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Larry Ryder, an Austal executive, told Breaking Defense the first EMS will begin construction in 2025.
By Justin Katz
SpaceX alone was responsible for 98 of the 109 launch attempts made by the US in 2023, and 1,937 of the 2,234 US satellites successfully orbited.
By Theresa HitchensAI can make logistics data as valuable as intelligence or operational data for mission success
Valuable intelligence insights can be gleaned from logistics or flight-test data when artificial intelligence or machine learning is applied.
“We all watched as it exploded. No more details on that for right now,” Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of the international Combined Maritime Forces, told reporters.
By Agnes Helou
The restart will involve BAE Systems UK and US-based supply chain, and first deliveries are expected in 2025.
By Tim Martin
Modernizing our supply chain is a national security imperative
Closing supply chain gaps in innovating technology will reposition the industrial base to be a strategic source of value.
Multi-Domain Operations: Global C2 and Joint Operations
“Think about Ukraine as an island… we are not allowed to cross the border,” Army Materiel Command’s deputy Lt. Gen. Christopher Mohan told Breaking Defense.
By Ashley Roquepresented by Bell
Different on the outside but with commonalities on the inside, the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) will share a MOSA backbone with the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA).
By Breaking Defense
How to unlock innovation and savings for DoD: “commercial,” not COTS
Overmatch is fleeting and while traditional acquisitions can’t always keep up with new threats, a different and approved practice can.
US Navy warships in the Red Sea have been fending off numerous aerial drones since arriving on station last year.
By Justin Katz
Under the deal, the company will provide one Global 6500 jet with options for the service to buy two more.
By Lee Ferran
At its most basic level, under CMMC 2.0, defense contractors and subcontractors that have access to controlled unclassified information (CUI) will be required to demonstrate the “maturity” of their cybersecurity programs against a set of increasingly advanced capabilities.
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The Saudis and the Emiratis may have an obvious interest in secure shipping lanes themselves, former senior Pentagon official Mick Mulroy told Breaking Defense, “but [they] do not want to be seen as supporting Israel.”
By Agnes Helou
Next up will be the first test flight with the fully integrated prototype that will add in the payloads and mission system.
By Ashley Roque
The remarks come weeks after a US official promised a “very aggressive, innovative approach” to combating Beijing’s tech strategy.
By Lee Ferran
“The Ford’s deployment had already been extended once. The Navy does not like to extend deployments too much because of fatigue on the crews,” analyst Mark Cancian told Breaking Defense.
By Agnes Helou
Gray Eagle is the low-cost, low-risk answer to Army modernization
Gray Eagle STOL and Gray Eagle 25M are the best options for Army aviation as it assesses where to move from its current inflection point.
George Mason University’s Jerry McGinn argues in this op-ed that the Pentagon can move more quickly if it heeds lessons from a previous life-or-death acquisition story.
By Jerry McGinn