Defense Systems

Satellite Data Could Boost Border Security, Disaster Response

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

  • Lauren C. Williams
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.

  • Sam Skove
Policy

Macron Will Push NATO For ‘Concrete’ Security Guarantee for Ukraine

With alliance membership still unsure, French president wants the next best thing.

  • Patrick Tucker
Policy

Gen. Eric Smith Tapped as Next Marine Commandant

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

  • Caitlin M. Kenney
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.

  • Maj. Gen. John M. Klein, Jr. and Chief Master Sergeant Courtney C. Freeman
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.

  • Edward Graham
Threats

Today's D Brief: N. Korean launch triggers alarms; F-35’s rising cost; More NATO troops to Kosovo; 100s of leaders call AI a global threat; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Jennifer Hlad and Bradley Peniston
Business

Defense Business Brief: Anduril eyes Japanese defense market; ‘Angry Kitten’ tested during combat exercises; F-14 Tomcat needs a flat fixed; and more.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Science & Tech

F-35 Costs Still Climbing, as Pentagon Updates the Fleet

New GAO report details another $1.4 billion in upgrade costs, and additional delays.

  • Audrey Decker
Defense Systems

The Army Is Tearing Up Its Playbook for Software Upgrades

Four programs are trying out a new method based on commercial practices.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Ideas

‘MAGA’ Republicans Are Dismantling Ronald Reagan’s Legacy

Efforts to draft the U.S. military into culture wars are undoing its Reagan-era rise from post-Vietnam malaise.

  • James Kitfield
Threats

Estonia Will Ask For a Clearer Path for Ukraine to Join NATO

In Europe, defense ministers and military experts worry that the world is not learning the lessons from Ukraine quickly enough.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Today's D Brief: Air attacks on Moscow, Kyiv; F-16s for Turkey?; Austin’s Pacific trip; Typhoon heads toward Okinawa; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Jennifer Hlad and Bradley Peniston
Defense Systems

GDIT Brought A Truck To A Satellite Show

The tech infrastructure company debuted a mobile mission control and data center built on the chassis of a Ford F-550.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Ideas

The National Counterterrorism Center Must Expand to Better Fight Domestic Terrorists

Broadening the NCTC’s mission to include homegrown terrorism will require bold executive leadership and congressional action.

  • Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware
Threats

Today's D Brief: Debt-default sticking point; Russia strikes clinic; SEAL training investigation; Oath Keeper chief sentenced; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

‘No Magic Weapons’: Milley Sets Expectations On F-16s

Joint Chiefs Chairman defends United States’ gradual approach on weapons for Ukraine.

  • Patrick Tucker
Policy

With Ukraine Set to Get Another Weapon from Its Wish List, Democrats Push for More

Rep. Jason Crow calls for more tanks to Ukraine—and maybe non-combatant military observers.

  • Sam Skove
Ideas

CQ Brown’s Confirmation Hearing Will Get Nasty

The right hated the “woke” Gen. Milley. Wait ’til they meet a general who has fought racism for years.

  • Kevin Baron
Policy

Biden Picks Changemaking Air Force Chief as Next Top Military Officer

Gen. CQ Brown instituted the “agile combat employment” concept and the “Accelerate Change or Lose” doctrine.

  • Audrey Decker
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