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Congress

House Foreign Affairs greenlights trio of arms sale bills, including Taiwan support

By Valerie Insinna

Air Warfare, Networks & Digital Warfare

L3Harris turns handheld radios into counter-drone jammers

The forthcoming Wraith Shield software update uses the existing antenna to scan for drone control signals, identify enemy ones, and jam them, L3Harris executives told reporters.

By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.

Pentagon, Air Warfare

Why loyal wingman drones may be the future of global airpower

Breaking Defense launches a new video series focused on manned-unmanned teaming and the future of military aviation.

By Breaking Defense Video

Naval Warfare

After Middle East ops, Navy to start feeling funding crunch this summer: CNO

The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford is expected to face increased maintenance due to its extended deployment.

By Diana Stancy

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Air Warfare

Air Force expects new KC-46 vision system in 2028 as lawmakers question price hike

Sen. Kevin Cramer said lawmakers "need more information for sure" about projected price increases for the air refueler, which budget documents show could climb by $100 million per tail.

By Michael Marrow

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Why sustainment is the key to Marine Corps readiness, and how it’s changing

From service-life upgrades to safety enhancements, readiness depends on sustaining the vehicles now carrying the mission.

By Breaking Defense

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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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Congress

What Don Bacon has sizzling before he leaves office

The departing lawmaker and former Air Force officer still has a few things on his to-do list before the end of the 119th Congress.

By Breaking Defense Video

Pentagon

Pentagon launches new framework agreements to acquire 10,000 low-cost cruise missiles

The agreements with Anduril, CoAspire, Leidos and Zone 5 commence the launch of the new Low Cost Containerization Munitions Program (LCCMP).

By Carley Welch

Air Warfare

Air Force greenlights requirements for MQ-9A Reaper drone replacement

“There is, I think, a burgeoning interest across the broader defense industrial base on what comes next,” said Air Force Lt. Gen. Luke Cropsey.

By Michael Marrow

Artificial Intelligence & Autonomy: A New Era in Defense

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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

Air Warfare

Northrop Grumman’s Talon IQ testbed hot-swaps AI brains mid-flight

Opinion

Inside the rise of Project Maven and AI warfare [Book excerpt]

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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

Pentagon

Working ‘outside the lines’ to scale production isn’t working: Cadenazzi

DIU still vets drone tech, but a new strategy says wartime scaling requires internal attention and reform from others.

By Barry Rosenberg

Opinion

Six key takeaways about Iran’s missiles, two months into the war

From the necessity of air defense to the perils of dwindling stockpiles, here are a few key considerations after more than 10 weeks of long-range strikes from Tehran.

By Ralph Savelsberg

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America needs next-gen solutions to counter modern air and missile threats

Defending a country the size of the US from threats requires advanced sensing, communications and interception capabilities.

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Speed, AI, and the platform that makes it operational

These are the five root causes that account for most of the delay in cognitive operations staffing.

By Chris Stangle, Peraton

Global, Land Warfare

In Latvia, military robots roll across a new communication challenge: woodlands

Several users reported significant challenges with the UGVs’ communication systems, many of them using Starlink, in densely forested areas of the Baltic nation.

By Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo

Naval Warfare

Trump-class Battleship will get same nuclear reactor as Ford aircraft carrier

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle confirmed the battleship would share several design features with the USS Ford.

By Diana Stancy

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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?

Pentagon

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

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Watch Pentagon Buzz, Breaking Defense’s new show on DoD policies, personalities and power

Space

US, close allies creating joint ‘orbital warfare’ plan: SPACECOM chief

Gen. Stephen Whiting told the Mitchell Institute today that SPACECOM also plans to continue its Apollo Insights table-top exercises with commercial industry on a quarterly basis this year.

By Theresa Hitchens

Congress, Land Warfare

Hegseth: Pentagon is ‘taking another look’ at deep cuts to Army’s aircraft budget

Lawmakers expressed concern over the Army's proposed budget, which takes an ax to high-profile legacy helicopter procurement.

By Carley Welch

Congress

Price tag for Iran war ticks up to $29B, not including base damage

"We're not making an estimate for MILCON [military construction] at this time. We don't know what our future posture is going to be," said Pentagon comptroller Jules Hurst.

By Valerie Insinna

Air Warfare

Golden Dome-style missile shield could cost up to $1.2T over 20 years, CBO estimates

The Congressional Budget Office said it was "impossible" to get a true cost for Golden Dome, as DoD hasn't revealed details about its envisioned architecture.

By Lee Ferran