The Pentagon’s new unmanned aircraft systems strategy paper states that its overarching goal is to provide a guide for “logical, systematic migration” of missions to unmanned systems—aircraft or other. To ensure the services go along, DOD has set out nine broad goals, all of which have multiple service involvement.
Austin Confirmed to be 1st Black Defense Secretary
Jan. 22, 2021
The Senate on Jan. 21 confirmed Lloyd Austin to become the nation’s first Black Defense Secretary, one day after approving a waiver allowing him to lead the Pentagon just about five years after retiring from Active Duty. Austin, who retired in 2016 as the four-star commander of U.S. Central Command…