NOVEMBER 20, 2024 - The Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Commerce's Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at increasing participation of minority business enterprises (MBEs) within the defense industrial base. This partnership reflects a shared commitment to increasing MBEs' awareness of supply chain … [Read more...]
Guard a Force Multiplier in Indo-Pacific
U.S. Army Pacific Commanding General, General Ronald P. Clark and senior leaders pose for a photo during the Quarterly National Guard Commanders Update Brief at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, Nov. 14, 2024. The NG CUB provides an opportunity for states with State Partnership Program relationships to inform the USARPAC commander on their operations, activities, investments, and key … [Read more...]
Austin Caps Two-Day Visit to Philippines
NOVEMBER 20, 2024 - Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III underscored the United States' enduring commitment to the U.S.-Philippine mutual defense treaty today as he surveyed the growing defense cooperation between the two nations as part of his fourth visit to the Philippines since taking office. The secretary traveled to Palawan, an archipelagic province on the … [Read more...]
Coast Guard Seizes $335.8 Million of Cocaine
Crew members of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) work on the flight deck of the Cutter during the contraband offload in San Diego, November 19, 2023. The Munro crew members interdicted the narcotics in the Eastern Pacific during counter-narcotic patrols, seizing and eliminating 29,000 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated street value of $335.8 Million. (U.S. … [Read more...]
Remote Start System for the KC-46 Pegasus
Staff Sgt. Hunter Diedrich, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Innovation Lab noncommissioned officer in charge, and Senior Airman Douglas Vargas, 22nd ARW Innovation Lab intern, work on the KC-46A Pegasus Auxiliary Power Unit Start System (APRUSS) at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Nov. 14, 2024. This year, the lab was awarded $250,000 by the Defense Innovation Unit to continue … [Read more...]