Threats

The D Brief: SecDef seeks $8B shift; Trump’s Ukraine plans, decried; Quantum chip breakthrough?; Warship maintenance goals; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: ‘Start negotiations immediately’; Gabbard, intel chief; 5K troops at border; State Dept.’s armored Teslas?; And just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

How Trump could productively reshape the transatlantic defense relationship

If rearming Europe and ending the war in Ukraine deters China, all the better.

  • Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer
Threats

The D Brief: Hegseth pans Kyiv’s ‘unrealistic objective’; Anti-ISIS airstrikes; USAID IG fired; ‘Stunning twist’ for Army headset; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Hegseth’s town hall; Trump: annex Canada; Purge reaches academies, schools; Full-year CR?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: NATO’s Baltic problem; Denmark ups military spending; MADIS vs. drones; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Meghann Myers and Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Hegseth’s $50K payout; Trump to NATO: spend 5% of GDP; DOD telework, cancelled; Boeing’s new losses; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

NATO spending increase could help Ukraine, and possibly US armsmakers

Biden, Trump teams reportedly discussed an arrangement under which NATO's European members would buy U.S.-made arms for Ukraine.

  • Patrick Tucker
Policy

Defense One Radio, Ep. 171: SecDef Austin’s last trip to Europe

Patrick Tucker describes a Defense Department in transition as Russia's Ukraine invasion approaches the four-year mark.

  • Defense One Staff
Threats

The D Brief: Hegseth on the Hill; NATO’s newest mission; Next carriers named; C-130J firefighting video; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Ukraine-aid plan; US production woes; How Navy ‘wasted’ $1.8B; Jersey drone update; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Europe’s wartime crossroads; F-35’s training gap; Army’s to-do list; Space Force seeks boot camp; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: Seoul declares martial law; Biden rushes to arm Ukraine; Meet Aleppo’s conqueror; Last soldier to leave Kabul will get 4th star; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Business

As Europe contemplates a military buildup, space companies beg NATO to change

Cumbersome acquisition practices will keep Europe from fully harnessing new offerings, execs said.

  • Audrey Decker
Policy

Biden allows Ukraine to use ATACMS to strike Russia

The move comes after what one former Ukrainian official called a “a significant and extremely painful delay.”

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Pace of war shortens EU-based training for Ukrainian troops

Instruction has been pared to the basics in everything from combined arms to officer training.

  • Sam Skove
Ideas

Is Europe prepared for the U.S. election outcome?

The result will affect defense, but also other forces currently at work in the continent.

  • Michaela Millender and Clara Broekaert
Science & Tech

Estonia considering missiles, drones that can strike inside Russia

The Ukraine war shows “you need to carry the effects deep into enemies,” the country’s defense acquisition chief said in an interview.

  • Patrick Tucker
Policy

NATO aims to publish its own commercial space strategy next year

The alliance document will resemble—but not duplicate—the Pentagon’s own recent plan.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Kyiv hikes taxes; DOD’s space turf war; Smart new drone; Tornadoes shred Florida roofs; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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