Breaking Defense

Trump opens door for foreign-built Navy ships. It could get complicated.

Army picks M1 to lead Flight School Next pilot training program

The announcement is the culmination of a months-long competition to win a contract worth up to $10 billion over the next three decades.

By Carley Welch

Opinion

America is sailing through the Taiwan Strait less. Does it matter?

A Heritage Foundation study shows a significant drop in Taiwan Strait transits by the US military under the second Trump administration.

By Allen Zhang and Charity Ihrman

Land Warfare

Army tells industry: Soldiers need more power, but don’t just offer batteries and generators

As new drones, networks and weapons come online, the Army faces a power crunch that senior officials are asking industry to help solve. “And it's not by buying more generators," Brig. Gen. Troy Denomy, PAE for Maneuver, said.

By Carley Welch

Latest News

Naval Warfare

Pentagon inks SM-3 framework deals with RTX, Boeing on critical components

The seven-year framework deals cover key SM-3 components including avionics and ejector assemblies.

By Ashley Roque

Global

CENTCOM launches multinational one-way attack drone force

The force “will employ one-way attack drones consisting of unmanned systems from above, on, and below the sea operated by military support staff from the United States and regional partners,” the command said.

By Agnes Helou

In this episode:

Insights and observations from this year's Farnborough International Airshow.

Naval Warfare

Trump orders return of steam catapults on carriers, fifth public shipyard

The memo also called for the establishment of a new component repair center in an attempt to reduce submarine repair delays.

By Diana Stancy

Pentagon

Priorities for Army fires top off SMD Day 3

Top news from the final day of the 2026 Space and Missile Defense Symposium.

By Breaking Defense Video

Space

Army gears up to ‘engage’ enemy surveillance satellites

The Army's space superiority efforts are focused on countering adversary ISR satellites, as well as conducting "stratospheric warfare," Col. Joe Mroszcyck told Breaking Defense.

By Theresa Hitchens

Army fires community tackling four ‘capability gaps,’ including magazine depth

Brig. Gen. Robert Mikesh, charged with offensive fires, detailed a quadruple challenge — energetics and propulsion, targeting and seekers, the industrial base and “munitions breadth and depth.”

By Ashley Roque

Global, Space

Day 3 of the 2026 Space and Missile Defense Symposium

A final round of photos from around the show floor in Huntsville, Ala.

By Breaking Defense Staff

Polish Navy floats first frigate under major modernization program

The frigate is scheduled to be delivered to the Polish Navy in 2029. Work on the second Miecznik-class frigate is ongoing.

By Bartosz Głowacki

Land Warfare

Army’s Iron Horse brigade prepares to test M1E3, XM30 prototypes

The Army could choose a winner late next spring after both the M1E3 and XM30 are operated by the Iron Horse brigade in a National Training Center rotation, an Army official told Breaking Defense.

By Carley Welch

Pentagon