Defense One

American flags were inserted in each of the 2.983 names on the borders of the reflecting pools of the 9/11 Memorial, in New York, Tuesday, July 4, 2017.

Commentary Foreign Policy

America Needs a Non-Unipolar Foreign Policy

Trump’s election should remind Congress and policymakers that the U.S. cannot do it all.

BY Peter Beinart READ NOW»

Podcasts Drones

Ep. 21: How to kill a drone; Toward a smarter, cheaper US presence in the Middle East and more.

Welcome to our podcast about the news, strategy, tech, and business trends defining the future of national security.

BY Defense One Staff READ NOW»

Troops assigned to the Polish Army's 2nd Engineer Battalion, 5th Engineer Regiment and the U.S. Army's 82nd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division train together near Oleszno, Poland Nov. 27, 2017.

Commentary Europe

Fort Trump: A Silly Name Masks a Good Idea

A permanent U.S. presence in Poland makes sense for several reasons.

BY Michael Hunzeker Alexander Lanoszka READ NOW»

The D Brief

New US cyber strategy; Brits to add 2K cyber troops; Army to uparmor 2 BCTs; Rovers on an astroid; Did USAF highball Space Force cost?; And a bit more.

The National Cyber Strategy came out Thursday from the White House, after months of prodding from Congress. National Security Adviser John Bolton confirmed earlier reports that it loosens …

BY Ben Watson Bradley Peniston READ NOW»

File photo of Todd Harrison, director of Defense Budget Analysis at the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank in Washington.

Air Force Space Defense Budget

USAF’s Space Force Cost-Estimate Is Likely Too High: Analyst

Todd Harrison says $13 billion is a high-ball figure meant to shift the debate.

BY Marcus Weisgerber READ NOW»

Soldiers from 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division and airmen from 5th Air Support Operations Squadron, along with observer-controllers, prepare for a Joint Air Attack Team exercise.

Army China

US Army to Up-Armor Two More Brigades

An infantry unit will get Strykers, and a Stryker brigade will shift to tanks, part of the Pentagon’s focus on great-power competition.

BY Katie Bo Williams READ NOW»

Advancing Munitions Accuracy with 50 Years of Defense Electronics Expertise.

For the world’s most critical missions — where precision and performance are paramount—today’s leading defense industry partners know you need more than just superior components to build the latest generation of missiles and munitions. You need integrated signal chain design that only an electronics supplier with deep experience in the category can help deliver.

READ NOW»