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Defense One Radio, Ep. 149: The state of the Army

Our annual State of Defense series continues with a focus on the Army.

  • Defense One Staff
Threats

Today's D Brief: Russian airbase struck?; Danes fire defense chief; Army’s cutting-edge brigades; DOD’s software snafu; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Top US Air Force official in Mideast outlines risks of Rafah invasion

AFCENT’s Grynkewich also says the future of warfare is playing out “in front of our very eyes.”

  • Audrey Decker
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Today's D Brief: Navy programs, delayed; Downing drones in Syria; Israel attack in Damascus; Ukraine raises draft age; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Today's D Brief: Drones vs. factories; GE’s engine spinoff; USAFA’s diversity struggle; New job for Cold-War crane; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Today's D Brief: Kyiv’s drone ambitions; Russian airstrikes, tallied; WestPac patrol plans; First-ever ASD for tech; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Today's D Brief: Russia attacks Ukraine’s energy; ATACMS for Kyiv?; Manila vows response to Chinese water cannons; New USAF combat wings; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker
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Today's D Brief: Secretive airstrip near Yemen; USAF chief Allvin, in conversation; Russia-North Korea cargo flights continue; Is this the end for towed howitzers?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker
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Today's D Brief: Cross-border violence in Israel; Lukashenko’s wrinkle; Army’s drone platoons; Navy’s robot ships; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker
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Army announces plan to help spread commercial drones across infantry units

Army also hopes ordering more Coyote drone interceptors will eventually drive down cost.

  • Sam Skove
Science & Tech

The Navy is using robot ships to deter human smuggling out of Haiti

4th Fleet’s experiments with unmanned systems are a “game changer” for monitoring illicit activity, commander says

  • Patrick Tucker
Science & Tech

Army mulls introducing robot platoon into armored brigades

The platoons would be able to use a variety of drones, and swap out components as needed for missions.

  • Sam Skove
Science & Tech

Marines trade slow ships for drones and supply caches as they prep for modern warfare

Fulfilling sweeping modernization plans are “challenging,” but there's been progress with prepositioned stocks and drones.

  • Sam Skove
Science & Tech

Army puts drones front and center in unfunded wishlist

List includes commercial drones for infantry units, plus more counter-drone gear.

  • Sam Skove
Threats

Today's D Brief: Ukraine energy, targeted; Gaza aid, underway; Red Sea quid pro quo; Idea: ‘hedge forces’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

Use 'hedge forces' to break the Pentagon's force-structure death spiral

The U.S. military must move away from exquisite general-purpose units and weapons.

  • Bryan Clark and Dan Patt
Science & Tech

Marines see progress with drones, despite flat budgets

However, a program to mount loitering munitions to vehicles faces delays.

  • Sam Skove
Threats

Today's D Brief: Shutdown averted?; Ukraine aid in limbo; Houthi attacks, mapped; Indian Ocean drone force; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

Army aims to equip a division with hand-held counter-drone gear

But one expert said the service may have underestimated just how much that will cost.

  • Sam Skove
Threats

Today's D Brief: Macron’s warning; Ukraine’s oil attacks; Strikes in Yemen; F-35s on a California highway; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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