Trump fires head of NSA and Cyber Command
NSA and Cyber Command leader Gen. Timothy Haugh was fired Thursday night, seemingly in a White House effort to remove officials deemed not loyal enough to President Donald Trump. Haugh, who...
What will quantum computing actually look like?
The field of quantum computing, like qubits themselves, exists in a state of indeterminacy, with multiple companies making big claims about wildly different approaches. On Thursday, DARPA—the Defense Advanced Projects...
Denmark’s naval modernization plan reflects threats from Russia, US
Denmark’s Defense Ministry made waves with its March 30 announcement of an ambitious naval plan that aims to buy at least 26 new vessels and lays out short- and long-term roadmaps for the Royal...
We tried ‘fighting China’ with lower budgets. It didn’t go well.
By month’s end, Congressional leaders expect the Trump administration to release a “skinny budget” containing topline spending amounts for the Defense Department. Though specifics will come later, the choices that...
US-Europe divorce unlikely—absent a new crisis
Growing concerns about the future of the United States’ relationship with NATO countries—fueled by Donald Trump’s overtures to Russia and attacks on Ukraine and Denmark—have spurred European officials to meet...
How NORAD could be hurt by US-Canada tensions
If President Trump’s tariffs and threats shatter the U.S.-Canadian defense partnership, the Pentagon would lose some ability to track incoming enemy threats. Without Canada’s radar sites, “the northern approaches would...
Add special operators to the Joint Simulation Environment
The 2006 film X-Men: The Last Stand opened with an action-packed battle in the Danger Room, the superheroes’ futuristic virtual training facility. Weapons seemingly flew through the air, explosions were felt,...
Administration, unions trade lawsuits over ‘national security’ order to reduce feds’ rights
It’s been just days since President Trump signed an unprecedented executive order aimed at stripping two-thirds of the federal workforce of their collective-bargaining rights, but both the White House and...
The D Brief: DOD-shakeup proposals due in days; Border-ops price tag; New Army tech; Rocketmakers’ green light; And a bit more.
Senior Defense Department leaders have less than two weeks to submit proposals to shrink and reorganize their commands, agencies, and departments, Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a Friday memo that...
SecDef gives DOD leaders less than two weeks to lay out cuts, changes
Senior Defense Department leaders have less than two weeks to submit proposals to shrink and reorganize their commands, agencies, and departments, Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered in a Friday memo that...
