Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Christopher W. Grady commemorated the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack during a ceremony in the Pentagon’s courtyard.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to continue strengthening ties with Vietnam as he met with Vietnamese Minister of Defense Gen. Phan Van Giang at the Pentagon.
Plans for the future of U.S. security cooperation with Iraq, including the role of U.S. service members on the ground there, are still being discussed by the U.S.-Iraq Higher Military Commission, the Pentagon press secretary said.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., reaffirmed the commitment of the U.S. and other nations to aiding Ukraine during the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Ramstein, Germany.
The director of the National Security Agency says the agency’s new Artificial Intelligence Security Center is paying dividends in the Defense Department’s efforts to stay at the cutting edge of the rapidly advancing technology.
Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said the key areas of focus for this Ukraine Defense Contact Group will include bolstering Ukraine’s air defense capabilities and energizing the defense industrial bases of coalition nations.
Partnerships are critical to the Defense Department’s proactive cyber defense strategy, a senior official said.
The Defense Department wants missile-tracking capability available to combatant commanders for operational use by the end of calendar year 2025, the director of the Space Development Agency said.
