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2024 in review: Policy
How Trump may shake up DOD: an insider’s view An interview with Christopher Miller, the acting SecDef-turned-Project 2025 co-author.Patrick Tucker, Science & Technology EditorHow China is adopting battlefield lessons from Ukraine A…
Army eyes data platform upgrade for 2025
The Army is doubling down on its data plans with a new four-year, $619 million contract with Palantir that promises to keep current features that help commanders learn more about their troops, while expanding the AI-powered Vantage platform…
Costs of the CR: Marines will miss full strength, and more
The military is undercut in various ways by Congress’ failure to pass a defense budget this far into the fiscal year—even if the stopgap funding bill passed in the wee hours of Saturday morning avoided a costlier government shutdown.The…
In defense of the military’s unfunded priority lists
The knives are out for the Defense Department’s unfunded priority lists—sometimes called the service branch “wish lists” because they contain items not included in the president’s annual budget request to Congress. But to end the practice…
The D Brief: Navy jet downed by US cruiser; Tech titans push tieup; Trump’s latest DOD picks; More…
The U.S. Navy rescued aviators downed “in an apparent case of friendly fire” over the Red Sea early Sunday, officials at Central Command announced this weekend. Both members of the F/A-18F Hornet’s aircrew are safe, one with minor…
Congress averts shutdown with three-month stopgap at 11th hour
Updated Dec. 21 at 12:30 a.m.In the wee hours of Saturday morning, Congress approved a stopgap spending bill to keep agencies afloat through March 14, allowing the federal government to remain open—even though lawmakers technically…
Assad’s fall lays the ground for wider peace—if the US can seize the moment
The epochal collapse of the Assad government, along with much of the Iranian regional network, has opened the door to a more peaceful Middle East, but has also created risks. The current administration must handle these with urgency, not…
US Ospreys to resume flight after gearbox inspections
The U.S. military’s V-22 Ospreys will be cleared to fly after each aircraft is inspected to assess their prop-rotor gearboxes, a part connected to a deadly 2023 crash, and operating limits are being imposed on new gearboxes.Earlier this…
The D Brief: Troops’ pay in jeopardy; CENTCOM’s Syria surge; Army to cut 5% of generals; USAF may…
Shutdown watch: Troops won’t get paid over Christmas unless shutdown is averted, Pentagon officials said Thursday after Republicans bowed to tweets from Elon Musk and backed out of a spending deal that would have funded the government…
US force in Syria is larger than previously known, Pentagon says
The U.S. military has some 2,000 troops in Syria—more than twice the figure of 900 that the Pentagon has cited for years, a spokesman said Thursday. The higher number includes “temporary rotational forces that deploy to meet shifting…
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