Science & Tech

Revealed: US Air Force Has Secretly Built and Flown a New Fighter Jet

The new digital tools that designed the full-scale flight demonstrator could herald a sea change in weapons acquisition.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Threats

Today's D Brief: More Gulf states warm to Israel; USAF recruiting dips; Mystery drones buzzed THAAD site; DFCs for wildfire missions; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Business

Air Force General Defends Plans for Mixed F-35, F-15 Fleet

Top Air Force generals are expected to discuss the service’s future fighter force in upcoming meetings.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Ideas

Alexander Vindman: Trump Is Putin’s ‘Useful Idiot’

In his first interview, a key witness in the impeachment trial says Trump goes out of his way to try to please the Russian president.

  • Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic
Ideas

Ep. 74: The next big thing(s) in unmanned systems

'Where does the human stand here?'

  • Defense One Staff
Ideas

Selling F-35s to the Middle East was Never Going to be Easy

To do it, and preserve Israel’s advantage, Trump must reinvigorate the consultative arms sales process with Congress.

  • Derek Chollet and Andrew J. Shapiro
Ideas

The Fog of the Pandemic Is Returning

Millions of coronavirus tests may be happening without their results being made public.

  • Robinson Meyer and Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic
Threats

Today's D Brief: Afghan talks begin; Wildfires rage; Anti-ISIS airstrikes in Syria, Iraq; Fighter jet battle; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Ideas

How Putin Got Into America’s Mind

He learned the art of destabilizing his opponents from the Stasi, East Germany’s secret police.

  • Dominic Tierney, The Atlantic
Ideas

Donald Is No Dove

The president’s criticism of military contractors is belied by his commitment to fattening their pockets.

  • Adam Serwer, The Atlantic
Business

Lockheed-Boeing Battle Heats Up as USAF Looks to Buy F-15EX

The F-35 maker is fighting to keep its monopoly on the Air Force’s fighter-jet shopping list.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Ideas

What Abe Leaves Behind

The security issues facing Japan remain unchanged. Abe's likely successor, Yoshihide Suga, may be forced to confront them on his very first day.

  • Jeffrey W. Hornung
Science & Tech

The Air Force’s ‘Connect Everything’ Project Just Had a Big Success

The simulated cruise missile intercept harnessed widely dispersed systems — all supervised by tablets in a flight-line hangar.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Today's D Brief: Feds charge two Russians in U.S. election plots; Trump’s electoral disinformation; Afghan peace talks to start Saturday; Western states, afire; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Defense Systems

A secure cloud computing event -- for real

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  • Defense Systems
Business

Trade show season kicks off, virtually; Air Force’s ICBM award; A ‘clean’ CR and more.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Ideas

America Is Trapped in a Pandemic Spiral

As the U.S. heads toward the winter, the country is going round in circles, making the same conceptual errors that have plagued it since spring.

  • Ed Yong, The Atlantic
Ideas

19 Years After 9/11, Politicians Need to Stop Overhyping Threats

From China to disinformation, our fear of fear itself is tearing us apart and making us less safe.

  • Joshua A. Geltzer
Threats

Today's D Brief: Trump knew COVID was deadly; DHS whistleblower: I was ordered to downplay threats; DoD’s international AI plan; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Ideas

Could Trump Deploy US Cyber Command Against Protestors?

It’s time to set better limits on the U.S. military’s ability to operate against Americans.

  • Jason Healey
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