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What now? Budget fight, Hegseth impeachment on deck for defense-focused lawmakers after midterms

Navy unfairly evaluated Saildrone MUSV proposal, court finds

The court found that the Navy "engaged in disparate treatment" toward Saildrone's MUSV proposal, according to an opinion unsealed Wednesday.

By Diana Stancy

Naval Warfare

Navy appoints Rucker as new PAE Maritime lead

Rear Adm. Jonathan Rucker is the second person to hold the position since PAE Maritime was established in March.

By Alyssa Schonhaut

Naval Warfare

Naval Group unveils new drone carrier concept

“The return of high-intensity conflict and the emergence of hybrid naval warfare require a new vision. Naval Group answers with a new concept ship: SCX 26,” the company stated.

By Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo

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Congress

Navy assures lawmakers billions were well spent in sub industrial base, despite lag in production

“Those efforts have been about workforce, hiring and retention. They have been about supply chain resiliency, modernization of the yards, strategic outsourcing [and] infrastructure issues,” Brett Seidle, the Navy's acting acquisition executive, told lawmakers on Wednesday.

By Justin Katz

Land Warfare

‘No human hands’: NGA circulates AI-generated intel, director says

NGA puts a "template" on the products that "literally acknowledges … what you are looking at has not been touched by human hands,” said Director Frank Whitworth. “It's important [for] combat commanders and the Secretary and the President that they have that knowledge.”

By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.

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Another busy week for the defense industry, with Euronaval underway in Paris and the International Fighter Conference convening in Germany
A closer look at the Hollywood star who became an Air Force general

Air Warfare

As Rutte formally unveils NATO 5% spending proposal, Hegseth says some allies ‘not quite there’

“We will decide, at the NATO summit, [on] the spending, and we already know we need to spend much, much more if we want to fulfill all these [capability] targets,” Rutte said on the sidelines of the defense ministerial.

By Tim Martin

Air Warfare

EXCLUSIVE: Eyeing risk of radar ‘delays,’ Lockheed proposes new F-35 fuselage design

A letter from Lockheed Martin's CEO to the Air Force, obtained by Breaking Defense, warns of "risks" to radar delivery schedule, raising questions about future lots.

By Valerie Insinna and Michael Marrow

Naval Warfare

Block buy of fifth, sixth Ford-class carriers could yield $5B in savings: Senior Navy official

The talk of a block buy will be welcome news to the industrial base, which has been lobbying the Pentagon for years to repeat the strategy it used for the third and fourth carriers in the class.

By Justin Katz

Networks & Digital Warfare

CYBERCOM elevates defensive office in ‘net positive’ for cybersecurity mission: Analysts

JFHQ-DODIN will now be known as the sub-unified command Department of Defense Cyber Defense Command.

By Carley Welch

Naval Warfare

Who’s Who in Defense: John Phelan, Secretary of the Navy

Secretary of the Navy John Phelan manages the readiness, development, and well-being of nearly one million Sailors, Marines, and civilian personnel within the Department of the Navy.

By Catherine Macaulay

Air Warfare

Less ships, more bombs: Senate unveils its version of $150B defense reconciliation package

"The House and Senate are very, very close in the provisions,” SASC Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., told reporters. But there are differences.

By Valerie Insinna

Land Warfare

Army leaders need to show their ‘homework’ for transformation plans, lawmakers say

“You chose to give us a plan with few details, with no budgeting and a failure to answer a lot of our questions, and now [I’m] hearing about how this plan will be implemented from my own constituents, not from leadership,” said Rep. Eric Sorensen.

By Ashley Roque

Global

Pentagon names its picks for chiefs of CENTCOM, AFRICOM, SOCOM

Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, who pushed for unmanned and AI integration at US Fifth Fleet, would take the helm of US Central Command, should he be confirmed.

By Aaron Mehta and Lee Ferran

Air Warfare

Israeli defense exports hit record $14.7 billion, despite regional conflicts

A senior official said the sales reflect "more than anything else the growing global appreciation for Israeli technology's proven capabilities."

By Seth J. Frantzman

Networks & Digital Warfare

‘We need your creative, innovative, patriotic, and diabolical minds’: Joint Chiefs Chairman Caine

Gen. Dan Caine called for greater collaboration between the Pentagon and industry — building on the Silicon Valley-based Defense Innovation Unit — to speed up new technology, especially for globally integrated command and control.

By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.

Global

Don’t let Iran walk free from the NPT

Henry Sokolski lays out recommendations on how to deter Iran, and other nations, from withdrawing from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

By Henry Sokolski

Global

NATO chief says US not planning ‘at the moment’ to withdraw troops from Europe

"What we do know is that the US is completely committed to NATO," said Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary General, ahead of an alliance defense ministers meeting in Brussels.

By Tim Martin

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