Three U.S. soldiers were killed in Jordan, while more than 40 other service members were injured following an uncrewed aerial system attack at a military base near the Syrian border.
The Defense Department remains on track in its initiative to field thousands of autonomous systems across multiple warfighting domains as part of the recently announced Replicator initiative, a senior Pentagon innovation official said.
Infrastructure on many installations has climate, energy and resiliency issues that could impact the continuity of operations and quality of life for service members and their families if not addressed, a DOD energy, installations and environment official said.
A commission made up of officials from the U.S. and Iraq will begin holding high-level talks to advance the nations’ shared goal of building an enduring security partnership, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced.
Over the next six months, thousands of U.S. service members will participate in Steadfast Defender 24, the largest NATO exercise since the end of the Cold War.
Japan is taking leadership roles that not only benefit people in the Indo-Pacific, but the global community, the director for Japan policy at the Defense Department’s Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Office said.
The United States is well positioned to advance in the artificial intelligence space, the executive director of the DOD Cyber Crime Center said during the Google Defense Forum.
The Pentagon underscored the mutual commitment by the United States and Iraq to strengthening their evolving security relationship.
