The Latest Breaking News from Defense Department

The U.S. military has its hands full at the moment with a vicious war in Ukraine and U.S.-China tensions over issues from human rights to sovereignty over the South China Sea. But it cannot delay taking action to address climate change, the most persistent strategic threat we face.

A House Armed Services panel wants to bolster Defense Department biomanufacturing and other technologies with military applications.

House lawmakers are seeking funding for a new method of launching satellites that is less vulnerable to attack.

Republican Katie Arrington’s suspended security clearance is becoming an issue in her primary campaign against incumbent South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace

A Defense Department-funded “resiliency review” finds Parris Island facing growing threats from climate change

WASHINGTON — A $40.1 billion aid package to help arm the Ukrainian military and provide economic and humanitarian relief is on its way to President Joe Biden’s desk roughly three weeks after he asked Congress for another emergency cash infusion.

The $40.1 billion package of military, economic and humanitarian aid for Ukraine is on its way to President Joe Biden's desk.

Biden is also authorizing the Defense Department to use commercial aircraft to fly formula supplies that meet federal standards from overseas to the U.S.

The watchdog overseeing Afghanistan reconstruction issued a scathing report criticizing government planning before the U.S. withdrawal.

WASHINGTON — If you see an unidentified flying object in the air, let the Pentagon know — and officials have promised to take you seriously.

President Joe Biden has ordered the reestablishment of a US troop presence in Somalia to help local authorities combat the Al-Shabaab militant group, a senior American official told reporters Monday. The move reverses an order from Biden's predecessor Donald Trump, who in late 2020 pulled nearly all US forces from…