The Pentagon’s No. 2 military official said Friday the U.S. does not intend to “cut off any allies” as a result of its formation of a new trilateral security partnership with the U.K. and Australia, which has received pushback from France over its exclusion and the subsequent loss of a ...
Matthew Beinart
In a new trilateral partnership announced Wednesday aimed at bolstering Indo-Pacific strategic security efforts, the U.S. and U.K. will help Australia pursue procurement of the country’s first nuclear-powered submarines. President Biden detailed the new partnership, called AUKUS, alongside ...
A group of Democratic senators are urging that more than $6 billion in unspent funds for U.S. support to the Afghan security forces be reallocated for humanitarian purposes rather than back into the defense budget. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) led a letter sent Tuesday to President Biden specifically ...
Polaris [PII] is eyeing potential international interest in its newest light tactical vehicle, the MRZR Alpha, unveiling the platform to the public for the first time at this week’s DSEI defense trade show in London. “DSEI is a premier international defense trade show and we’re delighted the ...
Air Force Gen. John Hyten, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Monday he’s concerned over the Pentagon’s lack of dialogue with China on strategic stability issues, to include nuclear weapon and space capabilities. “We need to have that conversation start with the Chinese. We ...
The Pentagon is “weeks away” from completing its implementation plan for the new Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) strategy, a lead official said on Wednesday. Army Brig. Gen. Rob Parker, the J6 deputy director and head of the JADC2 Cross-Functional Team, said the plan will detail ...