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Naval Warfare

What’s next for America’s icebreakers: 2026 preview

By Justin Katz

Land Warfare

Army’s new acquisition structure, a new tank prototype and more drones: 2026 preview

Many pledges were made about changing how the Army does things in 2025. Will 2026 see them happen?

By Carley Welch

Global

Israel’s new laser system goes active

The Israeli Ministry of Defense and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems delivered the first Iron Beam system to the Israeli Air Force on Dec. 29.

By Seth J. Frantzman

Global, Air Warfare

EDGE CEO lays out global expansion plans for 2026

In a wide-ranging interview, EDGE Group CEO Hamad Al Marar discusses the company’s $7 billion Indonesia deal, its partnership with Anduril to expand into the US market, and how EDGE is pushing into space as part of its long-term global growth strategy.

By Breaking Defense Video

Latest News

Space

New ‘Space Warfighting Framework’ coming to codify Space Force concepts, terms

The interview signalled a rapprochement between Saltzman and the institute, following his Feb. 20 ban on engagement with Mitchell by Space Force personnel.

By Theresa Hitchens

Air Warfare

Lockheed targets global energetics expansion with Australia’s GWEO as model

"The next priority for production is Europe," Lockheed's Tim Cahill told reporters. "I would say the Middle East is the next area of direct priority and interest, both on the part of the countries and the part for us to produce."

By Colin Clark

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With the Reagan National Defense Forum in the rearview mirror, lawmakers are zeroing in on a $901 billion National Defense Authorization Act.

Congress

10 Breaking Defense op-eds that defined 2025

It's been a whirlwind of a year — and the defense establishment has plenty of thoughts on how it's unfolded and what might come next.

By Breaking Defense

Global

Hanwha adds Penske Australia as subcontractor on Redback IFV

In July 2023, Hanwha defeated Rheinmetall for a contract worth an estimated $5-7 billion AUD to deliver 129 IFV replacements for the country’s aging M113 fleet.

By Aaron Mehta

Air Warfare

Sweden targets $30B increase in defense spending, to hit 3.5% of GDP by 2030

“I don’t want us to act in a way that undermines the possibility of transatlantic cooperation. But we also cannot assume or take for granted that the United States will continue to act in Europe as it has over the past 80 years,” Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said.

By Jonas Olsson

Air Warfare

Papua New Guinea, Kiwis, Aussies tying up for relief op coordination

When Lt. Col. Eddie Miro, director of Papua New Guinea's tiny air force took the job, his country had one working helicopter. Today, Papua owns two PAC 750 single engine aircraft built in New Zealand.

By Colin Clark

Air Warfare

Alamo Ace 2025 Air Force Cyber Transformation

Air Force cyber resilience in focus

Cyber resilience has become a frontline mission for the US military. Breaking Defense’s new eBook rounds up key reporting from the 2025 Alamo ACE conference with the latest developments in cyber offense and defense.

By Breaking Defense

Networks & Digital Warfare

Space Force ‘transitioning’ SATCOM contracts from DISA

Col. Rich Kniseley said the current plan is to set up a new Space Force working capital fund for buying commercial SATCOM, initially worth about $120 million, on Oct. 1.

By Theresa Hitchens

Air Warfare

Sikorsky to integrate Israeli systems on Israel’s CH-53K helicopters

The US State Department agreed to a potential sale of up to 18 of these helicopters to Israel in 2021, and Israel eventually went ahead with a deal for an initial 12 estimated at around $2 billion in 2022.

By Seth J. Frantzman

Naval Warfare

Coast Guard awards nearly $1B contract mod to Bollinger for heavy icebreaker design, construction

The contract award comes as President Donald Trump has been publicly calling for the United States to buy dozens of new icebreakers.

By Justin Katz

Congress

Amid shortage, Navy recruiting program struggles to keep half first-year shipbuilders: Official

"Those folks are coming, and then we're attriting out way too quick," said Brett Seidle, the Navy’s acting acquisition executive.

By Justin Katz

Air Warfare

‘No smoke and mirrors’ with Boeing’s NGAD win, executive says

“We’ve been flying a prototype for quite some time,” said Steve Parker, Boeing’s interim defense unit CEO. “And we won the program. So that is a maturity stamp that I’ll give you right then and there.”

By Michael Marrow

Air Warfare

Anduril’s Fury hopes to woo Australia away from Boeing’s Ghost Bat

Anduril has held talks with other countries in the region, executive David Goodrich said in an interview, but Australia is clearly a prime target.

By Colin Clark

Networks & Digital Warfare

EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon memo lays out push for Advana to become formal program of record

The memo was signed on March 13 by Steven Morani, the acting assistant secretary of defense for sustainment.

By Carley Welch

Land Warfare

Fielding plan for Army’s Dark Eagle hypersonic weapon awaiting senior leader blessing

“We continue to move down the path we were on. But as far as decisions on, when do we field, when IOC will be, etcetera, those have to be vetted,” Lt. Gen. Robert Rasch told Breaking Defense.

By Ashley Roque

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What’s next for America’s icebreakers: 2026 preview

Army’s new acquisition structure, a new tank prototype and more drones: 2026 preview

Israel’s new laser system goes active

EDGE CEO lays out global expansion plans for 2026

Latest News

New ‘Space Warfighting Framework’ coming to codify Space Force concepts, terms

Lockheed targets global energetics expansion with Australia’s GWEO as model

With the Reagan National Defense Forum in the rearview mirror, lawmakers are zeroing in on a $901 billion National Defense Authorization Act.

10 Breaking Defense op-eds that defined 2025

Hanwha adds Penske Australia as subcontractor on Redback IFV

Sweden targets $30B increase in defense spending, to hit 3.5% of GDP by 2030

Papua New Guinea, Kiwis, Aussies tying up for relief op coordination

Multi-Domain Operations: Global C2 and Joint Operations

France’s Safran.AI, UAE’s TII team up on agentic AI for geospatial intelligence

Joint Ukraine-NATO training and analysis team gets classified, AI-enabled Google Cloud

IBCS set for full rate production, Polish milestone, Northrop says

Golden Dome implementation plan under review, Congress may get look this week

Army doubles balloons for upcoming SWARMS demo, adds NORAD to the mix

Golden Dome SBIs will need to be defended from adversary attack: Experts

Pentagon formalizes conventional forces’ role in irregular warfare, but will it stick?

‘That’s a tank’: Army introduces AI-aided target recognition to Next Gen C2 prototype

US slams ‘discriminatory’ draft EU space law as imperiling NATO cooperation

Air Force cyber resilience in focus

Space Force ‘transitioning’ SATCOM contracts from DISA

Sikorsky to integrate Israeli systems on Israel’s CH-53K helicopters

Coast Guard awards nearly $1B contract mod to Bollinger for heavy icebreaker design, construction

Amid shortage, Navy recruiting program struggles to keep half first-year shipbuilders: Official

‘No smoke and mirrors’ with Boeing’s NGAD win, executive says

Golden Dome: The Path Forward

Inside Honeywell’s business strategy for Golden Dome

Golden Dome faces challenges of size, scope and scale from every angle

Can space-based interceptors really work? What to know about Trump’s plan [VIDEO]

China and Russia won’t like Golden Dome. Here’s how they might respond. [VIDEO]

Golden Dome: Tackling the myths and rumors around America’s new missile shield [VIDEO]

Anduril’s Fury hopes to woo Australia away from Boeing’s Ghost Bat

EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon memo lays out push for Advana to become formal program of record

Fielding plan for Army’s Dark Eagle hypersonic weapon awaiting senior leader blessing