Business

For Trump and Musk, reforming how the Pentagon works is possible—but not easy

Fixing Pentagon acquisition will take confronting Congress, officials say.

  • 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
Defense Systems

Is bad data to blame for missing weapons parts?

The Army, Defense Logistics Agency, and Pentagon are working to make data-sharing easier and improve supply-chain woes.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Policy

Reported Trump ‘loyalty tests’ for national-security officials draw criticism

If career employees are removed from the National Security Council, they would return to their home agencies, but the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee has expressed concern.

  • Sean Michael Newhouse
Business

Bigger, higher, cheaper: Space startup looks beyond LEO

The Pentagon’s former space policy chief joins LA-based K2 Space.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Hegseth, questioned; Ratcliffe, Rubio testifying; Gabbard, uncertain; Navy’s next destroyer; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

‘I know what I don’t know,’ SecDef pick says at confirmation hearing

Hegseth faced questions about his inexperience and fitness as a leader.

  • Meghann Myers
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
Science & Tech

Insider-threat detectors fail too often. A new tool could help plug leaks

Building a live model of dataflows and workflows can help reveal where access controls are inefficient or broken.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Pentagon 'concerned China will instigate' avoidable conflict: DepSecDef

U.S. is not trying “bait or trick” Beijing into war, Hicks says.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

Today’s D Brief: Hearing set for SecDef pick; Guards' wildfire work; CNO’s new dashboard; Women ended Army’s recruiting skid; And a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Lauren C. Williams
Threats

The D Brief: Allies reel over annexation talk; Ukraine donors set production goals; Navy’s plans/funding mismatch; Iran’s painful admission; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Patrick Tucker and Bradley Peniston
Threats

New Orleans attack a reminder of ongoing ISIS threat

Diminished terror groups still able to radicalize stateside, official says.

  • Meghann Myers
Policy

Ukraine military-aid donors aim to set Kyiv up through 2027, Pentagon says

Thursday’s meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group will be Austin’s last as SecDef.

  • Patrick Tucker
Policy

Federal background-check overhaul is finally on track, DSCA says

Workers in national security-sensitive positions are now fully enrolled in continuous vetting.

  • Sean Michael Newhouse
Ideas

2024 in review: Commentary

Defense One contributors gathered lessons from around the globe and looked ahead to the new administration.

  • Defense One Staff
Defense Systems

2024 in review: Defense systems

Satellites, bombers, and drones of every description are just some of the year's top systems stories.

  • Defense One Staff
Ideas

2024 in Review: Army

Lessons from the Ukraine war—and what might come next—dominated the news.

  • Defense One Staff
Ideas

2024 in review: Business

The rise of the software contractors, wobbles among the old guard—and more defense-industry news of the year.

  • Defense One Staff
Policy

2024 in review: Policy

Preparing in the Pacific, learning from Ukraine, girding for a new administration—here are some of the policy stories that shaped the past year.

  • Defense One Staff
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