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The OpenAI logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen which displays the ChatGPT home Screen, March 17, 2023, in Boston, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
May 2, 2026, 4:42 am
US military reaches deal with 7 tech firms to use their AI on classified systems
Anthropic absent from deal after it insisted on forbidding use of AI in fully autonomous weapons, surveillance of Americans; it sued Trump for trying to stop federal agencies using its Claude chatbot
By Agencies
Members of the US Army National Guard listen as US President Donald Trump speaks during a Memphis Safe Task Force roundtable on March 23, 2026 in Memphis, Tennessee. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
March 29, 2026, 9:34 am
Pentagon said prepping weeks-long ground operation in Iran, short of full invasion
IRGC threatens American colleges in Middle East, hits aluminum plants in UAE, Bahrain, in response to US-Israeli strikes; Iran targets southern Israel in overnight missile attacks
By ToI Staff and Agencies
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on March 19, 2026 (Mandel NGAN / AFP)
March 19, 2026, 5:10 pm
Hegseth calls IDF strike on gas field a ‘warning,’ as Trump says he told Netanyahu: ‘Don’t do that’
Israel hits Iran’s navy; US defense chief again vows largest strikes yet, praises Israel as ‘incredible and capable partner’; Iran fires 9 missile salvos at Israel, no one hurt; Tehran keeps up attacks on Gulf
By Nava Freiberg, Emanuel Fabian, Diana Bletter and Agencies
F-35 Lightning II Aircraft assigned to the 158th Fighter Wing, Burlington Air National Guard Base, prepare for takeoff, in Burlington, Vermont, April 13, 2022. (Staff Sgt. Cameron Lewis/U.S. Air National Guard via AP)
November 14, 2025, 9:21 am
US intel officials said worried that selling F-35s to Riyadh could expose China to tech
NYT report says there are also concerns that the potential sale of 48 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia will erode Israel’s military dominance in the Middle East
By ToI Staff
A new sign hangs at the Pentagon after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order aiming to rename the Department of Defense the Department of War in Washington, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Pesoli)
September 6, 2025, 6:43 am
Trump orders Department of Defense be renamed to Department of War
US president claims rebranding ‘sends a message of victory’ and that Defense Department is too ‘wokey’ a name, as reports put estimated price tag of change at $1 billion
By Danny Kemp
Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jets fly over Israel en route to carry out strikes in Iran, in a handout photo published on June 25, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 1, 2025, 4:27 pm
US agencies approve $510 million sale of bomb guidance kits to Israel
Defense Department says Israel to buy over 7,000 JDAM units after IDF expended significant stocks of munitions during recent war with Iran; Congress must still approve sale
By AFP and ToI Staff
Kingsley WIlson, a US Department of Defense official appointed as deputy press secretary at the Pentagon in May 2025. (X)
May 28, 2025, 1:06 am
US official who promoted antisemitic conspiracies appointed Pentagon press secretary
Kingsley Wilson last year shared neo-Nazi claim about Jewish lynching victim Leo Frank, also posted several times in support of ‘Great Replacement’ theory
By Grace Gilson
Heven Drones’ H100 heavy-lift drone has a payload capacity of up to about 30 kg and flight time of between 22 to 55 minutes. (Courtesy/Heven)
March 30, 2025, 9:53 am
Israel’s Heven Drones says its hydrogen-fueled flying robots are a military game-changer
Partnering with a US manufacturer to eliminate reliance on Chinese exports, the Israeli startup says its models set new standards for heavy lifting and prolonged airtime
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli-made radiation protection suit developed by StemRad. (Courtesy)
December 21, 2023, 4:01 pm
Israel’s StemRad inks $4.5m contract to shield US troops from gamma radiation
Israeli-American company has developed shielding technology gear to protect first responders, defense forces, and space explorers from deadly radiation and nuclear threats
By Sharon Wrobel
ILLUSTRATIVE -- In this Nov. 30, 2017, file photo, American soldiers wait on the tarmac in Logar province, Afghanistan (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)
January 1, 2022, 10:00 am
US fails to stamp out far-right extremism in military despite decades of efforts
Racism still a concern with service members not barred from membership of groups such as KKK; Black, Hispanic service members disproportionately court-martialed
By Kat Stafford and JAMES LaPORTA
A Taliban member poses atop a US US-60 Black Hawk helicopter in Afghanistan, August 2021. (Uncredited)
August 21, 2021, 5:45 pm
As Taliban parades captured weapons, US still trying to gauge scope of damage
By all accounts, the militants have captured a huge trove of advanced equipment, vehicles, aircraft and guns supplied to Afghan forces over the years to the tune of billions
By ToI Staff and AFP
Police block off an entrance to the Pentagon following reports of multiple gun shots fired on a bus platform near the facility’s Metro station, August 3 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
August 3, 2021, 7:34 pm
Officer dead, suspect killed in shooting, stabbing attack outside Pentagon
Incident takes place just steps from US military headquarters, which was put on temporary lockdown; gunshots heard at Pentagon Transit Center Metro station
By AP
US President-elect Joe Biden arrives at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware, December 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
December 19, 2020, 1:29 am
Biden transition team blasts ‘abrupt halt’ in cooperation from Pentagon
US Department of Defense officials say temporary stop to meetings was a mutual decision, a claim rejected by incoming administration: ‘There’s no time to spare’
By KEVIN FREKING and Lolita C. Baldor
Prototype of the 30,000-pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator at a firing range in White Sands, New Mexico, March 14, 2007. (AP/Courtesy of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency)
October 27, 2020, 9:33 pm
Bipartisan House bill will encourage US to sell bunker buster bombs to Israel
Proposal would require DOD to consider transferring long-sought munitions capable of penetrating Iran’s underground nuclear infrastructure, but move faces considerable hurdles
By Jacob Magid and Judah Ari Gross
Acting Defense Secretary Mark Esper arrives at the Pentagon in Washington, June 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
June 25, 2019, 3:54 pm
New acting Pentagon chief takes to global stage to tackle Iran crisis
After a single day on the job, Mark Esper to meet with fellow NATO defense ministers as US seeks to enlist countries to counter threats to shipping in Persian Gulf
By Lolita C. Baldor and Robert Burns
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