The Defense Department announced Wednesday that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Virginia Tech will be the first universities selected to host a new fellowship program for senior military officers, replacing partnerships that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth severed with elite Ivy League schools.
The Pentagon updated its official Iran war casualty count to 14 on Monday after the U.S. Navy identified a helicopter pilot lost in the Arabian Sea earlier this month.
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.
