Ukraine

The D Brief: ARRW is back; Amphib budgets; Putin’s AI plan; Europe’s aid to Ukraine; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

Ukraine’s daring drone raid exposes American vulnerabilities

Will U.S. leaders learn from the new playbook, or ignore it at our peril?

  • Charles Hamilton

The D Brief: COCOM noms; Mass 3D-printing in the field; Trump, Xi talk; The future of deception; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

Ukraine and the future of deception in war

If the U.S. military and its partners cannot master today’s emerging tools, they may fall behind in a critical field.

  • Mick Ryan and Peter W. Singer

Defense One Radio, Ep. 181: What the Army is learning about FPV drones

The 173rd Airborne Brigade's commander unpacks lessons from recent exercises in Lithuania and Tunisia.

  • Ben Watson

The D Brief: Hegseth’s no-show; Ukraine’s lesson to the world; Space Force budget cut?; Border-mission mystery; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

The D Brief: DOD civilians, on the move; Ukraine-strike details; Trump’s nuke offer to Iran; Syria’s jihadis, in uniform?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

Today’s D Brief: Dramatic strikes hit Russian airbases; WH’s 2026 budget; Army’s drone training; INDOPACOM’s AI; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad

Pentagon pushes US dronemakers to innovate as quickly as Ukraine does

DIU’s Project GI initiative aims to embed frontline insights into a perpetual loop of design, testing, and deployment.

  • Patrick Tucker

The D Brief: Russia pounds Ukraine; Germany sends troops abroad; Pentagon’s retention pricetag; Still no CNO; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

The D Brief: USFK to shrink?; House passes spending bill; Big AI in a laptop?; Russia’s big security-camera hack; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

The D Brief: More DOD cuts; Trump’s Putin pivot; N. Korea’s failed launch; Qatar’s gift, accepted; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: Largest drone attack of Putin’s invasion; Dim outlook for Russia-Ukraine talks; Army preps DC for military parade; DOD to get a SOF-like makeover; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Audrey Decker

The D Brief: Army Reserve’s Pacific plan; What Ukraine needs; Peace talks in Turkey; Misinformation studies cancelled; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson

The D Brief: New jets announced; Border-ops funding shift; Putin’s no-show; Europe’s trillion-dollar problem; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

The D Brief: Why Yemen strikes ended; Gitmo flights, tallied; Spectrum battle; Turkey’s PKK disbands; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

Today’s D Brief: Russia’s barrage; India-Pakistan ceasefire; SOCOM gear; Qatar’s proposed gift; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Audrey Decker

The D Brief: Budget ‘gimmicks’; Drones down fighter jets; China’s counter-drone efforts; Army’s network experiment; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
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The D Brief: Waltz, out?; New Army goals, cuts; Extremist groups, rising; Ukraine minerals deal; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

The D Brief: Army’s runaway tank; Ukraine’s ‘long-range, remote combat’; Pyongyang confirms involvement; Trump’s natsec ‘emergencies’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

The D Brief: WH pressures Ukraine; Hegseth latest; Rare-earths squeeze; Boeing’s no-loss quarter; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston