A U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) review released on Feb. 26 found that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had no “ill intent” when staff kept his hospitalization several weeks ago a secret. After he was hospitalized, some in Congress asked why they were not immediately notified of the defense secretary’s condition. Mr. Austin is now scheduled […]
The White House has confirmed that Russia is developing a “troubling” new anti-satellite weapon. National security spokesman John Kirby said that although Russia has the capability to do so, the weapon isn’t operational—and there isn’t an immediate threat to Americans’ safety. So what exactly are these weapons, and what are the broader implications of Russia […]
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin remains in the hospital following an emergency procedure related to his bladder, the Pentagon has said. Mr. Austin is expected to virtually attend a NATO defense ministerial and meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group later in the week, though it is not yet clear whether he will do so from home […]
A Chinese company’s growing presence in the United States is putting lawmakers on alert due to its ties to the Chinese military. Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), chairman of the House Select China Committee, is asking the Pentagon to blacklist a tech company. That way, it wouldn’t have access to American capital. The company is called […]
A recent report by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) delving into studying extremism in the United States military has found little evidence to sustain claims that the issue poses a serious problem among service members. It further nullified claims made by some officials of the Biden administration of increased levels of radicalism within the […]
Lawmakers in Washington are pushing to block a Chinese drone maker from getting American technology. Fifteen Republicans sent a request to the Pentagon on Dec. 18 to cut off exports of U.S. tech components to Chinese drone maker DJI. This Chinese company is the world’s largest drone maker. It makes over half the drones sold […]
About eight “innovation hubs” across the United States will be awarded nearly $240 million dollars as part of the federal government’s efforts to bolster domestic microelectronics manufacturing, the Defense Department (DOD) announced on Sept. 20. The multi-million dollar funding is part of the “Microelectronics Commons” program—described by the Pentagon as a “national network of regional […]
A press release from the Department of Defense (DOD) Tuesday announced a $13.8 million investment in an American manufacturer of high-precision ball bearings used in defense and aerospace systems. The investment will be used to make operational and technological improvements at the Keene, New Hampshire facility of Timken, a global manufacturer of bearings and power […]
Authorities have confirmed that an explosive sonic boom heard by residents in the wider D.C. area came from Defense-authorized supersonic flights responding to an erratic small plane flying through the capital’s restricted airspace. Federal officials have since said that the supersonic flights were responding to a small plane that crashed into a mountainside in the George Washington […]
China’s communist regime is refusing communications with the U.S. military at every level, according to a Pentagon official. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which rules China as a single-party state, has refused numerous requests for meetings with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, several regional commanders, and civilian Department of Defense employees, according to Assistant […]
President Joe Biden authorized the deployment of reserve troops to the southern border to combat “international drug trafficking” under the National Emergencies Act in an executive order signed April 27. The executive order authorizes the secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Defense (DOD) to order to active duty reserve […]
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) on Tuesday blocked 184 military promotions requested by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) due to his objections to the Pentagon’s new abortion policy. The Republican senator from Alabama has for months put a hold on all civilian nominations and military promotions of general and flag officers until the Department of Defense (DOD) rescinds […]
U.S. Department of Defense Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Gilbert R. Cisneros Jr.; Department of the Army Under Secretary Gabe Camarillo; Department of the Navy Under Secretary Erik Raven; and Department of the Air Force Under Secretary Gina Ortiz Jones will provide testimony at 2:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 28 to the U.S. House Armed Services Committee’s subcommittee on the impacts […]
Republicans are reacting with disapproval following a hearing which examined the Biden DoD’s response to a Chinese spy balloon that traversed the continental United States last week. Pentagon officials testified before a Senate Appropriations Defense hearing on Feb. 9, where they defended the department’s decision not to engage with China’s high-altitude surveillance balloon for an […]
A top U.S. general charged with monitoring the nation’s airspace said that the military did not detect previous incursions into its airspace by Chinese spy balloons. Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck, who serves as commander of NORAD, said that Chinese spy balloons previously entered U.S. airspace undetected on at least three occasions during the Trump […]
Certain U.S. lawmakers are rooting out foreign influence in American schools. Florida Congressman Michael Waltz sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. It asks the Pentagon to review Army, Navy and Air Force JROTC programs at private schools nationwide to find out whether the schools are owned by or have taken investments from subsidiaries […]
The Department of Defense (DOD) in December awarded a $3 million grant to EcoHealth Alliance Inc, the nonprofit organization that for years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic funneled money to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China. The DOD awarded the approximately $2,987,827.07 grant to EcoHealth beginning Dec. 12 for the purpose of “reducing the threat of viral spillover from wildlife […]
The Department of Defense (DOD) on Thursday announced that the United States will send an additional $400 million worth of military equipment to Ukraine. In a press release, the DOD said the latest drawdown of equipment from U.S. inventories is the 25th authorized by the administration of President Joe Biden since August 2021. At the […]
Some senior Trump administration officials had their phones “wiped” by the Department of Defense (DOD) and the U.S. Army after the former president left office, meaning messages that were sent around the time of the Jan. 6 Capitol breach are no longer accessible, court filings show. The DOD acknowledged that the phones belonging to former Pentagon officials […]
Three United States military doctors have blown the whistle on documents allegedly from The United States Department of Defense (DoD) that they had access to, which show “skyrocketing rates of disease” since the introduction and mandating of the CCP virus vaccines in armed forces, human rights attorney Leigh Dundas told The Epoch Times. Dundas was recently […]
