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How Pete Hegseth Is Rewiring the Pentagon for Drone WarfareDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth dropped a memo on July 10 that read like a heavy artillery blast against the Pentagon’s procurement paralysis. He rescinded the choke‑hold regs from 2021–22 that hamstrung drone purchases—especially those pesky rules ...
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who announced he wouldn’t seek reelection following his decision to vote down President Donald Trump ’s sweeping domestic policy bill earlier this month, on Wednesday slammed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as “out of his depth” in his role at the Pentagon.
Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 26, 2025. (Andrew Harnik / ) Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary,
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Defense News on MSNHegseth calls for extensive reforms to Pentagon drone-buying practicesThe memo directs the military services to create active duty formations by September, built for the sole purpose of scaling the use of drones across DOD.
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Israel and Ukraine have used drones against their adversaries in audacious ways that have helped the Pentagon see the need for new technology.
Donald Trump’s Pentagon chief moderated his stance to get the job but is now pushing for change in the name of high standards.
The U-turn was announced during a White House dinner Mr Trump was hosting for Binyamin Netanyahu, the visiting Israeli prime minister. Sitting next to him Pete Hegseth, America’s defence secretary, nodded in assent,
As President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” moves into the House for a vote, another budgetary outrage—little noted but quite substantial—is quietly playing out.
Top officials at the Pentagon office that played a key role in designing the bombs used in the strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities more than two weeks ago cannot say whether the weapons were successful in reaching the deeply buried bunkers.