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Bradley Peniston

Deputy Editor, Defense One

Bradley Peniston
Bradley Peniston is deputy editor of Defense One. A national security journalist for two decades, he helped launch Military.com, served as managing editor of Defense News, and was editor of Armed Forces Journal. His books include No Higher Honor: Saving the USS Samuel B. Roberts in the Persian Gulf (Naval Institute Press, 2006), which has been featured in the Chief of Naval Operations' Professional Reading Program.
Policy

The Space Force Has a Song

The song honors the “invisible front line” of warfighters keeping watch “beyond the blue.”

  • Bradley Peniston and Jacqueline Feldscher
Science & Tech

CNO: Navy Is Equipping Ships with a Software Arsenal, Taking Lead on New Destroyer Design

A Q&A with Adm. Mike Gilday, U.S. Chief of Naval Operations.

  • Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: EU's von der Leyen in Kyiv; Putin, Xi in Uzbekistan; More Taiwan aid?; Iran hacker indictments; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: ‘Ukrainian blitzkrieg’ erases some Russian advances; Conservative groups push to end Kyiv aid; Army’s future course; 10 Qs for the SecDefs; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Business

Defense Business Brief: Frigate construction starts; Navy acquisition chief tapped; new rocket ordered; and more...

  • Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: ‘Super-typhoon’ hits western Pacific; Sex-assault reports rise; Biden calls MAGA a threat; Afghan-refugee mission, renamed; And just a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

The D Brief: Nuclear inspectors in Ukraine; More aid coming; US foils Iran robot-boat theft; Navy’s first female COB; And a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston, Jacqueline Feldscher and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

The D Brief: Z threatens Russian troops; Austin on Afghanistan; Deadly riot in Iraq; Fix the interpreter-visa program; And a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

The D Brief: Ukraine confirms counteroffensive; IC to gauge damage from Trump docs; US to name Arctic ambassador; China’s WWII shelters, reused; And a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad
Business

Defense Business Brief: Farnborough recap: Supersonic airlifters?; 6th-gen fighter; Raytheon CEO, one-on-one; and more.

  • Marcus Weisgerber and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The Army Brief: The force is shrinking; Military life palls; Infrastructure warning; and more…

  • Bradley Peniston
Featured eBooks
Joint All Domain Command & Control (JADC2)
Special Operations Technology
Extremism vs. Equality: Building Diversity in Defense
Ideas

Defense One Radio, Ep. 105: Aerospace's new inflection point

Here's what industry execs were worried about at the Farnborough Airshow.

  • Ben Watson, Marcus Weisgerber and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The Naval Brief: RIMPAC’s back; Military life palls; Norfolk’s warning; and more...

  • Bradley Peniston
Defense Systems

Tempest Tabula Rasa: UK’s Next-Gen Fighter Cockpit Has No Instruments, Yet

BAE suggests under-development avionics architecture could influence other aircraft as well.

  • Bradley Peniston
Business

At UK Airshow, Defense Execs Warn of Inflation, Supply Chains, and Worker Shortages 

The Biden administration needs to invest in apprentice schools, CEO of top aerospace and defense firm says. 

  • Marcus Weisgerber and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: $450M in new US arms to Ukraine; Gun-violence bill advances; Troops lose right to abortion; Historic shipwreck found; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

A Joint Jump for US-UK Friendship Day

The British Army's Red Devils and the U.S. Army's Golden Knights parachute into Washington, D.C.’s baseball stadium.

  • Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Putin's EU gas squeeze; Germany's LNG 'trap'; #D1TechSummit, day 5; China's new carrier; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

Today's D Brief: NATO chief at the WH; Yemen truce extended; Swedish aid?; Mass shooters getting younger; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The Naval Brief: Russian sea strikes; Coasties’ cyber grads; Deadly DE; and more...

  • Bradley Peniston