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Pentagon hits reset on Trump’s $10 billion cloud deal, welcoming new players

WASHINGTON: The US Defense Department canceled its $10 billion JEDI cloud-computing project on Tuesday, reversing the Trump-era award to Microsoft and announcing a new...

Pentagon defends secretive exit from Afghan airbase

WASHINGTON: The US military confirmed Tuesday that it did not give Afghan officials the precise time troops would abandon the strategic Bagram airbase for...

U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan more than 90 % complete

WASHINGTON: The U.S. military said on Tuesday that it completed approximately more than 90 percent of its withdrawal from Afghanistan. In a statement, U.S. Central...

Pentagon orders halt overseas movement for US military over coronavirus

The measure is by far the Defense Department’s most sweeping to date and will affect forces around the world.

Pentagon seeks ‘to reconsider’ cloud contract to Microsoft

The US Department of Defense said Thursday it wants to reconsider its decision to award a multibillion-dollar military cloud computing contract to Microsoft.

Key Pentagon official to resign at Trump’s request amid Huawei trade spat

John Rood, the undersecretary of defence for policy, will step down from the Pentagon’s No. 3 job at the end of the month, the Department of Defense said.

US troops injured in Iran missile strike rises to 50: Pentagon

The number of US troops injured by an Iranian missile strike in Iraq this month has risen to 50, according to new figures released by the Pentagon on Tuesday.

Pentagon confirms its military jet crashed in Afghanistan

"While the cause of crash is under investigation, there are no indications the crash was caused by enemy fire," Afghanistan US Forces spokesman Colonel Sonny Leggett said.

Pentagon chief says no specific evidence Iran was plotting to attack four U.S. embassies

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday said he did not see specific evidence from intelligence officials that Iran was planning to attack four U.S. embassies, an assertion made by President Donald Trump in justifying the killing of Iran’s top general.

Jeff Bezos says Amazon wants to work more with the Pentagon

“We are going to support the Department of Defense, this country is important,” Bezos said at an annual defense forum at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California.

Pentagon’s Esper says it is crucial South Korea pays more for U.S. troops

U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper pressed South Korea on Friday to pay more for the cost of stationing U.S. troops in the country and to maintain an intelligence-sharing pact with its other Asian ally, Japan, that Seoul is about to let lapse.

US troops withdrawing from Syria expected to go to western Iraq: Pentagon

A senior US defense official clarified that the situation was still fluid and plans could change.

US deploying 3,000 more troops to Saudi Arabia: Pentagon

US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper authorized the deployment of two more Patriot missile batteries, one THAAD ballistic missile interception system, two fighter squadrons and one air expeditionary wing

North Korea test was of short- to medium-range ballistic missile: Pentagon

North Korean tests are “unnecessarily provocative and do not set the stage for diplomacy, said Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman.

US-Iran tensions ratchet up further despite UN efforts

The Pentagon announced it was sending 200 troops with Patriot missiles to bolster Saudi Arabia´s defenses

COAS Gen Bajwa to visit Pentagon today: DG ISPR

The meeting with the US Military leadership will take place after the scheduled meeting with the US President.

China says will freeze out US companies that sell arms to Taiwan

Last week, the Pentagon said the US State Department had approved the sale of the weapons requested by Taiwan

Pentagon eyes rare earth supplies in Africa in push away from China

The push comes as China threatens to curb exports to the United States of rare earths

US military releases civilian casualty figures for 2018

United States military actions killed about 120 civilians and injured 65 others in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia last year

US military spending up for first time in 7 years

It's the second year running the global figure has risen, bringing military spending to its highest level since 1988.
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