Middle East

Vice chief: US can handle Middle East, Ukraine, China missions all at once

But another temporary funding bill is ‘not where we need to be,’ Adm. Grady says.

  • Patrick Tucker

Today's D Brief: Houthis attack ships; Ukraine aid, running out; Seoul’s space successes; CV-22 crash update; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

Today's D Brief: Israel resumes Gaza strikes; US drops social-media warnings; Ukraine polling; One confirmed dead in Osprey crash; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

Today's D Brief: Navy downs drone near Yemen; Gaza ceasefire extended; WH warns Turkey; China’s actual A2AD challenge; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

Today’s D Brief: Ceasefire extended; Artillery-production stats; NATO chief on Ukraine; Asian money flows; And a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

Can troops with 3D printers save the Pentagon’s mass-drone vision?

Big defense contractors aren’t jumping at the chance to make cheap drones. It might be up to the troops.

  • Patrick Tucker

Today's D Brief: Gaza ceasefire agreed; US airstrikes in Iraq; Ukraine support ticks up; N. Korea’s spy sat; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

‘We’re staying away from Gaza’: Palpable silence at the Dubai Air Show

As Israel-Hamas war rages, officials and exhibitors steered clear of the topic.

  • Audrey Decker

Defense One Radio, Ep. 139: What we learned from a Middle Eastern airshow

We take a look at how officials around the region are carrying on with business as usual despite Israel's war with Hamas.

  • Ben Watson and Audrey Decker

Today's D Brief: Gaza conditions worsen; China’s undersea prowess; Koreas plan spy-sats; Navy P-8 skids into the sea; And just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad

Ukraine’s artillery supply declines as shells go to Israel

President Zelenskyy confirms that 155mm deliveries are drying up, even as Russia presses an assault in the east.

  • Sam Skove

Today's D Brief: Peacekeepers to Gaza?; Ukraine artillery-supply slumps; Report from the front; Xi-Biden upshot; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

Boeing aims to 'stabilize’ defense business as it pitches Mideast countries

New commercial sales and a NATO purchase cheer company officials after a downbeat earnings call.

  • Audrey Decker

Today's D Brief: Israel hunts through hospital; China, US to restore military ties; Shutdown averted, for now; Air Force IO; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

Today's D Brief: Israel raids hospital; Ukraine gets key foothold; Robot-wingman price tag; Boeing’s good week; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

Boeing welcomes USAF interest in light-attack version of T-7 trainer

Company’s fighter lead says Air Force officials have discussed the concept multiple times.

  • Audrey Decker

Today's D Brief: EU to miss Ukraine-aid goal; F-16 training base opens; NATO’s cable focus; DOD’s new ethical-AI tools; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Lauren C. Williams

General Atomics ‘nears deal’ to sell anti-missile pod for its Reaper drones, company says

Self-Protection Pod might have saved the MQ-9 recently downed near Yemen, GA claims.

  • Audrey Decker

Today's D Brief: 5 die in helo crash; More US strikes in Syria; Israel warns Hezbollah; B-21’s first flight; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
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U.S. military strikes more Syrian facilities

The airstrikes, the second set in a week, were meant to degrade Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps capabilities.

  • Lauren C. Williams

Effort to build common Mideast air picture gets a ‘B-minus’ from USAF official

“Slow but steady progress” cited by deputy commander of Air Forces Central Command.

  • Audrey Decker