Pentagon refines zero trust for OT as Air Force treats its bases as frontline targets
A zero trust end state is not redundancy or recovery but an infrastructure that never goes down in the first place.
New offensive cyber operations squad standing up for Air Force Reserve
As cyber veterans exit active duty, a new Reserve offensive squadron gives them a way to keep executing missions, an officer told Breaking Defense.
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One of the world’s most versatile attack planes is taking on the counter-UAS mission
An airborne layer pushes drone engagements farther from defended assets and changes the cost-per-kill equation.
As China pushes out from the First Island Chain, US allies like Japan and the Philippines surveil from nearby
Industrial imbalance grows in the Indo-Pacific as China outbuilds the region in ships and rockets.
The role of Japan and the Philippines in resisting a Chinese blockade of Taiwan
Strategic geography, resupply corridors, and maritime access underscore Manila and Tokyo’s ability to assist Taiwan.
Resilient comms emerge as first line of defense in the electronic warfare fight
DoD labs are stress-testing anti-jam systems so warfighters can command and control in the face of EW.
The key trends driving both offensive and defensive cyber warfare
Convergence of offensive and defensive cyber is reshaping how they're developed, fielded, and integrated.
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Island surge: the Army’s Next Generation Command and Control in action
Lightning Surge exercises are turning soldier feedback on NGC2 into operational software changes in days, not years.
The questions that warfighters ask the most are now answered with data analytics
CDAO’s Advana data analytics platform is ingesting data from about 500 DoD business systems.
Changing strategic environment and Chinese power is rearranging relationships in Asia
Nations such as the Philippines and Taiwan are building new ties as part of a regional military rebalancing.
Michigan: Arsenal of Democracy for dangerous times
Michigan’s defense ecosystem and expertise makes it a special asset for production.
Addressing risk and intellectual property rights in the FLRAA supply chain
Army aviation is introducing a tiltrotor to its fleet, creating defense industrial base challenges and opportunities.
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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.
Addressing risk and intellectual property rights in the FLRAA supply chain
Army aviation is introducing a tiltrotor to its fleet, creating defense industrial base challenges and opportunities.
Preparing the industrial base for when the Army’s FLRAA tiltrotor is built at scale
The program manager for the Future Long Range Attack Aircraft breaks down what the supply chain needs to be doing now for production.
Autonomy changes everything about combat engineering
Sending robotic vehicles into the breach saves lives by removing humans from one of the most dangerous places on the battlefield.
Satellite communications: A roadmap for securing tactical and strategic missions
Experts discuss SATCOM challenges and solutions for resilient, secure and more space-based comms across orbits.