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An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 15, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. John Wright)

Trump taps former AWS exec for senior role in Pentagon’s research and engineering directorate

James Caggy has been nominated for assistant secretary of defense for mission capabilities.

Jul 8, 2025 By Jon Harper

A view of the Pentagon on December 13, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump taps hypersonics expert to oversee Pentagon’s S&T portfolio

An experienced aerospace engineer, Joseph Jewell has spent decades in both academia and government working on hypersonics research and development.

Apr 1, 2025 By Mikayla Easley