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(L-R) Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong join US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin take part in a ceremony at the start of the 2024 Australia-US Ministerial Consultations at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, August 6, 2024. (Photo by DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images)

US hosts Australia to further deepen military, industrial ties

Two senior defense officials previewed the Pentagon’s plans and spotlighted overarching aims to deepen the U.S.-Australia alliance.

Aug 6, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

A common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, March 19, 2020, during a Department of Defense flight experiment. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

Army hopes to field Dark Eagle hypersonic missile in summer 2024 after resolving problems with launcher

A big meeting about weapons testing was recently held, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Doug Bush told DefenseScoop.

Dec 3, 2023 By Jon Harper

Aerial view of the United States Pentagon, the Department of Defense headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington DC, with I-395 freeway and the Air Force Memorial and Arlington Cemetery nearby. — (Getty Images)

Air Force, Army remain divided over modernization investments

The ongoing disagreement was on display this week as military leaders spoke about Indo-Pacific threats.

Mar 17, 2022 By Jon Harper