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Russian hybrid attacks likely to increase in coming months: Danish intel assessment

The nine-page document said that although the risk is low, the likelihood of Moscow launching a "limited military attack" is increasing against one or several NATO countries.

By Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo

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OCCAR awards $4.2B DDX destroyer contract to Fincantieri, Leonardo joint venture

"The DDX programme is set to redefine the Italian Navy’s capability profile in the field of air and missile defence" said the two Italian manufacturers in a joint statement.

By Tim Martin

Naval Warfare

Navy launches Robotics and Autonomous Systems Warfighting Development Center

RASWDC is in the process of developing a phased implementation plan to tackle issues like command structure, mission relationships and resource requirements.

By Diana Stancy

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Air Warfare

The Air Force says its China think tank will continue. Its director says it’s basically dead.

The Air Force’s stance that the China Aerospace Studies Institute can function without civilian staff is “not credible,” Brendan Mulvaney told Breaking Defense.

By Michael Marrow

Air Warfare

Hawk trainer crash prompts UK to ground fleet

“Both pilots are doing well … and expected to make a full recovery,” said the UK Royal Air Force.

By Tim Martin

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The proliferation of AI is forcing the USAF to rethink cyber defense.
A new regional defense pact could shake up arms sales in the Middle East.

Naval Warfare

Navy wants more offensive, ‘expeditionary’ cyber capabilities

“What I would offer to industry … if you are interested in talking about expeditionary cyber, cyber at the tactical edge, particularly offensive or capabilities that support offense, please come talk to me," the Navy's principal cyber advisor said.

By Mark Pomerleau

Space

EXCLUSIVE: SpaceX given unique access to classified DoD space tracking data, sources say

Commercial space monitoring firms are concerned SpaceX's ability to use the best DoD data could threaten the market, sources tell Breaking Defense.

By Theresa Hitchens

Global

Syria looks to end foreign military presence, have sovereignty over all bases: President

Damascus “very soon will not have the necessity to have any military or foreign military presence, and I believe we can go through the relations, diplomatic relations, and respect with all the countries in the neighborhoods and the friends of Syria," President Ahmad al-Sharaa said.

By Agnes Helou

Global

UK launches first space squadron to ‘degrade and deny’ enemies

“No one wants a war in space. We are positioned to deter this,” said Harv Symth, UK Chief of the Air Staff.

By Tim Martin

Space

Air, Space Forces pick up research pace for orbital cargo delivery

The current focus is on low cost, high volume commercial cargo reentry pods, an Air Force Research Laboratory spokesperson told Breaking Defense.

By Theresa Hitchens

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Breaking Defense adds Mikayla Easley as additional editor, supporting continued growth

Mikayla Easley to join the world’s largest news organization dedicated to defense.

By Breaking Defense

Air Warfare

The future of European airpower might be unmanned

With one sixth-gen fighter program in Europe dead, could the future for European airpower be drones?

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Air Warfare

Fate of Air Force’s China Aerospace Studies Institute up in air

The China Aerospace Studies Institute will carry on by “leveraging assigned military service members to accomplish its objectives,” according to an Air Force spokesperson.

By Michael Marrow

Air Warfare

Australian MQ-4C Tritons, MC-55A Peregrines reach Initial Operational Capability

Attaining IOC for the RAAF's MQ-4Cs has “significantly strengthened its ability to deliver persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance effects across Australia’s primary area of military interest,” according to the announcement.

By Mike Yeo

Networks & Digital Warfare

Trump orders all US agencies to refer to AI as ‘super intelligence’

“From this point forward, all of United States documents, and hopefully the world, will be changed to use the much more accurate term ‘super,’ as opposed to ‘artificial,'" President Donald Trump said.

By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.

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The proliferation of AI is forcing the USAF to rethink cyber defense.

A new regional defense pact could shake up arms sales in the Middle East.

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