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Potential firings at the Army's Electronic Proving Ground (EPG) at Ft. Huachuca, AZ hang in the balance following months of dialogue between Congress and service leaders culminating in a preventative ...

The January 2026 document notes the Trump administration's ongoing efforts to get NATO allies to increase their own military budgets and codifies the president’s new “Donroe Doctrine” to guide U.S.

The Defense Department has established a new Joint Interagency Task Force focused on dismantling drug cartels operating along the U.S.-Mexico border, a move that reflects the Trump administration's ...

The State Department will pursue policies to integrate the U.S. defense industrial base with Indo-Pacific and European allies, with plans to support "reliable defense companies," according to a new ...

Though the Navy began developing FF (X) before the Trump administration released its National Security Strategy , the strategy’s focus on homeland security within the Western Hemisphere validates the ...

The U.S. military has established a new joint task force to oversee the operational side of homeland air and missile defense, a move that signals a major consolidation of authority under the Army's ...

The Jan. 14, 2026 Congressional Research Service report discusses background and issues for lawmakers regarding the Navy's Large Unmanned Surface Vehicle programs.

As the Navy shifts more focus onto robotic and autonomous systems, the service has set a goal for the next two decades: by 2045, 45% of the surface fleet should be unmanned, an official said this week ...

On Jan. 15, 2026 Eric Labs from the Congressional Budget Office gave a presentation on "Congress, the Golden Fleet and the Shipbuilding Industrial Base in 2026" at the Surface Navy Association's ...

President Trump on Wednesday imposed 25% tariffs on some "advanced" semiconductors, with broad exceptions for equipment purchased for domestic use, signing a proclamation that says the administration ...

Autonomy stacks could be useful for soldiers in the field who need to conduct logistical tasks such as sustainment, Army officials found during the XTech Overwatch exercise in late October. The ...