US Department of Defense

Cyber Task Force Passes Mission to Cyber Command

September 9, 2010

ARLINGTON, Va.: After spending the better part of the past decade defending the Defense Department’s computer networks, the Joint Task...

Petraeus Explains Afghanistan Strategy

September 7, 2010

KABUL, Afghanistan: Progress in Afghanistan has been faster than expected in some respects, and not as far along in others,...

General Seeks to Build Professional, Sustainable Afghan Forces

September 7, 2010

KABUL, Afghanistan: Building Afghan security forces that are capable, professional and sustainable is going to take a long time, but...

Army Engineers Develop Handheld IT for Battlefield

August 31, 2010

WASHINGTON: Engineers at the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command’s Communications-Electronics Center at Fort Monmouth, N.J., are designing handheld...

More US Helicopters to Deploy for Pakistan Relief

August 31, 2010

WASHINGTON: Defense Department officials announced today the deployment of 18 additional helicopters to Pakistan as part of the expanding U.S....

Army Adjusts Ground Combat Vehicle Program Acquisition Strategy

August 27, 2010

Following a comprehensive review of its Ground Combat Vehicle program, the Army today announced that it has canceled the original...

DARPA Unveils New Robotics Program

August 25, 2010

Early investments in mobile manipulators, or robots, have led to a family of ground platforms now used in military operations...

Pentagon Provides Afghan Training Update

August 25, 2010

WASHINGTON: Training the Afghan security forces was a daunting task when NATO Training Mission Afghanistan first began. Almost no infrastructure...

Pentagon Releases Final Fort Hood Shooting Review

August 24, 2010

WASHINGTON: Pentagon officials today released the Defense Department’s final review of recommendations issued by an independent panel in the wake...

Biometrics Shows Increasing Promise On, Off Battlefield

August 24, 2010

WASHINGTON: Considered a battlefield curiosity just a few years ago, biometrics has become recognized as a vital warfighting capability. Now,...