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U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the U.S. Navy John Phelan arrives to a Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on February 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Senate confirms Trump’s pick to lead Navy and Marine Corps

John Phelan is set to take the helm as secretary of the Navy after lawmakers confirmed him Monday.
Stephen Feinberg, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Deputy Secretary of Defense, testifies during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on February 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Stephen Feinberg wins Senate confirmation as Trump’s deputy defense secretary

Feinberg is now set to play a key role in shaping the U.S. military’s modernization efforts and managing DOD’s sprawling enterprise.
A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operator with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, programs a surveillance drone to provide security at Eglin Range, Florida, Dec. 6, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by SrA Christopher H. Stolze)

SOCOM searching for reconfigurable ‘drone-in-a-box’ systems that can fly and drive

The SOFWERX innovation hub and SOCOM’s program executive office for tactical information systems are gearing up to assess industry solutions.
U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Feb. 13, 2025) Navy Diver 3rd class John Tichenor, attached to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1, enters the water during a surface supplied dive as part of the International Maritime Exercise 25. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Thomas Brown/DVIDS)

Navy aims to expand maritime security cooperation in latest multinational Middle East exercise 

More than 5,000 military personnel from across roughly 35 nations and international groups are embarking on a 12-day, U.S.-led event.
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220722-A-YK067-1035 MANAMA, Bahrain (July 22, 2022) Unmanned surface vessels sit as static displays, in Manama, Bahrain, July 22, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Terry Vongsouthi)

Central Command gets new chief technology officer

Joy Angela Shanaberger said she wants to scale up Centcom's innovation efforts.
Joe DiBenedetto, a civilian contractor aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) does flight pre-checks on a Mk. 4.7 Golf Aerosonde drone on the flight deck while operating in the Philippine Sea, March 30, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Hannah Fry)

Navy aims to expand vendor pool for COCO drones and ISR support

The Navy announced it wants to bring on new vendors as current deals are nearing expiration next year.
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