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Land Warfare

Army sent jailbroken tech to Middle East as part of ongoing hackathon

By Mark Pomerleau

Naval Warfare, Congress

EXCLUSIVE: OMB could use $1.9B in reconciliation to buy foreign-made ships

“The fact is, no one spends $1.85 billion studying something. That money is there for procurement of assets,” an OMB official told Breaking Defense in an interview.

By Valerie Insinna and Diana Stancy

Space

SPACECOM exploring tech for future offensive cislunar ops: Chief Scientist

An analyst called the new commitment to pursue cislunar operations a "massive policy change" for the Pentagon.

By Theresa Hitchens

Air Warfare

Romania deploys F-16s after Russian drone strike on civilian infrastructure

Romania has further requested that allied anti-drone capabilities be deployed to its territory in order to bolster its defenses as well as NATO’s eastern flank. 

By Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo

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Space

Epic Fury highlighted Space Force needs for distributed ops, EW sites

"We've seen in Operation Epic Fury, for the first time, that our space capabilities have been targeted and destroyed. We expect that to happen more," Brig. Gen. Christopher Fernengel said today.

By Theresa Hitchens

Land Warfare

BAE Systems wins Army’s Soft Kill APS award, with first phase valued at $20 million

The system uses BAE’s Rapid Optical Observation and Kill (ROOK) program, which takes down threats by “confusing,” or jamming missile systems or drones.

By Carley Welch

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• We travel to eastern Europe for drone testing with NATO troops before briefly reviewing the history of unmanned systems.

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In contested seas, autonomy must anticipate, not just navigate

As missions stretch farther and comms grow less reliable, predictive software could become the edge that keeps missions afloat.

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Global, Middle East

Turkey’s defense industry is leaning into autonomy and targeting Gulf markets

Middle East Bureau Chief Agnes Helou shares what she learned at Turkey's SAHA defense expo.

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Networks & Digital Warfare

In cyber race against China, CYBERCOM bets on ‘quality over quantity’

Rep. Don Bacon sounded the alarm to Breaking Defense about China's purported 10:1 workforce advantage when it comes to "offensive" cyber operations.

By Mark Pomerleau

Naval Warfare

Austal USA names new president

Austal USA announced in February that Gene Miller was serving as interim president.

By Diana Stancy

Artificial Intelligence & Autonomy: A New Era in Defense

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Space

Despite ‘peak hype,’ orbital data centers for AI not yet ready for NatSec prime time

Land Warfare

‘Have to be very careful’: Special ops head calls for combat AI ‘reality check’

Air Warfare

‘Insatiable appetite’ for AI: Maven usage surged for strikes on Iran, Pentagon AI chief says

Networks & Digital Warfare

CYBERCOM requests 2,660 percent increase in AI for cyber operations

Networks & Digital Warfare

Top Pentagon tech officials optimistic Mythos-style AI tools will improve cyber defense

Networks & Digital Warfare

Army plans fast follow-up to AI cyber wargame with industry: Officials

Opinion

Synthesized Command & Control: A new way human choices can guide AI warfighting

Networks & Digital Warfare

Pentagon clears 8 tech firms to deploy their AI on its classified networks

Networks & Digital Warfare

Pentagon workers vibe-code 100,000 AI ‘agents’ to use on unclassified networks

Naval Warfare

Not one-drone-fits-all: Admirals stress unmanned systems tailored to the mission

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Winning the cognitive domain — A methodology built for democratic constraints

The challenge for Western democratic institutions is not a lack of capability — it is a structural one.

By Chris Stangle, Peraton

Global, Land Warfare

After delivery of first tanks to Norway, EuroTrophy looks to wider European future

“This procurement of Leopard tanks to Norway came at the right timing with the rebuilding of German armed forces and their tank fleet and we could join with KNDS and [the] German and Norwegian government[s] to create the new baseline of the Leopard,” EuroTrophy Managing Director Dan Kalfus told Breaking Defense.

By Seth J. Frantzman

Air Warfare

DIU ups Hermeus contract for high-speed drone

A recent award from the Defense Innovation Unit raises a total contract ceiling to $219 million, and will further develop Hermeus’ Quarterhorse drone to release payloads at speeds “up to and including Mach 3,” CEO Zach Shore told Breaking Defense.

By Michael Marrow

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Voyager is fortifying the U.S. Defense supply chain

Answering the Pentagon’s call to bolster defense industrial base.

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Air Warfare

Ukraine to acquire up to 20 Gripen fighter jets, on track to receive batch of older models  

In a statement announcing both moves, Stockholm said that Kyiv "plans to allocate" €2.5 billion ($2.9 billion) from the European Union's Ukraine Support Loan to fund the package for the more modern Gripen combat aircraft.

By Tim Martin

Networks & Digital Warfare

Pentagon awards Dell $9.7 billion contract to consolidate software licenses

The five-year blanket purchase agreement consolidates Microsoft 365 licenses into a single contract vehicle.

By Mark Pomerleau

Space

Dept. of Air Force ‘still working’ to sort space programs into acquisition portfolios: Ainsworth

The Department of the Air Force in "the coming days" will announce the finalized PAE structure along with the names of each office leader, Thomas Ainsworth, acting space acquisition chief, said.

By Theresa Hitchens

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Pentagon

Pentagon considers restoring Army aviation cuts

Pentagon

The Pentagon wants 10,000 small cruise missiles. Here’s who is making them.

Pentagon

Key takeaways from Hegseth’s day in front of the House

Pentagon

How the Army is developing its C2 plans

Pentagon

Will the Pentagon have to cut exercises to pay for the Iran war?

Pentagon

Pentagon comptroller says a ‘generational investment’ is coming, but when?

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The Pentagon wants to buy 30,000 new drones. Here are the key questions.

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Global

After Iran attacks, Turkish industry seeing increased Gulf interest in air defense platforms

Both companies expressed their readiness to transfer technology in line with mandates in Gulf states to localize defense production.

By Agnes Helou

Pentagon, Air Warfare

How the US, allies and adversaries see the future of drone wingmen

In the third video focused on manned-unmanned teaming, we trace how the concept has evolved inside the US defense industry and among other militaries across the globe.

By Breaking Defense Video

Air Warfare

Canada enters talks with Saab for GlobalEye purchase

While no deal is finalized, Sweden's Prime Minister stated that he looks forward to “welcoming Canada into the GlobalEye family.”

By Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo

Global

Canada to buy Polish drones, deepen defense ties by leveraging EU SAFE funds

In December, Canada became the only non-European country to gain entry into the €150 billion SAFE defense borrowing and procurement scheme. 

By Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo