Posts by C. Todd Lopez
WASHINGTON — Seeing the success and lethality of drones in the Ukraine war, the Department of Defense is aiming to kickstart U.S. industry to make some 300,000 drones quickly and […]
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — With the threat of small unmanned aircraft systems growing, nearly 50 federal agencies convened for a summit recently to help keep the skies over America safe from […]
WASHINGTON — Worldwide threats put the U.S. at risk and sometimes demand attention from U.S. Special Operations Command. To best meet those challenges, U.S. military acquisition needs to change, said […]
WASHINGTON — The Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Space Force met their contracting goals for new recruits last year and expect to do so again this year. At […]
AURORA, Colo. — The U.S. Space Force’s primary function is to ensure control in, from and to the space domain. Speaking this week at the 2025 Air and Space Forces […]
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is directing all Defense Department civilian employees to prepare five bullet points detailing their work accomplishments from the prior week. In a memorandum he […]
WASHINGTON — America’s newest military service, the U.S. Space Force, stood up five years ago today. In advance of an out-of-this world birthday celebration, the service’s commander, Gen B. Chance […]
WASHINGTON — Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has signed a classified strategy for countering the effects of unmanned systems, also called “drones,” the Defense Department announced. According to an unclassified […]
WASHINGTON — As the Space Development Agency continues to build out the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, the agency’s director, Derek Tournear, said Link 16 will continue to be the top […]
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department has released the final cybersecurity maturity model certification program rule. The rule includes changes which make it simpler for private sector companies to comply with […]
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department has announced its decision to continue to modernize the land-based leg of the nuclear triad with a program called Sentinel. That decision comes after the […]