Washington, March 25, (IANS) The Pentagon declared cybersecurity and digital networks as central to modern warfare, telling lawmakers that its “digital backbone” is now a “weapon system” critical to how US forces fight, decide, and win future conflicts.At a Senate Armed Services cyber subcommittee hearing, Department of Defence Chief Information Officer Kirsten Davies said the US military is undertaking a sweeping overhaul of its enterprise IT and cybersecurity systems to gain an operati…
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Canberra, Feb 4 (IANS) The Australian government on Wednesday announced plans to sell up to 67 historic defence sites in order to cut maintenance costs and fund upgrades of essential bases. Australia’s Minister for Defence and Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said that the government has agreed or agreed in principle to all 20 recommendations of an audit of estates owned by the Department of Defence, Xinhua News Agency reported.The independent audit, which was commissioned in 2023, found tha…
Washington, Feb 4 (IANS) US President Donald Trump signed a massive funding package, ending a partial government shutdown that began Saturday.The bill narrowly passed the House of Representatives earlier Tuesday, after gaining Senate approval on Friday, Xinua news agency reported.The latest package will fund multiple US federal agencies for the remainder of the fiscal year, which ends on September 30.The agencies include the Department of Defence, the Department of Education, the Department of H…
Washington, Dec 23 (IANS) US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth signalled a sharp cultural and ideological shift within the Pentagon, saying the Trump administration is restoring a “warrior ethos” and moving away from what he described as political correctness in the US military.Speaking at a Mar-a-Lago news conference on Monday with President Donald Trump and senior national security officials, Hegseth said the Department of Defence is refocusing on merit, readiness and deterrence as it rebuilds…