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
Threats

Expect a Chinese show of force against Taiwan soon, says INDOPACOM head

“When something occurs that they don’t like, they tend to take actions,” said Adm. John Aquilino.

  • Jennifer Hlad
Threats

Today's D Brief: Mideast missile attacks; SEALs missing after boarding; Taiwan election results; Ukraine’s command posts; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: US, UK attack Houthis in Yemen; Global reactions; Taiwan’s election; Seahawk crash in California; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Audrey Decker
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