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US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth as he arrives to speak at Anduril Industries in Sparrows Point, Maryland, on October 6, 2026. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

Pentagon issues guidance on AI procurements to support Trump’s ‘truth-seeking’ and ‘ideological neutrality’ directives

The memo to acquisition leaders came from the principal director for Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy.
The Virginia-class attack submarine USS North Dakota (SSN 784) has been delivered back to the fleet battle ready, completing a historic first-ever Virginia-class Block III availability at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine Aug. 20, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Neil Boorjian)

White House, Anduril announce plans for new ‘software-defined’ shipyard to help build attack submarines

Billions of dollars are slated to be invested in the Arsenal-2 facility in Baltimore County, Maryland.
Lt. Gen. David Miller takes part in a panel discussion at the Air, Space and Cyber Conference at National Harbor, Md. Sept 23, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andy Morataya)

Trump taps Miller to head U.S. Space Command

The nomination comes about two weeks after Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink announced that the U.S. military now has “on-orbit space control weapons."
U.S. Navy Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Integration of Capabilities and Resources Vice Adm. John Skillman leads a town hall meeting onboard NSA Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, July 14, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brendan McCormack)

Trump nominates Skillman as vice chief of naval operations

The nomination comes as the Navy is pursuing a wide-ranging modernization agenda.
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Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks alongside Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Virginia Hung Cao at the Truong Tien Restaurant in the Eden Center on August 26, 2024 in Falls Church, Virginia. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump announces nomination of Hung Cao as SECNAV

Cao has been serving as acting secretary of the Navy since John Phelan's ouster in April.
Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll arrives for the United States Military Academy commencement ceremony in Michie Stadium at the U.S. Military Academy on May 23, 2026 in West Point, New York. (Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images)

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submits resignation

Driscoll’s move to resign follows reports of long-standing tensions between the Army boss and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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