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The D Brief: Army reorg coming?; F-15s get boost; Marines’ cargo-drone plans; DARPA’s next AI-cyber…
Army to cut generals, PEOs, commands? Service leaders are reportedly weighing a proposal to reduce the number of generals and program executive offices, and even to merge Army Futures Command with Training and Doctrine Command. That’s from…
Pentagon warns it’s not prepared for homeland drone attack
Citing the hundreds of drones that flew around military sites last year, defense officials warn that the Pentagon is still unprepared to defend its installations—but say a new standard operating procedure, and expanded authorities, could…
For Saudi Arabia, Normalization with Israel Doesn’t Make Sense Now
As the Trump administration continues to widen its engagement with Iran, Washington has yet to grasp a stark reality: An Israeli-Saudi peace deal is almost certainly beyond reach in the foreseeable future. The reasons for that deserve…
How cargo drones could reshape Marine Corps resupply
The Marine Corps is looking for medium-sized cargo drones to handle supply missions across the far-flung islands of the Pacific. One company hopes its acquisition of a drone from an uncrewed-logistics pioneer will put it in the running.On…
In Brief: Foreign Policy Surprises in Trump’s First 100 Days
Today marks the 100th day of Donald Trump’s second presidential administration. We asked five foreign policy and national security experts: What has surprised you most about Trump’s first 100 days? Read more below. Kori Schake Senior Fellow…
DARPA takes aim at China’s telecom hacks in AI-cyber contest
SAN FRANCISCO — The final round of a cybersecurity competition run by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will take inspiration in part from a Chinese hacking campaign discovered last year that was found to have burrowed into…
The D Brief: Jet falls off carrier; Yemen-bombing stats; Global defense-spending spike; Amazon’s…
The U.S. Navy lost a F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft Monday during an engagement with the Houthi militants off the coast of Yemen. But it wasn’t in the air when it happened. A tractor was towing the $67 million jet to “a hangar bay when the…
Modernization as Readiness in the U.S. Marine Corps
Many observers had grown numb to yet another Chinese military exercise encircling Taiwan. But after two weeks, the maneuvers did not end. Instead, China quietly transformed its “exercise” into a suffocating naval blockade, sealing off all…
Haiti Is a Political and Criminal Crisis that Should Not be Ignored
A coalition of criminal gangs is close to capturing Haiti’s beleaguered capital of Port-au-Prince.
Today, Haiti is grappling with extraordinary violence as gangs have tightened their stranglehold over large portions of the country. Over one…
The D Brief: Army’s runaway tank; Ukraine’s ‘long-range, remote combat’; Pyongyang confirms…
The U.S. Army made a tank it doesn’t need and can’t use. Now it’s figuring out what to do with it. Defense One’s Meghann Myers lays out the jaw-dropping history of the M10 Booker combat vehicle off a candid interview with Alex Miller, the…
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