Defense Department

The D Brief: US strikes in Somalia; UAE seeks DOGE’d DOD workers; Trump-Putin talks fall flat; Genius Machines on Thursday; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker

The D Brief: Largest drone attack of Putin’s invasion; Dim outlook for Russia-Ukraine talks; Army preps DC for military parade; DOD to get a SOF-like makeover; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Audrey Decker

The D Brief: Defense-exports deal; F-47 specs; China’s Gulf inroads; Air Force One dangers; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

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

The D Brief: State’s cuts; Trans ban, in effect; Concerns about Army plan; B-52s join B-2s; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson

The D Brief: India, Pakistan exchange fire; Houthi ceasefire?; Shipyard drain; Another jet overboard; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

The D Brief: 10% fewer generals; ‘Conquer Gaza’; New ICBM expense; ‘Airpower trap’?; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston, Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker

The D Brief: India-Pakistan tensions rise; China’s ‘ChatGPT for robots’; Golden Dome price tag; Robot-wingman reversal; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson

The D Brief: State of Defense, service by service; US strikes Yemen port; DEI is out at DOD; Shakeup week for OSD; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Lauren C. Williams

There’s no more DEI at DOD, watchdog finds

But most of the roles were eliminated last year by an act of Congress.

  • Lauren C. Williams

The D Brief: New CJCS; Contracts, cancelled; Europe pledges Ukraine aid; Report: China avows Volt Typhoon; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston, Lauren C. Williams and Ben Watson

The D Brief: US soldiers’ bodies found; Raising Nordic defenses; Russia’s new draft; A-10s to Middle East; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: Musk visits Pentagon; NGAD decision?; Navy’s frigate mess; Germany ups spending; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

The D Brief: COCOM consolidations?; DOD rehiring fired civs; Militarized border zone mulled; Defining cognitive warfare; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

Pentagon hiring freeze holds previously approved job moves hostage

Civilians have sent their belongings overseas but are trapped at their duty stations.

  • Meghann Myers

The D Brief: DOD ordered to reverse firings; Trump presses annexations; Putin declines quick ceasefire; F-35 uncertainty; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson

The D Brief: DOD workforce, whipsawed; Russia cool on ceasefire; Industrial-policy nom; Gitmo migrants sent back to US; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson

The D Brief: US, Ukraine seek ceasefire; DOD’s climate denial; Armor data falsified; Army retention woes; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
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The D Brief: Allies mull nukes; Syrian breakthrough?; Base-refineries proposal; Judge demands DOGE records; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

The D Brief: Ukraine’s intel quandary; Pentagon’s civilian firings; Speedier-software policy; Russia’s military horses; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Eric Katz

Pentagon aims to accelerate acquisition of new tech through software-contracting change

Buyers must default to rapid-acquisition processes long used by DIU, SecDef memo orders.

  • Patrick Tucker