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Bradley Peniston

Deputy Editor, Defense One

Bradley Peniston
Bradley Peniston is deputy editor of Defense One. A national security journalist for two decades, 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 featured in the Chief of Naval Operations' Professional Reading Program.
CXO Briefing

Teleworking DOD Civilians May Be Recalled to In-Person Work

Two years after the pandemic sent DOD into “maximum telework,” Thursday’s memo points the way toward a new new normal.

  • By Bradley Peniston and Elizabeth Howe
CXO Briefing

Trump Fires Esper, Taps NCTC Director to be Acting SecDef

Christopher Miller becomes Trump's fourth acting defense secretary just 72 days before Inauguration Day.

  • By Marcus Weisgerber, Bradley Peniston and Katie Bo Williams
CXO Briefing

Trump Ousts Would-Be Acting Spy Chief

Deputy DNI Susan Gordon was statutorily required to be elevated after DNI Coats resigned in July.

  • By Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Emerging Tech

Google’s Withdrawal from Pentagon AI Project Risks U.S. Lives, Says Work

Former deputy defense secretary says the tech giant should consider how its work might help save U.S. troops — and how it is currently helping China.

  • By Bradley Peniston
CXO Briefing

Future Navy Accident Investigations Will Look for Cyber Attacks

The fleet’s info-warfare chief has a team aboard the damaged USS McCain. The main thing she expects to learn is how to do this kind of investigation.

  • By Joseph Marks and Bradley Peniston
CXO Briefing

How Will The Pentagon Create Its AIs? The Algorithmic-Warfare Team Is Charting a Path

Over the next 36 months, an algorithmic-warfare team will draw up a model for splitting the work between government and industry.

  • By Bradley Peniston
CXO Briefing

Pentagon Rolls Out New Office Devoted to ‘People Analytics’

A first tranche of reforms omits some highly anticipated fixes, but seeks to lay the groundwork for more.

  • By Bradley Peniston