Threats

Today's D Brief: SecDef has cancer; ‘Complex’ Red Sea attack; Army’s space plans; 2023’s record heat; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Business

I'm terrible at goodbyes

Your humble Defense Business Brief scribe is moving on.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Threats

Today's D Brief: 2024 funding deal?; Scrutiny for SecDef; Sailor-spy sentenced; China’s aerial messages; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Today's D Brief: SecDef’s hospitalization; Extremism in the ranks; China’s purge; New rocket’s first flight; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: China, US generals talk; Fat Leonard, extradited; EU joins Red Sea force; Another rocket attack in Iraq; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

Why the Defense Department attended COP28

Climate change threatens our national security. We’ll face the challenge with allies and partners.

  • Brendan Owens, Meredith Berger, Rachel Jacobson, Ravi Chaudhary and Iris A. Ferguson
Threats

Today's D Brief: 10-nation Red Sea flotilla; Helping Ukraine repair its weapons; More election meddling; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

The defense industrial base is 'in crisis,' expert tells Hill panel

The defense establishment is not equipped to develop, acquire and onboard emerging technologies at scale, according to a draft report from the Pentagon.

  • Edward Graham
Policy

Hundreds of promotions approved after Tuberville drops hold

Senate swiftly approves 425 officers’ advancement, but 11 four-star jobs remain in limbo.

  • Audrey Decker and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Info threats demand a ‘cultural shift,’ new Pentagon strategy says

“The consistent integration of informational and physical power” must become “the norm.”

  • Edward Graham
Threats

Today's D Brief: Austin in Ukraine; Israel’s strategy; Army’s Pacific missile plan; China hits divers with sonar; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Ukraine’s artillery supply declines as shells go to Israel

President Zelenskyy confirms that 155mm deliveries are drying up, even as Russia presses an assault in the east.

  • Sam Skove
Policy

Military leaders are already using AI tools to help make decisions

Even simpler digitization and automation tools are streamlining combatant commanders' operations, the deputy chief of the Pentagon’s AI office said.

  • Edward Graham
Policy

Senate panel moves to evade Tuberville's block on military nominations

The Rules Committee approved a temporary change to allow votes on large groups of nominees, but its fate before the whole Senate remains unclear.

  • Ashley Murray, States Newsroom
Defense Systems

India plans to make armored vehicles with US help, officials say

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced the deal during a bilateral meeting with State Secretary Antony Blinken and Indian ministers of defense and external affairs.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Threats

Today's D Brief: US jets hit arsenal in Syria; MQ-9 downed off Yemen; Hamas seeks ‘permanent’ war; Commandant’s health update; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

'Influencers in uniform' are boosting recruiting, Pentagon says

Troops' social-media posts are "wildly popular because I think youth are looking for authenticity,” says deputy defense secretary.

  • Edward Graham
Science & Tech

DOD’s new AI and data strategy gives industry a challenge: share

Implementing the new strategy will require companies to work together in ways they never have before.

  • Patrick Tucker
Science & Tech

The A-10 and F-35 competed in close air support tests years ago. The report just surfaced.

One prominent HASC member said he sticks behind the F-35.

  • Audrey Decker
Policy

Senate confirms first woman to lead Navy, fills Joint Staff vacancies

However, hundreds of confirmations are still blocked by Sen. Tommy Tuberville.

  • Lauren C. Williams
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