Washington, Dec 05, 2022.-  Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III began three days of intense discussions with two of the United States’ closest allies: Australia and the United Kingdom. Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, who also serves as defense minister, arrived at the Pentagon today for defense discussionsContinuar Leyendo

Washington, Dec 05, 2022.- Attributed to Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke with Ukrainian Minister of Defence Oleksii Reznikov to condemn Russia’s brutal air attacks on Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure and to reinforce the unwavering U.S. commitment to support Ukraine’s ability toContinuar Leyendo

Washington, December 01, 2022.- The United States is grateful for France’s contribution to Ukraine’s fight to defend itself, said Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III. «We’re committed to working with you to help keep that support strong.» Austin hosted an enhanced honor cordon and meeting, welcoming French Defense MinisterContinuar Leyendo

Washington, November 30, 2022.- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke by phone today with Turkish Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar to offer condolences for the loss of life in the Istanbul attack on November 13, and subsequent attacks in southern Türkiye, and reaffirmed the importance of theContinuar Leyendo

Washington, November 30, 2022.- Air defense capabilities remain the absolute priority as Ukraine seeks to stop the Russians from further damaging the civilian infrastructure in the nation, a senior defense official said today. Russia has been unsuccessful militarily in its unprovoked invasion of neighboring Ukraine and has increasingly turned toContinuar Leyendo

Washingthon, November 28, 2022.- The Defense Department on Tuesday released its Zero Trust Strategy and Roadmap, which spells out how it plans to move beyond traditional network security methods to achieve reduced network attack surfaces, enable risk management and effective data-sharing in partnership environments, and contain and remediate adversary activitiesContinuar Leyendo

Washington, November 23, 2022.- Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announces the authorization of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance valued at up to $400 million to meet Ukraine’s critical security and defense needs. This authorization is the Biden Administration’s twenty-sixth drawdown of equipment from DoD inventories for Ukraine sinceContinuar Leyendo