“We will instead put our nation's practical, concrete interests first,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said. “We will deter war. We will advance our interests. We will defend our people. Peace is our goal.”
The secretary of defense made his pitch for a war-focused military, arguing "mounting urgency" required a cultural change against "ideological garbage."
Modeling and simulation get an AI upgrade for more realistic training and improved autonomous platforms.
Three sources familiar with the discussions told Breaking Defense that Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach is a leading candidate to succeed Gen. David Allvin as the next Air Force chief of staff.
“We don't have anything today. We have zip, nada at knowing where you're going. You could talk percentages, you could talk about whatever you want, but unless this committee sees dollars and cents and where … your plan is, then we may reconsider what you need to do to go forward,” said Rep. Rosa DeLauro.
Gen. Dan Caine called for greater collaboration between the Pentagon and industry — building on the Silicon Valley-based Defense Innovation Unit — to speed up new technology, especially for globally integrated command and control.
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) is the senior ranking member of the Armed Forces and the primary military adviser to the President, the Secretary of Defense, and the National Security Council.
As aircraft shrink, threats expand, and technology accelerates, aircraft engines must iterate along with the threats.
In his first public remarks since being confirmed as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine told a room full of special operations officials and industry they “must deliver.”
Lt. Gen. Dan Caine has promised to give the president his best military advice “even when the president may have different feelings about it," he told lawmakers previously.