War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced several changes to the military's weapons acquisition processes during a speech to defense industrial base leaders.

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth demanded that the Pentagon’s legacy contractors speed up weapons development and production or “fade away”, as he declared a new era of procurement competition.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made an appearance at Fox Nation’s Patriot Awards on Thursday night, showboating for his former colleagues at the conservative news network and shouting out his fellow Trump administration official,

Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced an overhaul of the United States’ military sales and procurement processes on Friday, declaring the current defense acquisition system "dead" and vowing to eliminate bureaucratic hurdles in a speech at the National War College.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday poked fun at one of the Trump White House’s most embarrassing early second-term scandals. Speaking at Fox Nation’s 2025 Patriot Awards, the former Fox News host — who now styles himself as “Secretary of War” — spotted U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz in the audience and called out:

Secretary of State Pete Hegseth declared that the Pentagon was readying its soldiers in case U.S. enemies decide to "FAFO," or "f*ck around and find out."

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth outlined plans to replace the old JCIDS requirements process, which he said "moved at the speed of paperwork, not war."

Former Fox News weekend morning show host turned Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, returned to his old stomping grounds on Thursday night

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth returned to his Fox News stomping grounds on Thursday in an appearance at the Fox Nation Patriot Awards, where he tried to make light of one of his largest scandals — to mixed results. Hegseth made a surprise appearance ...

Hegseth, who spoke for more than an hour to a packed auditorium at the National War College, formally unveiled a slew of policy changes intended to replace his department’s Cold War-era acquisition processes with ones that value speed over rigid requirements. The secretary described the gathering as an opportunity to look executives “in the eye.”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s visit to the heavily fortified DMZ came ahead of talks expected to involve Washington’s goal of reshaping the role of U.S. troops in Korea.