Navy Makes $554M Commitment To Second Frigate, USS Congress
By using proven technology, the frigate program is trying to prevent the kind of high-tech teething troubles that bedeviled the Ford-class carrier and Littoral Combat Ships.
EXCLUSIVE: UAE Boosts Local Shipbuilder With $982M Patrol Ships Deal
The deal reinforces the company's commitment to developing a sustainable knowledge and innovation-based economy in line with the UAE's Vision 2030, CEO of Abu Dhabi Ship Building told Breaking Defense.
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How defensive cyber responds to hockey-stick growth of AI-driven threats
Artificial intelligence is reshaping adversarial cyber operations at machine speed, requiring defenders to increase operational tempo while imposing pain and cost.
Software, Missiles, Testing At Top For Budget, Says DepSecDef Hicks
"The budget provides the resources to phase out systems and approaches optimized for an earlier era," Kathleen Hicks said, while pumping cash into research and development of new capabilities.
New Democratic Push For DoD Cuts Highlights China, Shipbuilding Woes
"If we get into a conflict with China, this is not going to be like a World War II conflict where we have massive elements of the industrial base that can quickly convert to manufacturing the necessities for war...that's just not going to happen," Rep. Rob Wittman says.
Bye-Bye, B-52s & Carriers; Hello, More Destroyers & F-35s
The US needs to shift investment from hallowed but vulnerable legacy platforms – especially aircraft carriers and B-52 bombers – to more flexible and survivable weapons systems – above all, Aegis warships and the unfairly much-maligned F-35.
New Pentagon No. 2 Hits China In First Speech As Tensions Rise
Beijing represents “a threat to regional peace and stability, and to the rules based international order on which our security and prosperity, and those of our allies, depend,” Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said
How integrated modeling and simulation accelerates Europe’s defensive edge
Lockheed Martin’s ACES platform delivers a shared virtual battlespace that strengthens readiness, interoperability, and faster decision-making through advanced, integrated modeling and simulation capabilities designed for evolving global threats.
Top Lawmaker: Army Budget Needs ‘Not Even Close’ to Navy, Air Force
Rep. Joe Courtney's comments on on the heels of other lawmakers and military officials pushing for the Navy to get a larger slice of the 2022 defense budget
HASC Chair Slams F-35, 500-Ship Fleet; Highlights Cyber
“What does the F-35 give us? Is there a way to cut our losses?” asked Rep. Adam Smith, who wants a mixed force of different types of fighters: “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.”
New Hicks Memo Sets Acquisition, Force Posture 2022 Budget Priorities
DepSecDef Hicks writes that “due to the limited amount of time available before the Department must submit its FY 2022 President's Budget request, the process to re-evaluate existing decisions will focus on a very small number of issues with direct impact on FY 2022 and of critical importance to the President and the Secretary.”
Navy’s Gilday Signals Service ‘In Good Place’ For 2022 Budget
The Navy is "in a good place," CNO Adm. Mike Gilday says, "as we present that analysis to senior decision makers, and we really re-litigate, if you will, the ‘22 budget submit -- which was very heavily in the Navy’s favor with respect to shipbuilding.”
How AI is shaping geospatial intelligence
Breaking Defense’s latest eBook brings together reporting from GEOINT 2026 on how intelligence leaders are shaping the future of space-based geospatial intelligence.
CNO: Shipbuilding Mistakes Could Mean ‘We May Not Be Able To Recover In This Century’
"I don't mean to be dramatic," said Navy CNO Adm. Mike Gilday, "but I feel like if the Navy loses its head, if we go off course and we take our eyes off those things we need to focus on, I think we may not be able to recover in this century."
Boost Coast Guard Fleet For Pacific Partnerships
For decades, China has deployed its fishing fleet – the largest in the world – as a maritime militia, systematically asserting and expanding Beijing’s influence throughout the Indo-Pacific. The fleet routinely operates in areas where there is little to no enforcement and willfully engages in aggressive, predatory practices to intimidate lawful local fishermen, undermine maritime […]
Shipbuilding Plan Calls For Billions In Spending, Surprising Congress
"The contradictions and the flaws in this report are so blatant that I think it's a pretty weak reed to lean on...given the fact that [the Trump administration] basically were just doing Obama's shipbuilding plan up until this point," says Rep. Joe Courtney
Shipbuilding Suppliers: Buy American Language Is NOT Earmarks
Bill Greenwalt, a lifelong Republican and one of America’s leading experts on Pentagon procurement who drafted many of the laws governing the process, really hit a nerve when he stuck the label “earmark” on some Buy American provisions in the NDAA earmarks. This op-ed in reply to Greenwalt comes from an organization that is may […]