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The sights of Turkey’s Efes military drill

By Agnes Helou

Space

HASC $1.15T defense policy bill takes aim at industrial base challenges

The bill authorizes multiyear procurement of critical munitions, the F-35 and the Arleigh Burke destroyer.

By Valerie Insinna

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Edge computing fails when the mission hardware can’t evolve

The payoff is quicker tech insertion, avoiding vendor lock, and more room for autonomy, sensors, weapons, and mission growth.

By Breaking Defense

Space

SpaceX wins $2.29B to speed Space Force’s LEO communications ‘backbone’

The SpaceX "backbone" constellation will support the broader Space Data Network, which will include the Space Development Agency's Transport layer satellites.

By Theresa Hitchens

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Bell, M1 advance to final phase of Army’s Flight School Next competition

During this phase members of the Army’s “technical evaluation team” will fly each aircraft to make sure they meets all of the Aviation Center of Excellence's standards.

By Carley Welch

Pentagon

Details of the $1.5 trillion defense budget request, and a key lawmaker’s take on the F-35

This week on The Break Out, we've got details on the massive defense budget request.

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

Global

Italy set to sign off on Turkish TB3 drone order within months, says Baykar CEO

Italy is set to become the first European operator of the TB3, beyond Turkey.

By Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo

Space

Suspect in space? Analysis finds 75 ‘unusual’ moves by Chinese satellites in nearly 10 years

The moves by a few Chinese satellites in GEO show patterns of activity that suggest potential military and intelligence missions, the CSIS study asserts.

By Theresa Hitchens

Air Warfare

General Atomics CCA drone wingman prototype crashes in California

The company said a mishap occurred “following takeoff” today.

By Michael Marrow

Land Warfare

Greece inks $750M deal with Israel for Elbit’s PULS Rocket Artillery Systems

Greece and Israel have become increasingly close partners in the Eastern Mediterranean in recent years.

By Seth J. Frantzman

Networks & Digital Warfare

Army’s Scarlet Dragon exercise adds commercial data to battlefield data flows

“We've had to iterate and figure out what worked, what didn't work, different pathways, different APIs, different cross domain solutions, to find out okay, this is the best one, this is more reliable one, okay, let's turn the spigot on full blast to see what we get," Chief Warrant Officer 4 Sean Benson told Breaking Defense.

By Mark Pomerleau

Air Warfare

DIU wants ‘moving map’ to help aircrews with situational awareness

A new prototype platform sought by the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit could significantly boost situational awareness for users like mobility aircrews, whose decades-old aircraft often lack modern communications equipment.

By Michael Marrow

Opinion

Will private capital and disruption reshape the defense industrial base?

Private capital is pouring into defense firms, but unless the relevant stakeholders align, the surge may fail to produce proper returns, according to two op-ed authors.

By Dan Folliard and Michael Sion

Pentagon

Golden Dome, out-years and lots of missiles: Details of Trump’s $1.5T defense budget request

Everything you need to know about the record setting fiscal 2027 defense budget request.

By Ashley Roque, Valerie Insinna, Theresa Hitchens, Michael Marrow, Diana Stancy and Carley Welch

Space

EXCLUSIVE: SDA’s Sandhoo likely to lead Space Force Missile Warning & Tracking portfolio

It is unclear whether Gurpartap "GP" Sandhoo will keep his role as SDA acting director under a double-hat, but one industry source said that is the most likely solution at least in the near term.

By Theresa Hitchens

Global

Villagers in South Lebanon hang on to hope and their homes as war continues

“My house is my only shelter, and I don’t want to leave it,” one villager told Breaking Defense.

By Agnes Helou

Air Warfare

US F-15E fighter jet downed by Iran

The loss of an American fighter jet over Iran would appear to be the first manned American aircraft downed over Iran during Operation Epic Fury.

By Michael Marrow and Ashley Roque

Opinion

For acquisition reform to succeed, the Pentagon needs civilian agency budget flexibilities

Secretary Pete Hegseth’s push for faster, more commercial defense acquisition will fall short unless Congress also gives the Pentagon the flexible budget authorities already available to civilian agencies, Bill Greenwalt writes.

By Bill Greenwalt

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Artificial Intelligence & Autonomy: A New Era in Defense

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