DARPA just awarded a $14 million task order to a technology company that provides engineering and technical solutions to national security organizations in support of U.S. aims to get a nuclear thermal rocket up and running to boost its ability to monitor the goings-on in Earth-moon space.
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Colonel Chris Karns, USAF, Director, U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs
The leader of a coup in Mali was U.S.-trained, but Africa Command says counterterrorism training remains vital in the region.
Read MoreColonel Amy Ebitz, USMC Commanding Officer, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Camp LeJeune
Colonel Ebitz noted the milestone of a National Guard soldier who has become the first female to graduate from Special Operations trainings and complete Special Forces Qualification Course, as women now play important roles throughout the U.S. military.
Read MoreChad Sbragia, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for China
The Chinese Navy is the largest in the world, with a fleet of more than 350 ships that include a fast-growing armada of destroyers, carriers and submarines, a reality which raises concerns with Pentagon and Navy weapons developers, according to a new Pentagon report.
Read MoreLieutenant General JT Thompson, Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center, U.S. Space Force
Catching up or surging ahead of rivals in space comes down to a simple, self-evidence concept: speed, says Lieutenant General JT Thompson, Commander, Space and Missile Center.
Read MoreBarbara Barrett, Secretary of the Air Force
Exactly 112 years after the Wright Brothers delivered their first military aircraft, top Air Force leaders gathered with others to watch the latest flying vehicle—a car!
Read MoreEllen Lord, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
The Lockheed Martin-built F-35 Joint Strike Fighter should finally go into full production by next March, said Ellen Lord, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment.
Read MoreDavid Norquist, Deputy Secretary of Defense
The Defense Department is putting Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist in place to help oversee a new task force to investigate UFOs.
Read MoreAdmiral Charles Richard, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command
Defining military deterrence in 2020 can be difficult, Admiral Charles Richard said, adding, “strategic deterrence is more than just nuclear deterrence, particularly now, today. It is non-kinetic space, cyber; it is your conventional piece of this,” and “all of this has to be integrated together.”
Read MoreGeneral Frank McKenzie, USMC, Commander, United States Central Command
The commander of CENTCOM told an interviewer that the Afghan government is trying to do everything it can in negotiations with the Taliban, but the Taliban is still attacking Afghan forces across the country.
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