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The Pentagon today released its first strategy aimed at enhancing cybersecurity across defense industry stakeholders. The Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Strategy plots a course for increased focus and collaboration between the Defense Department and the U.S. defense industrial base on cybersecurity initiatives amid what officials say are persistent cyberthreats. “Our adversaries understand the strategic […]

TEL AVIV — As tensions rise between the two countries, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, on Tuesday, a day after the United States abstained in a . . .

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant is heading to Washington on Sunday, at a time of increasingly strained relations with its main military backer and ally, as Israel continues to defy U.S. calls to reduce the suffering in Gaza.

Sophia George, Ph.D., a Sylvester molecular geneticist, and Matthew Schlumbrecht, M.D., M.P.H., a Sylvester researcher and oncologist who studies gynecologic cancer disparities, will lead . . .

With additional American aid still in doubt, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on Tuesday called for “creative, adaptable and sustainable ways” to continue arming Ukraine and praised European allies who were trying to bolster Kyiv’s military as the war against Russia entered a critical stretch. Mr. Austin, in Germany for the start of a […]

The Pentagon’s top acquisition official today underscored the importance of the defense industry’s ability to produce new capabilities amid a rapidly changing technology landscape. William A. LaPlante, undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, said that while anticipating future requirements remains essential, the ability to prepare for rapidly emerging threats is critical. “You can predict […]

Alvin Dyer got his first Black history lesson riding in the back seat of his dad’s car while touring Memphis, Tennessee, when he was just 10.   “That’s the very spot where Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated,” Dyer’s father told him and his older brother, pointing to the Lorraine Motel, where King was […]

Many politicians and officials used the moment to press that Ukraine would lose the war without the $60 billion more in U.S. military aid currently awaiting a vote in the House. But they also sounded far from certain about what a victory might look like for Ukraine even with that boost. The conference comes as […]

Throughout American history, Black service members have forged new paths for future generations, despite the prejudices they may have encountered. One such trailblazer was Dr. Frank Erdman Boston, who reached the rank of major during World War I. He went on to become one of the first Black men to start both a hospital […]

The ADIZ is a zone that stretches out 150 miles from the U.S. coastline. February 7, 2024, 3:06 AM ET • 2 min read The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has detected and tracked four Russian military aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Tuesday, according to a statement. “The […]


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