War Secretary Pete Hegseth slams Pentagon bureaucracy as Soviet-style central planning that threatens US defense capabilities and puts troops at risk.

The moves to fire or sideline generals and admirals are without precedent in recent decades and have rattled the top brass.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday unveiled a sweeping overhaul to how the Pentagon buys weapons, a restructuring aimed at having the U.S. military more quickly acquire new technology. Addressing industry leaders and military officials at the National War College in Washington,

In a speech outlining his overhaul plans, the defense secretary called on American weapons makers to surge “at the speed of ingenuity.”

North Korea fires ballistic missile days after U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's South Korea visit focused on deterring Pyongyang and strengthening alliance.

The changes include a replacement of DoD's program executive officers with "portfolio acquisition executives" that Hegseth said would have more authority.

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:

Hegseth vowed to work with Congress on the ambitious overhaul. His address comes as leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services panels weigh parallel proposals to slash bureaucracy and get weapons and new technology into soldiers’ hands faster.