The KC-46 has finally landed in Israel. The US needs to keep pushing forward.
Israel now has its own KC-46, but the US needs to do much more to help grow Israel's tanker force, argue Justin Leopold-Cohen and Bradley Bowman.
The new Indo-Pacific security architecture: From hub-and-spoke to allied security web
This is the latest in a series of semi-regular columns by Robbin Laird, where he will tackle current defense issues through the lens of more than 45 years of defense expertise in both the US and abroad. The goal of these columns: to look back at how questions and perspectives of the past should inform decisions being made today.
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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.
Ukraine UGV ‘Simba’ rolls out of the shadows in NATO Baltic exercise
In videos viewed by Breaking Defense, the Simba UGV is seen completing night missions even after losing a wheel and being struck by an FPV.
Saab CEO optimistic Ukraine Gripen deal could be finalized this year
A top Ukrainian official said Kyiv was "ready" for the big fighter jet deal, but Sweden's defense minister suggested challenges remain.
NATO revamps air surveillance approach for the ‘cost-war’ of low-flying drones, missiles
NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (ACT) Adm. Pierre Vandier told Breaking Defense that lessons from the Ukraine war and the Iran conflict are driving an air surveillance reframe.
Rubio tries to reassure Europe that US is not about to sever transatlantic ties
America’s chief diplomat took aim at what he framed postwar “delusion” in the West and a mass migration “crisis” in Europe, echoing terms found in the National Security Strategy released last year.
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In contested seas, autonomy must anticipate, not just navigate
As missions stretch farther and comms grow less reliable, predictive software could become the edge that keeps missions afloat.
NATO shake-up sees US ousted from 2 warfighting-level commands
The US will hand over charge of Joint Force Command Norfolk to the United Kingdom and relinquish leadership of Joint Force Command Naples to Italy.
5 countries, 10 companies, €15M: PRECISE AI project aims to protect European infrastructure
Funded by the EU’s European Defense Fund and led by Spanish-based multinational GMV, PRECISE will use AI to analyze satellite imagery and recreate 3D models of critical sites.
US ‘unlikely’ to launch military takeover of Greenland: European analysts
"I foresee no fighting, nothing like we saw in Venezuela," analyst Rasmus Søndergaard told Breaking Defense, but if there is the US would certainly prevail.
France finalizes $1.3B USD contract for 2 Saab GlobalEye radar planes
Initially announced at the Paris Air Show in June, the deal makes France the second customer for the Swedish Airborne Early Warning and Control planes after the UAE.
Satellites at the center: Inside the Pentagon’s next-gen space architecture
From emerging data networks to missile tracking and cyber resilience, Breaking Defense’s latest eBook brings together essential reporting on the evolving role of satellites in national security.
NATO allies oppose US peace deal for Ukraine as FCAS falters: 2025 review
From spikes in European military spending to the push for a virtual wall to protect NATO countries from Russian drones, the continent faces a new era in defense.
France, US practice up-close satellite maneuvers under joint space war plan
The bilateral rendezvous and proximity operation "illustrates France's ability to conduct dynamic and responsible operations to deter adversaries from acting against its space interests," according to France's Space Command.
Germany’s first space security strategy aims at independent defensive, offensive capabilities
The new strategy calls on German MoD to develop a number of new space-based capabilities, including "effectors" to counter adversary threats on orbit such as agile spaceplanes and "bodyguard" satellites with shoot-back systems.
New NATO commercial space strategy seeks to prompt more investment
The new strategy strongly echoes the US Space Force's Commercial Space Strategy published in April 2024, and copies some of the implementation tools the service has put into place.