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The D Brief: Hard choices ahead for USAF in the Pacific; 3 invasion scenarios for Taiwan; Navy’s…
The U.S. Air Force’s plan to scatter small bases around the Pacific may be in jeopardy until the service figures out how it can protect them, service chief Gen. David Allvin told reporters on Wednesday. What’s going on: The U.S. Army…
Feds in Iraq will continue to receive special premium pay, OPM says
The Office of Personnel Management has authorized the extension of a premium pay cap waiver for civilian employees serving in Iraq, following President Joe Biden’s continuation of a national emergency declaration that dates back to the 2003…
A group of 20-somethings built a GPS-independent drone in 24 hours—and caught the eye of US special…
In February, 24-year-old Ian Lafferty decided to take a break from the project he was working on—an AI tool for email—and attend a hackathon in San Francisco. While there, he met a handful of Ukranians fresh from the front lines,…
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…
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