Defense One

The recent addition of Sweden and Finland to the NATO alliance is opening up new opportunities for members to better work together in the Arctic, where Russian activity has been increasing. That could mean a new combined air operations…

With the October 1 start of the fiscal year only weeks away, preventing a government shutdown should top the agenda for returning lawmakers. A stopgap funding bill that provides the House and Senate more time to pass a full-year budget for…

Russia’s plan to add 180,000 troops will increase the risk of accidents like drones and missiles entering NATO territory, the commander of U.S. Air Forces Europe and NATO Allied Air Command told reporters Tuesday. Hastily-trained…

The U.S. may change its F-16 training program for Ukrainian pilots following an investigation into the fatal crash of one of the country’s donated jets.“Anything that comes out of that, any preliminary things, we're taking a look at to…

Russian disinformation groups are taking aim at Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s White House ticket, posting fabricated videos and other sham content to discredit the campaign, new Microsoft findings…

After long years of worrying about recruiting younger employees, the U.S. intelligence community is getting plenty of applicants. Now it needs to change to keep their rising stars, officials say. “The quality of new…

Time was, the U.S. military needed a giant AWACS aircraft packed with people, sensors, and computers to handle sensing and data sharing. Northrop Grumman now says it has a way to do much of that far from the vulnerable skies.NG InSight is a…

Ukraine’s population has been shrinking rapidly during Russia’s invasion, and the decline could soon pose an additional existential threat to the country, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Behind the numbers: “A confidential…

National Harbor, Md.—Northrop Grumman will release a new “tool box” of connected technologies, physical processors and radar apertures as well as software defined signals intelligence, cyber effects and communications all in one, the…

Seeking to woo commercial satellite companies to its reserve effort, the Space Force is sifting through industry feedback on what would make a voluntary partnership most beneficial. “We cannot wait for a national war to integrate…