WASHINGTON -- The National Defense Strategy is the undisputed driver of the president’s fiscal year 2020 budget request for the Defense Department, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan said today on Capitol Hill. Shanahan and Marine Corps Gen. Joe …
WASHINGTON -- The next advancement in cellular technology, 5G, is expected to be so fast that it’s able to surpass the speed of wired internet now provided by cable companies. Current 4G technology provides download speeds of about 1 gigabit per second. …
IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 26, 2019 News Release Release No: NR-068-19 The President has nominated to the Senate Gen John W. “Jay” Raymond as the Commander, United States Space Command (USSPACECOM). If confirmed, Raymond will lead the soon-to-be …
IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 26, 2019 News Release Release No: NR-069-19 It is with profound sadness that I extend our condolences to the family and friends of Andrew W. Marshall. Andy founded the Defense Department's Office of Net Assessment in 1973 and …
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Acting Chief Pentagon Spokesperson Charles E. Summers Jr. provided the following readout: Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan met with Brazil’s Minister of Defense Fernando Azevedo e Silva at the Pentagon today to reaffirm …
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Senior delegations from the United States and the Arab Republic of Egypt met March 20-22 in Washington, D.C., for the 31st meeting of the Military Cooperation Committee (MCC). The MCC is the premier bilateral defense forum for …
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Arlington, VA - The Department of Defense announced awards to 185 university researchers totaling $56 million under the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP). These grants will be provided to 95 institutions across …
IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 25, 2019 News Release Release No: NR-065-19 Today, Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan authorized the commander of the U.S Army Corps of Engineers to begin planning and executing up to $1 billion in support to the …
IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Department of Defense will assist U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide humanitarian assistance to Mozambique in response to the destruction caused by Cyclone Idai. Acting Secretary of …
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Attributed to Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan: We are inspired by the battlefield success of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Today’s SDF announcement that the liberation of the territory once held by ISIS in Iraq and …
IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Honorable James N. Stewart, performing the duties of the under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness, will host the 2018 Department of Defense Reserve Family Readiness Awards presentation at 10 a.m., Friday, March 29, 2019, …
FORT MYER, Va. -- Defense Department officials celebrated the U.S.-Japanese alliance here yesterday as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff presented the Legion of Merit to his Japanese counterpart during a full-honor arrival ceremony. Marine Corps …
Mae Krier is on Capitol Hill today, hoping to get Congress to recognize March 21 as an annual Rosie the Riveter Day of Remembrance. Rosie the Riveter was an iconic World War II poster showing a female riveter flexing her muscle. Krier also advocating that …
Russia and China are competitors to the United States and both nations are looking to overturn the current rules-based international order, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today at the Atlantic Council’s Commanders’ Series here. Marine Corps …
If the gap is to be maintained between what the United States has in space technology and capability and what its closest competitors have -- a gap that’s closing fast -- it’ll be the recently approved Space Force that maintains it, Acting Defense …
In the true nature of the force, the Nebraska National Guard sprang into action when unprecedented flooding hit the state. National Guardsmen performed 107 aerial rescues of stranded Nebraskans, and they helped to evacuate people and pets via ground …
Allegations by a human rights group that U.S. Africa Command is responsible for civilian casualties in Somalia are not correct, Defense Department officials said. Amnesty International released a report alleging that five Africom-directed airstrikes in …
In 2013, an economic shock wave hit many states and communities as they began to feel the full effects of the Budget Control Act of 2011, the director of the Defense Department's Office of Economic Adjustment said today. That’s the year sequestration …
The work at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is about the future, based on a mission of breakthrough technologies and capabilities for national security, the DARPA director said March 14. Speaking at the McAleese and Associates and Credit …
WASHINGTON -- Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan welcomed French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly to the Pentagon today for talks centering on activities in the Middle East. The minister received a 19-gun salute upon her arrival at the …
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