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US agencies conclude Iran was behind hack targeting Trump campaign
Three federal agencies said Monday that the Iranian government is attempting to interfere in the 2024 presidential election and is responsible for a recent hack that targeted the campaign of former President Donald Trump. In a…
The Air Force wants to build lots of bases around the Pacific. But it still needs to determine how…
The Air Force and Army need to figure out how to provide base defense for small outposts around the Pacific before a key Air Force operating plan can succeed, according to the service’s top officer.The Air Force’s strategy to become more…
The D Brief: Meet the Army’s new recon unit; Putin’s Kursk-Pokrovsk gambit; China’s new sub; New…
Take a trip to the pine forests of Louisiana, where U.S. soldiers just tested a fast-moving new recon unit while temperatures soared well into the 90s. Defense One’s Sam Skove tagged along for several days of wargaming on Fort Johnson,…
Mike Gallagher talks priorities as Palantir’s new defense business chief
Palantir Technologies has named Mike Gallagher, the former congressman who led the House Select Committee on China, to lead its defense business, the company announced Thursday. The Wisconsin Republican left Congress earlier this year…
Northrop shows off new digital radar tech in first flight
Northop Grumman on Wednesday announced the successful first flight of its Electronically-Scanned Multifunction Reconfigurable Integrated Sensor, or EMRIS, aboard a U.S. military aircraft. The development paves the way for eventual…
Army puts new unit loaded with cutting-edge tech to the test
FORT JOHNSON, Louisiana—The only sign of the drone was its moped-like whine, the noise rising and falling as it circled above the 101st Airborne Division’s soldiers deep behind enemy lines in an exercise last week. But somewhere up…
The D Brief: Moscow under attack; C-UAS, lumberjack edition; New US nuclear strategy toward China;…
At least 10 drones were shot down over Moscow early Wednesday. “This is one of the largest attempts to attack Moscow with drones ever,” said Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, writing on Telegram six different times over a 90-minute period…
How one Army infantry division is using data analytics to keep soldiers safe
FORT CARSON, Colo.—Does the weather outside affect how ready troops are for battle? What about the cumulative stress of training, exercises, or overseas deployment?Before it can answer those questions, the Army must first determine how to…
US still needs to improve monitoring of arms sent to Ukraine, GAO finds
The Defense Department and the State Department aren’t doing a good job of communicating about some of the key arms transfers for Ukraine, according to a GAO report out Tuesday. The United States has pledged $6.33 billion in foreign…
Air Force announces new Pacific exercise to test how it would fight China
The Air Force will send units from across the United States to the Pacific next summer for an exercise designed to test the way it plans to deploy forces in a potential conflict with China. “We're calling our summer exercise 25…
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