Ideas

2024 in review: Air Force

China shakeup, bombers, jammers, ICBM—it was a busy year.

  • Defense One Staff
Ideas

2024 in review: Navy

Bracing for the future, grappling with shipbuilding woes, watching China—and more stories about the sea service.

  • Defense One Staff
Ideas

2024 in review: Business

The rise of the software contractors, wobbles among the old guard—and more defense-industry news of the year.

  • Defense One Staff
Policy

2024 in review: Policy

Preparing in the Pacific, learning from Ukraine, girding for a new administration—here are some of the policy stories that shaped the past year.

  • Defense One Staff
Defense Systems

Army eyes data platform upgrade for 2025

The service lengthened its contract with Palantir before releasing a sketch of its plans for its next-gen Army Data Platform.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Threats

The D Brief: Navy jet downed by US cruiser; Tech titans push tieup; Trump’s latest DOD picks; More Taiwan aid; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston, Audrey Decker and Ben Watson
Defense Systems

Air Force may curtail F-35 plan if newer tech pans out, SECAF says

Outgoing secretary Frank Kendall also clapped back at recent comments by Elon Musk about manned vs. unmanned systems.

  • Audrey Decker
Policy

Bill aims to beef up US shipbuilding

Bipartisan SHIPS Act would add funding, goals, oversight to boost U.S. military, commercial fleets.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: Ukraine-aid plan; US production woes; How Navy ‘wasted’ $1.8B; Jersey drone update; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Defense Systems

Recoil, hold the smoke: the latest in military sims

A walk around the floor at the I/ITSEC training-and-simulation conference.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Business

SpaceX’s Shotwell wants space launch regulators to move faster

Elon Musk’s company aims to launch nearly 200 times next year.

  • Audrey Decker
Defense Systems

‘Navy wasted $1.84 billion’: GAO slams cruiser-rehab effort

Poor planning, myriad changes have marred the Congress-mandated effort to refit Ticonderoga cruisers for five more years of life.

  • Bradley Peniston and Meghann Myers
Ideas

How China is adopting battlefield lessons from Ukraine

A drone-assisted ambush of a Ukrainian tank drew particular notice by PLA analysts.

  • Tye Graham and Peter W. Singer
Defense Systems

Marines will spend nearly $1B to develop littoral warfighting, upgrade tactical systems

ManTech will do both jobs under two five-year contracts.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: Israel pounds Syrian military sites; Taiwan gets tanks; Will AI firms eat the Pentagon?; One dead on Fort Eisenhower; and just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

Are AI defense firms about to eat the Pentagon?

Competitors are becoming collaborators in the industry’s hottest segment.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Europe’s wartime crossroads; F-35’s training gap; Army’s to-do list; Space Force seeks boot camp; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Policy

‘Shock the system’: Startups and DOGE take over Reagan forum

But lawmakers advised caution and noted that Congress still controls the purse strings.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: What’s next for Syria?; Defense-policy bill unveiled; New counter-UAV strategy; Some GOPers unsold on Hegseth; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Defense One Radio, Ep. 168: The decline of America’s commercial shipbuilding industry

We conclude our series of conversations about America's ailing shipbuilding sector.

  • Ben Watson
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