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Eyeing Australia’s missile money pot, Anduril aims to join solid rocket motor market Down Under

"Having a manufacturing complex in Australia will enable production of solid rocket motors for ourselves, firstly and then ultimately, from an export perspective, to our allies and partners around the world. And there is, at the moment, an inability to meet that demand," David Goodrich, Anduril Australia CEO, told Breaking Defense.

By Colin Clark

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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

Space

Secretive space plane X-37B to test ‘first of a kind’ maneuvers for shifting orbits

US Space Command has been clamoring for new technology to enable "dynamic space operations," which include "sustained" maneuvering that doesn't eat up fuel to allow US military spacecraft and satellites to outrun suspect adversary satellites — or potentially be able to chase those suspect birds down both to assess any threats and possibly take action to neutralize them.

By Theresa Hitchens

Naval Warfare

New Hanwha Defense USA exec sets sights on Navy contracts for Philly Shipyard

“I don't see us building destroyers in Philadelphia,” Hanwha Defense USA CEO Mike Smith said. “I do see us building the fleet the Navy needs next.”

By Valerie Insinna

Space

NATO to define national space contributions to allied warfighting

NATO's planning directorate is creating war games for space activities to work out national contributions, including for offensive capabilities that require allied consensus for use in a conflict.

By Theresa Hitchens

Land Warfare

AI ASAP: Army wants OSD’s help to speed algorithm acquisition

“I can train algorithms literally overnight,” said Young Bang, the No. 2 civilian in Army acquisition — so even the streamlined Software Acquisition Pathway might not be fast enough.

By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.

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Breaking Defense launches Defense Business Report, a new channel and newsletter

New development to focus on the evolving business and financial aspects of defense.

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Global

After purported IDF strikes on UN peacekeepers, what comes next?

After today’s attack, an analyst told Breaking Defense he expected UNIFIL to “likely reassess where it can position forces in the south, though without a full mandate to pull out I suspect some will remain in the area."

By Agnes Helou

Congress

The ‘Cost Plus’ boondoggle that hobbles US defense

New Army policy on “enabling modern software development” actually doubles down on some of DoD’s worst dysfunctions, argues Warren Katz, chairman of the Alliance for Commercial Technology in Government, violating the spirit – and perhaps the letter – of the law.

By Warren Katz

Global

Eyeing export orders, Northrop unveils counter-UAS Bushmaster M230LF dual-feed gun

Northrop has developed a prototype of the new gun, completed a phase of "internal live firing" and plans on new live fire trials based off a 4x4 sized vehicle, "similar to a JLTV [Joint Light Tactical Vehicle]" type, in the "next six months," said a company representative.

By Tim Martin

Air Warfare

IAI, Aerotor planning APUS family of quadcopter drones

Moshe Levy, manager of the Military Aircraft Group at IAI, told Breaking Defense that to increase distance and capacity, the quadcopter design will use fuel instead of batteries.

By Seth J. Frantzman

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