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Threats

The D Brief: Expect more Guard deployments in US; More leaders fired; Rifles vs. drones; Can AI help fix Humvees?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 25, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: DOD’s drone-warfare plans; ODNI to shrink further; ICE seeks volunteers; Black Hawk upgrades; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 22, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Pushback in DC; Russia’s new bombardment; Marines’ drone wizards; Key AI platform, DOGEd; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 21, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Where troops are in DC; Warships to Venezuela; NSA data chief loses clearance; SecDef’s sprawling security; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 20, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Summit prep; Defense strategy flip; Ukraine’s new main supplier; Foreign-aid decision; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 14, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: The ‘feel-out’ summit; Vulcan, operational; Costly IT do-overs; Military vs. cartels; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 13, 2025
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Threats

The D Brief: Troops into DC; Trump to host Putin; Europe wants Ukraine at Ukraine talks; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
  • August 11, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Military vs. cartels; Early-retirement whiplash; Inside Israel’s Iran attack; Vulcan mission, finally; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • August 8, 2025
Business

Defense One Radio, Ep. 188: Tech Summit talks: The venture capitalists’ perspective

The last in our series of conversations from this year’s Defense One Tech Summit.

  • Lauren C. Williams
  • August 6, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: ‘Automation everywhere’; Ukraine-aid support grows; Guard request, rebuffed; Missing-sailor mystery; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 1, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Trump greenlights arms for Kyiv; Europe rushes to assist; Grok lands DOD contract; HIMARS down under; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker
  • July 15, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Army scores billions from BBB; NATO chief to the White House; DOD’s drone blitz; US voter support for immigration rises; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Meghann Myers
  • July 14, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: DOD reviewing weapons to allies; Militarized border grows; Wicker and Rogers on reconciliation bill; NG chief commentary; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Lauren C. Williams
  • July 3, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: DOD halts ammo to Ukraine; USMC’s new narco sub; Reconciliation bill moves back to the House; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Meghann Myers
  • July 2, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: DOD budget developments; Trump touts Everglades detention center; Lancet: USAID cuts could cost 14M lives by 2030; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Audrey Decker
  • July 1, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Will US strike Iran?; China’s orbital gray zone; Army’s artillery production; Europe’s fighter-jet spat; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • June 18, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Israel bombs Iran; Courts debate Guard deployment; Navy merges drone efforts; SecDef pressed on firings; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Lauren C. Williams
  • June 13, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: DOD civilians, on the move; Ukraine-strike details; Trump’s nuke offer to Iran; Syria’s jihadis, in uniform?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • June 3, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Cuts to DOT&E; Uncrewed F-35?; Qatari jet’s a mess; Border gets barracks funding; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • May 29, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: RIP, 5-things email; German-Ukrainian missile plan; Russia’s latest demands; P&W strike ends; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • May 28, 2025
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