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How NORAD could be hurt by US-Canada tensions
If President Trump’s tariffs and threats shatter the U.S.-Canadian defense partnership, the Pentagon would lose some ability to track incoming enemy threats.Without Canada’s radar sites, “the northern approaches would be severely…
Administration, unions trade lawsuits over ‘national security’ order to reduce feds’…
It’s been just days since President Trump signed an unprecedented executive order aimed at stripping two-thirds of the federal workforce of their collective-bargaining rights, but both the White House and federal employee unions are already…
The D Brief: US soldiers’ bodies found; Raising Nordic defenses; Russia’s new draft; A-10s to Middle…
Developing: The bodies of three U.S. soldiers were recovered Monday after their sunken M88A2 Hercules vehicle was finally retrieved from a swampy bog in eastern Lithuania, just a half-dozen miles from the border with Belarus. “We will…
Signalgate spurs DOD interest in chat-archiving services
Federal law requiring agencies to preserve electronic messages—and a lawsuit in the wake of the infamous group chat about strikes in Yemen—have officials with Defense, Justice, and Homeland Security reaching out to at least one company…
The D Brief: DOD-shakeup proposals due in days; Border-ops price tag; New Army tech; Rocketmakers’…
Senior Defense Department leaders have less than two weeks to submit proposals to shrink and reorganize their commands, agencies, and departments, Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a Friday memo that also proffered early-retirement and…
SecDef gives DOD leaders less than two weeks to lay out cuts, changes
Updated: March 29, 3:47 p.m. ET.Senior Defense Department leaders have less than two weeks to submit proposals to shrink and reorganize their commands, agencies, and departments, Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered in a Friday memo that also…
The Army wants simple, cheap unmanned tech—here are some options
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has brought into stark relief that the U.S. Army needs not just powerful vehicles and artillery, but lots and lots of simpler unmanned and counter-unmanned systems for drone warfare.“When…
Two rocket makers take step toward Space Force launches
Two emerging rocketmakers have received a key greenlight on their road to competing for Space Force satellite launches. Service officials announced Thursday that Rocket Lab and Stoke Space will join Blue Origin, SpaceX,…
The D Brief: Accountability watch; Golden Dome options; WH pursues Ukraine’s minerals; EU suggests…
SecDef’s group chat fallout continues: A federal judge on Thursday ordered Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and several others on President Donald Trump’s national security team “to preserve all Signal communications between March 11 and March…
Defense One Radio, Ep. 176: Space Force Gen. Chance Saltzman
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