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Space war 2040: SPACECOM preps for attacks on ground segments, eyes cislunar ops

Army cyber defenses need ‘dedicated funding’ for AI, top official says

Dedicated funding is key, according to the Army's principal cyber advisor, because the service's cyber command cannot fund AI work strictly from their operational budget.

By Mark Pomerleau

Networks & Digital Warfare

‘Hot competition’: NSA deputy sounds alarm on China threat, AI race

NSA Deputy Director Tim Kosiba said Beijing is playing "spoiler" the world over, alleging, for example, that "Chinese companies provided GEOINT to the Iranians to help hit our bases and our allies."

By Lee Ferran

All Domain

Taiwan proposes record $35 billion defense budget

The new budget proposal will have to be approved by the opposition-controlled legislature.

By Mike Yeo

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Pentagon

How the Army balances Patriot priorities and approaches Golden Dome

A brief chat with the chief of the Army's Space and Missile Defense Command.

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Networks & Digital Warfare

Army network needs digital twin for training, testing, cybersecurity: NETCOM chief

“It’s a big ask,” acknowledged Maj. Gen. Denise McPhail, chief of Army Network Command, but it could allow NETCOM to “leverage AI in that model to understand our vulnerabilities, where our gaps are.”

By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.

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Air Warfare

Drone companies, admin leaders meet for first White House ‘Drone Dominance’ meeting

“The cavalry arrived here to meet your cavalry in private industry to make sure that we are not drone sufficient, from parity, but drone dominant,” Pentagon R&E chief Emil Michaels said.

By Ashley Roque

Networks & Digital Warfare

No new starts, no problem: Army’s plan to get new EW capability in the hands of soldiers

Army wants to field commercial EW systems to forces fast.

By Mark Pomerleau

Global

US greenlights potential $4.5B sale of four KC-46A refueling aircraft to Qatar

“The proposed sale will increase Qatar’s capability to meet current and future threats by enhancing its defense capabilities," the US State Department said.

By Agnes Helou

Pentagon

DoD memo pushes for more contractor pricing info, potential direct software link

The new directive, signed off by Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg, is meant to “reset” the Pentagon’s expectations for supplier cost and pricing information.

By Valerie Insinna

Global

Turkish Aerospace plans naval version of Hurjet as it eyes expanded NATO exports

“We believe HÜRJET has the potential to become not only the trainer aircraft of Türkiye and Spain, but also a training platform for NATO,” CEO Mehmet Demiroglu said.

By Agnes Helou

Global

Estonian lawmaker calls US questionnaire to NATO ‘unnecessary stress test’

“It is critically important for us in this time, a time of not living in peace time ... that both in words and deeds to not make any steps to create an image that would indicate to Moscow or Beijing that NATO is not united or focused on deterring threats growing on our borders,” Marko Mihkelson told Breaking Defense.

By Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo

Networks & Digital Warfare

Army Cyber training AI agents in cyber ‘work roles’ alongside human counterparts

Task Force Lexington houses all of Army Cyber Command's AI efforts, including an AI "red team."

By Mark Pomerleau

Pentagon

New White House strategy clarifies military tech priorities: undersea, outer space and AI

The National Security Science & Technology Strategy (NSSTS) also outlines an array of second-tier or longer-term technologies to watch, notably quantum and biotech.

By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.

Land Warfare

Picking up the PACE: EW battlefield demands updated contingency planning

"Emissions equals target. Emissions put a bullseye on wherever you are, or wherever that emission is detected," the general who helms I Corps said.

By Kyle Rempfer and Mark Pomerleau

Networks & Digital Warfare

Striveworks to build AI layer for NGC2 at corps level, Army says

Striveworks's models will be able to compress "hours of staff work into seconds," CEO Jim Rebesco told Breaking Defense.

By Mark Pomerleau

Pentagon

Pentagon rebuffed repeated requests for Golden Dome brief: CBO

David Mosher, head of the Congressional Budget Office's National Security Directorate, stressed that the watchdog office was tasked with estimating the price tag for implementing Trump's January 2025 executive order, not any DoD plans.

By Theresa Hitchens

Congress

Why Congress will be in a hurry after August recess

Can both chambers reach an agreement to fund the government before the start of the new fiscal year?

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