Defense Systems

Budget standoff delays Army’s artillery-targeting upgrade

New system will replace spreadsheets and PowerPoint to generate options at “machine speed.”

  • Lauren C. Williams
Threats

Today's D Brief: Tuberville backs down, again; Ukraine’s military commander, bugged; Laser-powered drones?; DOD’s ‘AI workers’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Business

Defense Business Brief: NDAA passed; Zelenskyy meets US defense execs, New Rebellion Defense CEO, and more.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Threats

Space Command is fully operational, if still officially homeless

Lawmakers are delaying the HQ decision in the 2024 defense policy bill.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

Today's D Brief: USAF’s budget limbo; Red Sea attack; Navy gets chief buyer; US-Finland pact; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Missiles barrage Kyiv, again; Congress passes NDAA; Israel eyes ‘long’ Gaza war; F-35 parts shortage; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

Section 702 surveillance doesn’t belong in the NDAA

The controversial spying power doesn’t actually expire for more than four months.

  • Kia Hamadanchy and Ashley Gorski
Threats

Today's D Brief: Israel floods Gaza tunnels; More Houthi naval attacks; Russia jamming US arms; WH presses Congress on Ukraine aid; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Zelenskyy’s ‘Reagan’ plea; Houthis hit another tanker; Europe’s weakened militaries; US breaks mass-shooting record; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

The 2024 defense policy bill has a lot of cyber

Other provisions touch on diplomacy and nuclear command and control, among other things.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Policy

The defense industrial base is 'in crisis,' expert tells Hill panel

The defense establishment is not equipped to develop, acquire and onboard emerging technologies at scale, according to a draft report from the Pentagon.

  • Edward Graham
Threats

Today's D Brief: Gaza-war diplomacy; Barrage on Kyiv; Congress saves F-22s; DOD’s latest arms request; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Congress moves to save F-22s from the boneyard, once again

The compromise defense policy bill sets the USAF’s minimum fighter inventory at 1,112 planes.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

Today's D Brief: Aid bill fails; NDAA moves ahead; US grounds Ospreys; More F-35 delays?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Ukrainian-supply summit; US strikes in Iraq; Tuberville ends hold; DOJ alleges war crimes; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Hundreds of promotions approved after Tuberville drops hold

Senate swiftly approves 425 officers’ advancement, but 11 four-star jobs remain in limbo.

  • Audrey Decker and Bradley Peniston
Business

Defense Business Brief: Reagan Forum recap; Industrial strategy, imminent; Counter-drone ‘crisis,’ and more.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Threats

Today's D Brief: Houthis attack ships; Ukraine aid, running out; Seoul’s space successes; CV-22 crash update; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Deadly Osprey crash; Drone developments; Trump’s authoritarian vows; NDAA talks underway; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Audrey Decker and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

L3Harris eyes 2025 for F-16 EW production

Viper Shield will enable international customers to detect more than one enemy.

  • Audrey Decker
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