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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…
The Army wants AI to take physical risk off of its soldiers
The Army is wholeheartedly embracing the idea that artificial intelligence will play a role on the battlefield—but don’t expect robots to replace soldiers everywhere.What service leaders would like is to send a robot out to clear a building…
The D Brief: ‘Shift’ in Iran policy; Israel pounds Gaza; Ukraine’s all-drone attacks; Russian ops on…
‘Iran on notice,’ says Pentagon spox of ongoing strikes against Houthis. U.S. forces are continuing strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen that began over the weekend, Pentagon officials told reporters on Monday, and the strikes will continue…
‘Iran on notice,’ says Pentagon spox of ongoing strikes against Houthis
U.S. forces are continuing strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen that began over the weekend, Pentagon officials told reporters on Monday, and the strikes will continue until the terrorist group agrees to stop shooting at ships in the Red…
The US just lowered its defenses against authoritarian propaganda, experts say
The Trump administration’s moves to gut much of the U.S. Agency for Global Media and its integrated government-funded news networks are priming overseas media consumers for exploitation by authoritarian regimes and influence campaigns,…
The D Brief: Strikes in Yemen; Border destroyer; DOGE vs. nuclear-security agency; ‘Buy Europe’…
The U.S. military carried out a series of airstrikes targeting the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen on Saturday. The strikes killed at least 53 people and wounded another 98, according to the Houthis. Rewind: The Houthis began…
The end of nonproliferation?
The Trump administration’s abandonment of alliances in favor of a transactional, unilateral foreign policy portends the end of the nuclear nonproliferation regime. The main reason that Germany, Japan, South Korea, other states…
Defense One Radio, Ep. 174: Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith
Defense One Radio, Ep. 174: Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith - Defense One
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