Ideas

2024 in review: Marine Corps

A new kind of regiment, more drones, and new techniques—and other stories about the Corps.

  • Defense One Staff
Threats

Costs of the CR: Marines will miss full strength, and more

A continuing resolution is better than a shutdown, but it’s still a stopgap that hurts.

  • Patrick Tucker
Defense Systems

US Ospreys to resume flight after gearbox inspections

New flight restrictions added after part failed in last year’s deadly crash.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

Extra parts, people powered F-35 readiness on latest Pacific deployment

VMFA-225 worked around delays with the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Russian general slain in Moscow; Ukraine engages N. Korean troops; China’s wartime lessons; First Okinawa Marines move to Guam; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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
Defense Systems

Army, Marine Corps want more ground vehicle simulators

It’s a lot cheaper to blow up or damage a simulation than the real thing.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Business

Lockheed braces for new administration as Musk targets F-35

CFO: “Until we get that visibility, it's really hard to speculate on what we'll see.”

  • Audrey Decker
Science & Tech

Defense One Radio, Ep. 166: The Second Battle of Fallujah, 20 years later

A decorated Marine veteran and a videogame maker revisit the bloodiest battle of the Iraq War.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: Russia’s foreign-made drones; Ukraine’s EW-hardened drones; China’s $50B littoral buildup; US soldiers rescue sailors at sea; And just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

That F-35 that flew on after the pilot ejected? 'Pilot error' blamed

But investigators also noted multiple “aircraft electrical and display malfunctions” ahead of the crash.

  • Audrey Decker
Policy

Military services upping recruiting goals after rebound in 2024

Recruitment numbers are looking better after more recruiters are getting into communities.

  • Audrey Decker
Science & Tech

Army wargame to test cargo drones and live logistics data

The service is also looking into casualty evacuation by drone.

  • Sam Skove
Threats

F-35 tech problems, protracted negotiations hit Lockheed finances

Officials also seemed to back off its goal of finishing the TR-3 upgrade by next spring.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

F-35s still missing readiness goals, despite rising spending

The F-35 Joint Program Office’s “war on readiness” has yielded only small improvements since it was launched last year.

  • Audrey Decker
Business

Lockheed taps deputy F-35 chief to take over program

The change, effective Dec. 1, comes after a rocky year.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Another hurricane looms; Grim anniversary in Israel; Inside the Marines’ littoral regiment; China hacks ISPs; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Iran’s missile attack on Israel; Russia seizes town; Ukraine gathers industry; Jan. 6 whitewash; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Defense Systems

Two years after rollovers, Marines’ ACV is landing on Pacific beaches

Amphibious Combat Vehicles were sent ashore in South Korea amid “negligible” waves.

  • Sam Skove
Policy

Is the US military learning enough from Ukraine?

Relatively few analysts at the services’ doctrine organizations are working full-time to glean lessons from the war.

  • Sam Skove
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