What Deputy Defense Secretary Hicks is prioritizing during the presidential transition
The Pentagon’s No. 2, who has launched some of the Pentagon’s most high-profile initiatives, is scheduled to depart Jan. 20.
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Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks speaks with U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 480th Expeditionary Fighter Generation Squadron, U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade, and U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) during her holiday morale calls at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Dec. 20, 2024. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Madelyn Keech) Tech -
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks to members of the media during a press conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club on January 07, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on January 20. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Tech Trump’s team convenes with Pentagon personnel in 100-plus transition meetings, so far
Heads of the Defense Innovation Unit and Chief Digital and AI Office have met with the transition team, among others.
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A view of the Pentagon on December 13, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images) Tech Early federal assessments suggest unexplained New Jersey drones aren’t UAP or US military assets
Questions continue to swirl as local law enforcement and an interagency coalition investigate a still-growing caseload of thousands of tips.
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Photo of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command Headquarters building on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. (DoD illustration by Lewis Carlyle) Tech DOD poised to respond if unidentified drones over New Jersey ‘escalate to threaten’ military assets
Multiple Pentagon and military components are actively monitoring the situation.
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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Peter Grasso, an aviation communication technician with 3d Low Altitude Air Defense, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 362 (Rein.), 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, controls a Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System to conduct counter unmanned aerial surveillance aboard amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), Dec. 14, 2022. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Carl Matthew Ruppert) AI DIU confronting C2 challenge for counter-drone phase of Replicator
“For Replicator 2, we have a similar challenge with command and control across these systems, so we’re starting that now. And so we’re going to get ahead of that challenge early,” DIU’s deputy director said.
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(Graphics by Art Armendariz. Source: DVIDS) Emerging Tech NDAA directs Pentagon’s UAP office to team with new counter-drone task force
The legislation would require the department’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office to liaise with a new “C-UAS Task Force.”
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Screenshot of AARO logo from opening slide of Jon Kosloski’s unclassified presentation at an open congressional hearing on Nov. 19, 2024. Tech AARO functioning at full operational capability as lawmakers prep for classified UAP briefing
Lawmakers are getting ready for closed-door discussions with the Pentagon’s new AARO director on Dec. 6.
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Screenshot from video of the “Puerto Rico Object” shown during a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities hearing, Nov. 19, 2024. Tech Pentagon’s UAP office reviews findings on Go Fast, Puerto Rico, Mt. Etna incidents in Senate hearing
The head of the Defense Department’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) testified at a congressional hearing on Tuesday.
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The US Capitol is seen in Washington DC, on November 10, 2024. (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP) Tech Head of Pentagon’s UAP office to testify to Senate Armed Services subcommittee
The new director of the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office is scheduled to meet with lawmakers in closed-door and open sessions Tuesday.
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Aerial view of the Department of Defense. (Getty Images) Tech ‘The truly anomalous’: New AARO chief unveils Pentagon’s annual UAP caseload analysis, new efforts
The office’s new director Jon Kosloski detailed those and other updates during an off-camera press briefing at the Pentagon on Thursday.