No, there’s no ‘kill switch’: Pentagon tries to reassure international F-35 partners
The clarification comes after two American allies said they were publicly reevaluating their future fighter needs amid tensions with Washington.
DoD should use likely $100B-plus reconciliation money on downrange needs: Wittman
"Obviously we need to be building submarines, ramping those things up, but it's also about getting those dollars out there for these attributable, expendable systems.” said Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va.
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Canada says it’s reconsidering multibillion dollar F-35 buy as Trump ratchets up trade war
“To be clear, we are not cancelling the F-35 contract, but we need to do our homework given the changing environment ...,” a spokesperson for Canadian Minister of Defense Bill Blair told Breaking Defense.
DIU picks four companies, including two Ukrainian teammates, for one-way drone prototypes
“We are excited about the non-traditional companies who are providing low-cost, adaptable, long-range, UAS platforms with the potential to maximize operational flexibility for the Joint force,” said DIU’s Trent Emeneker.
Lockheed eyes two-year timeline to pick new F-35 cooling system
The company is examining “all offers that’re out on the market today to make that decision, so it’s not going to be a quick choice,” Lockheed’s F-35 program manager Chauncey McIntosh told Breaking Defense.
Budget impasse risks ‘Doomsday’ plane delay, SNC says
“I'm ramping up my work. I'm adding new facilities, I'm adding infrastructure, I'm adding cost. That cost has to be carried by someone,” SNC’s Jon Piatt told Breaking Defense.
Breaking Defense announces Breaking Defense Europe, a new, distinct, European edition
Breaking Defense Europe will launch May 4 with Tim Martin and Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo as co-editors.
Secret Space Force payloads monitor China’s satellite surveillance network, official says
Kelly Hammett, director of the Space Rapid Capabilities Office, said his organization risks being “inordinately impacted" by workforce reductions underway with the Trump administration.
Anduril and Zone 5 Technologies advance for Air Force, DIU Enterprise Test Vehicle
Lockheed Martin now has its own air vehicle offering that could compete for a follow-on effort to the Enterprise Test Vehicle program.
EXCLUSIVE: Lockheed out of Navy’s F/A-XX future fighter competition
A source with knowledge of the program told Breaking Defense that Lockheed submitted a bid for the next-gen fighter effort, but the proposal did not satisfy the Navy’s criteria, leaving Boeing and Northrop Grumman as the remaining competitors.
Air Force fields FMS inquiries for MH-139 Grey Wolf helo as test campaign progresses
“As we look at the program moving forward, we’re also excited [about] the interest and the demand signal that we’re seeing, both domestically and from potential customers around the world,” Boeing official Azeem Khan told Breaking Defense.
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Space Systems Command chief backs ‘important’ work of Space Development Agency
Elsewhere, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman said his top priority is "space control," a term that for many years was verboten at the Pentagon.
Empty seats as Air Force limits AFA attendance, in line with ‘spirit’ of DOGE orders
“I think the question is whether this is a temporary thing, or whether it becomes permanent,” one industry official told Breaking Defense.
Air Force pauses deliveries of Boeing’s KC-46 tanker
The decision to pause deliveries was made on Feb. 27 by the service’s KC-46A program office “due to the identification of in the ‘outboard fixed-trailing-edge support structure’” of the two planes, an Air Force spokesperson said.
How Metrea hopes to grow the private air refueling market
After refueling with the American company Metrea for a deployment to the Indo-Pacific, the German Luftwaffe told Breaking Defense that "commercial AAR [air-to-air refueling] is also a valid option for future deployments.”