May 11, 2022 DOD Focused on Hypersonic Missile Defense Development, Admiral Says The Missile Defense Agency mission is to develop and deploy a layered missile defense system to defend the United States and its deployed forces, allies and friends from missile attacks in all phases of flight, the agency's director said.
May 11, 2022 U.S.-U.K. Leaders Discuss Aid to Ukraine, NATO Issues During Pentagon Meeting Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III continued DOD's close cooperation with the United Kingdom as he sat down for Pentagon talks with British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace.
May 11, 2022 Austin Says 2023 Budget Built on New Defense Strategy The fiscal 2023 defense budget request was built on the bones of the new National Defense Strategy, and the request is adequate for today's military and ensures the military remains strong in the future, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said.
May 9, 2022 Biden Signs Lend-Lease Act to Supply More Security Assistance to Ukraine President Joe Biden signed into law the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022, which authorizes the administration, through fiscal year 2023, to lend or lease military equipment to Ukraine and other Eastern European countries.
May 6, 2022 Intensity of Conflict Creates Unprecedented Need for Weapons, Munitions The intensity of conflict in the 21st century and the need for weapons and munitions has been a learning experience for American defense officials working to supply Ukraine for its fight against Russia.
April 18, 2022 Defense Official: Russia Adds 11 Battalion Tactical Groups in Ukraine There are now 76 Russian battalion tactical groups in the Donbas region of Ukraine and in the country's southeast. About 11 of those were added over the last several days, a senior Defense Department official said.
March 28, 2022 Department of the Air Force budget proposal focuses on transformation, modernization While transformation and modernization are needed in real time, the 2023 fiscal year proposal is designed to build momentum for additional transformation in future budgets.
March 25, 2022 In Ukraine, Russian Activity Now More Focused on Donbas Than Kyiv The Russians continue airstrikes on Kyiv, but it appears the Russian military is less interested in conducting ground operations there and instead is now focused on an eastern area of the country known as the Donbas, a senior defense official said.
March 22, 2022 DOD Official: Ukrainian Fighters Continue to Hold Off Russia From Invading Kyiv Ukrainian forces have continued to hold off Russian attempts at invading the Ukraine capital of Kyiv by about 15 km to the northwest and about 30 km to the east in the past 24 hours, according to a senior Defense Department official.
March 21, 2022 Defense Official Says Ukrainians Continue Strong Resistance Against Russian Invaders Ukrainian forces — including civilians — are continuing to frustrate Russian invasion forces on the ground and in the air, a senior Defense Department official said.