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Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones are positioned on the tarmac at a base in the U.S. Central Command operating area, Nov. 23. Costing approximately $35,000 per platform, LUCAS drones are providing U.S. forces in the Middle East low-cost, scalable capabilities to strengthen regional security and deterrence. U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Nov. 23, 2025) (Courtesy Photo)

Return to sender: How an Iranian drone design is being used by the U.S.

By John T. Seward - The Washington Times

In this file photo, reviewed by U.S. military officials, the control tower is seen through the razor wire inside the Camp VI detention facility in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, April 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Defense Dept. has spent $12 million to keep illegal immigrants at Guantanamo

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rep. Juan Ciscomani (second from left), Arizona Republican, poses for a picture after meeting with Arizona Industries for the Blind representatives Larry Mann (left), David Steinmetz (second from right) and Chris LaFollette. (Courtesy of Arizona Industries for the Blind)

Advocates lobby lawmakers to boost jobs for the blind via defense contracting program

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

The Anthropic website and mobile phone app are shown in this photo, in New York, July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Pentagon official laments some AI companies’ reluctance to fully commit to military’s operations

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., speaks during a news conference at Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Judge blocks Pentagon from punishing Sen. Mark Kelly

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The Pentagon is seen in this aerial view through an airplane window in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Pentagon’s technology office can’t direct spending to counter threats from China, Russia

By John T. Seward - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stands outside the Pentagon during a welcome ceremony for Japanese Defense Minister Shinjirō Koizumi at the Pentagon, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf/)

House plan would boost Trump’s defense budget request by $8 billion

By John T. Seward - The Washington Times

Workers remove sign lettering at the Pentagon after President Donald Trump signed an executive order aiming to rename the Department of Defense the Department of War in Washington on Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Pesoli) **FILE**

Congressional report says changing Defense Department to War Department could cost $125 million

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A soldier engineer uses a laptop to transmit aerial photos and data from a drone to military headquarters. File photo credit: Parilov via Shutterstock.

U.S. scrambles to close ‘deep chasm’ in drone warfare after Ukraine lessons

By John T. Seward - The Washington Times

A U.S.-made Patriot missile is launched during an annual exercises in Ilan County, 49 miles west of Taipei, Taiwan, on July 20, 2006. Patriot missile systems have long been a hot ticket item for the U.S. and allies in contested areas of the world as a coveted shield against incoming missiles. In Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific, they guard against potential strikes from Iran, Somalia and North Korea. So it was a critical turning point when news broke this week that the U.S. has agreed to send a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine (AP Photo/File)

Global demand, depleted U.S. stockpiles have American firms cranking up rocket, missile production

By John T. Seward - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks at a drone while touring a display of multi-domain autonomous systems in the Pentagon courtyard in Arlington, Va., on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) **FILE**

Pentagon says Biden-era Replicator drone program now under new special unit

By John T. Seward - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to reporters before looking at a display of multi-domain autonomous systems in the Pentagon courtyard, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Behind Replicator’s drone delays: A blueprint to fix Pentagon buying

By Ben Wolfgang and John T. Seward - The Washington Times

The sign outside the National Security Administration (NSA) campus where U.S. Cyber Command is located in Fort Meade, Md., June 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Pentagon revises cyber force generation model to increase lethality

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, center right, with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, left, and Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, gestures as they listen to President Donald Trump speak to members of the military aboard the USS George Washington, an aircraft carrier docked at an American naval base, in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

U.S. strikes four alleged drug boats, killing more than a dozen

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calls on reporters for questions during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington, Sunday, June 22, 2025, after the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel's effort to destroy the country's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pentagon says ‘new generation’ of more than 60 journalists signed restrictive new rules

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, center, sitting with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, third from right, and U.S. military senior leadership as they listen to President Donald Trump speaks at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025 in Quantico, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

‘He lost us’: Generals, senior officers say trust in Hegseth has evaporated

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a press briefing with President Donald Trump in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Pentagon eases press restrictions in latest draft

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Pentagon's national security and defense tehcnology modernization upside down illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Defense Department’s planning still upside-down

By Michael Sekora

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at an event with President Donald Trump on the relocation of U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Alabama in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump will seek ‘Department of War’ rebrand for Pentagon

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

A security surveillance camera is seen near the Microsoft office building in Beijing, July 20, 2021. Microsoft fears America's adversaries will join up for devastating attacks in cyberspace, forecasting China and Russia hacking together and working with Iran and North Korea when the opportunity exists. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Hegseth halts Pentagon program involving Chinese coders

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times