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Pentagon awards Dell $9.7 billion contract to consolidate software licenses

Space

Dept. of Air Force ‘still working’ to sort space programs into acquisition portfolios: Ainsworth

The Department of the Air Force in "the coming days" will announce the finalized PAE structure along with the names of each office leader, Thomas Ainsworth, acting space acquisition chief, said.

By Theresa Hitchens

Global

After Iran attacks, Turkish industry seeing increased Gulf interest in air defense platforms

Both companies expressed their readiness to transfer technology in line with mandates in Gulf states to localize defense production.

By Agnes Helou

Pentagon, Air Warfare

How the US, allies and adversaries see the future of drone wingmen

In the third video focused on manned-unmanned teaming, we trace how the concept has evolved inside the US defense industry and among other militaries across the globe.

By Breaking Defense Video

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Congress

Acting CYBERCOM chief says dual-hat NSA role key to ‘speed’ in cyberspace

Lt. Gen. William Hartman took over for Lt. Gen.Timothy Haugh last week after Haugh was controversially ousted by the Trump administration.

By Carley Welch

Congress

Congress approved a budget blueprint with up to $150B extra for defense. Now comes the hard part.

The House and Senate armed services committees have been directed to figure out how to spend extra defense funding, but have been given different monetary targets.

By Valerie Insinna

In this episode:

We travel to eastern Europe for drone testing with NATO troops before briefly reviewing the history of unmanned systems.

Space

Contracts for SSC’s next iteration of MEO missile tracking satellites delayed

"Unfortunately, we were, we were slowed down a bit by uncertainty in our budget," said SSC's Col. Rob Davis, delaying awards for Epoch 2 of the Resilient Missile Warning/Missile Tracking — MEO program by about three months.

By Theresa Hitchens

Naval Warfare

Leidos unveils ‘low-cost’ unmanned undersea vessel ‘Sea Dart’

The Sea Dart starts at around $150,000, a Leidos official told Breaking Defense, and works with various payloads and software packages.

By Carley Welch

Air Warfare

PHOTOS: The sights of Sea Air Space day 3

A selection of photos from day three of Sea Air Space.

By Breaking Defense Staff

Pentagon

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.

By Breaking Defense

Naval Warfare

A vibe check on the Sea Air Space conference, plus key points from SecNav’s speech [VIDEO]

Editor-in-Chief Aaron Mehta and Naval Reporter Justin Katz discuss the three-day Sea Air Space conference and share their big takeaways in this video.

By Breaking Defense Video

Congress

White House executive order aims to speed arm sales, cut red tape

The order includes a directive for State and DoD to compile a list of “priority partners” and “priority end items” for transfer.

By Michael Marrow

Air Warfare

Trump order threatens cancellation for over-budget, delayed Pentagon programs

The new Executive Order, signed by President Donald Trump today, gives the Pentagon 90 days to review all of its major defense acquisition programs and compose a list of poor-performing programs for potential termination.

By Valerie Insinna

Space

EXCLUSIVE: NGA awards new Luno A task order for commercial imagery analysis

NGA Director Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth confirmed that the agency and the Space Force are working on a memorandum of agreement that will set "procedures" to ensure that they don't duplicate commercial imagery products.

By Theresa Hitchens

Naval Warfare

Trump signs executive order aimed at providing boon to American shipbuilders

Among its provisions, the order directs the Department of Government Efficiency to begin its own review of the vessel procurement process for both the Defense and Homeland Security Departments, according to the EO.

By Justin Katz

Air Warfare

MQ-25 tanker drone flight this year will require ‘ton of work,’ warns NAVAIR head

Vice Adm. Carl Chebi suggested program officials needed to ramp up discussions about pre-flight issues if they want to see the MQ-25 in flight before the end of the year.

By Valerie Insinna

Congress

Navy at ‘tipping point’ with Constellation-class frigate: Lawmakers

“The question is, are we at a point where we either quickly recover and get back on track with this? ... Or do you say maybe we're too far along with this and we go in a different direction?" said Rep. Rob Wittman.

By Valerie Insinna

Air Warfare

Iranian official says Tehran plans to establish new drone bases: Reports

Analyst Ryan Bohl told Breaking Defense it appeared the Iranian general's comments reflect that Iran is "doing something to secure itself even in the face of a more aggressive Israel and US ... ."

By Agnes Helou

Breaking Defense

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Artificial Intelligence & Autonomy: A New Era in Defense

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