Drones

Today's D Brief: Explosions over Iran; What’s in the House aid bills; Army’s deepfakes; New ‘reusable’ rocket idea; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

The D Brief: Aid votes coming?; Ukraine war casualty counts; A plan to restart F-35 deliveries; Navy to miss recruiting goal; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

Why we can shoot down Iranian drones over Israel but not Ukraine

The different outcomes of the weekend’s attacks on Tel Aviv and Kharkiv reflect factors practical and political.

  • Patrick Tucker

Today's D Brief: Iran attacks Israel; US helps down missiles; What if Ukraine loses?; Killer robots are here; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Army puts drones front and center in unfunded wishlist

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

  • Sam Skove

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
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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

Marines see progress with drones, despite flat budgets

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

  • Sam Skove