Science & Tech

NATO’s thumbs-up for AWS shows Europe still needs America

The company has become the first cloud provider to win approval to handle sensitive data for all alliance members.

  • Patrick Tucker
Business

The Army didn’t want this striking rotorcraft, but could it be what NATO needs?

Sikorsky showcased its dual-rotor Raider helicopter at the Farnborough airshow.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Threats

‘Game of Thrones’ as Ukraine’s president, defense minister split

The largest government crisis since 2022 shows Ukrainian reform and democracy efforts are as rough and uneven as democracy itself.

  • Patrick Tucker
Business

Sweden’s trio of radar planes will complement NATO’s 10, says air force chief

GlobalEye will be AEW for “all domains,” Maj. Gen. Jonas Wikman says.

  • Thomas Novelly
Threats

Ukraine will build 5M drones in 2026. NATO must learn how: deputy commander

The alliance must also take hard lessons from the U.S. war on Iran, said Air Chief Marshal Johnny Stringer.

  • Thomas Novelly
Policy

International air and space leaders will push unity at conference after prickly NATO summit

Military brass to debate space warfare, the U.K.’s F-35s, and the country's new spending plan.

  • Thomas Novelly
Business

Defense Business Brief: Rocket engine startup eyes production; NATO Summit Day 1; Anduril’s first NATO contract

  • Lauren C. Williams
Policy

NATO has 'changed a lot' in four years, transformation leader says

The alliance has pivoted on standards, experimentation, doctrine, and more, Maj. Gen. Dominique Luzeaux said

  • Bradley Peniston
Threats

‘It takes money to kill bad guys,’ Hegseth says of $200B Iran war request to Congress

“Ungrateful allies” should say “thank you” to President Trump, he said.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: Mines laid in Hormuz; US casualty count; Missile defenses pulled from Asia; DOD’s smaller workforce; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: US toll rises to 8; Iran’s new leader; Building military-specific AI; Counting the rationales for war; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: US-Israel strikes continue; Hormuz closed; 4 US dead, ID’d; SOF join Ecuador drug ops; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Iran war spreads across Mideast; Trump: ‘Wars can be fought forever’; Iranian, US death tolls rise; State urges evacuations from 16 nations; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker
Threats

US-NATO exercise rehearses taking out 1,500 targets a day to ‘overwhelm’ an enemy

Army’s 56th Multi-Domain Command is looking for electronic warfare-proof munitions, decoy drones.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

Russia still sees US as its top adversary, Estonian intelligence report says

Moscow’s gestures toward normalized relations are no more than an “illusory thaw.”

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

NATO innovation chief: Alliance must speed up, or risk Russian invasion

Ukraine shows that “the obsolescence is nearly immediate,” for even the best weapons.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Domestic Guard missions, priced; More strikes on Somalia; New ‘non-kinetic’ cell aids planning; GAO’s missile-warning warning; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

Our allies passed your test, Mr. President. Would we?

A former U.S. infantryman responds to Trump’s amnesiac take on Afghanistan.

  • Micah Ables
Threats

The D Brief: Trump backs down on Greenland; More troops prep for MN deployment; Army tank arrives early; Congress demands Golden Dome answers; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

Trump’s Greenland threat has already hurt US security—but far worse may come

A hostile takeover would shatter America’s key alliance, limit its military’s global reach, and invite economic reprisal.

  • Norbert Röttgen and Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff
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