Threats

The D Brief: Shooting at Ft. Stewart; Spain rejects F-35; China’s nuclear endgame; DNI’s document; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: F-35 crashes; ICE’s military-sized budget; Army’s counterdrone lesson; US ‘deportation capital’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: 4-star promotions now run through Trump; NSA’s top lawyer, fired; Europe’s defense buildup; DIU’s hydrogen bet; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

Who should coordinate Europe’s defense buildup?

The best candidate, at least for the near term, has granular understanding of existing forces and informal links to suppliers.

  • Sara Bjerg Moller
Threats

The D Brief: Two mass shootings; US nukes to UK?; Trump’s new deadline; Europe’s defense-AI startups; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Business

General Atomics plans robot wingman production for Europe

The news follows fellow CCA builder Anduril’s announcement to partner with Rheinmetall.

  • Audrey Decker
Science & Tech

The Army wants an artillery system that can run offense and defense

Fires technology is getting close to an optionally-manned common launcher, U.S. Army Europe and Africa commander says.

  • Meghann Myers
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
Threats

The D Brief: Houthis sink second ship; UK-France nuke deal; Russia’s drone factories; 3 Marine bases get ICE agents; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Chaos in Ukraine-aid pause; Russia’s biggest drone strike yet; Extremists attack weather radar; Israeli troops in Lebanon; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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
Policy

NATO isn’t a ‘rip-off’: Trump says he’s leaving Europe feeling ‘different’

Trump also seemed to change his tune on Ukraine, saying Putin needs to end the war.

  • Audrey Decker
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
Policy

NATO chief to Europe: ‘Stop worrying’ about US, just increase spending

European officials hope the 5% defense-spending pledge will placate Trump.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

Defense One Radio, Ep. 184: Former Ukrainian defense chief Oleksii Reznikov

Kyiv's former defense minister discusses the prospects for a ceasefire, the evolving nature of drone warfare, China’s role in global supply chains, and a lot more.

  • Patrick Tucker
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
Business

Spat over Europe’s next-gen fighter program spills over at Paris Air Show

Public bickering between France and Germany doesn’t bode well for the continent’s efforts to build up military capability.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

‘If Russia is coming, then we will bring the war to Russia’: Inside NATO’s muscular new deterrence plans

Europe and the United States are more aligned than some headlines suggest—but they have different perceptions of the threat.

  • Patrick Tucker
Business

Weapons, wariness, and war: Paris Air Show opens amid uncertainty

U.S. defense companies, at least, hope to assuage European fears about Washington’s reliability.

  • Audrey Decker
Science & Tech

Defense One Radio, Ep. 183: The future of NATO, with retired French Gen. Philippe Lavigne

An alliance preview ahead of this year's GLOBSEC Forum and NATO's summit in The Hague.

  • Patrick Tucker
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