Axed $170 million contract shows how DOGE-led cuts came over US Navy objections

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Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Bainbridge, USS Forrest Sherman, and USS Roosevelt transit the Atlantic Ocean in formation.
A contract that sought to safeguard the personnel records of sailors was canceled despite the objections of Navy officials.

US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Najwa Ziadi

Hegseth guts the Pentagon's weapons testing office

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American soldiers drive a Bradley fighting vehicle during a joint exercise with Syrian Democratic Forces at the countryside of Deir Ezzor in northeastern Syria, Dec. 8, 2021.
The Defense Department is gutting the weapons testing office that has independently evaluated systems like the Bradley fighting vehicle for four decades.

AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad, File

The Pentagon's IT agency is facing a 10% cut to its workforce. Its director suggested that might be a good thing.

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Warfighters operate equipment at the Defense Information Systems Agency Headquarters at Fort Meade, Maryland.
A soldier operating equipment at the Defense Information Systems Agency headquarters at Fort Meade, Maryland.

David Abizaid/Defense Information Systems Agency/DVIDS

The Pentagon's unusual new online hype man really wants you to know that the troops love Pete Hegseth

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth greets U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen during a visit to the school on April 1, 2025.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth greets U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen during a visit to the school on April 1, 2025.

Kenneth D. Aston Jr., US Navy

Corruption in China's military is threatening Xi Jinping's 2027 modernization goal, the Pentagon says

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China President Xi Jinping meeting with representatives from the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
"The substantial problems they have with corruption that have yet to be resolved certainly could slow them down on the path toward the 2027 capabilities development milestone and beyond," a senior US defense official said in a press briefing on December 16.

Li Gang/Xinhua via Getty Images

China has 600 nukes already, and it wants to beat US missile defenses, the Pentagon says

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping, dressed in military formal wear, speaks in front of twin rostrum mikes.
China continues to make more operational nuclear warheads.

Xinhua News Agency/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images

The US military is sending counter-drone systems to New Jersey bases. Here's how the Dronebuster works.

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A US Army soldier uses a Dronebuster to neutralize an enemy drone during a training exercise in Indiana in February 2024.
A US Army soldier uses a Dronebuster to neutralize an enemy drone during a training exercise in Indiana in February 2024.

US Army photo by Spc. Jonathan D. Vitale

The Pentagon knows it's got a drone problem. Here's what it's doing about it.

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A contractor hand-launches a drone at a counter-UAV training site in California in January 2020.
A contractor hand-launches a drone at a counter-UAV training site in California in January 2020.

US Army photo by PFC Gower Liu, 11th ACR Public Affairs

Trump has shadow picks for Pentagon chief if Pete Hegseth drops out. The former Fox News host says he won't back down.

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A composite image showing Ron DeSantis, Joni Ernst, and Elbridge Colby.
Possible replacements for defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth include Ron DeSantis, Joni Ernst, and Elbridge Colby.

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Bernie Sanders and Elon Musk are on the same page about auditing the Pentagon and slashing the defense budget

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Bernie Sanders speaking at an event on prescription drug costs in Concord, New Hampshire; Elon Musk speaking at a Trump campaign rally in Madison Square Garden in New York.
"Elon Musk is right," Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont said of Elon Musk's criticisms of the Defense Department's spending.

Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images; Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

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