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The D Brief: Ousted DIU chief’s legacy; Russian UAVs over Germany; DDG of drones?; Robot wingman takes flight; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Salt Typhoon hackers targeted over 80 countries, FBI says

The Chinese campaign appears to have reached beyond the telecom industry to transportation and military infrastructure, officials said Wednesday.

  • David DiMolfetta
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The D Brief: ‘Anything I want to do’; 2,234 Guardsmen in DC; USAF’s boom woes; War Department?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Refueling accidents tied to troubled KC-46 boom, investigations find

Permanent fixes for the Boeing tanker have yet to be fielded.

  • Audrey Decker
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The D Brief: Trump’s domestic QRF; New CNO’s priorities; Acquisition shakeups; DIU chief quits; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: Expect more Guard deployments in US; More leaders fired; Rifles vs. drones; Can AI help fix Humvees?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: DOD’s drone-warfare plans; ODNI to shrink further; ICE seeks volunteers; Black Hawk upgrades; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: Pushback in DC; Russia’s new bombardment; Marines’ drone wizards; Key AI platform, DOGEd; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: Where troops are in DC; Warships to Venezuela; NSA data chief loses clearance; SecDef’s sprawling security; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: USAF chief to leave; GOP states send Guard to DC; WH meeting on Ukraine; Navy’s PAO cuts; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: European leaders visit Trump; Summit reax; Armed troops to patrol DC; DOD’s battery plans; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: Guard’s DC tasking; China’s reusable rockets; Golden Dome deets; Yemen seizes arms; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Troops in DC to help with ‘monument security,’ ‘area beautification’

Pentagon officials had few details to offer Wednesday about the National Guard’s role in the unprecedented deployment.

  • Meghann Myers
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The D Brief: Summit prep; Defense strategy flip; Ukraine’s new main supplier; Foreign-aid decision; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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How an Alaskan military base is preparing for Trump-Putin meeting

Optics may be ironic, but security concerns can be addressed, officials say.

  • Audrey Decker
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Trump’s national defense strategy is focused on the homeland. So far, that has included troops in the streets.

While calling out the National Guard makes a political statement, they’re not the best means of fighting crime, CSIS’s Mark Cancian says.

  • Meghann Myers
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The D Brief: The ‘feel-out’ summit; Vulcan, operational; Costly IT do-overs; Military vs. cartels; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 189: The U.S. military vs. drug cartels

A seasoned special operations reporter shares what some troops think about the Trump administration's plans to use the military against Latin American drug cartels.

  • Ben Watson
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The D Brief: Trump’s DC takeover; Russia’s dramatic advance; China’s AI-propaganda push; Seoul’s shrinking military; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
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How Trump’s DC takeover could supercharge surveillance

The emergency declaration, combined with new tech, will give government broad new abilities to watch and monitor citizens.

  • Patrick Tucker
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