Business

Lockheed pitches pilot-optional F-35

The company is hoping the Pentagon will buy into plans to “supercharge” the F-35.

  • Audrey Decker
Ideas

What’s missing from Trump’s nuclear diplomacy

A consistent message and a credible threat.

  • Daniel B. Shapiro
Threats

The D Brief: RIP, 5-things email; German-Ukrainian missile plan; Russia’s latest demands; P&W strike ends; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

Don’t limit defense innovation by capping small-biz awards

A proposed change to the Small Business Innovation Research program would deprive the military of some of its best problem-solvers.

  • Robert Smith
Business

Missile Defense Agency preps $151B contract vehicle for Golden Dome

MDA previewed a draft solicitation for work on the ambitious missile-defense system.

  • Nick Wakeman
Policy

Pentagon orders civilian employees to submit money-saving ideas

It’s the last step in the "5 bullet points" weekly email exercise.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: Russia pounds Ukraine; Germany sends troops abroad; Pentagon’s retention pricetag; Still no CNO; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

‘Silk Typhoon’ hackers breached US corporate-cloud provider, person familiar says

The revelation adds detail to a CISA advisory on Thursday that did not say that China or its related hacking units were involved in the attack.

  • David DiMolfetta
Threats

Land forces tool up for potential Pacific conflict

Army, Marines pursue transformation, while exercises with partner nations grow more sophisticated.

  • Jennifer Hlad
Business

Killing drones softly

Why the military is looking beyond munitions to fight the drone threat.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Threats

The D Brief: USFK to shrink?; House passes spending bill; Big AI in a laptop?; Russia’s big security-camera hack; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

Bill aims to lock in DIU’s dual-use reservist corps

The soldier of the future might have a day job at a start-up.

  • Patrick Tucker
Policy

An 18th-century war power resurfaces in cyber policy talks

An old-world legal concept has drawn interest as a way to give private firms more leeway to fight state-backed hackers.

  • David DiMolfetta
Science & Tech

For DOD, the future of large language models is smaller

Everyone loves big AI, but “maybe there is a smaller-parameter model that could run on a laptop.”

  • Patrick Tucker
Science & Tech

Muddy wheels, foggy lenses: 25th ID tests new vehicles, drones during Philippines exercises

The Army’s Transformation-in-Contact program is tackling the climate on the next battlefield.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: More DOD cuts; Trump’s Putin pivot; N. Korea’s failed launch; Qatar’s gift, accepted; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

The DOD’s tech agency braces for 10% workforce cut

The agency hopes to bring some staff back in a “surgical rehiring,” said Lt. Gen. Paul Stanton, head of the Defense Information Systems Agency.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Policy

Pentagon accepts Qatari jet to use as Air Force One

The Air Force is preparing to award a contract to modify the luxury jet.

  • Audrey Decker
Policy

Space Force losing 14% of its civilian workers

That’s more than other military branches, and it means the service will end the year with nearly 1,000 fewer people than expected.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Golden Dome price, schedule; 3D-printed drones; A push to alter intel; Gitmo’s eye-popping costs; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
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