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Space Force faces budget uncertainty as leader plans exit next month
Gen. Chance Saltzman sets his retirement as the service’s top budget priorities face cuts, scrutiny.
Trump’s intelligence pick pressed on 2020 election, defends handling of New York Times subpoenas
Jay Clayton faced Democratic criticism after repeatedly declining to say Joe Biden won in 2020 and standing by subpoenas issued by his Manhattan prosecutor’s office to four New York Times journalists.
Space Development Agency resumes key satellite launches after delays, watchdog criticisms
Meanwhile, Congress may dissolve SDA into the Space Force.
International air and space leaders will push unity at conference after prickly NATO summit
Military brass to debate space warfare, the U.K.’s F-35s, and the country's new spending plan.
Sen. Lindsey Graham dies, leaving Senate seat vacant
The longtime South Carolina Republican chaired the Senate Budget Committee and led a key appropriations panel.
Unions sue to restore Pentagon workers' collective-bargaining rights
SecDef Hegseth's no-warning termination of worker agreements broke the law and caused "confusion and disruption," the suit alleges.
'Shifting gears away from being just a policy shop': Q&A with the Pentagon CIO
Kirsten Davies said her office is adding focus on cybersecurity and the warfighter.
Trump wants to scrap a key framework for federal-employee discipline
Officials said the decades-old criteria used to punish misconduct are too restrictive and “mechanistic.” Practitioners disagree.
Trump says Pulte can declassify ‘whatever’ he wants, sparking fears of exposing intelligence secrets
“If he doesn’t care about blowing up cyber exploits, putting foreign relationships at risk, or getting people killed, he could declassify a lot,” one former official said.
House, mostly, backs $1.5B White House moves to fund E-7 Wedgetail
A shuffle of classified Air Force funds was OK’d, but a withdrawal from the Navy was stopped.
ODNI deputy director pushed out amid Pulte shakeup
The acting director of national intelligence has removed roughly 50 career and political staffers since Friday.
Pentagon's quantum strategy ‘a first step’ in preparing for the future, CIO says
Released on Tuesday along with two executive orders, the document sets deadlines for post-quantum cryptography adoption.
Senate joins House in rebuke of Trump over his war in Iran
Senate approval marked the first time both chambers have voted to end the conflict.
Parts of NSA lose Mythos 5 access after White House imposes limits
The Five Eyes alliance is warning that frontier AI could accelerate cyberattacks and cyber defense.
'A huge grab of power': Trump is defying Congress on foreign aid
Experts say administration officials have largely refused to follow many Congressional orders, likely in violation of the law.
Lawmakers warn acting DNI against workforce shakeup
Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., cited concerns about reported ODNI staff cuts while Bill Pulte temporarily leads the intelligence community.
Intelligence director hearing cancelled as Trump pushes voter-restriction bill
The move sets up an inexperienced loyalist to become acting national intelligence director on Friday.
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Want to join NGA? Bring AI skills, agency leader says
Even current National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency workers are getting new training.
Navy preps science-and-tech strategy built for speed and focus
Two service leaders in technology development spoke at the Defense One Tech Summit.
NATO has 'changed a lot' in four years, transformation leader says
The alliance has pivoted on standards, experimentation, doctrine, and more, Maj. Gen. Dominique Luzeaux said
