China is bringing grey zone warfare to space

Space is increasingly looking like the South China Sea.
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https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2025/06/china-bringing-grey-zone-warfare-space/406146/

Army expects to make more than a million artillery shells next year

Armaments chief says new factories, streamlined processes will hit goal just a few months late.
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https://www.defenseone.com/defense-systems/2025/06/army-expects-make-more-million-artillery-shells-next-year/406132/

Spat over Europe’s next-gen fighter program spills over at Paris Air Show

Public bickering between France and Germany doesn’t bode well for the continent’s efforts to build up military capability.
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https://www.defenseone.com/business/2025/06/spat-over-europes-next-gen-fighter-program-spills-over-paris-air-show/406133/

The D Brief: Israel’s new war aim; NATO’s new concepts; China’s drones; Misinfo follows MN murders; And a bit more.

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https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2025/06/the-d-brief-june-17-2025/406125/

China's burgeoning drone arsenal shows power of civil-military fusion

Trump's recent executive orders are just one step in a race against a competitor with a very long lead.
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https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/06/chinas-drone-arsenal-shows-power-civil-military-fusion/406118/

The Navy’s dynamic sub-hunting duo

Future operations will lean on manned-unmanned platforms—MQ-4C Triton and Boeing’s P-8A—and a single digital dashboard.
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https://www.defenseone.com/defense-systems/2025/06/navys-dynamic-sub-hunting-duo/406121/

‘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.
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https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2025/06/if-russia-coming-then-we-will-bring-war-russia-inside-natos-muscular-new-deterrence-plans/406119/

Boeing says they can build F/A-XX *and* F-47, rejecting SecNav's concerns

Defense chief adds that Qatari-747 conversion won’t affect its Air Force One contract.
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https://www.defenseone.com/business/2025/06/boeing-says-they-can-build-f-xx-and-f-47-rejecting-secnavs-concerns/406115/

Lockheed says new upgrade package for F-35 is ready

The TR-3 upgrade is more than two years late and has been plagued by software-development problems.
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https://www.defenseone.com/business/2025/06/lockheed-says-new-upgrade-package-f-35-ready/406110/

The D Brief: Israeli campaign ‘a blueprint’; War shadows Paris airshow; Defense execs turn Army O-5s; Marine detains LA vet; And a bit more.

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https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2025/06/the-d-brief-june-16-2025/406096/

Weapons, wariness, and war: Paris Air Show opens amid uncertainty

U.S. defense companies, at least, hope to assuage European fears about Washington’s reliability.
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https://www.defenseone.com/business/2025/06/weapons-wariness-and-war-paris-air-show-opens-amid-uncertainty/406087/

Former IDF intel chief lays out four scenarios for the Middle East

The collapse of Hezbollah, Hamas, and Assad presented an “opportunity” for Israel to expand its war across the Middle East.
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https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2025/06/former-idf-intel-chief-lays-out-four-scenarios-middle-east/406077/

Is gun violence depressing military recruiting?

Perhaps the problem is not that young people are insufficiently patriotic, but that they have been fighting a war, daily, for their entire lives.
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https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/06/gun-violence-depressing-military-recruiting/406064/

The D Brief: Israel bombs Iran; Courts debate Guard deployment; Navy merges drone efforts; SecDef pressed on firings; And a bit more.

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https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2025/06/the-d-brief-june-13-2025/406059/

Mossad agents sabotaged Iranian defenses as airstrikes began, Israeli official says

Covert units inside Iran used precision-guided weapons and vehicle-mounted systems to suppress air defenses, an Israeli security official said in remarks distributed to press.
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https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2025/06/israeli-agents-sabotaged-iranian-defenses-airstrikes-began-official-says/406058/

How drone warfare fares in the 2026 budget

The president’s proposal leans heavily on one-time reconciliation dollars.
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https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2025/06/how-drone-warfare-fares-2026-budget/406046/

Hegseth says chief of naval operations nomination is coming ‘in due time’

Lawmakers question firings of, and lack of replacements for, senior military leadership.
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https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/06/hegseth-says-chief-naval-operations-nomination-coming-due-time/406044/

The D Brief: Will Israel attack Iran?; CJCS sees no “invasion”; Budget testimony; AUKUS under review; And a bit more.

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https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2025/06/the-d-brief-june-12-2025/406019/

The military must remain nonpartisan. America depends on it

The soldiers who cheered partisan applause lines at Fort Bragg, and their leaders, erred in a spectacular way.
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https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/06/dangers-partisan-military/406008/

Lawmakers rip into defense secretary over flat Pentagon budget

The Pentagon is counting on one-time funds from a reconciliation bill to fund investments in shipbuilding and missile defense.
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https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/06/lawmakers-rip-defense-secretary-over-flat-pentagon-budget/406002/