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Pete Hegseth, US President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Defense Secretary, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Trump’s defense secretary nominee pledges to prioritize AI investments

DefenseScoop reviewed Pete Hegseth's answers to the Senate Armed Services Committee’s advance policy questions submitted ahead of his confirmation hearing.
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)

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.
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)

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…
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin talks to DIU personnel at the unit’s headquarters in California, Dec. 6, 2024. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

Austin jets to DIU after inking new counter-drone strategy

The visit came a day after Austin issued a new classified strategy laying out the department’s contemporary approach for countering intensifying uncrewed system threats to U.S. military…
John Healey MP, Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom hosts Richard Marles MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Australia and Lloyd Austin Secretary of Defense, United States (U.S.) at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London, the United Kingdom (UK) to review progress in and reaffirm their commitment to the AUKUS partnership, Sept. 26, 2024. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

AUKUS shares results of inaugural Electronic Warfare Challenge

DIU, Australia’s Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator and the United Kingdom’s Defence and Security Accelerator collectively launched this EW challenge in March as part of AUKUS Pillar 2.
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