President Joe Biden used the State of the Union speech to alert Americans to the challenges against democracy abroad and at home.
Operating under a series of stopgap spending measures year after year poses risks to the defense industrial base and to the military’s ability to meet its mission, Michael J. McCord, undersecretary of defense, comptroller and chief financial officer, said.
While anticipating future requirements remains essential, the ability to prepare for rapidly emerging threats is critical, William A. LaPlante, undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, said.
A congressionally chartered commission has recommended changes to bring DOD’s planning, programming, budgeting and execution process into the 21st century.
The situation in Gaza has created the conditions for malign actors to sow instability throughout the region and beyond, Army Gen. Michael E. Kurilla, commander of U.S. Central Command, said.
The Space Development Agency has been incredibly disruptive to the Pentagon’s traditional acquisition approach, but in a way that’s good for the warfighter, the agency’s director said.
A combined effort by U.S. Central Command and the Royal Jordanian Air Force provided additional humanitarian aid to northern Gaza.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III thanked Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas for his country’s robust defense spending and for modernizing its armed forces during a meeting at the Pentagon.
