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Congress

The fight over the FY27 defense budget is on. Here’s 13 key issues for Congress to resolve.

By Valerie Insinna

Pentagon

How the Army benefits from diverse interceptors, plus a window into modernization

The chief of the Army's Space and Missile Defense Command shares more from our recent interview in Huntsville, Ala.

By Breaking Defense Video

Naval Warfare

Submarine maintenance delays, ‘idle time’ cost $3.4 billion, GAO says

While the report said the Navy had made progress cutting delays for operational subs, the problem would get worse — and costlier — for those destined for decommissioning.

By Lee Ferran

Networks & Digital Warfare

Air Force seeks more portable C2, comms approach after studying Epic Fury

“We have to be more agile and mobile and we need a case that is carriable by one person and can be run by one or two people," Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Phillips told Breaking Defense.

By Mark Pomerleau

Latest News

Global

UAE’s EDGE launches cyber defense center with Brazilian army

EDGE said that the center will provide "specialised services" to both the Brazilian army and federal institutions, including for training, cyber incident response, and the "development of advanced cyber defence capabilities and solutions."

By Agnes Helou

Land Warfare

Army taps 5 vendors to move forward with nuclear microreactor prototypes

Up to $2.2 billion could be divvied up among the handful of vendors.

By Ashley Roque

In this episode:

How a new Pentagon memo 'resets' industry requirements, plus highlights from TechNet

Land Warfare

Hegseth stands by LaNeve nomination amid reported lawmaker hesitation

The Pentagon is attempting to "lock in" LaNeve's nomination for the next Army Chief of Staff amid lawmaker concerns and the potential departure of the service's secretary.

By Carley Welch and Ashley Roque

Air Warfare

Boeing nabs whopping $131 billion F-15 deal

The contract covers over a decade of potential work for US and international F-15 fighter jets.

By Michael Marrow

Air Warfare

Air Force awards $766 million for B-52 radar modernization

One contract worth up to $603 million was issued to RTX subsidiary Raytheon, while a second valued at roughly $163 million was issued to B-52 prime contractor Boeing.

By Michael Marrow

Networks & Digital Warfare

‘Shifted our whole mentality’: Army long-range EW system to go into production in 2027

The Army originally envisioned a larger, bespoke capability, but Mark Saxon, deputy project manager for Electromagnetic Warfare & Collection, told Breaking Defense the battlefield has changed.

By Mark Pomerleau

Global

Spain signs off on $6.3 billion budget for joint MRTT buy with Poland

Poland’s minister of national defense said today that “at least” seven aircraft will be purchased, with his country receiving four by 2030.

By Tim Martin

Global

US flexes new ship-sinking weapons at summer naval exercises

A B-2 bomber used a precision-guided, stealth air-launched anti-ship cruise missile against a decommissioned vessel, and the US Navy also rolled out unmanned boats to survey and strike targets at a pair of summer exercises.

By Mike Yeo

Pentagon, Congress

How a new Pentagon memo ‘resets’ industry requirements, plus highlights from TechNet

A new DoD memo affecting Pentagon contractors, plus tech news out of Georgia.

By Breaking Defense Video

Global

Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani defense pact to boost Turkish industry, entire trilateral ‘ecosystem’

“The Mecca Pact should not be viewed simply as an arms-export agreement. It is much broader," one expert told Breaking Defense.

By Agnes Helou

Naval Warfare

Navy establishes new defense industrial base office: Cao

Andrew Magliochetti, who previously served as the director of the Navy’s Office of Small Business Programs, will oversee the Office of the Defense Industrial Base.

By Diana Stancy

Pentagon