Threats

The D Brief: Jet falls off carrier; Yemen-bombing stats; Global defense-spending spike; Amazon’s first satellites; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Army’s runaway tank; Ukraine’s ‘long-range, remote combat’; Pyongyang confirms involvement; Trump’s natsec ‘emergencies’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

New White House order makes it easier to fire probationary employees

Move comes after judge called first Trump-administration effort to remove such workers a “a total sham.”

  • Sean Michael Newhouse
Threats

The D Brief: India-Pakistan tensions rise; China’s ‘ChatGPT for robots’; Golden Dome price tag; Robot-wingman reversal; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: WH pressures Ukraine; Hegseth latest; Rare-earths squeeze; Boeing’s no-loss quarter; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: More loose lips; Troops get detention powers; State’s coming cuts; Primes’ aircraft plans; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: More DOD turmoil; US warns on Chinese sats; Nordics’ emerging power; Army’s new radar; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

Why I resigned in protest from National Defense University

Policy is not set in stone. It will be easier to push for necessary political changes at DOD from outside the university’s esteemed walls.

  • Tim Roemer
Threats

The D Brief: State of Defense, service by service; US strikes Yemen port; DEI is out at DOD; Shakeup week for OSD; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Lauren C. Williams
Threats

The D Brief: Space Force’s new war plan; Musk, Palantir, Anduril eye ‘Golden Dome’ contracts; DOD’s race for small reactors; And a bit more.

  • Lauren C. Williams and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: Crash near border kills 2 US troops; Pentagon axes two advisors for alleged leaks; Leadership shakeups continue; ACLU sues DoDEA over banned books; And a bit more.

  • Audrey Decker and Ben Watson
Policy

Putting SPACECOM HQ in Alabama would have saved Pentagon $426 mil, DOD IG says

But then-SPACECOM commander Gen. Dickinson was worried the move would result in significant personnel losses.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Trump militarizes border, testing courts; Adm. Caudle for CNO?; Tariff war could cost DOD critical minerals; And a bit more.

  • Audrey Decker and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: Russian missiles kill 34 in Ukraine; Trump lashes out at CBS; Breakthrough in robotics?; Naval autonomy today; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker
Policy

Trump directs military to control federal land along southern border

A late-Friday memo could put troops in direct contact with migrants, a possible violation of federal law.

  • Ariana Figueroa
Threats

The D Brief: New CJCS; Contracts, cancelled; Europe pledges Ukraine aid; Report: China avows Volt Typhoon; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston, Lauren C. Williams and Ben Watson
Business

Long-sought goal of better Pentagon buying may finally be within reach

A new executive order seeks to overhaul defense buying. A handful of innovators within the Defense Department are already showing the way.

  • Patrick Tucker and Jennifer Hlad
Ideas

Trump’s defense-acquisition executive order hits the right notes

Conditions may finally be right for badly needed reforms, says a former defense industrial-policy chief.

  • Jeffrey Nadaner
Threats

The D Brief: New defense EOs; Somalia concerns; Ukrainian’s advice for US; Spies target fired feds; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
Policy

Defense acquisition, exports, and shipbuilding figure in trio of new executive orders

White House orders up plans and proposals for reducing costs and stimulating industrial base.

  • Jennifer Hlad and Bradley Peniston
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