Business

NATO innovation accelerator announces first class of startups to get help

The alliance is looking to support tech development on the European side of the Atlantic.

  • Patrick Tucker
Business

In race to make artillery shells, US, EU see different results

DOD’s early success may founder on Congressional inaction, while Europe’s private firms await orders.

  • Sam Skove
Policy

‘Russia is weaponizing time,’ Ukraine tells NATO

At Halifax conference, Western policy leaders struggled to meet a concatenation of crises.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

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
Ideas

Regional conflicts have given Turkey more room for a 'middleman strategy'

Still, several recent moves by Turkish leader Erdoğan look like a more pro-Western approach.

  • Ozgur Ozkan, The Conversation
Threats

Documents confirm that Ukraine is importing Turkish cluster munitions

Official data backs up earlier reporting on a second Ukrainian source for the controversial weapons.

  • Sam Skove
Threats

Today's D Brief: Israel preps ground incursion; Zelenskyy at NATO; Disinfo spreads on X; Army hunts for its gear; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Pentagon: US downed Turkish drone when it became ‘potential threat’

Top defense and military leaders spoke to their Turkish counterparts on Thursday.

  • Caitlin M. Kenney
Threats

Today's D Brief: UK defense chief in Kyiv; After Putin visit, Kim vows more nukes; Taiwan unveils sub; Robot-wingman flap; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

EU official calls out X as largest promotor of disinformation

“My message for Twitter/X is…We will be watching what you do,” official says.

  • Patrick Tucker
Policy

US preps unusual $2B loan for Polish military

Poland has bought billions worth of U.S. military goods, in addition to Korean-made armaments.

  • Sam Skove
Policy

Estonia plans loitering-munitions unit to hunt enemy air defenses

Inspired by the wars in Ukraine and Nagorno-Karabakh, the new battery may be NATO’s first.

  • Sam Skove
Policy

Europe’s defense spending sluggish despite Ukraine war

Slow growth isn’t compensating for post-Cold War divestments, analysts say.

  • Sam Skove
Threats

How a tiny Polish airport became a key node for Western aid to Ukraine

Daily jumbo-jet landings now eat up the fuel once allotted for a whole week of passenger flights.

  • Sam Skove
Threats

Polish support for Ukraine brings lessons, but also risks

Warsaw is learning just what is killing its donated field guns, and battling Russian spy rings back home.

  • Sam Skove
Business

Lockheed, Raytheon sign deal to make Javelin anti-tank weapons in Poland

The United States has given Ukraine more than 10,000 of the weapons so far as they fight against the Russian invasion.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Exclusive Policy

EU plans to arm Ukraine bearing fruit, but more is needed, Estonia says

Ahead of a US visit, top defense ministry leader says effort to deliver a million artillery shells will likely reach its goal by next summer.

  • Sam Skove
Policy

US to train Ukrainian pilots, maintainers on F-16s this fall

The pilots will go through English language training before getting into the cockpit.

  • Caitlin M. Kenney
Policy

Meet the tiny State Department offices clearing billions of dollars’ worth of weapons for Ukraine

They’ve handled a 150-fold increase in work by doing in hours what used to take months.

  • Sam Skove
Policy

NATO creates $1.1B fund for tech startups

The U.S. and Canada have yet to join the effort, which resembles the U.S. intelligence community's In-Q-Tel.

  • Ross Wilkers
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