1 billion investment in L3Harris’s Missile Solutions business as Washington pushes to expand solid rocket motor production.

The Pentagon has dropped its flu vaccine requirement for every U.S. service member, according to a Medical Xpress report.

The Defense Department has proposed a $1.5 trillion fiscal 2027 budget, with major increases aimed at missile defense, autonomous systems, shipbuilding and the industrial base.

The U.S. Defense Department wants to spend $53.6 billion on drone and counter-drone programs in fiscal 2027, part of a larger shift toward autonomous warfare that would rival the military budgets of man

The US Space Force says the long-delayed OCX program could not be brought online without putting current GPS military and civilian capabilities at risk.

A new White House policy memo tells the Pentagon and NASA to move quickly on nuclear reactors for orbit and the Moon, with demonstrations targeted as early as 2028 and 2030.

Google is reportedly re-entering the U.S. defense AI spotlight through talks with the Pentagon over Gemini deployments, as military buyers reassess model access and limits.

A Reuters-backed report says a global Starlink outage last August halted U.S. Navy unmanned vessel operations off California, exposing how deeply military programs depend on SpaceX’s satellite network.

A new White House strategy calls for NASA and the Pentagon to run parallel reactor design competitions, with the Defense Department aiming to deploy a mission-enabling in-space reactor by 2031 if funding is available.