The Weekly Break Out Ep. 22: How the US hit Iran, and spooky space moves [Video]
Managing Editor Lee Ferran and Senior Land Warfare Reporter Ashley Roque discuss Operation Midnight Hammer.
Four big takeaways to wrap up the Paris Air Show [Video]
Aaron Mehta and Tim Martin of Breaking Defense walk through their takeaways for Dassault, Embraer, Saab and Boeing at the end of the Paris Air Show.
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Weaponizing the supply chain for a liquid-fueled howitzer-fired munition that flies 150 km
The goal of such weaponization is to tie warfighter needs to the RDT&E cycle.
The American contingent and Turkey’s autonomy goals: Paris Air Show Day 3 [Video]
Breaking Defense's Editor-in-Chief Aaron Mehta and Air Warfare Reporter Michael Marrow run down the news from day three of the show.
An FCAS fracas and Embraer’s European embrace: Paris Air Show Day 2 [Video]
Editor-in-Chief Aaron Mehta and Senior Reporter Valerie Insinna run down the biggest news from the second day of the Paris Air Show.
Israel drama and good news for the F-35: Paris Air Show Day 1 [Video]
Editor-in-Chief Aaron Mehta and Air Warfare reporter Michael Marrow bring you the latest news from the flightline in this day one wrap-up.
Drones, engines and next-gen fighters: What to look for at Paris Airshow 2025
What to know as the 2025 Paris Airshow kicks off.
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Three exercises that proved a new approach to C-UAS
Architecture that linked sensors, C2, RF effects, and lasers into a distributed c-UAS kill chain.
Inside Honeywell’s plan for a new F-35 cooling system [Video]
Breaking Defense's Aaron Mehta talks with Honeywell Aerospace CEO Jim Currier about his company's view on the F-35.
The Weekly Break Out Ep. 21: Hegseth on the Hill and the F-35’s radar [Video]
Defense secretary Pete Hegseth attends a trio of hearings this week, and we have the preview you need.
The F-35’s future: Can the fifth-gen fighter withstand political, technological headwinds? [Video]
The F-35 has won every competition it's been in, but now is facing new hurdles from geopolitics and new sixth-gen fighters. What's the best path forward?
[Video] The Weekly Break Out Ep. 20: Pacific policy in Singapore and the UK’s new defense plan
From the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore to the SDR in the United Kingdom, The Break Out goes global this week.
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Edge computing fails when the mission hardware can’t evolve
The payoff is quicker tech insertion, avoiding vendor lock, and more room for autonomy, sensors, weapons, and mission growth.
The F-35’s future: What new weapons, systems are coming to the stealth fighter? [Video]
Loyal wingman drones, new weapons and advanced radars all can contribute to the F-35's future.
[Video] The Weekly Break Out Ep. 19: Army aviation’s shakeup and the F-35’s future
Lee Ferran and Ashley Roque walk through how the Army aviation community is handling its latest shakeup.
The F-35’s future: The power and cooling competition that could change everything [Video]
In part two of our F-35 roundtable video series, Breaking Defense takes a look at why the PTMU is so important and gets into how the competition looks going forward.
Video: The Weekly Break Out Episode 18: An exclusive with Air Force Gen. David Allvin
Air Warfare Reporter Michael Marrow dives into his recent one-on-one with the senior Air Force leader.