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As tanker plans remains uncertain, today’s Air Force refuelers may fly past their 100th birthday
The Air Force may have to keep its aging KC-135 tankers flying beyond their planned 2050 retirement, depending on how many new tankers it buys in coming years and whether a next-generation refueling aircraft ever…
France, UK must heed the call of Europe’s new nuclear age
French President Emmanuel Macron’s bold call to open a new “strategic debate” in Europe on the role of nuclear deterrence without the United States deserves commendation. Europe must be clear-eyed about the geopolitical tectonic shifts…
The D Brief: COCOM consolidations?; DOD rehiring fired civs; Militarized border zone mulled;…
Trump officials are planning major changes atop the U.S. military as part of their goal to shrink the federal government, CNN and NBC News reported Wednesday. Ideas include halting an expansion of US Forces Japan, and combining several…
SecDef’s software memo causing ‘angst,’ defense official says
The Pentagon’s new marching orders to buy software as fast as commercial companies do has the contracting workforce feeling a bit anxious, which is a sign that major cultural change is needed, a top defense official said Tuesday. “I…
The Pentagon is asking 364 fired probationary employees to come back
The Defense Department is complying with a judge’s order to reinstate probationary employees fired after the Office of Personnel Management directed agencies to fire them en masse, according to a Wednesday court filing.The Pentagon had…
China is waging cognitive warfare. Fighting back starts by defining it.
War has shifted far beyond the realm of traditional kinetic operations. We now face an era defined by what experts call cognitive warfare, an insidious form of conflict aimed at influencing how people think and act, destabilizing the very…
Today’s D Brief: Trump takes Putin’s offer; ‘Dogfighting in space’; DOD’s personnel bottleneck; PLAN…
‘Movement to peace’ in UkraineU.S. President Donald Trump accepted Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s counteroffer on Ukraine after the two men spoke by phone Tuesday. Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymir Zelenskyy, had been seeking…
Military hydrogen-cell drones poised for big takeoff
As drones continue to reshape the nature of warfare, the limitations on range and power are becoming the difference between success and defeat on the battlefield. Now, an Israel-based drone company and U.S. manufacturing company Mach…
China is practicing ‘dogfighting’ in space, Space Force says
Chinese satellites have conducted coordinated maneuvers with “synchrony” and “control,” a top Space Force official revealed Tuesday, dubbing the moves “dogfighting in space.”The service is “starting to see our near-peers focusing on…
Pentagon’s efforts to slash civilian workforce continue to cause confusion
This story was updated at 6:55 p.m. Eastern on March 18.Efforts to slash the Pentagon’s civilian workforce by more than 60,000 people are not proceeding as planned, thanks in part to a March 14 court order that could force the rehiring of…
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