Doug Beck resigned Monday as director of the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit, DefenseScoop has confirmed.
As of late Monday afternoon, Beck was no longer listed as a member of DIU’s leadership team on the organization’s website. A source familiar with the situation confirmed reports of his exit.
DIU’s communications team refused to comment. A Pentagon spokesperson did not reply to a request for comment.
It’s not immediately clear who will serve as acting director now that Beck is gone.
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The Chinese People’s Liberation Army has unveiled a long rumoured next-generation long range air defence system, the HQ-29, the launch vehicles from which were observed in Beijing during rehearsals for an upcoming military parade scheduled for September 3. Six-axle transporter erector launchers each carry two large missile containers, although the other vehicles in the system housing radars and command systems have not been seen.
Last week Breaking Defense published an overview of Pentagon leaders’ recent step into reforming theponderous process used to acquire new weapon systems. “To rapidly field new weapons, they arerevamping how requirements are validated and bidding adieu to the controversial Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) process.
Air Force fighter jets in Alaska scrambled Sunday to intercept a Russian reconnaissance flight nearing Alaskan airspace. The intercept was the third time in less than a week that U.S. fighters launched to chase down a Russian plane, according to the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, marking a surge in Russian prodding inside U.S. arctic airspace.
NORAD detected an Ilyushin IL-20 “Coot,” a Cold War-era Russian reconnaissance plane, inside the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Aug. 24.
Adm. Daryl Caudle officially took the reins as the 34th chief of naval operations as the service continues to be shaken by a purge of top leaders that ousted his predecessor six months ago.
Neither Caudle nor Navy Secretary John Phelan mentioned the recent upheaval during a ceremony on Monday at the Washington Navy Yard marking Caudle’s assumption of office.
The future fight won’t be won by those with the biggest budgets, most polished strategies, or largest armies. It will be won by those who can translate breakthrough technology into usable capability at speed and scale. Ryan was joined by Horacio Rozanski, the CEO of Booz Allen, to talk about the role his company is playing in this race.
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Donald McPherson, a naval aviator who served during World War II, scored five confirmed kills in the Pacific while flying a Grumman F6F Hellcat from the USS Essex. This earned him the title of ace, and before his death on August 14, 2025, McPherson was America’s last living ace of the war.
McPherson at the controls of his F6F Hellcat during World War II. (Jen Riddle via Griffiths-Hovendick Chapel)
McPherson enlisted in the V-5 Aviation Cadet Program on January 5, 1943, after the Navy waived the two-year college requirement for aviation recruits.
Adm. Daryl Caudle was sworn in Monday as chief of naval operations, promising to accelerate the sea service’s push for AI, unmanned system and network capabilities.
The new CNO is taking the helm as the Navy works to modernize for potential conflicts against advanced adversaries, namely China.
The official swearing-in ceremony took place at Leutze Park in the Washington Navy Yard area of the nation’s capital.
In a video message to the force released on the social media platform X, Caudle highlighted the need to expand and modernize the fleet.