Threats

Disparaged, discontinued...and indispensable? Littoral combat ships take on real-world ops

The battle-tested LCS has moved past its reliability problems, surface-forces leaders said.

  • Meghann Myers
Policy

Reported Trump ‘loyalty tests’ for national-security officials draw criticism

If career employees are removed from the National Security Council, they would return to their home agencies, but the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee has expressed concern.

  • Sean Michael Newhouse
Threats

Funding gaps slowing down Marine Corps’ modernization efforts

Force Design 2030 is on track, commandant says, but just barely.

  • Meghann Myers
Business

Air Force delays T-7 production but expects accelerated initial operational capability

The service said today that it would “incentivize” Boeing to address “emergent issues” for the trainer program.

  • Audrey Decker
Business

Bigger, higher, cheaper: Space startup looks beyond LEO

The Pentagon’s former space policy chief joins LA-based K2 Space.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Hegseth, questioned; Ratcliffe, Rubio testifying; Gabbard, uncertain; Navy’s next destroyer; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Defense Systems

Navy looking for solutions to power, outfit new destroyer

Weapons options include 5-inch guns and lasers, surface warfare director says.

  • Meghann Myers
Policy

‘I know what I don’t know,’ SecDef pick says at confirmation hearing

Hegseth faced questions about his inexperience and fitness as a leader.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: Hegseth on the Hill; NATO’s newest mission; Next carriers named; C-130J firefighting video; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Business

Navy shipbuilder plans expansion to boost submarine production

The goal is to improve cost and throughput by going “where the labor is,” said Huntington Ingalls Industries’ CEO Christopher Kastner.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Science & Tech

Outgoing Air Force secretary floats options for 6th-gen jet program

Frank Kendall offers a vision for his department’s future—though NGAD’s fate will be up to the Trump team.

  • Audrey Decker
Science & Tech

Insider-threat detectors fail too often. A new tool could help plug leaks

Building a live model of dataflows and workflows can help reveal where access controls are inefficient or broken.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: N. Koreans captured; New AI-export rule; 2,500 Guardsmen on wildfire duty; Mines found at IKEA; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

New AI-export rule aims to ease sales to allies, limit leaks to others

But will the Biden administration’s last-minute regulation survive industry fury and the arrival of Trump?

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Pentagon 'concerned China will instigate' avoidable conflict: DepSecDef

U.S. is not trying “bait or trick” Beijing into war, Hicks says.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

Today’s D Brief: Hearing set for SecDef pick; Guards' wildfire work; CNO’s new dashboard; Women ended Army’s recruiting skid; And a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Lauren C. Williams
Defense Systems

A new dashboard is helping the CNO keep tabs on readiness and more

Navy data scientists built the tool to help Adm. Franchetti and her staff track top-priority topics with a few clicks.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: Allies reel over annexation talk; Ukraine donors set production goals; Navy’s plans/funding mismatch; Iran’s painful admission; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Patrick Tucker and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Kyiv’s donors set production goals to regularize arms donations to Ukraine

Pledges are “interesting. But you gotta get real,” U.S. acquisition chief says.

  • Patrick Tucker
Business

The Henry Ford of satellite buses?

LA startup aims to churn out 12 mostly-standard buses a month.

  • Audrey Decker
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