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The SpaceX Crew-10 mission will launch from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on a quest to bring back a pair of NASA astronauts who have been on the International Space Station since June 2024.
Additive construction has the potential to reduce costs, manpower, logistics and time, while opening the door for improved and new applications, such as unconventional countermeasures, the director of military programs for the Army Corps of Engineers said.
At a time when adversaries around the globe challenge the maritime commons, the U.S. shipbuilding industry is challenged to produce the quantity of ships at the rate required, Brett A. Seidle said.
By mandating the software acquisition pathway, DOD is cutting red tape to deliver software faster and tap into commercial innovation — ensuring warfighters stay ahead.
Darin Selnick, the official performing the duties of undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, told medical professionals he aims to make military health care "the best in the nation" during a town hall meeting at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth welcomed student delegates and their military officer mentors from the 63rd United States Senate Youth Program to the Pentagon, capping off a weeklong visit to Washington.
During a weekly update video, Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell discussed this week's visit by the defense secretary to the U.S. southern border, base renaming and a standout recruit en route to the United States Military Academy at West Point.
The new name for the largest installation in the Army honors Army Pfc. Roland L. Bragg, a native of Maine, who enlisted in July 1943 at age 23.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance traveled to Eagle Pass, Texas, to discuss the border crisis. U.S. service members continue to support efforts carrying out President Donald J. Trump's executive orders on protecting the territorial integrity of the United States.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosted British Defense Secretary John Healey for a bilateral engagement at the Pentagon, where they discussed the increased role that Britain and other NATO countries are taking toward securing peace in Ukraine.
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