Orbital Insight nabs NGA pilot for commercial maritime awareness data
Orbital Insight's contract, worth up to $2 million, is focused on providing data and analysis about potentially threatening maritime activity in the Indo-Pacific.
Leonardo exec: ‘Consolidation is the only way’ for healthier European defense industry
Space, cyber and shipbuilding are three areas Leonardo exec Lorenzo Mariani told Breaking Defense he sees as ripe for consolidation.
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Biden nominates new Guard, TRANSCOM, SOUTHCOM leadership, among others
The president has tapped Lt. Gen. Steven Nordhaus, a former F-16 pilot and current head of the Continental US NORAD region, to lead the National Guard Bureau, replacing Army Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson.
Aussie defense industry minister says Ghost Bat could carry lethal loads
Speaking to Breaking Defense, Pat Conroy, defense industry minster, pushed back on the idea the Boeing-made drone would be considered for ISR only.
Senior Pentagon official overseeing legislative affairs to fill in as Navy’s No. 2 civilian
Thomas Mancinelli has also held positions at the State Department and twice deployed to Iraq as a Marine.
Pentagon unveils arctic strategy bolstered by new high north NATO allies Finland, Sweden
The new strategy comes as the US, Canada and Finland embark on a new strategic agreement to build ice-breaking ships.
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How drones can navigate without GPS
Absolute positioning is critical in contested and denied environments.
Defense tech startup Saronic announces $175M in Series B funding
The funding round was led by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
SOUTHCOM chief calls for ‘Marshall Plan’ for Western Hemisphere to counter Russia, China
Gen. Laura Richardson told the Aspen Security Forum she also needs high-profile visitors to "tell them [local officials] and show them how important they are to this region, and to the hemisphere that we all live in," or Beijing would step into the void.
Aussie passive radar becomes first kit delivered for AIR6500 missile defense system
"You know, gone are the days where we wait for years, and then something gets delivered. What we've got now is every nine months there's going to be a release internally," Air Commodore Benjamin Sleeman, director-general for integrated air and missile defense, said.
Space Force’s Saltzman sees ‘room’ for space capabilities in AUKUS Pillar II
“We are at that stage of planning” around what we should include, Saltzman noted, adding that all three nations see a potential Pillar II space agreement “as a valuable tool.”
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Shaping the future of airpower in the Indo-Pacific: GA-ASI’s revolutionary approach
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has been the trailblazer in the UAS revolution for over three decades.
Navy seeks industry feedback on new maritime strike weapon for ‘coalition’
The new weapon, dubbed CAMS, would be used by numerous other countries and cost $1.5 million per all-up-round.
How to do integrated training, Marine Corps style
In this op-ed from Robbin Laird, he takes a look at the importance of the Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One in training and readiness.
US-Singapore boost artificial intelligence ties, after small nation made earlier agreement with China
"Singapore, however, will have to somehow de-conflict cooperation with the United States with the digital and cyber cooperation programs it also has with the PRC," Ian Chong, associate professor at the National University of Singapore, told Breaking Defense.
View from the north: What NATO leaders from Nordic, Baltic states think about defense
Five defense leaders from across the alliance share their thoughts directly with Breaking Defense readers.