Washington, August 12, 2022.- Ukrainian forces in the north saw some gains in territory recaptured, including areas near Kharkiv, a senior Defense Department official said today. In the Ukrainian city of Kherson, Ukraine’s forces continue to press hard against the Russians, the official said. As an example, they inflicted damageContinuar Leyendo
Washington, August 11, 2022.- In February, Heidi Shyu, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, spelled out 14 technology areas of critical importance to the Defense Department. Among those are biotechnology, renewable energy generation and storage, and directed energy. But the $54.2 billion CHIPS Act, signed yesterday, advances another ofContinuar Leyendo
Washington, August 08, 2022.- Attributed to Acting Pentagon Press Secretary Todd Breasseale: Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announces the authorization of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance valued at up to $1 billion to meet Ukraine’s critical security and defense needs. This authorization is the Biden Administration’s eighteenth drawdownContinuar Leyendo
Washington, August 07, 2022.- In May, the National Reconnaissance Office announced the award of three contracts to private-sector companies for commercial imagery. It’s something the agency would like to do more of, said its director. «Certainly we are looking for more commercial services, Chris Scolese said, during a discussion ThursdayContinuar Leyendo
Washington, 07 de Agosto de 2022.- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III enjoyed the opportunity to meet with fellow hemispheric security leaders at the Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas last week, defense officials said. For the first time as defense secretary, Austin welcomed the chance to meetContinuar Leyendo
Washington, August 06, 2022.- The Defense Department would like nothing better than the total elimination of all nuclear weapons worldwide, the undersecretary of defense for policy said. Colin H. Kahl spoke virtually today at the United Nations’ Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in New York City. However, today’s security environmentContinuar Leyendo
ashington, August, 04, 2022.- Today, I named Brig. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder as the next Pentagon press secretary. Pat will fill a critical role, leading our efforts to provide timely, accurate information to the media, and through the media to the American people. The Pentagon press secretary performs a criticalContinuar Leyendo
Estados Unidos se convirtió así en el 23º de los 30 países de la OTAN en respaldar formalmente la adhesión de ambas naciones nórdicas a la alianza de defensa transatlántica. Washington, El Senado de Estados Unidos ratificó el miércoles los protocolos de adhesión de Finlandia y Suecia a la OTAN,Continuar Leyendo
Washington, August 03, 2022.- Acting Press Secretary Todd Breasseale provided the following readout: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke with Ukrainian Minister of Defence Oleksii Reznikov. Secretary Austin again underscored the U.S. commitment to support Ukraine’s ability to counter Russia’s war of aggression, as reaffirmed most recently byContinuar Leyendo
Washington, August 02, 2022.- Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the perpetrators of the 9-11 attacks that killed almost 3,000 people in New York, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania, was killed by U.S. drone missiles in Afghanistan’s capital, President Joe Biden announced yesterday. Zawahiri was killed in an over-the-horizon operation inContinuar Leyendo
