Defense One News Headlines

05-01-26 (19:15)   Military force can topple a dictator, but it cannot create political authority or legitimacy
05-01-26 (18:01)   The D Brief: Trump threatens more countries after Maduro abduction; SCOTUS rejects Guard deployment; Nigerian-strike fallout; 2025 scorecard; And a bit more.
04-01-26 (01:30)   'A line crossed': Lawmakers, lawyers, anti-war advocates alarmed by Venezuela overthrow
03-01-26 (22:44)   How 'Absolute Resolve' harnessed 150 aircraft and more to launch a regime change in Venezuela
03-01-26 (21:15)   Trump gives up on National Guard deployment in 3 cities
03-01-26 (20:44)   US spy agencies contributed to operation that captured Maduro
03-01-26 (20:30)   The US will 'run' Venezuela for now, Trump says after armed assault on capital
02-01-26 (12:15)   2025 in review: Ideas
01-01-26 (12:15)   2025 in review: defense systems
31-12-25 (12:15)   2025 in review: Space Force
30-12-25 (12:15)   2025 in review: Marine Corps
29-12-25 (12:30)   2025 in review: Air Force
28-12-25 (12:15)   2025 in review: Navy
28-12-25 (12:15)   Inside China's nascent, AI-powered military logistics system
27-12-25 (12:15)   2025 in review: Army
26-12-25 (12:15)   2025 in review: tech
25-12-25 (12:15)   2025 in review: business
24-12-25 (19:01)   2025 in review: policy
24-12-25 (16:15)   Defense Business Brief: Firefly's moonshot; 'Battleships' and drone boats; Army logistics collab
24-12-25 (09:01)   'Very, very strange time': After a big 2025, what's next for the defense industry?
24-12-25 (08:30)   Pacific Marines modernize, prep for a busy year
24-12-25 (06:44)   Trump's new 'battleship' should not carry nukes
23-12-25 (20:15)   USAF adds third contender for initial robot-wingman buy; picks 9 for next phase
23-12-25 (18:44)   The twists and turns of Trump's 2025 war on unions
23-12-25 (18:30)   Now you can train for the next drone war on simulated Ukrainian front lines
23-12-25 (17:30)   The D Brief: New 'battleship' announced; Nigeria, under US surveillance; China's ICBMs; Boat-strike Qs; And a bit more.
22-12-25 (18:01)   The D Brief: US hits 70 ISIS targets; Another tanker seized; Army seeks common C-UAS controller; More firms cleared for Golden Dome work; And a bit more.
22-12-25 (17:01)   Another 1,000 defense companies chosen for $151B Golden Dome competition
19-12-25 (23:01)   Pentagon preps to enforce ban on companies with 'indirect' ties to China
19-12-25 (21:01)   To foster Middle East peace and prosperity, help Kurdistan fend off extremists
19-12-25 (20:44)   The Pentagon wants a common network for its counter-drone systems
19-12-25 (16:30)   The D Brief: Europe pledges aid to Kyiv; Dems seek boat-strike docs; Navy's next frigate; Conflicts to watch; And a bit more.
18-12-25 (23:30)   Defense One Radio, Ep. 201: Conflicts to watch in 2026
18-12-25 (22:01)   Pentagon will cough up summaries of three years of safety investigations, per NDAA
18-12-25 (22:01)   Leaders tapped to fill months-long vacancies atop NSA, Cyber Command
18-12-25 (17:30)   The D Brief: Trump rebrands housing subsidies as 'bonus'; Venezuelan navy starts escorting tankers; SOF needs jamming ranges; Big arms sale to Taiwan; And a bit more.
18-12-25 (17:01)   Special operators seek larger ranges for electronic warfare and drone development and training
18-12-25 (10:01)   Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as 'warrior dividend' bonus
17-12-25 (23:30)   Space Force Special Operations Command? Congress has questions, too
17-12-25 (17:30)   The D Brief: Trump sets blockage on Venezuela; Europe warns of war; SecDef won't release boat-strike video; Nominees to fill long-vacant posts; And a bit more.
16-12-25 (23:01)   After eight months, administration signals a potential leader for NSA, CyberCom
16-12-25 (21:15)   Nearly 300 days after purge, Pentagon taps new Air Force vice chief, JAG
16-12-25 (17:30)   The D Brief: Fentanyl now a 'WMD'; Airstrikes rise in Somalia; Cocom consolidation, mulled; Post-quantum encryption; And a bit more.
16-12-25 (16:15)   Building post-quantum gear is hard. A new partnership aims to make it easier
15-12-25 (18:15)   The D Brief: 3 Americans killed in Syria; Ukraine peace talks; Germany on Russian sabotage; Scharre on AI in war; And a bit more.
15-12-25 (18:01)   After shedding thousands of feds, Trump admin's new 'Tech Force' aims to recruit workers to two-year jobs
13-12-25 (10:30)   Next presidential jet will arrive a bit earlier than projected, Air Force says
13-12-25 (00:30)   New GAO, Navy reports warn of serious V-22 Osprey safety risks, with some fixes stretching into 2030s
12-12-25 (23:30)   On Europe, the Trump administration is out of step with Congress, Americans
12-12-25 (23:15)   Defense One Radio, Ep. 200: Paul Scharre explains the global AI arms race
12-12-25 (17:44)   The D Brief: More F-35s head south; The divide in Space Force; No sign of 'enemy from within'; FBI's antifa fumble; And a bit more.
