Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder briefed reporters on lessons learned in Afghanistan, continuing efforts to aid the people of Maui and those hurt by Hurricane Idalia.

Pentagon officials are focusing on ways to attract artificial intelligence experts as the Defense Department plots its course for leveraging the transformational technology to enable warfighters.

"Climate change is a national security issue, and for the national security community, that declaration is not controversial — it's fact," Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks told cadets at the U.S. Military Academy.

With the recently announced presidential drawdown authority package, the U.S. has committed more than $43 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of Russia's invasion in February 2022.

The Florida National Guard has been fully activated with a mobilization of over 3,000 guardsmen in position across the state for Hurricane Idalia preparedness and response efforts, Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said.

The Pentagon's top research and engineering official remains laser focused on providing the warfighter with an asymmetric advantage in fielding future capabilities.

The Pentagon's top research and engineering official remains laser focused on providing the warfighter with an asymmetric advantage in fielding future capabilities.

Through coordination with allies, the defense industrial base in the U.S. has been effective in leveraging every tool available to support Ukraine on the battlefield while managing risks to U.S. readiness, the Pentagon's top acquisition official said. 

Ingenuity and innovation remain at the heart of the U.S. military's strategic advantage as it confronts the pressing challenges in the Indo-Pacific, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said.

An artificial intelligence-powered airspace ​monitoring ​system is set ​to ​be installed to enhance protection of the nation's capital​ with the potential to scale across other Defense Department and U.S. government installations​​ and systems​.