Army picks M1 to lead Flight School Next pilot training program
The announcement is the culmination of a months-long competition to win a contract worth up to $10 billion over the next three decades.
Army tells industry: Soldiers need more power, but don’t just offer batteries and generators
As new drones, networks and weapons come online, the Army faces a power crunch that senior officials are asking industry to help solve. “And it's not by buying more generators," Brig. Gen. Troy Denomy, PAE for Maneuver, said.
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MQ-9B and Gambit Series: Advancing European Defense Capabilities
GA-ASI will build Gambit aircraft in Europe, partnered with European-based companies, with airframes available for international procurement starting in 2027.
CENTCOM launches multinational one-way attack drone force
The force “will employ one-way attack drones consisting of unmanned systems from above, on, and below the sea operated by military support staff from the United States and regional partners,” the command said.
Priorities for Army fires top off SMD Day 3
Top news from the final day of the 2026 Space and Missile Defense Symposium.
Army gears up to ‘engage’ enemy surveillance satellites
The Army's space superiority efforts are focused on countering adversary ISR satellites, as well as conducting "stratospheric warfare," Col. Joe Mroszcyck told Breaking Defense.
Army fires community tackling four ‘capability gaps,’ including magazine depth
Brig. Gen. Robert Mikesh, charged with offensive fires, detailed a quadruple challenge — energetics and propulsion, targeting and seekers, the industrial base and “munitions breadth and depth.”
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Acquisition reform at the speed of war
As part of the DoW’s acquisition transformation, streamlined processes must be extended to all companies in the defense industrial base.
Army’s Iron Horse brigade prepares to test M1E3, XM30 prototypes
The Army could choose a winner late next spring after both the M1E3 and XM30 are operated by the Iron Horse brigade in a National Training Center rotation, an Army official told Breaking Defense.
On Asia trip, DoD policy chief has praise for AUKUS, and a warning for ‘middle powers’
Elbridge Colby said at the start of his multi-nation tour that his message would be "realistic and perhaps bracing, but also reassuring."
Should the US demonstrate its space weapons?
A recap of leading news from the second day of the 2026 Space and Missile Defense Symposium.
TACOM plans further industry engagement amid ‘readiness crisis’
“We have an aging fleet, and we have modernization on the horizon, but it's not coming fast enough," Brig. Gen. Beth Behn, commanding general of TACOM, told Breaking Defense.
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Localizing tactical communications for sovereign, NATO-ready C3I
Beyond foreign sales, Rafael’s model enables tech transfer, local engineering, and is a template for NATO partners.
Army selects air defense unit to prepare for Golden Dome mission
“Leading up to [2028], we're going to do a lot of experimentation and test with this unit to make sure that we're ready to fight with it when it's delivered,” said Lt. Gen. John Rafferty.
Army shifts autonomy strategy to lean more on ‘awesome vendors’
An Army official told Breaking Defense the service's original plan to build a software backbone itself makes less sense now that there's real industry investment in the capability.
Will money run out for Golden Dome?
A recap of leading news from the first day of the 2026 Space and Missile Defense Symposium.
Army awards 6 companies prototype contracts for last tactical mile program
The six companies awarded through prototype Other Transaction Agreements are: Maren-Go, Overland AI, Forterra, Hendrick’s Motorsports, American Rheinmetall and HDT, according to a service release.