Pentagon

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.

Scale AI to evaluate large language models for Pentagon

Scale AI's chief executive, Alexandr Wang, last year told Congress that “outdated data-retention and -management policies” were hamstringing the Pentagon.

The Pentagon wants industry to transform again to meet demand. Can it?

In 30 years, the Pentagon went from a defense industry it considered too large to sustain, to one now too small to surge.

Ukraine war has cost Russia up to $211 billion, Pentagon says

The estimate is part of a case the administration is making for further Ukraine aid as a supplemental bill stalls in Congress.

Australian defense industry concern grows over export controls

Australian defense industry has growing concern over upcoming changes to the country's export policy required as part of the terms of the AUKUS pact.

Pentagon’s Replicator effort will focus on software next

The effort will emphasize the software needed to connect the systems the Pentagon is looking to field over the next 18 months, a DIU official said.

Opinion

How to end China’s chokehold on the Pentagon’s supply chains

Countless China-based firms remain deeply embedded in Defense Department supply chains across 12 critical technologies.

Senate passes Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan aid amid Trump-fueled opposition

The Senate passed Biden's aid request for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. But it faces strong headwinds in the House amid opposition from Trump.

Biden doesn’t plan to stop Israel aid after human rights order

Biden's new memorandum requires human rights assurances for arms transfers, but the White House says it won't restrict military aid for Israel.

Chinese tech company threatens to sue US over claim of military links

Hesai Technology’s core product is LiDAR road sensing equipment, used in passenger and commercial vehicles, autonomous driving vehicles, and more.

Senate moves forward on Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan aid bill

The Senate cleared its first procedural vote on a giant foreign aid bill, but its fate in the House remains unclear.

Pentagon tech hub hires Anduril to get large underwater drone to Navy

The Defense Innovation Unit awarded Anduril a contract that will allow U.S. Navy units to start testing, buying and operating its Dive-LD vehicle.