Threats

Today's D Brief: Dam-burst mystery; USAF moving bullied LGBTQ+ kids; UK PM in DC; S. Korea, burgeoning arms-maker; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Bakhmut, all but fallen; B-2s, back aloft; Contractor cyber plan; Afghans at the border; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Today's D Brief: Ukraine’s coming counteroffensive; Navy plan draws ire; Allies want space defenses; China’s Antarctic base; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Zelenskyy greets frontline troops; Putin flies to occupied Ukraine; US modernizes Turkey's F-16s; Another ISIS leader killed in Syria; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

Today's D Brief: Ukraine leak damage assessment; China rehearses attack on Taiwan; Navy's SCS transit irks Beijing; Jon Stewart on DOD 'corruption'; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Ideas

Defense One Radio, Ep. 122: Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley

Milley spoke with Defense One Executive Editor Kevin Baron on the Ukraine war, China, Taiwan, Mexico, and more.

  • Kevin Baron
Threats

Today's D Brief: State of Defense 2023; Scholz to the WH; Counter-ISIS war grinds on; Paris Davis to receive MOH; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Policy

DOD to Favor Small-Business Contracts Over 'Best-in-Class' Awards

Contracting officers will prioritize goals for small- and disadvantaged-business contracting over BIC objectives "if achievement of both goals is not possible."

  • Chris Riotta
Threats

Today's D Brief: UK sending tanks to Ukraine; Germany's military chief steps down; RoK searching for arms buyers; More sonar for frigates; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

Today's D Brief: Poland says it's sending tanks to Ukraine; Russia fires Ukraine war commander; USMC restructuring in Japan; What young shipmakers want; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

Today's D Brief: Kyiv bracing for Russian offensive; WH thinks Ukraine can retake Crimea; The Army's new spy plane; $858B NDAA heads to Biden's desk; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Policy

Austin Urges Congress to Pass a Budget, Citing China Threat

But the secretary left inflation, supply chain, and worker woes out of his speech to the Reagan National Defense Forum.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Ideas

Defense One Radio, Ep. 111: Drones in Russia's Ukraine war, and elsewhere

We focus on the latest developments in unmanned aerial systems, from the front lines to a conference in Washington.

  • Ben Watson
Ideas

That’s it? Biden’s Overdue Pentagon Strategy Underwhelms

After nearly two years, experts were hoping for more.

  • Kevin Baron
Ideas

Thousands of Troops Have Lost Access to Abortion. Biden Should Act to Protect the Rest

Biden should block Space Command's move to Alabama, to start.

  • Allison Jaslow
Science & Tech

US Working on AI to Predict Ukraine’s Ammo and Weapons Needs

But a Pentagon watchdog is already unhappy with the way materiel is being tracked.

  • Patrick Tucker
Defense Systems

After 5 Full-Throttle Years, Kessel Run Is Settling In for the Long Haul

The new leader of the Air Force “software factory” wants data and architecture standards that stand the tests of time.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Policy

What's Appropriate on Social Media? DOD Spells It Out in New Guidance

The Pentagon's first department-wide policy for official accounts also requires reporting fake accounts.

  • Kirsten Errick
Threats

US Military ‘Furiously’ Rewriting Nuclear Deterrence to Address Russia and China, STRATCOM Chief Says

But America’s “expertise is just not what it was at the end of the Cold War,” warns Adm. Chas Richard.

  • Tara Copp
Policy

Biden To Ban Most Land Mines, Undoing Trump’s Loosened Restrictions

Advocates applauded the move, but urged a ban on the weapons on the Korean peninsula.

  • Jacqueline Feldscher
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