Breaking Defense

Stories by Breaking Defense

Inside the shift: Trump, defense, and the road to 2025

Inside the shift: Trump, defense, and the road to 2025
Inside the shift: Trump, defense, and the road to 2025

Big changes are coming to defense in 2025, but the specifics remain uncertain. Catch our highlights and predictions from 2024 in Breaking Defense’s year-end reflections.

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How automation and artificial intelligence can help warfighters in high-stress situations

How automation and artificial intelligence can help warfighters in high-stress situations
How automation and artificial intelligence can help warfighters in high-stress situations

Many operations are experiencing some degree of data automation or AI enablement, and the usability of that data is key to decision making.

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New ways to communicate from ground to space and across domains

New ways to communicate from ground to space and across domains
New ways to communicate from ground to space and across domains

Software-defined radios that fuse comms, electronic warfare, and SIGINT allow for rapid fielding and improvement of the kill chain.

Space Force celebrates 5th anniversary at growing Spacepower Conference

Space Force celebrates 5th anniversary at growing Spacepower Conference
Space Force celebrates 5th anniversary at growing Spacepower Conference

Our latest eBook offers updates on the Space Force and SPACECOM, showcasing the latest tech, and the challenges of modern space operations.

Advancing military training with VR and simulators

Advancing military training with VR and simulators
Advancing military training with VR and simulators

Our latest eBook offers a glimpse into cutting-edge VR, simulators & military training tech showcased at I/ITSEC 2024 in Orlando.

Top defense insights from 2024

Top defense insights from 2024
Top defense insights from 2024

A curated look at standout opinions and analysis covering topics like uncrewed systems, NATO partnerships, US-Saudi defense dynamics, and evolving warfare strategies, spotlighting key issues shaping the global defense landscape.

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Providing an asymmetric advantage with quadcopters and fixed-wing VTOLs

Providing an asymmetric advantage with quadcopters and fixed-wing VTOLs
Providing an asymmetric advantage with quadcopters and fixed-wing VTOLs

The American-made Teal 2 quadcopter and Edge 130 Blue, a VTOL fixed-wing system, are both on the Defense Innovation Unit’s Blue List for acquisition by U.S. forces.

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Integrating commercial off-the-shelf computing on military platforms

Integrating commercial off-the-shelf computing on military platforms
Integrating commercial off-the-shelf computing on military platforms

Technology insertion into legacy platforms and electronics requires creativity in designing computer systems that can communicate with them.

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For artificial intelligence to be mission-critical, it must hallucinate less

For artificial intelligence to be mission-critical, it must hallucinate less
For artificial intelligence to be mission-critical, it must hallucinate less

By fact checking the AI through a new verification process for Large Language Models, it’s possible to reduce hallucinations from 5-10 percent to as low as 0.1 percent.

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DoD authorizes first C2 gateway to modernize and update on its own for CJADC2

DoD authorizes first C2 gateway to modernize and update on its own for CJADC2
DoD authorizes first C2 gateway to modernize and update on its own for CJADC2

Managing the level of data needed for multi-domain operations necessitates a C2 system that enables interoperability between fielded and new systems.

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MILSATCOM for the most critical no-fail missions

MILSATCOM for the most critical no-fail missions
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With multiple nuclear-capable threats and space itself being a contested domain, assured and protected MILSATCOM are more critical than ever before.

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Capability exists to simulate the future of kill chains at theater scale

Capability exists to simulate the future of kill chains at theater scale
Capability exists to simulate the future of kill chains at theater scale

A tool to explore what-if scenarios and tradeoffs at the theater-level faster than traditional analysis.

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Advances in radar are key to countering the modern drone warfare and missile threat

Advances in radar are key to countering the modern drone warfare and missile threat
Advances in radar are key to countering the modern drone warfare and missile threat

Drones, high-speed cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles attacking together from 360° creates complexity only certain radars can handle.

How the DoD and partners are sharing information without compromising security

How the DoD and partners are sharing information without compromising security
How the DoD and partners are sharing information without compromising security

In our latest eBook collection you’ll read about the need for an integrated cloud system and how the Air Force is trying to secure its own network, questions about AI in nuclear weapon systems, as well as interviews with key industry players.

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