The Pentagon has launched and advisory panel review that could determine whether one of the military's most remote Pacific outposts is treated as a routine Army garrison or elevated into the Defense ...

The U.S. will provide "political risk insurance" and other "guarantees" for maritime trade through the Strait of Hormuz -- especially energy shipments -- and stands ready to use the Navy to escort ...

Defense Department policy chief Elbridge Colby defended the National Defense Strategy today, asserting it remains fully aligned with the ongoing U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran ...

This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has coverage of the first senior Trump administration official answering questions from lawmakers since the onset of Israeli and U.S. military operations against Iran ...

Commercial-off-the-shelf generators can provide flexibility across different operational contexts, but DIU said they’re not specifically suited for combat scenarios, and they typically use gasoline, ...

The Defense Department's newly established Science, Technology and Innovation Board has received marching orders for the first study of its tenure in a memo from Pentagon Chief Technology Officer Emil ...

Feb. 11, 2026, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Innovation Emil Michael calls on the Science, Technology and Innovation Board to set up a permanent subcommittee on strategic options "to ...

The Defense Innovation Unit's new director began his tenure today with a memorandum declaring it is time to "narrow" the team's investment priorities. “Our investment priorities will narrow. We solve ...

The Defense Innovation Unit is looking for autonomous maritime vessels capable of transporting a wide variety of resources to support nearshore units in contested environments, per a recent call for ...

The commander of naval submarine forces today urged continued resourcing and attention on the development of the next-generation attack submarine, SSN(X), which is slated to begin ...

The Army today announced a new strategy to tap private-sector investment to pursue modernization in six areas, including bolstering the organic industrial base and becoming more energy resilient. The ...

On March 2, 2026 the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission held a hearing on "U.S.-China Competition Under the Sea." ...