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In his November 2025 speech on acquisition reform at the National Defense University, Secretary Pete Hegseth highlighted the goal of putting the industrial base on a “wartime footing”: We’re not just ...

The Trump administration issued another warning to European allies that the United States would be pulling back its forces from parts of the globe to prioritize its own interests and defense of the ...

With more capital-sensitive procurement policies, deeper AI integration, and smoother allied co-production, the US defense industrial base can make a serious comeback. The result of three decades of ...

The Department of War's 2026 National Defense Strategy marks a pivotal shift toward prioritizing homeland defense and Western Hemisphere security, emphasizing deterrence through strength while ...

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Defense Department on Friday released its 2026 National Defense Strategy, outlining a sharper focus on homeland defense, deterring China and pushing allies to shoulder a greater ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday took the podium at the annual Reagan National Defense Forum to attack post-Cold War U.S. foreign policy, declaring a new military focus on the Western ...

The U.S. defense industrial base needs a mobilization akin to the heights of the world wars and the Cold War, according to the Pentagon’s new strategy, as the Trump administration prepares to greatly ...