Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed that the Pentagon is working on President Donald Trump’s directive to declassify files related to unidentified aerial phenomena, more commonly known as UFOs, but said the timeline for the effort remains unclear. […]

Several technology workers have signed an open letter urging the Department of Defense (DOD) – rebranded as the War Department by the Trump administration – to withdraw its designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk to national security. […]

President Donald Trump on Friday ordered all federal agencies to “IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of Anthropic’s technology,” ending an ongoing dispute between the Pentagon and the artificial intelligence (AI) company. […]

As the Department of Defense (DOD) – which the Trump administration has rebranded to the Department of War – pushes to meet its fiscal year 2027 zero trust deadline, two major shifts over the past year have reshaped how the DOD is getting there. […]

More than 1 million unique users across the Pentagon are integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into their daily workflows, and the department plans to launch several new AI models “very, very soon,” a senior defense official said on Thursday.  […]

The Department of Defense’s (DOD) drone task force announced Monday that its counter-unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) marketplace has reached initial operational capability. […]

The Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) is partnering with the Department of the Army to rapidly adopt AI-enabled coding tools across the workforce of the Defense Department (DOD) – rebranded as the War Department by the Trump administration. […]

A bill that was hailed by the Senate for its aviation safety provisions and unanimously passed, was shot down by the House in a narrow vote Tuesday after the Pentagon withdrew its support.  […]

The acting head of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) promised lawmakers today that the agency will deliver a business operationalization schedule for the long-delayed National Background Investigation Services (NBIS) program by March or April. […]

Lawmakers are increasing pressure on the Pentagon over its inability to pass a full audit, with new legislation that provides a mix of incentives, penalties, and new investments in automation and artificial intelligence (AI). […]

The Pentagon is seeking artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to help manage routine back-office functions across the Department of Defense (DOD) – rebranded as the Department of War by the Trump administration. […]

The Pentagon is seeking input from defense contractors and stakeholders to help shape Phase 2 of regulatory reforms for the Department of Defense (DOD) – rebranded as the Department of War by the Trump administration. […]

Cybersecurity leaders across the U.S. military said they are accelerating efforts to modernize networks, tighten access controls, and defend against evolving threats. […]

The Pentagon has invited 25 companies to compete for approximately $150 million in the first phase of its Drone Dominance Program (DDP), an acquisition reform effort aimed at rapidly fielding low-cost, unmanned, one-way attack drones. […]

The Department of Defense (DOD) has gone public with its new LYNX digital platform that the agency said will give its supply chain business partners a better connection to DOD’s business needs and opportunities. […]

The Department of the Air Force has formally adopted the Pentagon’s GenAI.mil as the enterprise generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force.  […]

The Pentagon named six senior officials to lead its top technology priorities, assigning leadership for each of the newly restructured critical technology areas (CTAs) for the Defense Department (DOD), which was rebranded as the War Department by the Trump Administration. […]

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a review of contracts awarded under the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) Business Development Program, saying the decades-old initiative has strayed from its original purpose and allowed fraud and abuse in federal contracting. […]

The U.S. Marine Corps has selected GenAI.mil as its official enterprise generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform, consolidating duplicative, general-purpose GenAI tools into a single system, the service announced. […]

President Donald Trump nominated Marine Lt. Gen. James Adams III to serve as the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the Pentagon announced Tuesday. […]

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the Pentagon to restructure its Advana data platform, separating financial data from a new War Data Platform to support warfighting and intelligence missions across the Defense Department (DOD) – which the Trump administration rebranded as the War Department. […]

The Pentagon is in the middle of overhauling the structure of its innovation organizations, shifting oversight, and formalizing reporting lines for several offices as part of a broader effort to consolidate the development and fielding of new technologies across the Defense Department (DOD) – rebranded as the War Department by the Trump administration. […]

The National Security Agency (NSA) published on Wednesday the first two products in a series of Zero Trust Implementation Guidelines (ZIGs) to help facilitate skilled practitioners’ implementation of zero trust. […]

Cameron Stanley will serve as the Pentagon’s next chief digital and artificial intelligence officer (CDAO), Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Jan. 12 during an address at SpaceX headquarters in Starbase, Texas. […]

The Pentagon lacks complete and reliable data on which civilian employees are eligible for telework or remote work, limiting its ability to track and oversee those arrangements, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. […]

The U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is seeking new technology to help its non-standard commercial vehicles keep a low profile as advances in sensors and telematics create new risks of detection by adversaries. […]

The Pentagon is seeking ideas on how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning could be used to accelerate and scale zero trust cybersecurity assessments across the Defense Department (DOD), which was rebranded as the War Department by the Trump administration. […]

The U.S. Army established a new career pathway for officers specializing in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), beginning next week. […]

2025 brought a wave of changes to the Pentagon as it transitioned from the Biden administration to President Donald Trump’s leadership. MeriTalk tracked the department’s tech-focused agenda, which spanned workforce reductions, cybersecurity overhauls, drone dominance and ambitious missile defense programs. […]