Defense One

Until recent decades, the National Reconnaissance Office wouldn’t acknowledge even one satellite it had in space. Now, the intelligence agency is speaking publicly about launching dozens in the past year and a half. “From last…

Two U.S. senators are working across the aisle to get answers from the Pentagon about its efforts to advance quantum sensing—whose promises include jam-resistant position-navigation-timing systems—and whether the U.S. military can keep pace…

Microsoft’s digital crimes team and the Justice Department seized some 100 website domains belonging to a Russia-backed hacking gang that’s built a reputation targeting civil society organizations around the world.A civil action unsealed…

New: Russian hackers have turned their sights on Taiwan, Dmitri Alperovitch noted Thursday on social media. Targets include Taiwanese companies and government agencies. Why now? Possibly because just last month, Taiwan’s new president…

An upcoming test-firing of a small cruise missile is a step toward filling a rising need for U.S. special operators—and perhaps allies around the globe.Sometime this fall, Leidos aims to launch its under-development Black Arrow missile from…

The Air Force picked longtime defense IT contractor Leidos to develop and manage the guts of the service’s next-gen command, control, and communications network Defense One has learned. The $303 million contract covers “planning,…

Despite delays, United Launch Alliance says its Vulcan heavy-lift rocket will still fly two missions for the Space Force before the end of the year—if the rocket’s second flight goes smoothly.Vulcan had its maiden flight in January, years…

Nobody’s talking about how the rapidly approaching presidential election might affect the state of civil-military relations in this country. But we should be. The military in particular should be hoping for the best and preparing for the…

The purported sinking of a Chinese nuclear submarine at a Wuhan shipyard pier is the latest example of Western reporting on military developments in China that overlooks important details and context, or even takes the wrong lessons from…

Shortly after U.S. officials predicted it publicly, Iran launched more than 200 ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday, with dozens flying over Jerusalem’s Old City, a holy site for Muslims, Christians, and Jewish people around the…