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The selection of Meink is likely of interest to top Trump ally Elon Musk, whose SpaceX business will deal directly with the new Air Force secretary.
By Michael Marrow and Theresa Hitchens
Rear Adm. William Daly said he believes the service would be best served by a common unmanned craft that can accommodate one of two payloads.
By Justin Katz- The funding fight ahead for a Trump-infused Congress
- Exclusive interviews with key officials on their way out
- A letter to DOGE from a surprising writer
Integrating commercial off-the-shelf computing on military platforms and how to make it work
The systems may be off-the-shelf, but the packaging for integration on vehicles and ships provides cradle-to-grave resiliency.
The executive order mandates the development of new cyber contract requirements for “agency-procured” space systems.
By Carley Welch
EXCLUSIVE: Calvelli cautions Space Force, SDA to focus on program results, know that ‘industry lies’
“The issues that bother me more are not just Space Force-related. It’s just the experience base across the whole Department of Defense,” Frank Calvelli, Air Force space acquisition czar, told Breaking Defense in an exclusive exit interview on Tuesday.
By Theresa Hitchens
New ways to communicate from ground to space and across domains
Software-defined radios that fuse comms, electronic warfare, and SIGINT allow for rapid fielding and improvement of the kill chain.
Multi-Domain Operations: Global C2 and Joint Operations
Chris Kubasik’s Jan. 15 letter to DOGE heads Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy is the first foray by an executive at a legacy defense prime into the emerging discourse on how the incoming administration can revitalize the American defense industrial base
By Valerie Insinna
Prioritizing investments in the Navy’s bases and facilities is part of the CNO’s recently published “Navigation Plan” and associated “Project 33,” a targeted effort at preparing the service for a conflict with China over Taiwan in 2027.
By Justin Katz
Space Force celebrates 5th anniversary at growing Spacepower Conference
Our latest eBook offers updates on the Space Force and SPACECOM, showcasing the latest tech, and the challenges of modern space operations.
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Many operations are experiencing some degree of data automation or AI enablement, and the usability of that data is key to decision making.
By Breaking Defense
Michael Casey, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, warned about the vulnerability of mobile devices.
By Lee Ferran
“Arsenal-1 is going to be an operational facility incredibly quickly because of the timelines we have to deliver for the customers and the warfighters who are counting on the systems that Anduril is producing right now,” said Anduril Chief Strategy Officer Chris Brose.
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“For both economic and strategic reasons, China may hope to use the opportunity presented by the political transition in the US to stabilize ties with Japan,” Bonnie Glaser, China expert at the German Marshall Fund, told Breaking Defense.
By Colin Clark
“Let’s not have a bazillion flowers blooming in this space,” said Leonel Garciga. “That gets expensive very fast, and it gets really hard to protect our data.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Outgoing DoD space acquisition czar Frank Calvelli told Breaking Defense in an exclusive interview that he is confident the troubled OCX software will be up and running by year-end.
By Theresa Hitchens
“If we don’t do something, there’s an awful lot of dangers, everything that we’ve built in the last 250 years can be thrown away,” Michael Bloomberg said.
By Carley Welch
More Navy leaders as of late have been publicly bemoaning the service’s inability to scale functional laser weapon systems.
By Justin Katz
Autonomy changes everything about combat engineering
Sending robotic vehicles into the breach saves lives by removing humans from one of the most dangerous places on the battlefield.
