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Marines Will Restructure Infantry Battalions by September

The changes are informed by the service’s Infantry Battalion Experiment, part of Force Design 2030.

Ideas

We Argued About Admitting Ukraine to NATO in 2008. Now We Agree on It.

The authors—longtime senior U.S. and German national-security figures—describe how they concluded that alliance membership is a necessary step.

Threats

Army Seeks Bomb-Carrying Drones Like Ukraine’s

Average U.S. soldiers could pilot lethal quadcopters—if they are ever fielded.

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Threats

USAF Calls Killer-AI Report ‘Anecdotal’

Chief of AI test and operations says he “misspoke” about a “thought experiment” in which a drone killed its operator.

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Business

L3Harris Won't Attend the Paris Air Show

CEO says the company will choose to focus attention on the company’s operations.

Policy

Pentagon Buying Musk’s Starlink for Ukraine

SpaceX had donated 20,000 satellite terminals to Ukraine, but later said the service was “never intended to be weaponized.”

Threats

AI, China ‘Defining Challenges of Our Time’: CISA Director

Jen Easterly outlined her concerns about Beijing’s aggressive cyber posture and the rise of largely unregulated generative-AI tools.

Defense Systems

Satellite Data Could Boost Border Security, Disaster Response

Homeland Security relies on satellite imagery for its missions—and it wants more.

Threats

Misfiring Cannons, Rotted Tires in US Army Gear Pulled for Ukraine, Watchdog Finds

It’s not the first time the unit and its contractor have been faulted for poorly maintained equipment by the service's inspector general.

Policy

Gen. Eric Smith Tapped as Next Marine Commandant

Assistant commandant expected to press on with sweeping Force Design 2030 changes.

Ideas

USAF Should Rethink Its Approach to Mental Health and Suicide

The commander and senior enlisted leader of the service’s Expeditionary Center see a back-to-basics path to stronger Airmen.

Threats

Unmonitored Networks Put US Nuclear Arsenal at Risk: GAO

The Energy Department can't keep tabs on insider threats, in part because it doesn't know how many stand-alone classified networks it runs, GAO found.