Policy

When can US spies buy your personal data? New guidelines are coming

The ODNI will soon release "extra safeguards" for protecting citizens' privacy when buying datasets, a top Pentagon lawyer says.

  • David DiMolfetta
Threats

The D Brief: Russia’s GPS interference; Disappointing US drones; New spy satellites; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Defense Systems

New spy-satellite constellation begins launch next month

Seven operational satellites are planned this year, and more through 2028, a senior NRO leader said.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

Today's D Brief: Navy axes briefings; Westpac exercises; Army in Austin; Austrian spy scandal; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Drones vs. factories; GE’s engine spinoff; USAFA’s diversity struggle; New job for Cold-War crane; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Shells for Ukraine; SpaceX’s big contract; China’s nascent railgun; N. Korea’s missile tests; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Marines to Haiti; T-7 delayed again; Pentagon’s battlefield bottlenecks; Exploring the future with fiction; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

Defense One Radio, Ep. 146: Elliot Ackerman on ‘2054: A Novel’

The author and Marine veteran discusses the future of technology, the promise of AI, the perils of toxic politics, and other themes packed into his latest work of speculative fiction.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

CIA Director: With supplemental, Ukraine can hold its own against Russia

Without the additional funding “lies a much grimmer future.”

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Today's D Brief: Army revamps training; US sinks drones; Top Marine is back; Dating-app espionage; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Combat in the Red Sea; Space Force’s successful experiment; Singapore’s stealth jets; AI-powered election threats; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Today's D Brief: Ukraine war’s grim anniversary; Russia’s next move; Tallying Red Sea attacks; NATO’s next chief; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Today's D Brief: Avdiivka’s costly loss; Russia’s Biden disinformation; Red Sea missile duels; Space hotline; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: New Russian weapon in space?; Putin’s Ukraine war, two years on; NATO defense spending on the rise; UAE pushes back on Mideast strikes; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Defense Systems

The Pentagon may need machines to help stop insider threats

Humans can’t always pick up on the nuances of network behavior so there’s a need for secure, automated tools that can.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Science & Tech

Chinese hacking operations have entered a far more dangerous phase, US warns

“This is truly an Everything Everywhere, All at Once scenario,” one official said.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Today's D Brief: ‘Insane’ number of cross-border attacks; US hits Houthis, again; B-21 flies at Edwards; Some secrets get less secret; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: 2024 funding deal?; Scrutiny for SecDef; Sailor-spy sentenced; China’s aerial messages; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Business

Army buys long-range business jet to spy on China, Russia

Prototype spy plane flies higher and farther than current equivalents.

  • Sam Skove
Threats

Today's D Brief: Tuberville backs down, again; Ukraine’s military commander, bugged; Laser-powered drones?; DOD’s ‘AI workers’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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