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U.S. President Donald Trump calls on a reporter during a cabinet meeting with members of his administration in the Cabinet Room of the White House on August 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump announces U.S. Space Command HQ will move from Colorado to Alabama

The location for Spacecom HQ has been an ongoing debate within the Defense Department and Congress since its reestablishment in 2019.
Sep 2, 2025 By Mikayla Easley
Adm. Daryl Caudle, commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC), utilizes the 1MC announcement system from the bridge of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) to address the crew during a ship visit, Aug. 13, 2024. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nathan T. Beard)

Senate confirms Adm. Daryl Caudle as chief of naval operations

Caudle will be the first Senate-confirmed CNO since Trump fired Adm. Lisa Franchetti from that post in February without explanation.
Aug 1, 2025 By Jon Harper
US President Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks during a reception with Republican members of Congress at the White House in Washington, DC on July 22, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump eyes new Pentagon-led ‘proving ground’ in much-anticipated AI action plan

President Donald Trump’s new artificial intelligence-enabling policy framework calls for multiple actions to advance the military’s adoption of the technology, including the standup of an “AI and…
Jul 23, 2025 By Brandi Vincent
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing a series of executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on January 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump names vice chief nominees for Space Force, Air Force

Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton has been nominated to serve as vice chief of space operations, while Gen. Thomas Bussiere was tapped to be the new Air Force…
Jul 16, 2025 By Mikayla Easley
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Sgt. Lucero Martinez, an unmanned aircraft systems operator, assigned to Detachment 1, Delta Company, 545th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, helps launch an unmanned aircraft system during a UAS exercise on June 12, 2025 at Camp Gruber Training Center, Oklahoma. (Oklahoma National Guard photo by Spc. Cambrie Cannon)

What Trump’s order on ‘unleashing American drone dominance’ means for the U.S. military 

DefenseScoop asked national security experts to weigh in on the directive.
Jul 8, 2025 By Brandi Vincent
President Donald Trump, joined by Republican lawmakers, signs the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act into law during an Independence Day military family picnic on the South Lawn of the White House on July 04, 2025. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

GOP domestic policy bill includes hundreds of millions for military cyber

Democrats have critiqued the bill for not protecting funds for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Jul 7, 2025 By Tim Starks
(June 26, 2025) An E/A-18G Growler, attached to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 139, launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during flight operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (Official U.S. Navy photo)

US military gets new combatant commanders for Centcom, Eucom

Meanwhile, the Senate Armed Services Committee still hasn’t scheduled confirmation hearings for several other key positions at the Defense Department.
Jun 30, 2025 By Jon Harper
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