Threats

Space Force: We need a hotline to China

Direct communications could ward off miscalculation as space militarizes faster than norms develop, officials say.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

Navy envisions ‘hundreds of thousands’ of drones in the Pacific to deter China

With DIU contracting for prototypes, Pacific Fleet is experimenting with unmanned craft that may one day defend Taiwan.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Today's D Brief: Austin returns to duty; Speaker Johnson’s dilemma; How Ukraine aid benefits the US; CNO on China’s navy; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

Navy robot ships on a 15-year path to operating ‘at speed and scale,’ CNO says

Adm. Franchetti’s plans to compete with China include better networks, unmanned infrastructure, and a new robotics rating for sailors.

  • Patrick Tucker and Lauren C. Williams
Threats

Expect China to attack US infrastructure within 3 years, MITRE CTO says

The US needs to figure out how to disconnect its industrial-control systems from its networks—and fast, says a top leader of the defense R&D not-for-profit.

  • David DiMolfetta
Exclusive Policy

US may cut info-warfare assets as China, Russia expand influence ops

Key psyops units may get squeezed by a Pentagon effort to trim special-operations forces.

  • Patrick Tucker
Science & Tech

Robot wingmen vs. China: What a think tank’s wargame revealed about a key USAF concept

As the Air Force contemplates a range of price points, the tabletop exercise suggests cheaper is better.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

Today's D Brief: US strikes Yemen, Iraq, and Syria; Senate unveils Ukraine, Israel, border bill; China's busy shipyards; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

Today's D Brief: Ukraine’s military chief’s view; Russian ship, sunk; China’s new hacking era; Big sale to India; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

Chinese hacking operations have entered a far more dangerous phase, US warns

“This is truly an Everything Everywhere, All at Once scenario,” one official said.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Today's D Brief: Strikes coming, US says; EU OKs Ukraine aid; CIWS downs Houthi missile; Recruiting news; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: US plans retaliation; Israel floods Gaza tunnels; USMC’s new weapon; USAF’s electric plane; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Deadly drone confusion; China’s IOT hacks; Arms exports set record; Inside a UK tanker over Nevada; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Border-Ukraine bill; CIA chief to Mideast; Big loss on B-21; Don’t name your HQ wifi “command post”; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: DOD runs out of Ukraine funds; Anti-ISIS fight in limbo; Australia’s sub to-do list; Kim’s conniption; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: More US strikes in Iraq, Yemen; Turkey clears Sweden for NATO; More F-35 delays; Arms for Ukraine; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Anti-Houthi strikes get a name; Autonomous weapons advance; B-21 production greenlit; Assessing a Taiwan invasion; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad
Science & Tech

The Pentagon is already testing tomorrow’s AI-powered swarm drones, ships

DOD pulled off unmanned amphibious landings, self-coding drones, and more just in the last year. What's next?

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Today's D Brief: US forces, attacked; China’s Mideast wins; SecDef summoned to Hill; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

How China is winning the Middle East

China is working to present itself as a responsible alternative to the U.S. in the Middle East, just as many are questioning Washington’s long-term commitment to the region.

  • Peter W. Singer
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