Threats

The D Brief: Will Israel attack Iran?; CJCS sees no “invasion”; Budget testimony; AUKUS under review; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

The military must remain nonpartisan. America depends on it

The soldiers who cheered partisan applause lines at Fort Bragg, and their leaders, erred in a spectacular way.

  • Heidi A. Urben
Threats

The D Brief: Protestors ‘a foreign enemy’; DOD DOGE team, ID’d; Trouble for USAF radar plane; Robot navy?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: ARRW is back; Amphib budgets; Putin’s AI plan; Europe’s aid to Ukraine; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Congress would like the Army to show its work on ‘transformation’

The service hasn’t briefed lawmakers on its plans to cut programs.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: COCOM noms; Mass 3D-printing in the field; Trump, Xi talk; The future of deception; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Defense One Radio, Ep. 181: What the Army is learning about FPV drones

The 173rd Airborne Brigade's commander unpacks lessons from recent exercises in Lithuania and Tunisia.

  • Ben Watson
Science & Tech

Army brigade tests renewable tech in Pacific exercise

The 25th ID is printing its own drones, purifying its own water

  • Meghann Myers
Science & Tech

Army scrambles to improve drone training

One unit created its own virtual trainer with software used by Ukrainian troops.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: Aid cuts hinder AFRICOM; Fighter-jet warning; State cuts, detailed; Army’s recruiting success; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Ideas

The US Army is too light to win

Too much of its force is under-armored and under-gunned.

  • R.D. Hooker, Jr.
Threats

The D Brief: Cuts to DOT&E; Uncrewed F-35?; Qatari jet’s a mess; Border gets barracks funding; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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

Land forces tool up for potential Pacific conflict

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

  • Jennifer Hlad
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

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

  • Ben Watson
Science & Tech

3rd ID experiments with new tank formations at Germany training rotation

The Army’s first armored Transformation-in-Contact unit is integrating 3D-printed drones for greater “massing of effects.”

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

US Army medics prepare for war with China

Service is focused on overcoming logistical hurdles and other obstacles now so that medical professionals will be ready if they’re needed.

  • Jennifer Hlad
Threats

The D Brief: Largest drone attack of Putin’s invasion; Dim outlook for Russia-Ukraine talks; Army preps DC for military parade; DOD to get a SOF-like makeover; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Audrey Decker
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