Threats

Ukraine’s soldiers use cheap tech to hide from Russia’s deadly drones

But the makers of lifesaving drone detectors can’t keep up with demand.

  • Sam Skove
Threats

Today's D Brief: China, US generals talk; Fat Leonard, extradited; EU joins Red Sea force; Another rocket attack in Iraq; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Business

The Navy has its first giant robotic submarine

The Boeing-made vessel will now undergoing trials that will inform future robo subs.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Policy

What 2024 has in store for Space Force acquisition

Several troubled programs appear finally set to deliver.

  • Audrey Decker
Ideas

Why the Defense Department attended COP28

Climate change threatens our national security. We’ll face the challenge with allies and partners.

  • Brendan Owens, Meredith Berger, Rachel Jacobson, Ravi Chaudhary and Iris A. Ferguson
Threats

Today's D Brief: Tuberville backs down, again; Ukraine’s military commander, bugged; Laser-powered drones?; DOD’s ‘AI workers’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Who is an AI worker? The Pentagon needs a better definition, GAO says

If the Defense Department wants an AI-powered future, it must improve how it thinks about its workforce, watchdog says.

  • Edward Graham
Science & Tech

DARPA puts millions behind effort to power drones with ground-based lasers

Raytheon gets $10 million to develop energy “webs” that could keep drones in the air indefinitely.

  • Patrick Tucker
Defense Systems

The Army wants smaller command posts. But first it needs great software

What’s missing is the ability to rapidly configure existing gear and networks to a given mission and environment.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Business

Northrop gears up to triple production of E-7 radar

Air Force officials want the radar plane as soon as possible—particularly in the Indo-Pacific.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

Today's D Brief: 10-nation Red Sea flotilla; Helping Ukraine repair its weapons; More election meddling; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Business

Defense Business Brief: NDAA passed; Zelenskyy meets US defense execs, New Rebellion Defense CEO, and more.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Science & Tech

New report urges US to look beyond cheap low-earth satellites for missile warning

Tracking hypersonic missiles across oceans is like trying to “find a cup of tea that you’ve dropped into a swimming pool.”

  • Patrick Tucker
Business

Cannon-repair deal is the latest foreign arms-maintenance-and-production effort inside Ukraine

Kyiv's supporters are looking to boost local industry as other aid grows more precarious.

  • Sam Skove
Threats

Today's D Brief: SecDef in Mideast; Hungary blocks EU aid to Kyiv; US warship downs ‘drone wave’; Arizona sends Guard to border; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

As irregular warfare comes to a crossroads, Congress chips in

IW proponents are wrestling with how to bring their domain into a new era—and to convince others it’s still needed.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Space Command is fully operational, if still officially homeless

Lawmakers are delaying the HQ decision in the 2024 defense policy bill.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

Today's D Brief: USAF’s budget limbo; Red Sea attack; Navy gets chief buyer; US-Finland pact; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Business

RTX CEO Greg Hayes to step down in May

President Chris Calio will take over as the company works to boost production of key weapons needed in Ukraine.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Threats

Budget limbo: Nearly 100 new Air Force programs on hold until Congress passes budget

Service officials urge companies to “tell your story” about what lawmakers’ inability to pass a 2024 budget would mean for their projects.

  • Audrey Decker
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