Ideas

The White House is looking for savings in the wrong place

The main acquisition challenge isn’t how the military buys weapons, but what it aims to do with them.

  • Julia Gledhill
Threats

Middle East unrest drives conversation on US troop presence

Potential plans to reduce force size in Central Command areas and Europe are up in the air.

  • Meghann Myers
Business

AUKUS review emerged after talks with counterparts, SecDef says

Hegseth cites “long, personal conversations” with UK, Aussie defense ministers.

  • Meghann Myers
Policy

Hegseth says chief of naval operations nomination is coming ‘in due time’

Lawmakers question firings of, and lack of replacements for, senior military leadership.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: Will Israel attack Iran?; CJCS sees no “invasion”; Budget testimony; AUKUS under review; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Lawmakers rip into defense secretary over flat Pentagon budget

The Pentagon is counting on one-time funds from a reconciliation bill to fund investments in shipbuilding and missile defense.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: Trump sends Marines to LA; Hegseth, testifying; State’s AI hires; A first for China’s navy; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: ARRW is back; Amphib budgets; Putin’s AI plan; Europe’s aid to Ukraine; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

How budget talks will shape Marines’ amphibious fleet plans

Slow builds and yearslong maintenance struggles are hampering plans to put three amphibious ready groups at sea.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Policy

Congress would like the Army to show its work on ‘transformation’

The service hasn’t briefed lawmakers on its plans to cut programs.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

China may own the ‘narrative’ of future conflict if the US crushes the satellite imagery biz: experts

Experts say NRO cuts would hurt public understanding of what adversaries are doing.

  • Patrick Tucker and Audrey Decker
Policy

Despite Golden Dome, Space Force budget would shrink again under 2026 spending plan

The White House appears to be pinning its hopes on the one-time reconciliation bill.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

Air Force Reserve faces steep fighter cuts, uncertain future

Plan to eliminate multiple squadrons “takes us out of the fight,” the Reserve’s top general said in a Pentagon interview.

  • Audrey Decker
Ideas

Don’t limit defense innovation by capping small-biz awards

A proposed change to the Small Business Innovation Research program would deprive the military of some of its best problem-solvers.

  • Robert Smith
Threats

The D Brief: USFK to shrink?; House passes spending bill; Big AI in a laptop?; Russia’s big security-camera hack; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

Bill aims to lock in DIU’s dual-use reservist corps

The soldier of the future might have a day job at a start-up.

  • Patrick Tucker
Policy

Pentagon accepts Qatari jet to use as Air Force One

The Air Force is preparing to award a contract to modify the luxury jet.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Golden Dome price, schedule; 3D-printed drones; A push to alter intel; Gitmo’s eye-popping costs; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Business

Hegseth to Air Force: Figure out how to modify Qatari jet

Converting the luxury plane into Air Force One could cost more than $1 billion, one senator said.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Why Yemen strikes ended; Gitmo flights, tallied; Spectrum battle; Turkey’s PKK disbands; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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