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Unmanned systems take center stage at Turkish Ateş Serbest military demonstration

Space

Space Force reveals first 6 ‘operational’ contracts for civil reserve support in space monitoring

Space Systems Command officials said the contracts are an initial step for the Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR) initiative, and don't address the thornier issues of US rights to deny other customers service or reimbursement for satellites lost in a conflict.

By Theresa Hitchens

Networks & Digital Warfare

GDIT announces Amy Johnson as new president

Johnson replaces longtime president Amy Gilliland, who was let go from the company earlier this month after almost a decade of leading the business unit.

By Aaron Mehta

Space

Kyiv eyes purchase of planned ICEYE, Nokia ‘sovereign’ communication sats

The letter of intent comes on the heels of the political dust up between US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk over a US move to throttle Ukraine's Starshield access that has all but grounded the countries military drones in its war with Russia.

By Theresa Hitchens

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Space

NORTHCOM’s Joint Task Force-Gold to coordinate cyber warfare for Golden Dome

Col. Kevin "Stoney" Stonerook, deputy commander of US Northern Command's Joint Task Force-Gold (JTF-Gold), said the unit's roles and responsibilities are still being ironed out.

By Theresa Hitchens

Land Warfare

Missiles, drones and air-defense weapons galore: Images from AUSA’s final day

AUSA's Annual Meeting and Expo in Washington winds down with an appearance by the defense secretary.

By Breaking Defense Staff

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Air Warfare

Hegseth uses AUSA spotlight to push autonomy, ‘generational’ defense investment

Senior officials also revealed that the Defense Autonomous Working Group has been absorbed into a new Task Force Autonomous Warfare, which sits inside the Special Operations Command.

By Ashley Roque

Air Warfare

How Poland’s air force is responding to Russian drones in the skies

Maj. Gen. Ireneusz Nowak, the operational commander for the Polish Armed Forces, said 80 percent of his service’s attention is focused on the air defense, with the ground and air components of Poland’s integrated air defenses still three to four years away.

By Bartosz Głowacki

Land Warfare

Continuing resolution is ‘biggest challenge’ for Army Pacific Command

“It’s a challenge, again, we have to overcome, but it's part of the fiscal environment,” Gen. Clark, commander of USARPAC, said. “We have more experience operating under CR than we do with an appropriation.”

By Carley Welch

Global

In Warsaw, EU continues push for unity in defense

“It's very crucial to help Ukraine to defend itself and to defend the whole Europe,” European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubillius.

By Bartosz Głowacki

Air Warfare, Opinion

We need to make industry crash 100,000 drones next year

The US military needs to find a balance of drone inventory and training consumption that produces the most combat value for its money, writes Col. Dustin Thomas of DCMA.

By Col. Dustin Thomas

Land Warfare

Didn’t get picked for IFPC interceptor competition? Army says come demo anyway

The service will continue working with the Lockheed Martin and Boeing-Anduril teams but also hosting “shoot-off opportunity” for additional vendors, explained Lt. Gen. Frank Lozano.

By Ashley Roque and Carley Welch

Land Warfare

Army doubles down on autonomy, stakes out Indo-Pacific role: AUSA Day 2

From a newly redesignated command to long-range fires in the Pacific, Army leaders laid out where they see the service fitting into the future fight.

By Breaking Defense Video

Land Warfare

Avio, Lockheed sign agreement for solid rocket motor production

The deal will pave a path for Avio USA to become a new provider of motors on Lockheed Martin’s Extended Range GMLRS and the Precision Strike Missile.

By Valerie Insinna

Networks & Digital Warfare

Army’s Project Gatekeeper aims to cut software approval times from months to ‘minutes’

The service’s new cybersecurity testing sandbox will stand up on Oct. 23, said acting Army CIO Gabe Chiulli, streamlining the current cumbersome, ad hoc arrangements for clearing commercial software for Army networks.

By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.

Global

Democratic midterm gains could speed US military aid to Ukraine, lawmaker says

Polling and prediction markets suggest the midterms could deliver "a fairly massive repudiation of the president," said Rep. Jim Himes, ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

By Tim Martin

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