EXCLUSIVE: HASC chair seeking $450B for defense in reconciliation
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers told Breaking Defense the next NDAA will focus on expanding the defense industrial base.
RTX to ramp up production of five weapons in new deal with Pentagon
Under the terms of the agreements, Raytheon will increase annual production of the Tomahawk cruise missile, AMRAAM air-to-air missiles, Standard Missile-6, Standard Missile-3 IIA and Standard Missile-3 IB.
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Streamcaster Nexus: Empowering the connected soldier at the tactical edge
On today’s battlefield, mobility isn’t optional - it’s mission-critical.
House passes $839B defense spending bill, teeing up end to government shutdown
Once signed by the president, the Pentagon will be funded through Congress’s usual appropriations process after being stuck under a continuing resolution for the duration of fiscal 2025.
Pentagon picks 25 vendors to show off one-way attack drones in the Gauntlet competition
After military operators fly the drones, the department plans to award deals totaling $150 million.
Here’s the state of play on defense appropriations
This week on the Congressional Roundup: The House decides whether the government opens up or settles in for another long shutdown.
Senate approves new SOUTHCOM head
In mid-January Lt. Gen. Francis Donovan told senators he would want to conduct an analysis of SOUTHCOM capabilities and “really build on the strength.”
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Breaking the Pentagon’s new bottleneck of time
As threats evolve, the winning model ties digital engineering to manufacturing capacity and a reindustrialized supply chain.
America needs a nuclear nonproliferation policy … again
For the last 16 years, the US has not had any nuclear nonproliferation policies. Henry Sokolski in this op-ed argues why that needs to change.
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Breaking the Pentagon’s new bottleneck of time
As threats evolve, the winning model ties digital engineering to manufacturing capacity and a reindustrialized supply chain.
Pentagon CTO picks six defense tech vets to lead Critical Technology Areas
The six men range from a former Amazon exec to a biologist who studied jellyfish stinging Navy divers, but all have extensive experience in the Defense Department’s tech apparatus.
Lockheed, Pentagon ink plan to boost THAAD interceptor production
Once finalized, the agreement will allow THAAD interceptor production to grow from its current rate of 96 missiles a year to an annual rate of 400 interceptors.
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Meeting Zero Trust goals while maintaining information dominance
Balancing security and access to data are critical to providing users with trustworthy, reliable data for real-time decisions.
National Guard deployments to US cities cost almost half a billion dollars, says CBO
The Trump administration has already spent nearly $500 million on domestic National Guard deployments, with monthly costs being further broken down by the CBO.
New National Defense Strategy could leave adversaries, and allies, guessing: Analysts
“It’s very ambiguous, and I don't know if they even recognize the contradictions that they're creating,” said Kelly Grieco, a senior fellow with the Reimagining US Grand Strategy Program at the Stimson Center.
Amid Trump’s broadsides, RTX tells investors it’s ‘committed’ to paying dividends
RTX and Northrop are the first major defense companies to declare fourth-quarter 2025 earnings this week, and their approach on dividends could signal how industry at large is interpreting the Jan. 7 executive order.
Pentagon releases National Defense Strategy, with homeland defense as top priority
The department chose to release with an unusual lack of fanfare: 7:00 pm on a Friday, when the entire east coast is focused on a major snowstorm that is approaching.