The Defense Department said Friday that it’s cutting about 5,400 probationary workers starting next week and will put a hiring freeze in place. It comes after staffers from the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, were at the Pentagon earlier in the week and received lists of such employees, U.S. officials said. They said those…
Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff talks role Gen. Charles “C.Q.” Brown Jr. on his role as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 08:38 President Trump abruptly fired Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, sidelining a history-making fighter pilot and respected officer as part…
China’s tightening grip on radio frequencies critical for advanced technologies – from 5G networks to AI-driven weapons – threatens to eclipse US innovation and military readiness, senators and analysts warned on Wednesday, urging Congress to break a years-long stalemate over modernising America’s outdated spectrum policies. At a Senate Commerce Committee hearing, lawmakers clashed over how…
Timelapse images show the rapid construction of a Chinese military complex that, according to US officials, is on track to be at least 10 times the size of the Pentagon. A new report by the Financial Times cites former and current US officials who say that the intelligence community is closely watching a sprawling…
The Pentagon’s intelligence arm has issued a memo pausing any activities related to Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth, Black History Month, LBGTQ+ Pride Month and Holocaust Remembrance Day, among other “special observances,” according to a defense official who confirmed the authenticity of the memo. The memo listed 11 such observances that employees are no…
Retired Gen. Mark Milley, who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Trump and Biden administrations, has had both his security detail and his security clearance revoked, the Pentagon confirmed. New Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “informed General Milley today that he is revoking the authorization for his security detail and suspending…
Israel’s aerial defense system Iron Dome destroys rockets fired from Southern Lebanon in Haifa, Israel on September 23, 2024. (Saeed Qaq/Anadolu via Getty Images) WASHINGTON – A new executive order from President Donald Trump calls for greater investments for a multilayered homeland air defense system, including a requirement for the development of space-based interceptors. On…
Chinese President Xi Jinping will launch an invasion of Taiwan before 2030 unless the costs of such an operation are dramatically increased, President-elect Donald Trump‘s choice for secretary of state, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, said on Wednesday. Newsweek reached out to the Chinese Foreign Ministry and Rubio’s office with emailed requests for comment. Why It…
In the next 90 days, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, working with corporate partners and the Pentagon, will take a hard look at how generative AI tools similar to ChatGPT could help commanders make battlefield decisions more quickly against high-tech adversaries like China. “Our goal is to test in the INDOPACOM [area of responsibility] with some specific…
The United States Air Force is continuing developments on its Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter jet, Newsweek learned on Thursday, following the emergence of footage of two new Chinese combat aircraft prototypes. Newsweek has reached out to the Chinese Defense Ministry for comment by email. Why It Matters According to images and videos circulated…