Policy

Congress wants the Army to start collecting more open-source intelligence

A 2025 NDAA provision encourages procuring OSINT software.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: Air Force efforts, on hold; Desk deficits as workers return; Foreign-aid monitoring, slashed; It’s Fort Bragg again; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Army aviation was having a bad few years—even before Wednesday’s crash

The service’s fiscal 2024 mishap rate was the highest since 2007.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: Crash update; May or June for next budget?; Navy’s nimble combat tuneups; China’s big new military HQ; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Army secretary nominee talks drones, recruiting, and lawful orders at confirmation hearing

Driscoll has bipartisan support from the Senate Armed Services Committee.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: Army helo, airliner collide; Trump orders Gitmo expansion; Natsec moves, polled; How DeepSeek may change military AI; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Airliner, Army helicopter collide over Potomac River

Black Hawk was carrying three service members when it crashed into the passenger jet with 64 people aboard.

  • Defense One Staff
Policy

Army's hurry-up force-design ideas are due in March, chief says

Planners are working against a six-month deadline to recommend force-structure cuts and unit reconfigurations.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: WH offers buyout to Feds; F-35 crash in Alaska; Army contracting update; Trump and Hegseth vs. Milley; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Audrey Decker
Business

Army contracts are not halted, Pentagon clarifies after service email provokes confusion

Response comes after emails circulated saying all new contracting was on hold pending a review.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: NATO’s Baltic problem; Denmark ups military spending; MADIS vs. drones; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Meghann Myers and Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: SecDef Hegseth’s first day; Trump’s deportation spat with Colombia; Trump’s DOD vs. DEI; Ukraine’s front-line shakeup; China’s new AI ‘breakthrough’?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Patrick Tucker and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

It's time for a new Key West agreement

Airpower, air defense, Marines’ role—all need revisiting, three-quarters of a century after the seminal roles-and-missions pact.

  • R.D. Hooker, Jr.
Threats

The D Brief: Hegseth’s $50K payout; Trump to NATO: spend 5% of GDP; DOD telework, cancelled; Boeing’s new losses; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Pentagon sending 1,500 troops to southern border, USAF planes on deportation flights

Defense officials did not rule out arming troops on the border, but left that up to the discretion of NORTHCOM.

  • Audrey Decker
Defense Systems

Is bad data to blame for missing weapons parts?

The Army, Defense Logistics Agency, and Pentagon are working to make data-sharing easier and improve supply-chain woes.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Threats

New threats pushing Air Force and Army to rethink approach to base defense

A recent report outlines how the U.S. is falling behind China in building resilient air bases.

  • Audrey Decker
Defense Systems

Army eyes data platform upgrade for 2025

The service lengthened its contract with Palantir before releasing a sketch of its plans for its next-gen Army Data Platform.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Threats

The D Brief: Troops’ pay in jeopardy; CENTCOM’s Syria surge; Army to cut 5% of generals; USAF may trim F-35 buy; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
Exclusive Policy

Army will trim 5% of general-officer jobs in coming years, chief’s spokesman says

Gen. Randy George agrees the Army is “too top-heavy.”

  • Meghann Myers
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