L Todd Wood speaks with Pete Blaber, former Delta Force Commander, on the recent Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian airfields.
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Pentagon procurement officials who are looking to up their expertise in buying cutting-edge tech for the U.S. military can now apply to join the 2026 Immersive Commercial Acquisition Program fellowship cohort, Defense Innovation Unit officials announced Tuesday.
Next year will mark the fourth iteration of the educational ICAP initiative, which DIU runs in partnership with the Defense Acquisition University.
Ukraine’s audacious drone strike on Sunday that may have destroyed several Russian strategic bombers has confirmed long-held fears about first-person view drones, or FPVs, being launched from commercial containers for a surprise attack.
Videos purportedly show the Ukrainian drones being launched from trucks parked near their targets thousands of miles inside Russia. Dubbed Operation Spider’s Web, the attack was 18 months in the making and involved 117 Ukrainian drones launched against four airfields.
A Navy supply ship named for former Navy officer and 1970s civil rights icon Harvey Milk may soon be stripped of its name at the direction of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a defense official confirmed to Task & Purpose.
A plan to strip the USNS Harvey Milk of its name was first reported by Military.com. Additional plans to erase the names of other key civil rights figures from the Milk’s sister ships are also under consideration, though not imminent, the official confirmed to Task & Purpose. Those plans were first reported by CBS News.
President Donald Trump has nominated Derrick Anderson to serve as assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict, according to a notice posted on Congress.gov.
The nomination was submitted Monday and referred to the Senate Armed Services Committee for consideration.
As part of its training rotation in the Philippines, the U.S. Army’s 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division is experimenting with 3D printers to repair parts and build new systems, namely, drones.
The brigade is participating in the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center Exportable exercise in the Philippines with that nation’s 7th and 5th Infantry Divisions and an Australian infantry element.
BAE Systems will deliver 10 satellites for the Space Force’s new missile warning and missile-tracking constellation that will be stationed in medium-Earth orbit (MEO), the service’s acquisition arm announced Monday.
The $1.2 billion other transaction agreement from Space Systems Command (SSC) is for Epoch 2 of the Resilient Missile Warning and Missile Tracking – MEO (MEO MW/MT) program.
The Senate voted 51-46 on Tuesday to confirm Michael Duffey as undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment.
President Donald Trump officially nominated Duffey in January to lead the A&S directorate and be the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer.
During his confirmation process, Duffey told lawmakers that some of his top priorities, if confirmed, would be to help “rebuild” the military, rapidly accelerate delivery of capabilities and “repatriate” supply chains.
The Trump administration is making changes to U.S. policy toward Africa. These changes — including dissolving the U.S. Agency for International Development and its programs in Africa — have direct and indirect impacts on U.S. Africa Command. The administration’s foreign policy, combined with shifting security challenges in Africa, are reigniting debate about whether the United States needs a military command devoted to Africa and how it should be organized.
As Juneteenth approaches, please be aware of the upcoming closures for your recruit’s basic training mailroom. To ensure your letters reach your recruit before the holiday weekend, please look over the closure dates listed below. These dates are subject to change depending on the needs of the Command at each base.
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Tuesday 6/17: Ensure Delivery for all Bases before Juneteenth – Final Print at 5 pm Eastern Standard Time.