Ideas

One Year In: What Are The Lessons from Ukraine For The Future Of War?

From drones to network attacks to the LikeWar of social media, the conflict marks a turning point from old to new.

  • Peter W. Singer
Threats

Today's D Brief: Putin hearts China; Russia's Ukraine invasion, one year on; Pentagon's cloud forecast grows hazy; New US border policy?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Science & Tech

Pentagon Didn't Check Risks Before Authorizing Cloud Services, IG Finds

The military branches “may be unaware of known vulnerabilities and cybersecurity risks associated with operating their systems or storing their data,” the Pentagon inspector general found.

  • Edward Graham
Science & Tech

Got New Autonomous Tech? The Army Wants to See It

Officials are gathering candidates for a second autonomous-tech assessment: air-ground robots, voice-guided technology, and more.  

  • Carten Cordell, FCW
Science & Tech

Russia’s New START Speech Is More Scare Tactics Than New Arms Race, Says Former Ambassador

Putin left himself a loophole and doesn’t have the funds anyway.

  • Patrick Tucker
Business

Defense Business Brief: Russia touts weapons in Middle East; Army moves to boost artillery round production; Lockheed to start installing hypersonic missiles on destroyers; and more.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Threats

Today's D Brief: Biden in Poland; Putin saber rattling again; China's fine line; North Korea's ICBM; CODEL to Taiwan; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Policy

France Pushes Collective European Air Defense

Emmanuel Macron offers to host a conference to meet Russia’s post-INF threat.

  • Kevin Baron
Threats

Today's D Brief: 200K Russian casualties in Ukraine; HIMARS to Europe; Phishing campaigns target NATO; USAF grounds KC-135s; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Jennifer Hlad and Caitlin M. Kenney
Science & Tech

Defense One Radio, Ep. 117: Spies in the balloon?

We review the latest ups and downs in the U.S.-China relationship, which has been shaken by allegations of spying via aerostat.

  • Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker
Threats

Fix Navy Infrastructure’s ‘Worst Problems’ First, Secretary Says

Carlos Del Toro orders up a 30-year roadmap for modernization.

  • Caitlin M. Kenney
Science & Tech

Biden Says Objects Shot Down Over Weekend Likely Not Chinese Spy Craft

White House wants to lead dialogue on “global norms” for unmanned flying objects.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Americans are Disturbingly ‘Ill-Informed and Naive’ on China, Navy’s Intel Chief Says

Recent balloon incident brought some attention to the possible threat, but not enough, says Rear Adm. Michael Studeman.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Defense Systems

Send Me Software, Not Hardware, Navy Infowar Leader Says

“Boxes of computers” aren’t so helpful aboard space-limited ships, Rear Adm. Doug Small said.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Ideas

How the West May Have Helped Build China’s Spy Balloons

Beijing has long pursued aerostat technology, even enlisting French and American firms to help.

  • Thomas Corbett and Peter W. Singer
Threats

Today's D Brief: Oversight CODEL visits Poland, Romania; China sanctions Lockheed, Raytheon; Fentanyl deaths rising in DOD; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Science & Tech

US Woos Other Nations for Military-AI Ethics Pact

State Department and Pentagon officials hope to illuminate a contrast between the United States and China on AI.

  • Patrick Tucker
Exclusive Threats

‘We Didn’t Have the Ships’ to Send ‘Best Option’ to Help Earthquake Victims, Commandant Says

Incident comes a year after maintenance problems delayed the 22nd MEU’s deployment to Europe.

  • Caitlin M. Kenney
Ideas

The Risks of De-escalation

At the wrong time and place, it can do more harm than good—as its Mideast track record shows.

  • Bilal Y. Saab
Science & Tech

Navy ‘Setting the Pace’ Among Services, Principal Cyber Advisor Says

Chris Cleary touts prototype tools and readies a new cyber plan.

  • Lauren C. Williams
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