Policy

How Trump may shake up DOD: an insider’s view

An interview with Christopher Miller, the acting SecDef-turned-Project 2025 co-author.

  • Patrick Tucker
Exclusive Science & Tech

New small cruise missile slated for SOCOM gunship test

Digital engineering is helping smaller companies make big leaps in missile design.

  • Patrick Tucker
Science & Tech

AFSOC still wants 75 light attack aircraft despite Congress’ doubts

“The world's changed a little bit,” the top Air Force special operator says.

  • Patrick Tucker
Science & Tech

Special operators hope AI can reduce civilian deaths in combat

Automation could eventually turn “trigger-pullers into the experts that can do this,” one official said.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

INDOPACOM wants more special operators in the Pacific

“SOF’s greatest power is early leverage” in deterring conflict, Adm. Sam Paparo said.

  • Jennifer Hlad
Defense Systems

Ultrasecure comms could give special operators a leg up

U.S., Norwegian commands team up to test a quantum-communications prototype.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Threats

The D Brief: The US military's EWs are not OK, SOF say; Houthis threaten Med shipping; US-Taiwan naval drills; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

The US is still falling behind on electronic warfare, special operators warn

New space and low-power solutions are needed to operate against modern jamming.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: DOD’s Rafah concerns; Mideast diplomacy; ‘SOF renaissance’; Hurricane hunters’ woes; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

AI, new tech are creating a special-operations ‘renaissance’

U.S. SOCOM wants to use new tools to give small teams a big punch.

  • Patrick Tucker
Ideas

Too few planners understand what special operators can do today

No less than in yesterday’s era of counter-terrorism, SOF are indispensable in today’s great power competition.

  • Clementine G. Starling and James Cartwright
Threats

The D Brief: War’s lessons for Army SF; Russia’s GPS jamming; Gaza pier photos; The next Doomsday plane; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Houthis renew ship attacks; More ATACMS to Ukraine; Gaza pier update; Changes at SOF school; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

At Army’s special-ops school, the biggest changes in a generation

Ukraine, robotics, and more are driving a six-year plan to improve training in irregular warfare, technology, and psyops.

  • Sam Skove
Threats

The D Brief: House OKs aid; Likely stateside impact; US to withdraw from Niger; AI-powered dogfight; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

Army SOF's new drone course teaches gamer and maker skills

By graduation, the students will know how to build their own drones and teach foreign partners on tactics.

  • Sam Skove
Policy

Special operations seeing growing demand amid planned cuts: commander

Faced with a more active China, “I certainly wouldn't support” shrinking the force, SOCOM's Fenton told lawmakers.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Today's D Brief: Training Taiwan’s troops; Intel’s grant; Marines’ new weapons; Kabul evac hearing; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Ukraine’s new military chief; Putin’s meandering mind; Psyops on the chopping block?; Army cancels scout helo; And just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Exclusive Policy

US may cut info-warfare assets as China, Russia expand influence ops

Key psyops units may get squeezed by a Pentagon effort to trim special-operations forces.

  • Patrick Tucker
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