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Carlos Del Toro has repeatedly praised shipbuilders in South Korea and Japan for their abilities to keep construction efforts on time.
By Justin KatzA major overhaul is coming in software for missile warning
Space Systems Command’s FORGE program is the first, major missile-warning software modernization effort in 20 years.
The US remains the world’s largest defense spender, outlaying $916 billion last year, a 2.3 percent annual increase, ahead of China in second place, which spent an estimated $296 billion, a 6 percent increase over the same period.
By Tim Martin
Tehran has been increasingly public about its air defense capabilities, including showing off models of systems at a recent international defense expo.
By Agnes Helou
“The purpose of our initiative is to find ammunition on the world markets, to negotiate the financing and to potentially negotiate deliveries to Ukraine,” said Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala.
By Tim Martin US Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro has praised South Korean shipbuilders such as HD Hyundai at recent events, encouraging more participation with US industry.
By Justin Katz
“The deliberate toning down of criticism of Chinese behavior and policy in order to stabilize the bilateral relationship makes it very difficult to have these types of conversations,” said Lavina Lee, a security studies expert.
By Colin Clark
ROC-X – The solution to organic precision strike capabilities
At AUSA Global Force 2024, IAI will present integrated, AI-driven combat systems – both manned and unmanned – that are opening new opportunities on the battlefield.
The merger, in the works with US help, is part of what experts say is the Kingdom’s ambitious, if now-nascent defense space build-up.
By Agnes Helou
“Japan is basically signaling both to the Philippines and the US, and beyond that, [to] Southeast Asia and others in the region, that they should look to Japan as a leader in this space,” John Blaxland, of the Australian National University, told Breaking Defense.
By Colin Clark
“Underwater will be what was space 40 years ago,” company CEO Pierroberto Folgiero told Breaking Defense during a recent visit to Washington.
By Aaron Mehta
Austal rejected the bid based on concerns it would not be approved by regulators, something Hanwha says should not be an issue.
By Aaron Mehta
In the wake of the US funding roadblocks, some European officials have been increasingly vocal about the need to be less reliant on Washington, arguing that European security should be more robust.
By Tim Martin
In an interview with Breaking Defense, Andrew Hastie discussed keeping AUKUS a three-party arrangement, the housing issue it could create and the need for a new joint defense committee.
By Colin Clark
From Operation Properity Guardian to Operation Aspides, dozens of countries are militarily active in the Red Sea, and sometimes wires get crossed.
By Agnes Helou
Washington could do more to incentivize tech companies to distance themselves from China, but CEOs should examine how they’d react to a fight in the Pacific, CSET’s Sam Bresnick and Emelia Probasco argue.
By Sam Bresnick and Emelia Probasco