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Inside Sen. Ted Budd’s plan to boost airpower, pilot retention

IAI’s new Diamond naval offering envisions flexible drones, missiles for small vessels

The plan involves different defensive systems dispersed across small satellite ships, which can be connected to a mother ship in a disaggregated model.

By Seth J. Frantzman

Air Warfare

Loitering munitions, launched effects had strong presence at SOF Week 2026

"The [Rogue 1] Block 2 upgrade leverages user feedback to greatly enhance performance, resilience, and operational capability, all while maintaining existing form-factor,” a Teledyne FLIR statement read.

By Andrew White

Global

RIAT canceled: Middle East ‘situation’ forces collapse of major UK air show

"This has not been an easy decision," but it was made after "extensive discussions" with the RAF and the US Air Force, said organizers of the Royal International Air Tattoo today.

By Tim Martin

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Space Force wants key allies to join 24/7 GPS ops center

In a rare tour of the GPS ops floor, Lt. Col. Robert Wray, commander of the Space Force's 2nd Operations Squadron responsible for GPS operations, described the mission and why timing, more than anything, is critical.

By Theresa Hitchens

Global

Horse stables and fuzzy hats: Military preparations in full swing for UK coronation of King Charles III

At a security level, the Royal Air Force will be on watch to monitor and manage UK airspace throughout the event.

By Tim Martin

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We review the latest tensions over Golden Dome's forecasted costs before visiting Colorado where special forces and infantry linked up for a novel exercise at Fort Carson.

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Swedish Army chief on Ukraine, artillery gaps and the need for industry to ‘cooperate’

Getting nations to develop interchangeable weapons is "about leadership. And it's also about having a narrative that for me, in many ways, these are low-hanging fruits that will empower the West to fight better together," Maj. Gen. Karl Engelbrektson tells Breaking Defense.

By Aaron Mehta

Congress

In a rare move, House Oversight lawmakers to hear from Navy program executives on shipbuilding

Rear Adm. Thomas Anderson and Rear Adm. Casey Moton are expected to testify on May 11 for a hearing likely to examine how the US is doing compared to China in producing ships.

By Justin Katz

Pentagon

Satellites at the center: Inside the Pentagon’s next-gen space architecture

From emerging data networks to missile tracking and cyber resilience, Breaking Defense’s latest eBook brings together essential reporting on the evolving role of satellites in national security.

By Breaking Defense

Air Warfare

Air Force’s CQ Brown likely to be selected as next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs

Though Brown is expected to get the nod, a National Security Council spokesperson cautioned that no final decision has been made.

By Aaron Mehta and Lee Ferran

Air Warfare

Russia behind purported drone ‘attack’ on Kremlin, Lithuanian defense minister says

“I believe … that it's a Russian job,” Arvydas Anušauskas told Breaking Defense in an interview in Washington.

By Aaron Mehta

Air Warfare

Airbus talks A400M airlifter risks, sees military order slump from Q1 results

The risks at hand cover qualification of new capabilities, operational reliability, meeting cost reduction targets and securing “overall volume” as defined in a revised baseline contract, according to Guillaume Faury, Airbus CEO.

By Tim Martin

All Domain

Air Force CIO wants service’s Platform One to move under JWCC

The Air Force is considering the move as officials say dozens of task orders, secret and otherwise, are already in the JWCC pipeline.

By Jaspreet Gill

Congress

Army and Javelin Joint Venture ink 3-year deal valued over $7 billion

The Lockheed and Raytheon team aim to produce 3,960 missiles per year by late 2026 for the Army and "to support the increased international interest for this multi-purpose weapon system," company VP Dave Pantano said.

By Ashley Roque

Land Warfare

‘Like Netflix’: After slow start, Army aims to ‘drastically’ accelerate software updates

Today, just nine of the Army’s 540 acquisition programs use the streamlined Software Pathway, but senior officials told Breaking Defense in an exclusive interview they aim to "exponentially" increase that number by the end of next year.

By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.

Naval Warfare

Navy’s sub boss Houston tapped to lead naval nuclear power office

If confirmed, Houston would take over for Adm. Frank Caldwell, who became naval reactors in 2015.

By Justin Katz

Networks & Digital Warfare

Pentagon chief AI officer ‘scared to death’ of potential for AI in disinformation

“Here’s my biggest fear about ChatGPT,” Craig Martell said. “It has been trained to express itself in a fluent manner. It speaks fluently and authoritatively. So you believe it even when it’s wrong… And that means it is a perfect tool for disinformation..."

By Jaspreet Gill

Air Warfare

Leave the Air Force’s new acquisition proposal in the starting gate

A new proposal from Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall seems helpful on its face, but Bill Greenwalt and John Ferrari of AEI see red flags in the details.

By Bill Greenwalt and John Ferrari

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