Breaking Defense

Pentagon awards Dell $9.7 billion contract to consolidate software licenses

Space

Dept. of Air Force ‘still working’ to sort space programs into acquisition portfolios: Ainsworth

The Department of the Air Force in "the coming days" will announce the finalized PAE structure along with the names of each office leader, Thomas Ainsworth, acting space acquisition chief, said.

By Theresa Hitchens

Global

After Iran attacks, Turkish industry seeing increased Gulf interest in air defense platforms

Both companies expressed their readiness to transfer technology in line with mandates in Gulf states to localize defense production.

By Agnes Helou

Pentagon, Air Warfare

How the US, allies and adversaries see the future of drone wingmen

In the third video focused on manned-unmanned teaming, we trace how the concept has evolved inside the US defense industry and among other militaries across the globe.

By Breaking Defense Video

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Air Warfare

Sikorsky-Boeing protest Army’s FLRAA award to Bell Textron

GAO has up to 100 days to rule in a bid protest, but the congressional watchdog agency strives to resolve cases as quickly as possible.

By Theresa Hitchens

Global

At home and internationally, ‘governance’ is the space watchword: 2023 Preview

There are a host of open questions bedeviling national and international policy- and law-makers as they struggle to get a better grip on both the explosion of commercial players with innovative ideas for space utilization and the growing military interest in space as a tool of, and venue for, war.

By Theresa Hitchens

In this episode:

We travel to eastern Europe for drone testing with NATO troops before briefly reviewing the history of unmanned systems.

Air Warfare

Air Force looks to take flight on 7 imperatives: 2023 Preview

"I think I'm pretty comfortable with where we are on the [fiscal 2024] budget. I think we'll have a good story to tell,” Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told Breaking Defense in a recent interview.

By Valerie Insinna

Congress

Will Congress and Navy find room to agree on ships? 2023 Preview

Will a new year and a new Congress bring us the first view of a new Navy?

By Justin Katz

Global

Threats and responses defined the Pacific: 2022 in Review

While China has rapidly built a much more modern military in a remarkably short time, it also faces enormous economic, demographic and national security challenges that aren't always as apparent in Washington.

By Colin Clark

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

Land Warfare

With war in Europe, US Army replenished weapons, pushed modernization: 2022 in Review

With all eyes on Ukraine this year, several existing Army weapon lines received renewed interest this year.

By Ashley Roque

All Domain

Cloud contracts, the JADC2 mystery and Russian cyber attacks: 2022 in Review

In the network world, 2022 saw the return of the (non) JEDI, the bumpy road to JADC2 and real-world lessons from the cyber dimension of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

By Jaspreet Gill

Air Warfare

After years of KC-46 vision system troubles, Boeing thinks its finally cracked the code

RVS 2.0 provides a “quantum leap” in camera technology, said Lt. Col. Joshua Renfro of the Air Force’s KC-46 cross functional team. “We're very confident in the product. We like where it's going, and we really like what this is going to deliver to us down the road."

By Valerie Insinna

Global

Russia goes to war but Ukrainian resistance wins hearts and minds: 2022 in Review

From Germany's defense investment to the coming expansion of NATO, Russia's invasion sent paradigm-shifting shock waves through Europe.

By Tim Martin

Space

In Space, baby steps and a ponderous ‘pivot’: 2022 in Review

For the newest military arm, this year saw it plant the seeds for important changes in everything from strategy to acquisition.

By Theresa Hitchens

Congress

The Pentagon with one eye on Ukraine and the other on China: 2022 in Review

The war in Ukraine (and subsequent delivery of billions of dollars in air defense equipment, munitions, drones, guns and other weaponry) also prompted a major realization: The Pentagon and defense industry’s ability to rapidly mobilize to produce munitions at the pace that would be needed during a full-scale war has atrophied.

By Valerie Insinna

Global

North Korea providing arms to Russia’s Wagner Group for Ukraine fight: White House

Some 50,000 Wagner fighters are currently in Ukraine, mostly poorly trained convicts, costing over $100 million per month, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said.

By Lee Ferran

Congress