Maintaining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific serves as the key factor driving the selection of advanced capabilities in the AUKUS security partnership between the U.S., U.K. and Australia, senior officials said.
Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks spoke with U.K. Permanent Undersecretary of State for Defense David Williams to discuss a range of bilateral defense issues.
John F. Plumb, assistant secretary of defense for space policy, provided the keynote address for the 2024 Space Policy Symposium.
In a move to streamline technology transitions, Heidi Shyu, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, has inaugurated the Transition Tracking Action Group.
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Ely Ratner met with Australian Deputy Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Policy and Industry Hugh Jeffrey at the Pentagon to discuss growing defense and security cooperation between the two nations.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III swore in Radha Plumb as the Defense Department's chief digital and artificial intelligence officer during a ceremony at the Pentagon.
The chairman's message focuses on three expectations: giving primacy to the honing of warfighting skills; modernizing the joint force and leading aggressively with new concepts and approaches; and recognizing trust as the foundation of the military profession.