Breaking Defense

Italy set to remove Leonardo CEO, despite major growth

Space

Space Force slates $1.8B for commercial sats to replace GSSAP neighborhood watch birds

The service has tapped 14 firms to compete for rolling task orders through April 2036 under the Andromeda program, formerly known as RG-XX.

By Theresa Hitchens

Land Warfare, Air Warfare

Israel to ramp up production of Arrow interceptors

The announcement came before the US and Iran came to what has turned out to be a shaky ceasefire, one that didn't restrain Israel from striking targets in Lebanon.

By Seth J. Frantzman

Global

UK accuses Russia of covert submarine operation threatening undersea cables

Together with allies, the UK tracked “every mile” of the deployment involving an Akula-class and a pair of Main Directorate for Deep Sea Research (GUGI) surveillance submarines, according to British defense secretary John Healey.

By Tim Martin

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Land Warfare

PEO Aviation has ‘doubled down’ on priorities amid ATI, looming acquisition shakeup

“What has changed is that we’ve doubled down on the Army’s priorities, and I believe our Army senior leaders and Congress are helping us remove some of the barriers to acceleration," PEO Aviation Brig. Gen. David Phillips told Breaking Defense.

By Carley Welch

Land Warfare

Driscoll pushes Silicon Valley model for Army, Sikorsky goes unmanned at AUSA Day 1 [Video]

The Breaking Defense team walks you through the biggest news from day one of the conference.

By Breaking Defense Staff

In this episode:

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

Land Warfare

Day 1 at the 2025 AUSA exposition [PHOTOS]

Sights on the ground at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

By Rachel Cohen

Networks & Digital Warfare

Army eyes larger all-source intelligence support to EW

As the Army improves its EW acumen, it needs more intelligence sources to support operations.

By Mark Pomerleau

Land Warfare

Army planning ’26 demo with ‘ultra long-range’ launched effect contenders

“Imagine a scenario where you can bring a jet into an operational area, but you can't get close enough to the threat … and then you send something in that can go even further, and now you have some penetrating capability,” Andrew Evans told reporters.

By Ashley Roque

Air Warfare

Lockheed live-fires new vertical-launch JAGM for naval counter-drone role

The new JAGM Quad Launcher can also go on ground vehicles and retains the widely used missile’s ability to target tanks, ships, and other surface targets, the company said.

By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.

Land Warfare

PEO Aviation ‘can’t speak’ to long-term future of UH-60Ms, focusing on upgrades, maintenance

The service has previously said that the next buy of the UH-60Ms will be its last, but Brig. Gen. David Phillips said he foresees the fleet operating in the Army through the 2040s and 50s.

By Carley Welch

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

Air Warfare

Shutdown will delay Air Force drone wingman’s first flight, Anduril executive says

“I can’t fund the government,” said Anduril Founder Palmer Luckey.

By Michael Marrow

Land Warfare

Sikorsky’s new S-70 UHawk is a Black Hawk, but without the pilot

“Basically what we've done is we have taken a [UH60L] Black Hawk, and using our MATRIX autonomy system, have turned this aircraft into a UAS," Erskine “Ramsey” Bentley, director of strategy and business development for Sikorsky Advanced Programs, said.

By Carley Welch

Air Warfare

AV launches new Switchblade variants, VTOL drone design

The defense firm rolled out a new Switchblade design dubbed the Switchblade 400, as well as an update to its VAPOR vertical takeoff-and-landing drone.

By Michael Marrow

Land Warfare

Driscoll vows Silicon Valley model is the Army’s future

At AUSA 2025, Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll took aim at traditional primes, saying the future Army will “break down barriers until we measure acquisitions not in years and billions, but months and thousands."

By Carley Welch

Networks & Digital Warfare

PDW unveils multi-mission payloads for C100 drones

The multi-mission payloads will allow the drones to operate in denied environments.

By Mark Pomerleau

Land Warfare

‘I have got this s— figured out’: Anduril unveiling EagleEye mixed-reality device at AUSA

“I now have all my toys back. ... All of it is on the table for EagleEye,” said Anduril founder Palmer Luckey.

By Ashley Roque

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

Day 1 at the 2025 AUSA exposition [PHOTOS]

Army eyes larger all-source intelligence support to EW

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Artificial Intelligence & Autonomy: A New Era in Defense

AFCENT awards Kraus Hamdani $270M for solar-powered, long-endurance drones

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

Anthropic CEO says Pentagon ban less harsh than Hegseth had threatened

Pentagon’s new chief data officer to push ‘AI capabilities to warfighters’

Lockheed live-fires new vertical-launch JAGM for naval counter-drone role

PEO Aviation ‘can’t speak’ to long-term future of UH-60Ms, focusing on upgrades, maintenance

Modernizing defense enterprise IT without disrupting the mission

Shutdown will delay Air Force drone wingman’s first flight, Anduril executive says

Sikorsky’s new S-70 UHawk is a Black Hawk, but without the pilot

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AV launches new Switchblade variants, VTOL drone design

Driscoll vows Silicon Valley model is the Army’s future

PDW unveils multi-mission payloads for C100 drones

‘I have got this s— figured out’: Anduril unveiling EagleEye mixed-reality device at AUSA