2025 in review: policy
Hegseth stands up anti-DEI task force
Some of the task force’s targets, like quotas and discriminatory promotion policies, don’t exist.January 30, 2025 | Meghann MyersBloodbath: Joint Chiefs chair, CNO, Air Force vice chief, three top JAGs to be replaced
Trump, Hegseth announce plans to oust several of the military’s top officers amid larger DEI purge.February 21, 2025 | Audrey Decker and Bradley PenistonPentagon to fire up to 61,000 workers, starting with 5,400 next week
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2025 in review: business
Defense Business Brief: Firefly’s moonshot; ‘Battleships’ and drone boats; Army logistics collab
‘Very, very strange time’: After a big 2025, what’s next for the defense industry?
Pacific Marines modernize, prep for a busy year
Trump’s new ‘battleship’ should not carry nukes
USAF adds third contender for initial robot-wingman buy; picks 9 for next phase
Five stories that made waves for the sea services: 2025 review
The D Brief: New ‘battleship’ announced; Nigeria, under US surveillance; China’s ICBMs; Boat-strike Qs; And a bit more.
Now you can train for the next drone war on simulated Ukrainian front lines
The twists and turns of Trump’s 2025 war on unions
From less business with primes to a better-funded Army network: 2025 review
Trump announces new Trump-class ‘battleship’ as part of ‘Golden Fleet’
CYBERCOM celebrated its 15th anniversary with no commander: 2025 review
Tory Bruno resigns as head of United Launch Alliance