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China is bringing gray-zone warfare to space
Space is increasingly looking like the South China Sea.
Threats
‘If Russia is coming, then we will bring the war to Russia’: Inside NATO’s muscular new deterrence plans
Europe and the United States are more aligned than some headlines suggest—but they have different perceptions of the threat.
Threats
Four scenarios for the Middle East, from a former IDF intel chief
The collapse of Hezbollah, Hamas, and Assad presented an “opportunity” for Israel to expand its war across the Middle East, Amos Yadlin said.
Science & Tech
Uncrewed battle groups? DARPA, admirals offer glimpses of the Navy’s robotic future
The pace of technology—and the realities of industrial capacity—are opening naval minds to the possibilities.
Science & Tech
Defense One Radio, Ep. 183: The future of NATO, with retired French Gen. Philippe Lavigne
An alliance preview ahead of this year's GLOBSEC Forum and NATO's summit in The Hague.
Threats
Move faster, share things: A former NATO transformation chief previews the summit
The alliance is ‘stronger’ than it was, but strike, space, AI, and more require urgent attention.
Science & Tech
Defense One Radio, Ep. 182: Defense innovation with Shield AI’s Brandon Tseng
The Navy SEAL-turned-tech entrepreneur explores industry trends and challenges ahead of this year's GLOBSEC Forum.
Science & Tech
Air Force brings ARRW hypersonic missile program back from the dead
“Diversity imposes costs on the adversary,” one expert explained.
Threats
China may own the ‘narrative’ of future conflict if the US crushes the satellite imagery biz: experts
Experts say NRO cuts would hurt public understanding of what adversaries are doing.
Business
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.
Policy
Hegseth halves staff of Pentagon’s testing-oversight office
The move may reduce the quality of DOT&E’s second opinions, but may not affect safety, former officials said.
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Bill aims to lock in DIU’s dual-use reservist corps
The soldier of the future might have a day job at a start-up.
Science & Tech
For DOD, the future of large language models is smaller
Everyone loves big AI, but “maybe there is a smaller-parameter model that could run on a laptop.”
Science & Tech
Trump: Golden Dome to cost $175B, be ready in three years
Defense officials have said it would take at least five to seven to develop its space-based weapons.
Policy
Special operations are becoming the Pentagon’s future ‘normal’
“SOF is floated as a one-size-fits-all solution for a lot of problems,” said one former official.
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Policy
JSOC commander likely to be SOCOM pick, sources say
The White House “loves" Vice Adm. Mitch Bradley, but final decisions are not yet in.
Science & Tech
AI is helping the Pentagon go from finding targets to predicting threats
With the next chapter of Maven, NGA aims to spot not just known objects but “anomalies.”
Defense Systems
Make big things small and small things big: SOCOM’s gear wishlist
As special operations forces prepare to take on a wider set of missions, their tech needs are growing more ambitious.
Science & Tech
Air Force Special Operations wants to fire cruise missiles from Reaper drones
The demand for AFSOC forces is increasing, creating new pressure to re-imagine current tools.
