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RT by @PeteHegseth: Thanks Emil. https://Drone-dominance.io Gauntlet II starts today. 19 companies (including UKR best) compete in 20km strike and urban assault. China-free supply chain reqs exceed the law. Onshoring required for winners who scale. Unambiguous $ demand and unit cost. Good hunting.

2026-08-20T12:58:02+00:00

Thanks Emil. Drone-dominance.io Gauntlet II starts today. 19 companies (including UKR best) compete in 20km strike and urban assault. China-free supply chain reqs exceed the law. Onshoring required for winners who scale. Unambiguous $ demand and unit cost. Good hunting.

Under Secretary of War Emil Michael (@USWREMichael)

Today, I spoke to industry partners and administration colleagues at the @WhiteHouse about our unified push to usher in an era of AMERICAN DRONE DOMINANCE. President Trump set the vision, and the Department of War is taking direct action.

We are helping to crowd in capital around proven innovators to field hundreds of thousands of low cost, lethal drones to the warfighter by as soon as next year:

✔️ @DIU_x’s Drone Dominance Program is utilizing a challenge-based acquisition model called "The Gauntlet," which allows companies to join live-field exercises, with top performers earning delivery orders.

✔️ The @DeptofWar’s Office of Strategic Capital is leveraging its over $200 billion in lending authority to onshore our drone supply chain and scale American manufacturing.

✔️ The Department’s newly unified innovation ecosystem is moving prototypes to real warfighter capabilities in months, not years.

The Department of War will continue to work with America’s brightest innovators to scale mass-attritable, lethal drones, ensuring that our warfighters never enter a fair fight.

— https://nitter.net/USWREMichael/status/2090531704330956969#m

RT by @PeteHegseth: Today, I spoke to industry partners and administration colleagues at the @WhiteHouse about our unified push to usher in an era of AMERICAN DRONE DOMINANCE. President Trump set the vision, and the Department of War is taking direct action. We are helping to crowd in capital around proven innovators to field hundreds of thousands of low cost, lethal drones to the warfighter by as soon as next year: ✔️ @DIU_x’s Drone Dominance Program is utilizing a challenge-based acquisition model called "The Gauntlet," which allows companies to join live-field exercises, with top performers earning delivery orders. ✔️ The @DeptofWar’s Office of Strategic Capital is leveraging its over $200 billion in lending authority to onshore our drone supply chain and scale American manufacturing. ✔️ The Department’s newly unified innovation ecosystem is moving prototypes to real warfighter capabilities in months, not years. The Department of War will continue to work with America’s brightest innovators to scale mass-attritable, lethal drones, ensuring that our warfighters never enter a fair fight.

2026-08-20T12:09:33+00:00

Today, I spoke to industry partners and administration colleagues at the @WhiteHouse about our unified push to usher in an era of AMERICAN DRONE DOMINANCE. President Trump set the vision, and the Department of War is taking direct action.

We are helping to crowd in capital around proven innovators to field hundreds of thousands of low cost, lethal drones to the warfighter by as soon as next year:

✔️ @DIU_x’s Drone Dominance Program is utilizing a challenge-based acquisition model called "The Gauntlet," which allows companies to join live-field exercises, with top performers earning delivery orders.

✔️ The @DeptofWar’s Office of Strategic Capital is leveraging its over $200 billion in lending authority to onshore our drone supply chain and scale American manufacturing.

✔️ The Department’s newly unified innovation ecosystem is moving prototypes to real warfighter capabilities in months, not years.

The Department of War will continue to work with America’s brightest innovators to scale mass-attritable, lethal drones, ensuring that our warfighters never enter a fair fight.

RT by @PeteHegseth: Any remaining tie to Tehran will hasten a nation's economic oblivion, whether that tie be purposefully constructed or willfully ignored.

2026-08-20T12:07:32+00:00

Any remaining tie to Tehran will hasten a nation's economic oblivion, whether that tie be purposefully constructed or willfully ignored.

RT by @PeteHegseth: U.S. Sailors work on the flight deck of USS George Washington (CVN 73), Aug. 20, as the aircraft carrier transits the Arabian Sea. The George Washington Carrier Strike Group is operating in Middle East during a scheduled deployment after arriving in the CENTCOM theater yesterday.

2026-08-20T03:35:09+00:00

U.S. Sailors work on the flight deck of USS George Washington (CVN 73), Aug. 20, as the aircraft carrier transits the Arabian Sea. The George Washington Carrier Strike Group is operating in Middle East during a scheduled deployment after arriving in the CENTCOM theater yesterday.

RT by @PeteHegseth: Straight to the Soldiers GEN Christopher LaNeve, acting chief of staff of the Army, visited Schofield Barracks and met with MG Jeffrey VanAntwerp, commanding general of @25thID

2026-08-19T19:00:00+00:00

Straight to the Soldiers

GEN Christopher LaNeve, acting chief of staff of the Army, visited Schofield Barracks and met with MG Jeffrey VanAntwerp, commanding general of @25thID

RT by @PeteHegseth: We gathered at the Pentagon for our monthly prayer service. “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.” — James 4:8

2026-08-19T16:38:04+00:00

We gathered at the Pentagon for our monthly prayer service.

“Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.” — James 4:8

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2026-08-19T15:44:47+00:00

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2026-08-19T15:10:32+00:00

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U.S. Army (@USArmy)

BREAKING: Gen. Christopher LaNeve has released the strategic direction for the U.S. Army.

See the full letter at army.mil/article/294744

— https://nitter.net/USArmy/status/2090197175598780656#m

RT by @PeteHegseth: BREAKING: Gen. Christopher LaNeve has released the strategic direction for the U.S. Army. See the full letter at https://www.army.mil/article/294744

2026-08-19T14:00:15+00:00

BREAKING: Gen. Christopher LaNeve has released the strategic direction for the U.S. Army.

See the full letter at army.mil/article/294744

RT by @PeteHegseth: The U.S. has total control of the Strait of Hormuz

2026-08-19T12:36:54+00:00

The U.S. has total control of the Strait of Hormuz

RT by @PeteHegseth: We are officially launching the DIU Bridge Program – a dedicated business unit designed to eliminate the most critical bottlenecks inhibiting technology adoption. For a deeper look at how the Bridge Program is revolutionizing military capability delivery, check out the latest feature from @DeptofWar. https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4575421/one-war-department-unit-takes-next-step-in-legacy-of-innovation/

2026-08-19T12:15:09+00:00

We are officially launching the DIU Bridge Program – a dedicated business unit designed to eliminate the most critical bottlenecks inhibiting technology adoption.

For a deeper look at how the Bridge Program is revolutionizing military capability delivery, check out the latest feature from @DeptofWar.

war.gov/News/News-Stories/Ar…

RT by @PeteHegseth: .@USDASDuffey “The defense industrial base is a key strategic asset to the country to ensure that we can provide what we NEED for our warfighters and for the security of the American people. Our focus has been on how do we engage industry—which we’ve done very AGGRESSIVELY since we came into office—and lay down the expectations of what we need from industry in order to deliver for the warfighter.”

2026-08-19T07:03:09+00:00

.@USDASDuffey “The defense industrial base is a key strategic asset to the country to ensure that we can provide what we NEED for our warfighters and for the security of the American people.

Our focus has been on how do we engage industry—which we’ve done very AGGRESSIVELY since we came into office—and lay down the expectations of what we need from industry in order to deliver for the warfighter.”

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RT by @PeteHegseth: .@USDASDuffey “This deal is a GREAT DEAL for America. It’s an opportunity for us to REBUILD the military and create multiples of production on a COMBAT-PROVEN MISSILE—the TOMAHAWK MISSILE... We created THREE THOUSAND JOBS in Tucson just for the Raytheon factory ALONE.”

2026-08-19T06:57:21+00:00

.@USDASDuffey “This deal is a GREAT DEAL for America. It’s an opportunity for us to REBUILD the military and create multiples of production on a COMBAT-PROVEN MISSILE—the TOMAHAWK MISSILE...

We created THREE THOUSAND JOBS in Tucson just for the Raytheon factory ALONE.”

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Sean Parnell (@SeanParnellASW)

This landmark $22.9 Billion contract to accelerate production of the Tomahawk cruise missile is exactly the kind of decisive action America deserves.

Our partners in the defense industrial base like RTX are answering the call to surge critical munitions production so our warfighters continue to dominate with overwhelming capabilities.

Huge credit to Under Secretary of War for A&S Michael Duffey (@USDASDuffey) for driving this and accelerating delivery of the long-range strike power that keeps our military lethal and deters aggression.

war.gov/News/Releases/Releas…

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Department of War and RTX Accelerate Critical Munitions Production Thr
The War Department has announced a $22.9 billion contract with Raytheon, an RTX business, awarded by the U.S. Navy, to accelerate production of the Tomahawk missile, a critical long-range strike
war.gov

— https://nitter.net/SeanParnellASW/status/2089340512297717840#m

RT by @PeteHegseth: Early morning PT with the Air Force 6th Combat Training Squadron. Their mission demands they train hard and stay ready to fight. It was an honor to join these warriors.

2026-08-18T16:42:37+00:00

Early morning PT with the Air Force 6th Combat Training Squadron. Their mission demands they train hard and stay ready to fight. It was an honor to join these warriors.

RT by @PeteHegseth: .@USDASDuffey “Yesterday’s announcement is such a demonstration that President Trump and Secretary Hegseth are committed to REBUILDING the military and revitalizing the defense industrial base so that, now and for the future, we will have the weapons we need... We have convinced industry—not just Raytheon, but Lockheed and the Patriot announcement two weeks ago—to invest billions of dollars of their own money to build the workforce, the supply chains, and the factories that we need to get multiples of production of these key munitions.”

2026-08-18T15:48:45+00:00

.@USDASDuffey “Yesterday’s announcement is such a demonstration that President Trump and Secretary Hegseth are committed to REBUILDING the military and revitalizing the defense industrial base so that, now and for the future, we will have the weapons we need...

We have convinced industry—not just Raytheon, but Lockheed and the Patriot announcement two weeks ago—to invest billions of dollars of their own money to build the workforce, the supply chains, and the factories that we need to get multiples of production of these key munitions.”

Video

Sean Parnell (@SeanParnellASW)

This landmark $22.9 Billion contract to accelerate production of the Tomahawk cruise missile is exactly the kind of decisive action America deserves.

Our partners in the defense industrial base like RTX are answering the call to surge critical munitions production so our warfighters continue to dominate with overwhelming capabilities.

Huge credit to Under Secretary of War for A&S Michael Duffey (@USDASDuffey) for driving this and accelerating delivery of the long-range strike power that keeps our military lethal and deters aggression.

war.gov/News/Releases/Releas…

Link

Department of War and RTX Accelerate Critical Munitions Production Thr
The War Department has announced a $22.9 billion contract with Raytheon, an RTX business, awarded by the U.S. Navy, to accelerate production of the Tomahawk missile, a critical long-range strike
war.gov

— https://nitter.net/SeanParnellASW/status/2089340512297717840#m

RT by @PeteHegseth: “The time is now to take the fight to the cartels. During my visit to #Ecuador today, Minister of Defense Gian Carlo Loffredo, Chief of Defense Gen. Henry Delgado Salvador, and I cemented our joint commitment to combat cartels and narco-terrorists in the Western Hemisphere. Ecuador is a critical member of the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition, and its regional leadership is vital as we work together to defeat transnational threats and secure our shared hemisphere.” — #SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan @USEmbassyEC @DefensaEc @FFAAECUADOR @DeptofWar @WHAAsstSecty @USAenEspanol

2026-08-18T15:40:52+00:00

“The time is now to take the fight to the cartels.

During my visit to #Ecuador today, Minister of Defense Gian Carlo Loffredo, Chief of Defense Gen. Henry Delgado Salvador, and I cemented our joint commitment to combat cartels and narco-terrorists in the Western Hemisphere. Ecuador is a critical member of the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition, and its regional leadership is vital as we work together to defeat transnational threats and secure our shared hemisphere.” — #SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan

@USEmbassyEC @DefensaEc @FFAAECUADOR @DeptofWar @WHAAsstSecty @USAenEspanol

RT by @PeteHegseth: .@USDASDuffey on accelerating munitions production: "We have convinced industry — not just Raytheon, but Lockheed and the Patriot announcement two weeks ago — to invest billions of dollars of their own money to build the workforce, the supply chains, the factories that we need to get multiples of production of these key munitions."

2026-08-18T15:19:30+00:00

.@USDASDuffey on accelerating munitions production: "We have convinced industry — not just Raytheon, but Lockheed and the Patriot announcement two weeks ago — to invest billions of dollars of their own money to build the workforce, the supply chains, the factories that we need to get multiples of production of these key munitions."

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Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47)

Department of War and RTX Accelerate Critical Munitions Production Through Navy Tomahawk Award war.gov/News/Releases/Releas…

Link

Department of War and RTX Accelerate Critical Munitions Production Thr
The War Department has announced a $22.9 billion contract with Raytheon, an RTX business, awarded by the U.S. Navy, to accelerate production of the Tomahawk missile, a critical long-range strike
war.gov

— https://nitter.net/RapidResponse47/status/2089331261990936852#m

RT by @PeteHegseth: Last month, I launched a diplomatic campaign to dismantle the ICC’s threat to our national sovereignty. The Trump Administration is sanctioning ICC President Tomoko Akane and Senior Trial Lawyer Abdoulaye Seye in our unwavering mission to protect Americans from this sham of a court. In honor of our Declaration of Independence, Americans will never be transported beyond seas to be tried for pretend offenses.

2026-08-18T09:55:26+00:00

Last month, I launched a diplomatic campaign to dismantle the ICC’s threat to our national sovereignty. The Trump Administration is sanctioning ICC President Tomoko Akane and Senior Trial Lawyer Abdoulaye Seye in our unwavering mission to protect Americans from this sham of a court. In honor of our Declaration of Independence, Americans will never be transported beyond seas to be tried for pretend offenses.

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2026-08-18T06:18:33+00:00

Arsenal of Freedom.

2026-08-17T17:18:19+00:00

Arsenal of Freedom.

RTX (@RTX_News)

Raytheon is accelerating production of the Tomahawk cruise missile as part of the @DeptofWar's Arsenal of Freedom.

— https://nitter.net/RTX_News/status/2089326637519094078#m