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It’s increasingly difficult to see how Qatar can broker a Gaza breakthrough
When the longtime political chief of Hamas was assassinated in late July 2024, it didn’t just leave the entire Middle East on edge. It also created a political headache in Qatar. That’s because the death of Ismail Haniyeh, the…
DARPA hires Twitter whistleblower as CIO
A well-respected hacker who previously filed a whistleblower complaint alleging that then-Twitter was misleading the public about its security practices said on Tuesday that he is returning to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency…
Today’s D Brief: Ukrainian incursion continues; Israeli border war, mapped; Upping US production;…
Ukrainian forces are still fighting in Russia’s Kursk region. Washington Post: “In Ukraine’s largest incursion into Russia since Russian forces invaded Ukraine more than two years ago, fighting continued on Thursday in the Kursk region…
The Pentagon’s IT agency looks to expand cloud offshore
The Defense Information Systems Agency is updating its private cloud offerings to provide better data access in the Indo-Pacific and Europe, a defense tech official said. “We've been pushing public cloud, so everyone is going public…
Replicator passes a milestone as some troops complete training with cheap new drones
Some U.S. military units have completed training on cheap drones produced under the Replicator project, a milestone for the Pentagon's flagship innovation-at-scale effort, the deputy defense secretary said Wednesday.The Pentagon has also…
Wartime need for drones would outstrip US production. There’s a way to fix that
If the U.S. Army found itself at war, American manufacturers would struggle to produce the large number of high-quality small drones that the service would likely need—unless the Pentagon increases its support for drone producers, and…
Air Force-facilitated arms export sales reach all-time high
DAYTON, Ohio—Foreign countries are buying more weapons through the U.S. Air Force than ever before, due in large part to global instability, officials say. “Business has been booming, I understand, for this team, as events happen…
Today’s D Brief: Ukraine’s incursion; Insecure VIP-flight system; US firms eye Ukraine partnerships;…
Ukrainian forces’ incursion into Russia’s Kursk region continues into second day. The Guardian: “Official and unofficial Russian sources reported that a force of several hundred soldiers had crossed a lightly defended part of the border on…
Pentagon planning huge experiment for its connect-everything concept
The Pentagon is about to launch one of the biggest tests yet of its joint, all-domain command and control, or JADC2, concept, this time seeking to bring multiple nations together to test how well the Defense Department can rapidly share…
Warily, US companies eye co-production deals in Ukraine
FARNBOROUGH, UK—Several U.S. defense companies are considering joint production inside Ukraine, but questions remain about the safety of doing business in a war zone, the persistence of corruption, and the long-term business case. The…
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