Gen. Randy George, the Army’s chief of staff, is stepping down early from his position at the request of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, CBS News first reported Thursday. While spokespeople for the service and George did not immediately return requests for comment, a Defense official confirmed to Defense One that the…

The U.S. military declared space superiority over Iran this week, but defense experts question what that means given the country’s inchoate military space program and heavy reliance on space-based intelligence from other nations.Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of U.S. Central Command, said Tuesday that the U.S. had established control of…

The Pentagon is negotiating to buy Ukrainian interceptor drones, having concluded that no American manufacturer can match the price, delivery times, and battlefield-tested reliability. A drone developed by UK firm Skycutter with Ukraine’s SkyFall recently scored 99.3 out of 100 in the Pentagon’s own Drone Dominance evaluation, beating every U.S. competitor…

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII—The Japan-based III Marine Expeditionary Force has made some “significant modernization changes” in the past few years as part of the service’s ongoing force design efforts, and is looking forward to a “busy, busy year” of exercises in 2026 amid increasing Chinese aggression in the region, the…

Among the eye-opening details of President Trump’s plans for an eponymous class of giant warships is one that appears to contravene an earlier policy position: these “battleships” are to be armed with a new nuclear-armed cruise missile.Back in February, however, the president told reporters: “There’s no reason for us to…

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