Pentagon

Pentagon seeks $14.5 billion for cyber spending including zero trust

“Cyber capabilities will continue to be a critical component of our national defense and, accordingly, a priority in our budget,” a senior official said.

Opinion

To achieve Replicator, the Pentagon should mirror Unmanned Task Force

Disruptive innovation inside any large organization is extremely hard. Few organizations have shown they can sustain disruptive innovation over time.

Missile Defense Agency won’t brief public on budget request

The Missile Defense Agency director says he is working on a way to share the organization's budget details in lieu of its usual Pentagon rollout.

Biden outlines military plans to build port in Gaza for aid

In a State of the Union address, President Joe Biden said a temporary pier would boost humanitarian assistance.

A nearly $1 trillion defense budget faces headwinds at home and abroad

There are bipartisan calls to hit the breaks as defense spending nears $1 trillion. Others say that amount is not enough to fund U.S. strategy worldwide.

‘Big changes’: Congressional panel proposes new defense budget system

After two years spent studying the Defense Department's resourcing process, the commission recommends wholesale changes to the 60-year-old system.

Opinion

Three directions the US defense budget could go

Battles over border security, as well as aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, make the outcome for the FY25 defense budget difficult to predict.

The Pentagon’s budget season is approaching. Experts say buckle up.

The administration will roll out its budget request on March 11 amid an almost unique moment of uncertainty surrounding defense spending.

Pentagon to lift Osprey flight ban after fatal Air Force crash

The Osprey has been grounded following a Nov. 29 Air Force Special Operations Command crash in Japan that killed eight service members.

Congress passes fourth stopgap funding bill as 1% sequester looms

Lawmakers kicked FY24 defense funding further down the road, raising fears at the Pentagon that congressional inaction may soon result in a 1% sequester.

Continuing resolution could degrade training for future fights

The U.S. military would have to make sacrifices to exercises around the globe if Congress fails to pass an FY24 budget, officials warn.

How can the Pentagon arm Ukraine amid stalled aid package?

The department is weighing options to keep arms flowing to ammunition-starved Ukraine, but there's no replacement for the aid package stalled in Congress.

‘Already late’: Pentagon sounds alarm on funding Pacific island pact

Without funding a set of agreements with island nations, the U.S. risks losing access to critical territory in its effort to deter China.

Pentagon AI office must ‘cannibalize’ to keep operating, Martell says

The U.S. Department of Defense sought $1.8 billion for artificial intelligence and machine learning in fiscal 2024.

Pentagon’s CJADC2 milestone is signal to China, officials say

The Pentagon's connectivity campaign comes as China pursues its own version — or a countermeasure — known as Multi-Domain Precision Warfare.

Pentagon achieves ‘minimum viable’ version of CJADC2, Hicks says

The CJADC2 progress is an outgrowth of the Global Information Dominance experiments led by the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office.