Ideas

Will Musk’s ‘Algorithm’ reduce military inefficiency—or increase risk?

It's good to question Pentagon requirements. But many exist for deadly serious reasons that may not be obvious in a hasty review.

  • Todd Harrison
Threats

The D Brief: $7.3B request for sub work; New promotion hold; Musk’s conflicts of interest; Trump’s Africa policy; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
Ideas

How might Trump 2.0 approach Sub-Saharan Africa policy?

The new administration may have some radical ideas for the continent.

  • Raphael Parens and Colin P. Clarke
Defense Systems

Musk's government roles create 'clear avenues for serious conflicts of interest'

The SpaceX CEO, who leads a company with more than $10 billion in government contracts, is also the face of a new body aimed at getting rid of government waste.

  • Mike Gruss, GovExec Space Project
Threats

The D Brief: Invasion gains pace; Plane crash in Lithuania; New Pacific missile sites?; DepSecDef candidates; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Russian submarine tech could help China outpace US: INDOPACOM

Moscow could also give sub and missile know-how to North Korea, Adm. Paparo said.

  • Patrick Tucker
Policy

In Fiji, defense diplomacy and rain-soaked rugby

SecDef Austin advanced two agreements and faced a question about Trump and climate change.

  • Bradley Peniston
Policy

NIST sets up new task force on AI and national security

The Testing Risks of AI for National Security Taskforce will bring federal expertise to test artificial intelligence models in critical use cases.

  • Alexandra Kelley
Business

ULA’s Vulcan won’t launch any Space Force missions this year

The new heavy-lift rocket has yet to receive certification from the service.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Russia’s MIRV missile; Space Force’s naughty list; McConnell to Senate Approps; Worst telecom hack in US history; And a bit more.

  • Patrick Tucker and Ben Watson
Ideas

To improve recruiting, make medical standards match retention ones

Many of the assumptions that undergird the recruiting standards are outdated or simply wrong.

  • Lt. Col. Kareen Hart and Taren Sylvester
Threats

What does Russia’s launch of an ‘experimental’ weapon at Ukraine mean for allies?

The new missile “would certainly be a hard thing to defend against,” one expert said.

  • Patrick Tucker
Business

One contractor is on the Space Force’s naughty list

The service has never confirmed putting companies on the blacklist until now.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: DOD’s Replicator program advances; Nuclear forensics in Idaho; Austin, Milley defend women in combat; Intel watchdogs resign; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Lauren C. Williams and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Intelligence IGs head for the exits ahead of Trump’s return

The president-elect fired five inspectors general during his first administration.

  • Sean Michael Newhouse
Ideas

Why Ukrainian soldiers came to Idaho to study nuclear forensics

Hint: It’s an essential element of U.S. deterrence strategy.

  • Paul Menser and Corinne Dionisio
Defense Systems

DIU orders software to drive massive drone swarms

The software glue holding the Replicator effort together is beginning to harden.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: More long-range missiles target Russia’s Kursk; Biden authorizes anti-personnel mines for Ukraine; SecDef Austin in the South China Sea; Satellite industry delays; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Policy

US to begin providing anti-personnel mines to Ukraine

Policy shift reflects changing Russian tactics and Ukrainian needs, a U.S. official says.

  • Bradley Peniston
Policy

New $275M Ukraine-aid package to include HIMARS ammo

SecDef says materiel for “critical battlefield needs” will be drawn from Pentagon stocks.

  • Bradley Peniston
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