B-21, hypersonics and more: How digital development is driving industry innovation
Technological advancements are key to keeping pace with customer demands and evolving threat landscapes.
The analysis also reveals that Russia has lost over 3,000 tanks since fighting with Ukraine started in 2022, as many as Moscow held in its pre-war inventory — a trend Moscow will be unlikely to sustain for three more years.
By Tim Martin
The move is largely symbolic, as Israel doesn’t “need the F-35 for the operations they are currently conducting over Gaza, ” Patrick Bolder, a defense analyst at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies think tank, told Breaking Defense.
By Tim Martin
“I think there is a danger this could end up being just another big round” of fighting, Chuck Freilich, a former Israeli deputy national security advisor, told Breaking Defense.
By Seth J. Frantzman
A senior Israeli official met with Pentagon acquisition officials and executives for American defense giants Boeing and Lockheed Martin, the Israeli Ministry of Defense said.
By Seth J. Frantzman
France’s ambassador to Israel, Frederic Journes, told Breaking Defense that Paris is “sparing no efforts,” “engaging all actors.”
By Seth J. Frantzman
“We get it [new technology] first, and we make sure it is viable in the field,” Sgt. Maj. A. told Breaking Defense.
By Seth J. Frantzman
BAE Systems’ LR-PGK: The Superior Anti-Jam Solution
Going the distance to defeat emerging jam threats.
Though lawmakers avoided a partial government shutdown set to start Saturday, the extension of the current continuing resolution is sure to frustrate agencies like the Pentagon whose spending is locked at fiscal year 2023 levels.
By Michael Marrow
“Well, when you say ‘working,’ are they stopping the Houthis? No. Are they going to continue? Yes,” Biden told reporters.
By Lee Ferran
“These targeted strikes are a clear message that the United States and our partners will not tolerate attacks on our personnel or allow hostile actors to imperil freedom of navigation in one of the world’s most critical commercial routes,” President Joe Biden said.
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
The conflict in Gaza has drawn the US Navy’s surface forces into an extended missile and drone defense mission to support the Israeli Defense Forces.
By Justin Katz
From more sophisticated systems like the Air Force’s collaborative combat aircraft to cheap kamikaze weapons, the drone had its heyday in 2023 — and promises, coupled with AI, to be a much bigger part of future warfighting.
By Michael Marrow
The Army spent 2023 looking for ways to refill its weapon stockpiles, preparing for future conflicts and welcoming a new chief.
By Ashley Roque
In a new op-ed, Bilal Y. Saab and Kevin Donegan call for a “comprehensive and fully-resourced interdiction regime at sea” to stop Iran’s ability to supply the Houthis with weapons.
By Bilal Y. Saab and Kevin Donegan