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Bradley Peniston

Executive Editor

Bradley Peniston
Bradley Peniston is executive editor of Defense One. A national security journalist for a quarter-century, he helped launch Military.com, served as managing editor of Defense News, and was editor of Armed Forces Journal. His books include No Higher Honor: Saving the USS Samuel B. Roberts in the Persian Gulf (Naval Institute Press, 2006), which has been recommended by the Navy's Professional Reading Program and the U.S. Coast Guard's doctrine guide. Contact him on Signal at bradp.56.
Defense

SecDef gives DOD leaders less than two weeks to lay out cuts, changes

A Friday memo opens a new phase in Hegseth’s hurried effort to shrink the defense workforce.

  • Bradley Peniston
Defense

Pentagon’s use of commercial telecoms draw scrutiny after Chinese breaches

DOD inspector general plans three-pronged inquest at senators’ urging.

  • Bradley Peniston
Defense

The Navy’s robot refueler is coming—even as the fleet works out integration

The MQ-25 will “unlock” other manned-unmanned teaming, naval aviation leader says.

  • Bradley Peniston and Lauren C. Williams