12-12-25 (03:01)   There's a divide within the Space Force. Congress is forcing the service to address it
11-12-25 (20:01)   'Enemy from within'? NORTHCOM commander says he hasn't seen it
11-12-25 (18:15)   The D Brief: US seizes tanker; House passes $901B NDAA; US pushes business-centered 'peace plan'; Chipping away at US AI edge; And a bit more.
10-12-25 (23:15)   NATO retains 'open-door policy' despite US opposition to a 'perpetually expanding alliance'
10-12-25 (21:30)   Defense Business Brief: A different Reagan Forum crowd | AI for shipyards | New CCA, who dis?
10-12-25 (17:44)   The D Brief: F/A-18s' Venezuelan flyby; Unpublished version of NSS; Little public support for boat attacks; Funding falters for Navy's next jet; And a bit more.
09-12-25 (20:15)   Congress supports bare minimum on Navy's F/A-XX, while fully backing Air Force's F-47
09-12-25 (19:44)   'Make Europe Great Again' and more from a longer version of the National Security Strategy
09-12-25 (17:15)   The D Brief: NDAA deets; Boat-strike tug-of-war; DOD's AI plans; GD's collaborative lab; And a bit more.
09-12-25 (04:01)   More AI tools coming in days or weeks, Pentagon R&D chief says
09-12-25 (04:01)   Provision to protect DOD civilians' union rights stripped from NDAA
09-12-25 (01:44)   General Dynamics wants to turn competitors into teammates
08-12-25 (19:15)   Pentagon would have to explain future JAG firings under NDAA provision
08-12-25 (17:30)   The D Brief: Higher spending on the way?; Anti-boat effort's lopsided costs; Security-strategy reax; Navy's next frigate program; And a bit more.
08-12-25 (09:01)   And just like that, the Navy's frigate program is back on—sort of
07-12-25 (22:30)   Hegseth hints at higher defense budgets as OMB says another reconciliation bill is possible
07-12-25 (14:15)   Sinking speedboats with a supercarrier: the lopsided cost of Operation Southern Spear
05-12-25 (22:15)   Army stands up Western Hemisphere Command as new strategies highlight domestic operations
05-12-25 (21:30)   Intelligence community should monitor supply chains, says new natsec strategy
05-12-25 (19:30)   Today's D Brief: New Natsec Strategy; Boat-strike video shows survivors; Russia's worrisome template; Ukraine's tech support to the US; And a bit more.
05-12-25 (09:44)   Ukraine is helping the US catch up with modern warfare—for now
05-12-25 (02:44)   Legal experts fail to see justification for continued U.S. military strikes on drug boats.
04-12-25 (22:01)   Hegseth broke rules, DODIG concludes, even though he said Yemen strike details were 'safe to declassify'
04-12-25 (18:01)   The D Brief: Evolving boat-strike defense; Signalgate report, published; The $148B failure; New poll on natsec issues; And a bit more.
04-12-25 (06:30)   Northrop Grumman to fly new, improved CCA offering next year
04-12-25 (06:30)   Majority of Americans favor more support to Ukraine, Ukrainian victory
04-12-25 (02:30)   To rebuild America's defense industry, unleash private capital
04-12-25 (00:15)   The $148 billion failure: Watchdog's final report excoriates America's attempt to rebuild Afghanistan
03-12-25 (17:44)   The D Brief: Hegseth cites 'fog of war'; USAF axes China-focused reforms; CENTCOM's new attack-drone unit; Firms qualify for Golden Dome work; And a bit more.
03-12-25 (17:15)   Gargantuan Golden Dome contract vehicle clears 1,000-plus firms to vie for slices of $151 billion
03-12-25 (02:30)   Air Force leaders axe major China-focused organizational efforts
03-12-25 (01:01)   The US needs more than troops at a Syrian airbase to constrain ISIS, Iran
02-12-25 (19:15)   NSA has 2,000 fewer people now, meeting Trump-admin goal
02-12-25 (17:30)   The D Brief: WH, DOD change their stories; Trump pardons drug trafficker; Today's US-Russia talks; 'Awful arithmetic'; And a bit more.
02-12-25 (05:30)   Congress to probe US strikes on boats in Caribbean
02-12-25 (05:30)   The awful arithmetic of our wars
01-12-25 (18:01)   The D Brief: Congress investigates boat strikes; Promises of profit propelled peace proposal; Guardsman in critical condition; Germany's war plan; And a bit more.
26-11-25 (22:30)   Space Force won't say who got money to start developing orbital interceptors
26-11-25 (19:30)   Defense One Radio, Ep. 199: Rep. Rob Wittman
26-11-25 (19:01)   Lawmakers vow action to force Russian concessions in proposed Ukraine deal
26-11-25 (18:01)   The D Brief: US envoy's advice to Russia; Navy axes frigate program; USAF's tanker-extending plan; False claims in Guard justification; And a bit more.
26-11-25 (03:01)   USAF plan to fly C-5, C-17s even longer elicits concern
26-11-25 (02:01)   NATO has built a cloud for Ukraine's classified battle data
25-11-25 (21:44)   The Army is taking counter-drone experimentation from Europe to INDOPACOM
25-11-25 (17:30)   The D Brief: US, Ukraine in talks; Counter-drone war, at scale?; China's anti-AI playbook; Spies see opportunity in feds' fear; And a bit more.
25-11-25 (04:30)   Counter-drone warfare at scale? Army demo shows it's getting closer
25-11-25 (00:44)   DOGE is no longer a 'centralized entity,' personnel chief says
25-11-25 (00:44)   Foreign spies see opportunity in fed workers' uncertainty, Army warns
24-11-25 (22:15)   To China's war planners, AI is just another thing to deceive