Aaron Mehta
Editor-in-Chief at Breaking Defense
Editor in Chief at @breakingdefense. Shameless Boston sports nerd, foe of bad seasonal takes and the F-22 restart. EMAIL: amehta at breakingmedia dot com
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3 days ago |
breakingdefense.com | Aaron Mehta |Lee Ferran
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon today announced its nominations for new leaders for US Central Command, Africa Command and Special Operations Command. For CENTCOM, the nominee is Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, currently the deputy commander of US CENTCOM. He previously served as commander of US Fifth Fleet, where he established the Navy’s first unmanned and AI task force.
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3 weeks ago |
breakingdefense.com | Aaron Mehta
WASHINGTON — At a time when President Donald Trump is threatening military action to curb Iran’s nuclear program, a new open-source analysis has found that air defense systems around one of Iran’s most crucial nuclear sites may be less networked and more “brittle” than expected.
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3 weeks ago |
breakingdefense.com | Aaron Mehta |Valerie Insinna
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has a new top technology officer, as today the Senate voted to confirm Emil Michael, a former Uber executive, as undersecretary of defense for research and engineering. Michael, confirmed in a 54-43 vote, was nominated in December for the role. He now takes over as the department’s point person on advancing, prototyping and developing new technologies.
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1 month ago |
breakingdefense.com | Aaron Mehta |Ashley Roque
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth this morning ordered the “transformation” of the US Army, including divesting certain formations and merging several internal organizations. Breaking Defense first broke news this week that a major restructuring of the Army was on the table, including the mergers of Army Futures Command and Training and Doctrine Command into a new organization — something Hegseth’s memo today confirmed.
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1 month ago |
breakingdefense.com | Aaron Mehta
WASHINGTON — The Professional Services Council (PSC), a leading trade group for government contractors, announced today that former Trump official Jim Carroll will take the reins of the organization. Carroll takes over for David Berteau, who headed the trade association for over nine years, starting on May 19.
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