Breaking Defense

Pentagon seeks to shift $4.3B to pay for increasing operation and personnel costs

Army selects four companies for new autonomous breaching program

The program aims to minimize troops' exposure to danger and ensure safe passage of follow-on forces, according to the Army.

By Carley Welch

Opinion

The AI disinformation gap the Pentagon may be missing

"The Pentagon is building a better mousetrap while the mice are rewriting the blueprint for the house," argues this analyst.

By Mark Ginsberg

Air Warfare

European coalition pledges $50 billion to modernize deep precision strike capabilities

In a joint statement, the 12-member coalition linked the move to America's shifting stance in European defense.

By Tim Martin

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Naval Warfare

Navy sees scores of applications for tech-focused Reserve unit, mirroring Army push

The Navy is trying to entice senior engineers, software architects and other technical leaders in the civilian world for the new unit.

By Diana Stancy

Global, Naval Warfare

Poland signs $4.8 billion contract for Saab-made A26 submarines

Two other defense agreements between Warsaw and Stockholm were signed as well.

By Bartosz Głowacki and Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo

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The US military added a new drone chief while the UK, Italy and Japan advance plans for a new fighter jet.

Land Warfare

Israel’s Smart Shooter sees c-UAS demand grow across US military: Exec

Smart Shooter VP Scott Thompson told Breaking Defense that the evolving threat of small drones has sparked high demand for kinetic solutions.

By Seth J. Frantzman

Networks & Digital Warfare, Pentagon

TechNet Cyber 2026 eBook: Cyber defense in an AI era

How the Pentagon is shaping its next cyber strategy

Drawing on Breaking Defense's TechNet Cyber 2026 coverage, this eBook examines how the Pentagon is advancing AI, cybersecurity, and cyber strategy to strengthen the future force.

By Breaking Defense

Land Warfare

AM General CEO defends JLTV A2 program after lawmakers’ funding threat

"The JLTV A2 transition proved especially challenging due to the unforeseen condition of the technical baseline we inherited," John Chadbourne, said in a release Friday.

By Carley Welch

Opinion

The defense implications of a United Kingdom led by Andy Burnham

Burnham will likely want to continue many aspects of Keir Starmer’s approach to defense and security policy, but with some key differences.

By John R. Deni and Philippe Dickinson

Air Warfare

Japan to rename air force in nod to growing space capabilities

The name change will take effect in 2027.

By Mike Yeo

Networks & Digital Warfare

Safeguarding federally funded innovation: navigating the new era of research security

On-demand webinar: Research security in an era of global competition

Watch experts discuss foreign influence risks, evolving DoD policy, and strategies for balancing security with scientific collaboration.

By Breaking Defense

Air Warfare

Inside the T-7 Red Hawk: Read our three-part investigation

A new series of reports from Breaking Defense provides an unparalleled look at how a key Pentagon acquisition program comes together, and where it threatens to fall apart.

By Aaron Mehta

Space

China dumping more rocket bodies in space, endangering low Earth orbit satellites: Report

Three Chinese rocket bodies have exploded over the last four years, creating dangerous debris that "will linger for decades to centuries, potentially colliding with other space objects," LeoLabs study author Darren McKnight told Breaking Defense.

By Theresa Hitchens

Pentagon

Hegseth hosts emerging weapons makers for meeting on munitions production: Sources

Invitees to the closely held, publicly unannounced meeting included Anduril, Castelion and Leidos, sources said.

By Valerie Insinna and Ashley Roque

Air Warfare

In Japan, Canadian defense minister expresses interest in GCAP sixth-gen fighter project

David McGuinty called the Global Combat Air Programme a "promising initiative."

By Mike Yeo

Land Warfare

Army Air Assault brigade found AI tools ill-suited to tactical planning

"Large language models don't really understand three-dimensional space. And so they're not good for developing course of action," said Col. Ryan Bell.

By Mark Pomerleau

Opinion

Frank Kendall on the trouble with banning autonomous weapons [Book excerpt]

Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall discusses whether effective arms control can be applied to autonomous systems in this book excerpt.

By Frank Kendall

Global

Major Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri exploring nuclear-powered vessels, CEO says

Fincantieri CEO Pierroberto Folgiero also touched on several other topics during a closed-door roundtable, including lessons learned from the war in Ukraine regarding naval drones and the future of a common European patrol corvette.

By Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo

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Artificial Intelligence & Autonomy: A New Era in Defense

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