Threats

The D Brief: Hatch Act violations; ICBM costs are a ‘collective failure’; Fiscal-year-end negotiations; Taiwan’s anti-invasion board game; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: US casualties in Iraq; Ukraine’s cabinet shakeup; Terror charges for Hamas; China’s robotic-vehicle breakthroughs; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Deadly Russian strike; Tussle in Turkey; Houthis’ new tactic; Army division’s gunnery breakthrough; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Trump says NATO members should spend 3% on defense. Alliance official: ‘Yes’

Spending will have to rise to deliver needed capability, a NATO policy leader said.

  • Patrick Tucker
Policy

European officials vow to boost defense production, but some worry it won’t be enough

Security elites gathering in Prague say it’s time for Europe to step up military support for Ukraine…and Europe.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: SecDef meets Ukrainian counterpart; West Bank fighting; GPS warnings; Army criticizes Trump campaigners; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Sullivan in China; SecNav’s spicy message to industry; Ukrainian F-16 crash?; Fire on the Red Sea; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Israel’s West Bank raids; Ukraine’s Kursk progress; USAF’s Ukrainian EW; Shipmaker, fined; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

Ukraine’s F-16s are fighting with help from a USAF electronic-warfare unit

A U.S. Air Force squadron reprogrammed the jets' EW gear before delivery—and expects to upgrade them as needed.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Kyiv’s new weapons; Russia continues bombardment; China’s blockade; Old-school soldiers vs. tech; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Business

Lockheed aims to churn out dozens of F-16 pilots per year at new training center

COO talks potential Ukraine support, European expansion.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Israel, Hezbollah exchange strikes; Russia pounds Ukraine; Chinese plane in Japanese airspace; Army’s cutting-edge exercise; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

A group of 20-somethings built a GPS-independent drone in 24 hours—and caught the eye of US special operations forces

Here’s what that says about the new class of defense industry disruptors.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Meet the Army’s new recon unit; Putin’s Kursk-Pokrovsk gambit; China’s new sub; New Jan. 6 charges; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Moscow under attack; C-UAS, lumberjack edition; New US nuclear strategy toward China; USAF’s big Pacific exercise; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker
Business

US still needs to improve monitoring of arms sent to Ukraine, GAO finds

The State Department and Defense Department aren’t communicating well about Ukraine aid. That could hurt Ukraine.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Fires in Russia; Rising morale in Ukraine; US fugitive fighting for Putin; Assessing troops in Syria; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Lauren C. Williams
Threats

The D Brief: Collisions in the Pacific; Bridges down inside Russia; Ukraine seeks ‘buffer zone’ in Kursk; ULA for sale?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker
Threats

Russia is pulling some troops out of Ukraine to fight Ukrainians in Russia

But “there are also real questions about [Ukraine’s] ability to hold captured Kursk territory,” said one expert.

  • Patrick Tucker
Ideas

What military history tells us about Ukraine’s Kursk invasion

Initiative is everything.

  • Gian Gentile and Adam Givens
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