Meink Meeting. The office of Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) says that he met on Thursday with Troy Meink, President Trump’s nominee for Air Force secretary. Wicker’s […] ...

Unmanned Help. As the Navy has reduced its assets in U.S. Southern Command’s operational area, the service has introduced more Saildrone unmanned surface vessels, which are providing “great domain awareness” […] ...

Marine C-UAS. A Marine Corps official boasted they are using newly-granted acquisition authorities via a cross-functional team and fusion cell to field a new ground-based counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) defense […] ...

House Appropriations. Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), the House Appropriations Committee (HAC) chair, has said he expects the panel’s subcommittees to have topline levels for final fiscal year 2025 appropriations bills […] ...

In this monthly column, Defense Daily highlights individuals from across the government, industry and academia whose efforts contribute daily to national defense, from the program managers to the human resource […] ...

Digital Design. During the confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, the nominee for defense secretary, Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) asked him how he would get the Pentagon to “move forward faster” […] ...