Policy

Poll: Many Americans Support Ukraine, Though Some Are Divided on Aid

Respondents were far more supportive of arming Ukraine once they received information about the value of doing so.

  • Sam Skove
Threats

Senators Want to Know More About Threat of Underwater Drones

SASC’s draft 2024 defense policy bill would fund a study.

  • Caitlin M. Kenney
Policy

Senate Lawmakers Want to Ax Alternate F-35 Engine Program

SASC markup on collision course with House over funding new engine technology.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

Today's D Brief: NATO-trained brigades enter combat; Army looks to fix prepositioned stocks; NDAA passes HASC; Random smartwatches; And just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

Don’t Kill CAPE

The storied Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation office is invaluable to the Pentagon. Three former directors explain why. 

  • Christine Fox, Jamie Morin and Bob Daigle
Policy

Republicans Rehash Vaccine Mandate Policies In NDAA Amendments

House Armed Services Committee markup adds legislation aimed at helping troops who refused the COVID-19 vaccine.

  • Caitlin M. Kenney
Ideas

Get Moving on That Irregular Warfare Center, DOD Leaders

Stalled by bureaucratic indecision, the Pentagon is operating its new center in an interim capacity that risks dangerously narrowing its field of vision.

  • Sen. Mark Kelly and Sen. Lindsey Graham
Policy

Republicans Want to Ax Pentagon Budget Office That Aims to Save Taxpayers Money

GOP lawmakers say the CAPE office is ignoring their amphibious-warship directive, which DOD says arrived too late to shape the current budget.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Defense Systems

Fund the New F-35 Engine—If Only to Keep Industrial Base Humming, Lawmaker Says

Rep. Wittman and allies want to reverse the Air Force decision to kill the alternate engine program.

  • Audrey Decker
Business

Pentagon Wants Combatant Commands More Involved in Foreign Arms Sales

DOD's other ideas to speed up exports include creating a Defense Security Cooperation Service.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Policy

Marines’ Smith Vows to Press On with Force Design, Fight for 31 Amphibs, and Seek 3D Printers

The nominee for Corps commandant said “contested logistics” would be a focus if he’s confirmed.

  • Caitlin M. Kenney
Policy

House Lawmakers Push Alternate F-35 Engine

In markup, HASC chairman adds more than $500 million to keep the alternate engine alive.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

Today's D Brief: HASC budget mark; US troops injured in Syria; New Ukraine aid; Next CNO?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Jennifer Hlad, Audrey Decker, Caitlin M. Kenney and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Pentagon Trains Ukrainian War-Crimes Prosecutors—As Lawmakers Press for More

Congress wants the Defense Department to send intel to the international court.

  • Sam Skove
Threats

Today's D Brief: Counteroffensive latest; Army fentanyl deaths; Floating border wall; Dependents job help; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Jennifer Hlad and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

Spend More on Defense? Let’s Focus on Spending Better

The leaders of Congress’ National Defense Strategy commission lay out their priorities.

  • Jane Harman and Eric Edelman
Business

GE Joins Lockheed in Lobbying for New Tanker Competition

Coalition turns up heat three months after USAF said they’d probably just buy Boeing.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

Today's D Brief: Debt crisis, averted; Russia’s natural-gas militia; DOD’s Starlink deal; Killer-AI kerfuffle; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

‘Fort Liberty’: Army More Than Half Done Scrubbing Confederate Names from Its Bases

The new name for Fort Bragg is a compromise between airborne and Special Forces, one source said.

  • Sam Skove
Ideas

‘MAGA’ Republicans Are Dismantling Ronald Reagan’s Legacy

Efforts to draft the U.S. military into culture wars are undoing its Reagan-era rise from post-Vietnam malaise.

  • James Kitfield
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