9/27/2025

Senior delegations from the United Arab Emirates and the United States convened Sept. 25-26, 2025, in Abu Dhabi for the ninth U.S.-UAE Joint Military Dialogue, the preeminent bilateral forum for advancing the defense partnership. ...

9/26/2025

The U.S. Navy will christen the future USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. during a ceremony at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works. ...

9/26/2025

The War Department announced two Defense Production Act Title III awards totaling $33.5 million to expand the solid rocket motor industrial base. ...

9/26/2025

The Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff David L. Isom announced a senior enlisted leader assignment. ...

9/24/2025

The War Department announced the implementation of a groundbreaking Cybersecurity Risk Management Construct, a transformative framework to deliver real-time cyber defense at operational speed. ...

9/24/2025

The Department of War awarded ten Defense Community Infrastructure Program grants from the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation, totaling approximately $90 million. ...

9/24/2025

The Republic of Korea (ROK) Ministry of National Defense (MND) and the U.S. Department of War held the 27th Korea-U.S. Integrated Defense Dialogue (KIDD) on September 23-24, 2025 in Seoul. ...

9/23/2025

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth spoke with his Estonian counterpart, Minister of Defense Hanno Pevkur, and affirmed the Department of War stands with all NATO allies. ...

9/23/2025

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth hosted his Canadian counterpart, Minister of National Defense David McGuinty, for a bilateral meeting at the Pentagon. ...

9/19/2025

Alvaro Smith, deputy assistant secretary of war for China, Taiwan and Mongolia, and Maj. Gen. Gankhuyag Davagdorj, state secretary of the Ministry of Defense of Mongolia, affirmed their commitment to deepening bilateral defense relations during an annual forum. ...

9/15/2025

After a rapid force-wide review of military standards, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recently directed the services to implement the following grooming standards for facial hair. ...

9/12/2025

The Department of War announced three awards totaling $39.6 million to expand the solid rocket motor industrial base via Title III of the Defense Production Act. ...

9/10/2025

The Department of War approved a Presidential Drawdown Authority package for Lebanon with an estimated value of $14.2 million. ...

9/10/2025

During a meeting at the Pentagon, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Singapore Minister for Defense Chan Chun Sing reaffirmed the strength of the bilateral defense relationship and its importance for maintaining deterrence in the Indo-Pacific. ...

9/10/2025

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth spoke with China's minister of national defense in a candid and constructive exchange. ...

9/9/2025

The Department of War released the final Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement rule implementing the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Program as described at 32 CFR 170.3 for public inspection in the Federal Register. ...

9/8/2025

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that the president has made general officer nominations. ...

9/5/2025

The Department of Defense, Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation, awarded Yuma Elementary School District One a $8,030,235 grant as the federal share of a larger $10,037,794 project to construct a new James D. Price Elementary School at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz. ...

9/5/2025

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that President Donald J. Trump made general and flag officer nominations. ...

9/3/2025

The Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, David L. Isom, announced a senior enlisted leader assignment. ...

8/28/2025

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced actions the department is taking to address the growing threat of hostile drones and to enhance its small unmanned systems to protect personnel, equipment and facilities at home and abroad. ...

8/26/2025

Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Jedidiah P. Royal and State Department Senior Bureau Official for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Bethany P. Morrison co-chaired the virtual U.S.-India 2+2 Intersessional Dialogue. ...

8/26/2025

On the fourth anniversary of the terrorist attack at Abbey Gate, the Defense Department pauses to honor the 13 brave U.S. service members who made the ultimate sacrifice during the U.S. military's withdrawal from Afghanistan. ...

8/15/2025

The U.S. Defense Department and the Ministry of Defense of Singapore have signed the third installment of the Combating Terrorism Research and Development Agreement. ...

8/10/2025

The Office of Strategic Capital announced the recent execution of its first direct loan to strengthen the U.S. industrial base and protect critical minerals supply chains. ...

8/6/2025

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke with Saudi Minister of Defense Khalid Bin Salman to discuss shared efforts to deepen bilateral defense cooperation. ...

8/5/2025

The Defense Department announced a $10 million award to Elk Creek Resources Corporation via Title III of the Defense Production Act. ...

8/4/2025

The undersecretary for research and engineering directed a personnel reduction within the Defense Technical Information Center. ...

8/4/2025

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that President Donald J. Trump has made general officer nominations. ...

7/31/2025

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke by phone with the new South Korean defense minister. ...

7/30/2025

The U.S. and Saudi Arabia held the 9th Strategic Joint Planning Committee, a key forum for the bilateral defense relationship, at the Pentagon. ...

7/26/2025

The Defense Department announced a change in the duty status of military personnel supporting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in its immigration law enforcement mission. ...

7/26/2025

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth met with his Baltic counterparts, Minister Pevkur, Estonia; Minister Sprūds, Latvia; and Minister Šakalienė, Lithuania, at the Pentagon. ...

7/25/2025

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the president has made a general officer nomination. ...

7/23/2025

DOD awarded Altus Public Schools a $49,211,667 grant as the federal share of a larger $61,522,311 project to construct the new L. Mendel Rivers Elementary School at Altus Air Force Base in Altus, Okla. ...

7/22/2025

The Defense Department announced a $6.2 million award to Golden Metal Resources, enabling Golden Metal Resources to deliver a prefeasibility study for a tungsten mining site, Pilot Mountain, located southeast of Hawthorne, Nev. ...

7/22/2025

Golden Dome is President Donald J. Trump's vision to build a layered defense of the homeland to provide for the common defense of the American people against ballistic, hypersonic, advanced cruise missiles and other next-generation aerial attacks from near-peer and rogue nations.   ...

7/22/2025

To ensure the readiness and high standards of the America's fighting force, the secretary of defense issued updated guidance on medical waiver eligibility for men and women seeking to join the U.S. military. ...

7/21/2025

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to discuss progress in accelerating the defense relationship and reestablishing deterrence in the Asia-Pacific region. ...

7/19/2025

Defense Department Chief Spokesman Sean Parnell provided a readout on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Meeting with Israel Defense Minister Israel Katz. ...

7/18/2025

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that President Donald J. Trump has reappointed Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael J. Borgschulte and Navy Vice. Adm. Yvette M. Davids. ...

7/18/2025

Defense Department Chief Spokesman Sean Parnell provided a readout on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's meeting with Bahrain Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and Prime Minster, Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa. ...