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President Donald Trump recently hinted that he may revert the Department of Defense back to the Department of War, an old title dating back to 1789.
“It used to be called the Department of War and it had a stronger sound. And as you know, we won World War I, we won World War II. We won everything. Now we have a Department of Defense with defenders,” Trump said at an Aug. 25 Oval Office event, adding that he didn’t want “to be defense only” but also “offense too.” 
“It’s coming, sir,” Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said in response.

The commander of the National Guard task force in Washington said his troops are focused on their assigned mission, which is to provide security, not direct law enforcement, and to be a “reassuring presence.”
Col. Lawrence Doane, the commander of Joint Task Force-D.C., told Task & Purpose that many of his troops patrolling and working in Washington have experienced “some very positive” interactions, but acknowledged that “some are not, and that’s fine.” 
Those mixed interactions, both the good and the bad, have shown up on social media over the last month.

The UK Ministry of Defence have opened an early engagement with industry seeking a tactical ballistic missile known as Nightfall.

The cool autumn air, the changing color of leaves, the smell of meat charring on an open flame, the smell of beer… Lots of beer. It’s the most wonderful time of the year, also known as college football season.
College ball has changed quite a bit in recent years. Between playoffs, playing players, transfer portals, paying players to enter said transfer portal during said playoffs, there are still some amazing traditions.

The US Army has awarded three Other Transaction Agreements (OTA) for Unmanned Systems (UxS) Autonomy to three companies.

Small drones have become one of the most dangerous threats on today’s battlefields, in much the same way that improvised explosive devices were the dominant danger during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They’re cheap, deadly, and hard to counter. Quadcopters loaded with explosives or used for surveillance have destroyed tanks, stopped convoys in their tracks, and killed countless. The U.S. military has watched this play out and has been racing to catch up, on both offense and defense.

Paul Billings, VP of Comand AI in the UK, discussed the benefits of the start-up’s GenAI platform, Prevail, for speeding up military insight.

BAE Systems Hägglunds in Sweden has rolled out the first CV9030 MkIV infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) destined for the Czech Republic’s Army.

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If the United States fights China on China’s terms, it may risk collapse in the opening hours

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