Breaking Defense

Space Force slates $1.8B for commercial sats to replace GSSAP neighborhood watch birds

Israel to ramp up production of Arrow interceptors

The announcement came before the US and Iran came to what has turned out to be a shaky ceasefire, one that didn't restrain Israel from striking targets in Lebanon.

By Seth J. Frantzman

Global

UK accuses Russia of covert submarine operation threatening undersea cables

Together with allies, the UK tracked “every mile” of the deployment involving an Akula-class and a pair of Main Directorate for Deep Sea Research (GUGI) surveillance submarines, according to British defense secretary John Healey.

By Tim Martin

Naval Warfare

Navy selects Leidos, Defense Unicorns to test software prototypes for ships

Leidos and Defense Unicorns will test prototypes in a lab-based environment under the other transaction agreement.

By Mark Pomerleau

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Air Warfare

Airbus, UK agree $152 million deal for 6 H145 ‘overseas’ helicopters

The fleet of light-twin rotorcraft will replace Airbus Puma HC2 types, which have been temporarily based in Brunei for British Army training and the island of Cyprus in support of Royal Air Force search and rescue missions.

By Tim Martin

All Domain

‘Poisoned’ data could wreck AIs in wartime, warns Army software acquisition chief

“Any commercial LLM that is out there, that is learning from the internet, is poisoned today,” Jennifer Swanson said, “but our main concern [is] those algorithms that are going to be informing battlefield decisions.”

By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.

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Congress

Multi-ship amphib buy could net $900M in savings, say Navy, Marine Corps officials

Lawmakers gave the Navy authorities to ink a multi-ship amphib deal years ago, but the service has not utilized that power yet.

By Justin Katz

Congress

Army eyes TBI monitoring, wearable tech for soldiers in high-risk billets

“We are also looking at what additional personal protective equipment we can provide to our folks, especially instructors and others who are routinely exposed to blast pressure,” said Army Secretary Christine Wormuth.

By Ashley Roque

Air Warfare

Navy jet trainer fleet operations remain paused after engine mishap

One week after the incident, a Navy spokesperson says the service is continuing to assess the fleet's ability to safely resume flight.

By Justin Katz

Modernizing defense enterprise IT without disrupting the mission

Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.

By Breaking Defense

Networks & Digital Warfare

‘The bad day’: DISA’s forthcoming strategy prepares for wartime coms

"It’s great to have internet day to day in peacetime," said Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency, "but it’s more imperative to have it when bullets are flying.”

By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.

Air Warfare

Textron, Leonardo bank on M-346 global experience in looming race for Navy trainer

“The strength we think we bring is that [the Navy is] going to go from contract to actually starting to turn out students much quicker than any other competitors," a Textron executive told Breaking Defense.

By Aaron Mehta

Congress

Invest in the US industrial base to support our Navy and AUKUS: Raven

In this op-ed, Under Secretary of the Navy Erik Raven lays out why he believes Congress should support the service's 2025 budget request.

By Erik K. Raven

Air Warfare

Norway’s air defense priorities: Volume first, then long-range capabilities

“We need to increase spending in simple systems that we need a huge volume of that can, basically, counter very low-tech drones that could pose a threat," Norway's top officer told Breaking Defense, "so we don't end up using the most sophisticated missile systems against something that is very cheap to buy."

By Aaron Mehta

Global

Anduril’s Aussie drone sub ‘one year early and on budget,’ heads to production

Defense Industry Minister Pat Conroy said Anduril's Ghost Shark is part of the Australian military's $5.2 billion to $7.2 billion investment in undersea uncrewed maritime systems.

By Colin Clark

Air Warfare

Connecticut lawmakers to grill Army, Lockheed about job cuts at Sikorsky helicopter unit

“The Connecticut delegation has questions about why, with that [FY24] appropriation in hand, this happened,” said Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn.

By Valerie Insinna

Congress

As Pentagon awaits supplemental dollars, its operational funding is $2B in the hole

The House is teeing up a series of votes this weekend on separate supplemental spending bills for Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine.

By Valerie Insinna and Ashley Roque

Air Warfare

HASC chair backs Air Force plan on space Guard units (Exclusive)

House Armed Services Chairman Mike Rogers tells Breaking Defense that Guard advocates should not “waste their time” lobbying against the move.

By Valerie Insinna and Michael Marrow

Air Warfare

Iran’s strikes did little damage to Israel — but analysts say Tehran benefits anyway

“Iran’s goal was to restore its credibility and inflict retribution on Israel while reducing the risk of further escalation," said Hasan Alhasan, senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

By Riad Kahwaji

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AFCENT awards Kraus Hamdani $270M for solar-powered, long-endurance drones

First set of defensive cyber kits to be delivered to CYBERCOM units

Judge grants Anthropic preliminary injunction but Pentagon CTO says ban still stands

Companies to enter negotiations to build commercial data centers on Army installations

Swiss Destinus, Shield AI wrap European drone autonomy test campaign

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Pentagon CTO ‘pretty confident’ about life after Anthropic

Baykar unveils K2 Kamikaze drone with AI, swarming capabilities

Anthropic CEO says Pentagon ban less harsh than Hegseth had threatened

Pentagon’s new chief data officer to push ‘AI capabilities to warfighters’

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Textron, Leonardo bank on M-346 global experience in looming race for Navy trainer

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Connecticut lawmakers to grill Army, Lockheed about job cuts at Sikorsky helicopter unit

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Iran’s strikes did little damage to Israel — but analysts say Tehran benefits anyway