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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth traveled to Panama this week to lead the second Americas Counter Cartel Coalition Forum in his role as chairman, participate in the Panamax 2026 military exercise in defense of the Panama Canal and host bilateral engagements with key leaders in the Western Hemisphere.
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During a press availability, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the U.S. military is expanding peace through strength in the jungles of Panama with our partners in a way that U.S. Southern Command wasn’t doing 18 months ago.
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The Department of War, through Joint Interagency Task Force 401, is enhancing its counter-unmanned aerial system marketplace to improve how military organizations, domestic law enforcement agencies and international allies and partners identify, evaluate and acquire validated counter-drone technologies.
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DOW, in cooperation with L3Harris and Lockheed Martin, announced two landmark seven-year framework agreements to expand production capacity for key components of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptor and the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense weapon system.
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The Department of War’s Office of Strategic Capital announced the introduction of the National Security Fund Finance program, which aims to provide capital support to credit funds addressing shortages, gaps and vulnerabilities in critical minerals vital to U.S. national security.
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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth met with Iraq’s Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi at the Pentagon to discuss the global coalition to defeat ISIS, the end of the Operation Inherent Resolve mission from Iraq and the future of the U.S.-Iraq relationship.
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The Department of War’s Economic Defense Unit, in partnership with the Office of the Undersecretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment, announced a $25 million investment with ReElement Technologies Corp. to expand domestic refining capacity for rare earth elements and other defense-critical minerals.
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The War Department launched a website to provide guidance and resources for industry partners on the implementation of Section 805 of the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, which restricts future DOW procurement from entities on the Section 1260H list of Chinese military companies.
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The Office of the Undersecretary of War for Research and Engineering finalized a set of recommendations to modernize and reform the War Department’s vast research enterprise, priming it to ease bureaucratic friction points and to rapidly deliver combat-ready technologies.
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Tomoki Matsuo, Deputy Director General, Defense Policy Bureau, Japan Ministry of Defense, and Dr. Robert Soofer, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Nuclear Deterrence and Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Policy, held a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense Policy Dialogue in Tokyo.