Threats

The D Brief: Deadly Russian strike; Tussle in Turkey; Houthis’ new tactic; Army division’s gunnery breakthrough; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Business

Pentagon keeping $5M per jet until Lockheed finishes F-35 upgrade

Lockheed issues small upgrade to TR-3, but full capability remains some time away.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Sullivan in China; SecNav’s spicy message to industry; Ukrainian F-16 crash?; Fire on the Red Sea; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

The Navy wants industry’s help to reduce sustainment costs

The Secretary of the Navy explains what his department wants from—and, if necessary, what it will do to—its contractors.

  • Carlos Del Toro
Threats

The D Brief: Kyiv’s new weapons; Russia continues bombardment; China’s blockade; Old-school soldiers vs. tech; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Hard choices ahead for USAF in the Pacific; 3 invasion scenarios for Taiwan; Navy’s manpower problems; A new drone that doesn’t need GPS; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Meet the Army’s new recon unit; Putin’s Kursk-Pokrovsk gambit; China’s new sub; New Jan. 6 charges; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Moscow under attack; C-UAS, lumberjack edition; New US nuclear strategy toward China; USAF’s big Pacific exercise; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Collisions in the Pacific; Bridges down inside Russia; Ukraine seeks ‘buffer zone’ in Kursk; ULA for sale?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Wanted: faster deterrence; Trade rules, eased; Navy’s multi-amphib buy; Taliban takeover, mapped; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Base lockdown in Germany; Nord Stream suspect sought; F-15s to Israel; The Navy’s new long-range missile; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker
Business

F-35 performance-based logistics deal is dead—for now

Pentagon balks at moving away from fix-on-demand arrangement during global uncertainty.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Bracing for Iran’s response; ISIS rises in Syria; Ukraine’s 20-mile incursion; Longer Korean deployments; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

Navy still bullish on lasers but widely-deployed directed-energy ship defense remains years away

Quest gains urgency as enemy drones and missiles get better, cheaper, and more widely used.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Replicator passes a milestone as some troops complete training with cheap new drones

DepSecDef says the systems will be a formal part of the 2026 budget.

  • Patrick Tucker
Policy

Germany vows continued Pacific presence to ‘protect the international order’

Two German warships at RIMPAC highlight Europe's growing presence in the region.

  • Jennifer Hlad
Policy

The US is helping the Philippines modernize its military

The move comes at a time of rising tensions in the South China Sea.

  • Patrick Tucker
Ideas

Chinese warships off Alaska signal a new stage in seapower competition

Understanding why requires a look at "near waters," "far waters"—and the colonial past.

  • Colin Flint, The Conversation
Policy

US Forces Japan to be upgraded to warfighting command

The shift will move operational control of Japan-based forces east from Hawaii and, officials say, deepen cooperation with the Japanese military.

  • Patrick Tucker
Business

F-35’s price might rise, Lockheed warns

After years of declines, the jet’s cost is being pushed by upgrades, inflation, and a proposal to buy fewer of them.

  • Audrey Decker
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