The D Brief: US downs Iranian UAV; Army to host drone competition; Guardsmen in civvies at ICE jail; Hegseth threatens Scouts; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• February 4, 2026

The D Brief: Trump’s Greenland fixation undermines alliance; Cui bono?; Lawmakers set flat defense budget; How AI went DOD; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• January 21, 2026

The D Brief: Greenland discussions; Russian sabotage in Europe; ‘Ideological tuning’ in DOD AI; Some leave Al Udeid; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• January 14, 2026

The D Brief: ‘Perfidy’ in boat strike?; Pentagon’s new AI plan; Venezuela’s broken air defenses; Quantum space cameras; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• January 13, 2026

The D Brief: 3 Americans killed in Syria; Ukraine peace talks; Germany on Russian sabotage; Scharre on AI in war; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• December 15, 2025

Defense One Radio, Ep. 200: Paul Scharre explains the global AI arms race

The former Army Ranger explores how AI might reshape drone warfare, America's tech race with China, Russia's war in Ukraine, and much more.

• Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker
• December 12, 2025

The D Brief: F/A-18s’ Venezuelan flyby; Unpublished version of NSS; Little public support for boat attacks; Funding falters for Navy’s next jet; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson, Thomas Novelly and Bradley Peniston
• December 10, 2025

The D Brief: NDAA deets; Boat-strike tug-of-war; DOD’s AI plans; GD’s collaborative lab; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• December 9, 2025

The D Brief: US, Ukraine in talks; Counter-drone war, at scale?; China’s anti-AI playbook; Spies see opportunity in feds’ fear; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• November 25, 2025

To China's war planners, AI is just another thing to deceive

The People’s Liberation Army is prepping for battles in which AIs work to distort each others' reality.

• Tye Graham and Peter W. Singer
• November 24, 2025

Govini founder arrested on child solicitation charges

The arrest of Eric Gillespie comes a month after the company secured a Bain Capital investment to expand its artificial intelligence tools to a wider landscape.

• Nick Wakeman
• November 12, 2025

PacFleet is rushing to create new capabilities, operating concepts

Adm. Koehler: “It might sound to you like we’re building the airplane while we fly it. That is no accident.”

• Jennifer Hlad
• October 30, 2025

The Air Force wants to put private AI data centers on its bases, raising security, land-use fears

The service will offer upwards of 3,000 acres across five U.S. bases to qualified developers.

• Thomas Novelly
• October 24, 2025

The D Brief: DOD sheds 60K civilians; EU warns Moscow; USAF’s new ‘homeland’ focus; China’s airborne gets help; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• September 26, 2025

The D Brief: Hegseth yanks brass to Quantico; Drones close Danish airports; AFSOC’s Caribbean work; Russia’s AI drones; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• September 25, 2025

How the rapid pace of AI connects to China’s threats toward Taiwan

A hearing Wednesday explored why Taiwanese chips are more prized than ever.

• Patrick Tucker
• September 19, 2025

State Department CIO hopes agentic AI can help employees

Tools that could complete tasks across multiple systems would go far beyond the agency’s StateChat chatbot.

• Natalie Alms
• September 17, 2025