The Department of War launched what it described as one of the "most highly anticipated apprenticeship programs in modern defense history" for cyber-related jobs.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday announced 15 members of a revived Defense Policy Board, tapping former U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to chair the panel and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen to serve on it.
The Pentagon awarded Lockheed Martin a seven-year contract worth up to $35 billion to increase production of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will deliver a classified briefing to House Republicans on Wednesday, aimed at building support for President Trump's push to funnel an additional $350 billion to the Pentagon through a third budget reconciliation bill.
The Pentagon announced Tuesday it will offer a conditional $500 million loan to Phoenix Tailings, a Massachusetts-based company working to build domestic rare-earth processing capacity, as the Defense Department moves to reduce American dependence on China for materials critical to modern weapons systems and electronics.
The Pentagon had just reduced its official list of military religious affiliation codes from more than 200 down to 31. Reasonable enough on its face. But buried in that new list was a classification scheme that placed certain faiths under a "Christian" label and left others off it entirely. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one of the largest faith communities in the country and one with deep roots in the American military, was not included among the religions the federal government had designated as Christian.
The House Armed Services Committee voted 29-27 along party lines Thursday night to codify President Trump's effort to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War, folding the change into the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act.
