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Land Warfare

Army plans initial contract for HADES ‘ultra long-range’ effects in coming months

By Carley Welch

Global

Australia pledges to boost defense spend to 3% of GDP, says US remains key partner

The US ally will add $53B AUD in defense spending from earlier projections over the coming decade

By Mike Yeo

Space

Shifting gears: Space Force moves to embrace space mobility for orbital warfare

The service's new Objective Force plan calls for demonstrating on-orbit refueling and fielding operational "space tugs" by 2030.

By Theresa Hitchens

Land Warfare

Army asks lawmakers to back production halt to Paladin line

“If you look at the [fight] in Ukraine on either side, it's really hard to move out and get fires ready to go…. The Paladin is just incapable of it at speed," Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said today.

By Ashley Roque

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Air Warfare

Aussie auditors: 38 years of defense procurement delays

A total of 20 programs, including F-35 fighter jets to future Hunter-class frigates, face a combined 38 years of procurement delays, according to a new government report.

By Colin Clark

All Domain

Startup Aalyria demos SATCOM software for DIU ‘hybrid network’

The company, a Google off-shoot, characterizes its Spacetime software as the "digital cartilage and autonomous brain" that can bring to life DoD's JADC2 concept linking sensors and shooters across all domains.

By Theresa Hitchens

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

Air Warfare

General Atomics debuts new XQ-67A Air Force sensing drone

Details of the AFRL’s Off-Board Sensing Station program remain highly classified, though the effort is expected to field an unmanned aircraft that can fly ahead of fighters and relay targeting information and other threat data back.

By Michael Marrow

Air Warfare

China makes presence felt at Saudi Arabian defense show, outpacing US, Russia

The wide range of equipment on display by China was dominated by armed and unarmed drones, but also covered fighter jet models, air-to-air missiles, long-range air and missile defense systems, anti-tank and C4ISR kit.

By Tim Martin and Agnes Helou

Air Warfare

‘A crime’: Air Force’s Kendall blasts congressional budget dysfunction

“This is just crazy,” agreed Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Bill LaPlante.

By Michael Marrow

Announcement

Breaking Defense announces Breaking Defense Europe, a new, distinct, European edition

Breaking Defense Europe will launch May 4 with Tim Martin and Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo as co-editors.

By Breaking Defense

Global

L3Harris in ‘mature’ talks for regional HQ in Saudi Arabia as it looks to expand supply chain

L3Harris is also in the process of setting up an engineering center at joint venture laboratory where "we will be doing waveform development, crypto, and that type of niche technology that complements the production capabilities in Saudi Arabia."

By Agnes Helou

Air Warfare

Terminating the FARA helo program was the right call by the Army chief

In this op-ed retired Army Maj. Gen. John Ferrari lays out why FARA had to go, and where Army aviation should fly from here.

By John Ferrari

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

Naval Warfare

EXCLUSIVE: Inside the Foundry, the Navy’s program to modernize hardware across the surface fleet

Breaking Defense was given exclusive access to the Foundry, the US Navy's office developing its Integrated Combat System, vital for the surface fleet.

By Justin Katz

Global

UAE’s NIMR debuts JAIS MK2 armored vehicle, tech transfer to Saudi Arabia ‘on track’

NIMR has teamed with Saudi Arabia's SAMI to eventually locally produce the JAIS inside the Kingdom, NIMR CEO Abri du Plessis told Breaking Defense.

By Agnes Helou

Air Warfare

Aussies add $400M AUD for Boeing’s Ghost Bat loyal wingman, to unveil an armed UAV this year

“I won't go into details of the nature of that drone for security reasons,” Pat Conroy told reporters in Canberra. "But I want to assure everyone in this country that we are spending lots of time working on drones."

By Colin Clark

Air Warfare

Army cancels FARA helicopter program, makes other cuts in major aviation shakeup

In addition to halting the FARA competition, service leaders want to end UH-60 V Blackhawk production, postpone moving the Improved Turbine Engine Program into production, and phase out legacy drones.

By Ashley Roque

Air Warfare

As Israel aims for more ‘focused’ operations in Gaza, key questions remain for endgame

“I think there is a danger this could end up being just another big round” of fighting, Chuck Freilich, a former Israeli deputy national security advisor, told Breaking Defense.

By Seth J. Frantzman

Naval Warfare

DIU picks 3 companies to prototype large undersea drones for Navy

DIU chose Kongsberg Discovery, Oceaneering and Anduril Industries to participate in a prototyping phase.

By Justin Katz

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Army plans initial contract for HADES ‘ultra long-range’ effects in coming months

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Shifting gears: Space Force moves to embrace space mobility for orbital warfare

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Startup Aalyria demos SATCOM software for DIU ‘hybrid network’

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

General Atomics debuts new XQ-67A Air Force sensing drone

China makes presence felt at Saudi Arabian defense show, outpacing US, Russia

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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

Trump admin’s comments could undermine case against Anthropic in court: Experts

Pentagon CTO ‘pretty confident’ about life after Anthropic

Baykar unveils K2 Kamikaze drone with AI, swarming capabilities

Breaking Defense announces Breaking Defense Europe, a new, distinct, European edition

L3Harris in ‘mature’ talks for regional HQ in Saudi Arabia as it looks to expand supply chain

Terminating the FARA helo program was the right call by the Army chief

Modernizing defense enterprise IT without disrupting the mission

EXCLUSIVE: Inside the Foundry, the Navy’s program to modernize hardware across the surface fleet

UAE’s NIMR debuts JAIS MK2 armored vehicle, tech transfer to Saudi Arabia ‘on track’

Aussies add $400M AUD for Boeing’s Ghost Bat loyal wingman, to unveil an armed UAV this year

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Army cancels FARA helicopter program, makes other cuts in major aviation shakeup

As Israel aims for more ‘focused’ operations in Gaza, key questions remain for endgame

DIU picks 3 companies to prototype large undersea drones for Navy