Threats

Today's D Brief: Ukraine energy, targeted; Gaza aid, underway; Red Sea quid pro quo; Idea: ‘hedge forces’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Navy offers 2-option shipbuilding plan

One path shows the service's desired path; the other, a plan for no real growth in the Navy budget.

  • Shaun McDougall, Forecast International
Threats

Today's D Brief: Kyiv wards off missiles; GOP’s aid idea; Red Sea task forces; ‘Ghost Army’ gets medal; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

China’s nascent railgun is just the tip of its shipboard R&D

Meet the lab working to equip PLAN warships with vast amounts of electrical power.

  • Matt Bruzzese and Peter W. Singer
Threats

Today's D Brief: $300M in Ukraine aid; Arms sales to Poland; Red Sea skirmishes; Orbiting gas stations?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Business

F-35 finally approved for full-rate production, years late

The program has been stuck in its operational testing phase since 2018.

  • Audrey Decker
Ideas

The US is not serious about aircraft carriers—or their industrial base

Congress should reject the Navy’s plan to increase the gaps between new carriers.

  • Bryan McGrath
Threats

Today's D Brief: Haiti evacuations; Dozens of Red Sea drones; US pier for Gaza; Unwanted Oscar; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Today's D Brief: Democracy under threat, Biden warns; Port for Gaza aid; Sweden joins NATO; V-22s cleared to fly; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

US clears Ospreys to fly, with new maintenance plan and one enduring mystery

Each service has its own path to resume operations after a two-month grounding.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

Today's D Brief: Three die in Houthi attack; Lawmakers want Starlink answers; NY NG to patrol subway; Anti-drone rifle; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

Three ideas for countering China in the gray zone

The U.S. ought to pull a few new tools from its military-diplomatic-informational toolbox.

  • James Siebens
Threats

Today's D Brief: Army revamps training; US sinks drones; Top Marine is back; Dating-app espionage; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Ukraine sinks warship; EU seeks ‘war economy’; Warships collide off Philippines; Hypersonic missile on Guam; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Houthis sink a ship; Airdropping aid to Gaza; V-22s to return to flight; Russians keep turning up dead; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Combat in the Red Sea; Space Force’s successful experiment; Singapore’s stealth jets; AI-powered election threats; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Full-year CR would hurt joint exercises, industry, and innovation, defense leaders say

The three service undersecretaries laid out the costs to reporters on Wednesday.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Today's D Brief: ANG idles helicopters; NATO OKs Swedish entry; Shutdown watch; South China Sea barrier; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

The Navy is trying to use quantum computers to task spy satellites

Some problems are coming into focus for the next big leap in computing.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Today's D Brief: Russia’s two-year war on Ukraine; Airman self-immolates; China & Starlink; Sub waits 7 years for repair; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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