Tag: Pentagon
Pentagon Announces Additional $6 Billion in Military Aid for Ukraine
The funds will allow Kyiv to purchase weapons directly from American defense companies.
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U.S. Army Begins Building Floating Aid Pier off Gaza, Pentagon Says
The structure is meant to allow humanitarian assistance to enter Gaza via the Mediterranean Sea, bypassing Israeli restrictions on land convoys.
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Ukraine Could Use New Weapons to Hit Russian Targets in Crimea, Pentagon Says
The goal for a recent delivery of the coveted long-range missile system is to put more pressure on Russian forces in eastern parts of occupied Ukraine [...]
Pentagon Reviews Events Before Attack That Killed 13 U.S. Troops in Kabul
A team conducted new interviews to address lingering questions about the bombing in the final days of U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan.
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Pentagon Review Finds No Evidence of Alien Cover-Up
But the new report suggests that the public’s belief that the government is hiding what it knows will probably continue.
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Pentagon Weighs New Plan to Ship Weapons to Ukraine Quickly
A short-term measure carries political and military risks as the Biden administration considers whether to tap into U.S. stockpiles again.
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Pentagon Review Faults No One for Failure to Disclose Austin’s Illness
The defense secretary is also set to appear before a House committee this week to explain why he did not immediately tell the White House about his ho [...]
U.S. Strikes Hit Most of Targets in Iraq and Syria, Pentagon Says
U.S. officials acknowledge that the targeted militias still retain the majority of their capability to carry out future attacks.
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Lloyd Austin Returns to Pentagon a Month After Surgery Complications
Lloyd J. Austin III was widely criticized for failing to immediately disclose his illness and hospitalization to President Biden and other officials.
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Pentagon awards satellite contracts: L3Harris, Lockheed, Sierra Space
Lockheed Martin's Tranche 0 Transport Layer satellites are seen in one of the company's processing facilities.Lockheed MartinThe Pentagon on Tuesday a [...]
Pentagon Inspector General to Investigate Lloyd Austin’s Hospitalization
The independent review will be conducted in addition to assessments by the defense secretary’s chief of staff and the White House after top officials [...]
U.S. Military Aid to Ukraine Was Poorly Tracked, Pentagon Report Concludes
The Defense Department’s inspector general found that American defense officials and diplomats in Washington and Europe had failed to quickly or fully [...]
Pressure Builds on Pentagon to Explain Timeline of Austin’s Hospitalization
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has yet to disclose why he has been at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for the past week.
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The Pentagon Road to Venture Capital
Here is a list of people who have jumped from the Pentagon and other government posts into jobs with venture capitalists that are backing defense tech [...]
New Spin on a Revolving Door: Pentagon Officials Turned Venture Capitalists
Retired officers and departing defense officials are flocking to investment firms that are pushing the government to provide more money to defense-tec [...]