The Navy awarded a contract valued at $562 million for initial production of the MQ-25A Stingray carrier-based unmanned aircraft.

The littoral combat ship USS St. Louis departed Naval Station Mayport, Fla., in support of U.S. Northern Command's mission to secure the U.S. southern border, enabling maritime interdiction missions to prevent the flow of illegal drugs or other illegal activity.

U.S. soldiers train alongside Peruvian and Chilean forces during Southern Vanguard 26, a multinational exercise hosted by the Peruvian army and designed to strengthen interoperability while building proficiency in jungle mobility, survivability and tactical operations.

President Donald J. Trump, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Air Force Gen. Dan Caine hosted the 25th Anniversary 9/11 Observance Ceremony at the Pentagon.

The War Department conducted an early morning flag unfurling at the Pentagon to mark the 25th anniversary of 9/11.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth attended the first meeting of the presidential commission on the U.S. Space Academy at NASA's headquarters in Washington.

Joint Interagency Task Force 401 recently hosted its second interagency summit to accelerate cooperation against rapidly evolving drone threats.

Sailors assigned to the U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Yokosuka, Japan, joined U.S. and Japanese military, government, medical and emergency response organizations for Exercise Big Rescue Kanagawa 2026.

Rebuilding the defense industrial base means more than just facilities and businesses. It also means having the right people to do the skilled work, said Michael Cadenazzi, the assistant secretary of war for industrial base policy, during a field hearing before the House Appropriations Committee's defense subcommittee.

Joint Interagency Task Force 401 published its 2026 Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Quick Reference Guide, establishing a shared baseline of technical and tactical knowledge across the joint force and interagency partners.