A whole-of-government approach and public-private collaboration are required to draw the trained and skilled workforce needed to ensure a capable, innovative industrial base, the Pentagon’s top acquisition official said.
As the world considers the repercussions of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the brutal Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, it also considers what the role of the United States will be — and what its role must be is leadership, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said.
DOD is making significant progress in accelerating the delivery of innovative capabilities to the warfighter as part of the recently announced Replicator initiative.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced the start of a series of defense innovation challenges beginning early next year and involving industry partners in AUKUS, the trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The CV-22A Osprey, assigned to the Air Force’s 353rd Special Operations Wing, was performing a routine training mission off the shore of Yakushima Island, about 630 miles southwest of Tokyo.
Since Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine last year, the United States has remained committed to providing the Ukrainian armed forces with the equipment and security assistance needed to fight off Russian invaders and secure their nation’s sovereignty.
The United States airlifted more than 54,000 pounds of United Nations humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza, Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said.
The USS Mason and partner nation naval vessels responded to a distress call from the commercial shipping vessel M/V Central Park, which had been boarded by five armed individuals while in transit in the Gulf of Aden near Yemen, the Pentagon press secretary said.
