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When an airplane crashes, impartial investigatory bodies leap into action, empowered by law to unearth what happened and why. But there is no such empowered and impartial body to investigate CrowdStrike’s faulty update that recently…
The D Brief: Army rethinks maneuver warfare; Osprey-inquest results; Farnborough wrap-up; Weekend…
The U.S. Army may need to de-emphasize maneuver warfare in the face of new weapons that will make tomorrow’s wars “increasingly lethal,” the service’s Training and Doctrine Command said in a report unpacked Thursday by Defense One’s Sam…
Defense One Radio, Ep. 160: The 2024 Farnborough airshow
Defense One Radio, Ep. 160: The 2024 Farnborough airshow - Defense One
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Failed gearbox, crew decisions caused fatal Osprey crash, Air Force says
A deadly Osprey crash that killed eight airmen in November off the coast of Japan was caused by the “catastrophic failure” of a prop-rotor gearbox and the pilot’s decision to keep flying despite warnings, the Air Force says. The…
New tech will make tomorrow’s wars more dangerous to troops, Army says
The Army may need to rethink its traditional emphasis on maneuver warfare in the face of new weapons and other technology that will make tomorrow’s wars “increasingly lethal,” the service’s Training and Doctrine Command says in a new…
Chinese warships off Alaska signal a new stage in seapower competition
Chinese warships were recently spotted sailing close to the Aleutian Islands, just off the Alaskan coast. Meanwhile, naval boats have begun to dock at a Beijing-built military port in Cambodia. While these two events…
The military needs to make human-performance optimization part of daily ops
Ukraine’s fierce defense against Russia’s better-on-paper invasion force underscores—once again—how soldiers represent human weapons systems, bringing cognitive, physical, and tactical attributes to the mission in ways that technology…
More than 7,000 NSA analysts are using generative AI tools, director says.
More than 7,000 National Security Agency analysts have begun using generative AI tools in the past year, the agency’s director said Tuesday.These “piloted capabilities” are being used for “intelligence, cybersecurity, and business…
The D Brief: Assassination in Iran; US strike in Iraq; Army seeks new missile; Boeing names next…
A suspected Israeli attack inside Iran’s capital city of Tehran killed the political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, during a trip Wednesday to mark the inauguration of Iran’s president. Haniyeh was filmed at that inauguration, which…
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