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
Threats

The D Brief: Army Reserve’s Pacific plan; What Ukraine needs; Peace talks in Turkey; Misinformation studies cancelled; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Army designating Reserve units for repeat deployments to INDOPACOM

The service is also looking at prepositioning equipment for troops to train on.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: New jets announced; Border-ops funding shift; Putin’s no-show; Europe’s trillion-dollar problem; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

Pacific multidomain task forces are looking for long-range drones

MDTFs are getting their chance to experiment as Transformation-in-Contact units.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

Army prepping for Pacific conflict with prepositioned equipment, logistics hubs

Moving weapons, ammunition, fuel, and even water around the vast theater will be a huge challenge.

  • Meghann Myers
Policy

Senators question Army undersecretary nominee on transformation plan

The Anduril senior director was also questioned about his determination to hold onto defense-industry stocks.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: India, Pakistan trade fire; Yemen outlook; China’s space-sensing firm; Russia’s ceasefire violations?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Defense Systems

Army leaders clash with Connecticut lawmaker on future of Black Hawk helicopter

The service’s transformation plan is raising questions from Congress.

  • Meghann Myers
Defense Systems

Chilling effects: What one Army unit learned about cold-weather drone warfare

Frozen propellers and short-lived batteries are just some of the challenges these grunts faced during training in Europe.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Policy

Hegseth orders elimination of 10% of general, admiral jobs

Memo also orders the elimination of one-fifth of 4-star posts. No deadline, few guidelines given for shakeup.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: Budget ‘gimmicks’; Drones down fighter jets; China’s counter-drone efforts; Army’s network experiment; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
Science & Tech

Army’s latest networked-warfare experiment ‘took back’ Fort Irwin

Project Convergence-Capstone 5 points to a need for more robots and combining offensive and defensive fires.

  • Meghann Myers
Policy

Defense One Radio, Ep. 179: The Army’s updated fitness test

We discuss nearly three decades of Army fitness tests, and the combat-related changes slated for introduction next year.

  • Defense One Staff
Threats

The D Brief: Budget-proposal reveal; Yemen-strike stats; Army’s to-do list; Marines’ top goal; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Policy

Hegseth issues Army a lengthy to-do list

The Wednesday memo includes deadlines for weapons and tech, orders to streamline units and organizations, and more.

  • Meghann Myers
Policy

Marines’ top goal: 3 amphibious ready groups at sea

Ship maintenance backlogs have kept the amphib fleet limping for years.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: Waltz, out?; New Army goals, cuts; Extremist groups, rising; Ukraine minerals deal; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Army reorg coming?; F-15s get boost; Marines’ cargo-drone plans; DARPA’s next AI-cyber contest; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: Army’s runaway tank; Ukraine’s ‘long-range, remote combat’; Pyongyang confirms involvement; Trump’s natsec ‘emergencies’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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