The Latest Breaking News from Defense Department

Washington is increasingly concerned about China poaching U.S. technology.

Members of Congress outline their plans for the Pentagon’s cyber efforts, including retention and data-driven artificial intelligence.

WASHINGTON — The latest defense spending law would subtract about 7% from the president’s request for numerous Pentagon chemical and biological defense programs on the grounds that they need to be more effectively executed.

With the Pentagon about to release its biodefense posture review, Congress is cutting funding for biological and chemical defense programs.

MIAMI — The U.S. military has an idea to save its seaside bases from some of their most relentless foes: flooding, erosion and storm surge.

The U.S. military has entered 2023 amid its largest recruiting crisis since the end of the Vietnam War, with the possibility of being short thousands of new recruits. This year’s National Defense Authorization Act cut the Army’s size by 30,000 personnel, and the Pentagon is employing multiple methods to improve…

Congress has given the Defense Department until the end of January to look into whether bureaucrats are overusing a document designation known as "Controlled Unclassified Information" to keep the public from learning about bad news.

Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 in what President Vladimir Putin calls a "special military operation" against what it perceives as threats to its security. Ukraine and its Western allies have denounced Russia\'s actions as an imperialist-style land grab and imposed sanctions to try to disrupt the campaign.

During his visit to Washington, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Biden and addressed a joint meeting of Congress.