Policy

Service leaders beg for flexibility as full-year continuing resolution looms

Without a new budget—or relief from the strictures of its absence—the military can’t start new projects or pay for the unexpected.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: US, Ukraine seek ceasefire; DOD’s climate denial; Armor data falsified; Army retention woes; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: Russia pounds Ukraine; Trump disavows NATO principle; Europe talks nukes; DOGE’s oops; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Deportation costs; DOGE cuts; Pressure on Ukraine; Campaign-planning AI; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: US halts Ukraine aid; Defense policy nom testifies; China’s wedges between allies; Another base unrenamed; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: ‘Painful’ 8% shift; US, Russia talk in Turkey; Army’s medical-corps gap; SecNav nom testifies; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: From cars to missiles?; SecArmy, confirmed; Zelenskyy coming to DC; UK’s defense plans; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: CJCS, CNO, JAGs fired; Up to 61K DOD workers may lose jobs; Military’s new deportation role; US-India drone pact; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
Science & Tech

Defense One Radio, Ep. 173: Testing the Army’s new fighting strategy on Ukraine's doorstep

A 10th Mountain Division brigade commander talks electronic-warfare, innovation, and something he'd never experienced in the Army.

  • Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker
Business

With IVAS takeover, Anduril looks to build out human-machine ‘ecosystem’

Microsoft takes back seat as defense-tech firm proclaims a “new path in human augmentation.”

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Hegseth pans Kyiv’s ‘unrealistic objective’; Anti-ISIS airstrikes; USAID IG fired; ‘Stunning twist’ for Army headset; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

The future of military logistics is predictive

A recent commander of Army Materiel Command says the war in Ukraine illuminates the path to data-driven sustainment.

  • Charles Hamilton
Policy

Congress wants the Army to start collecting more open-source intelligence

A 2025 NDAA provision encourages procuring OSINT software.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: Air Force efforts, on hold; Desk deficits as workers return; Foreign-aid monitoring, slashed; It’s Fort Bragg again; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Army aviation was having a bad few years—even before Wednesday’s crash

The service’s fiscal 2024 mishap rate was the highest since 2007.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: Crash update; May or June for next budget?; Navy’s nimble combat tuneups; China’s big new military HQ; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Army secretary nominee talks drones, recruiting, and lawful orders at confirmation hearing

Driscoll has bipartisan support from the Senate Armed Services Committee.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: Army helo, airliner collide; Trump orders Gitmo expansion; Natsec moves, polled; How DeepSeek may change military AI; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Airliner, Army helicopter collide over Potomac River

Black Hawk was carrying three service members when it crashed into the passenger jet with 64 people aboard.

  • Defense One Staff
Policy

Army's hurry-up force-design ideas are due in March, chief says

Planners are working against a six-month deadline to recommend force-structure cuts and unit reconfigurations.

  • Meghann Myers
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