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General Atomics CCA drone wingman prototype crashes in California

Army’s Scarlet Dragon exercise adds commercial data to battlefield data flows

“We've had to iterate and figure out what worked, what didn't work, different pathways, different APIs, different cross domain solutions, to find out okay, this is the best one, this is more reliable one, okay, let's turn the spigot on full blast to see what we get," Chief Warrant Officer 4 Sean Benson told Breaking Defense.

By Mark Pomerleau

Land Warfare

Greece inks $750M deal with Israel for Elbit’s PULS Rocket Artillery Systems

Greece and Israel have become increasingly close partners in the Eastern Mediterranean in recent years.

By Seth J. Frantzman

Air Warfare

DIU wants ‘moving map’ to help aircrews with situational awareness

A new prototype platform sought by the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit could significantly boost situational awareness for users like mobility aircrews, whose decades-old aircraft often lack modern communications equipment.

By Michael Marrow

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Air Warfare

The latest from EDGE Group and an interview with Aselsan’s CEO: Middle East Defense Digest [Video]

Breaking Defense's Agnes Helou runs down the latest from the Middle East after Israel's attack on Qatar. Then she speaks to the CEO of Aselsan.

By Breaking Defense Video

Naval Warfare

Pentagon, Sikorsky ink $10 billion deal for 99 CH-53K heavy lift helos

The new multi-year buy is the first of its kind for the program of record, which is slated to purchase 200 helicopters in total.

By Justin Katz

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What NATO wants most, and how Breaking Defense is expanding in Europe

Announcement

Breaking Defense announces Breaking Defense Europe, a new, distinct, European edition

Breaking Defense Europe will launch May 4 with Tim Martin and Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo as co-editors.

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Global

As Lebanese military prepares to disarm Hezbollah, France supports Saudi conference

A French source told Breaking Defense the meeting is expected take place before the end of 2025 and will gather several countries, including Gulf and Arab states, European states, commonwealth countries and the US.

By Agnes Helou

Networks & Digital Warfare

To ‘harmonize’ better: Air Force developing new defensive cyber campaign plan

The plan will synchronize defensive cyber activities and focus especially on critical infrastructure, an Air Force official said.

By Mark Pomerleau

Air Warfare

What’s in a pin? Trump dons golden F-22 during Erdogan meeting

Fashion aside, the president said he and the Turkish leader would discuss Ankara rejoining the F-35 program, suggesting Erdogan would be "successful" in buying jets he wanted.

By Lee Ferran

Air Warfare

Air Force AI writes battle plans faster than humans can — but some of them are wrong

“While we're getting faster results and we're getting more results, there's still going to have to be a human in the loop for the foreseeable future to make sure they’re all viable,” said Maj. Gen. Robert Claude.

By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.

Opinion

From gridlock to greener pastures: How a full-year CR could empower warfighters

A full-year continuing resolution is not necessarily a bad thing for the Pentagon, John Ferrari writes. But the DoD has to be prepared to take advantage of it.

By John Ferrari

Air Warfare

Wilsbach expected to become next Air Force chief of staff: Sources

Former Air Combat Command head Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach had emerged as the frontrunner for the Air Force’s top uniformed job shortly after Gen. Dave Allvin announced his retirement in August.

By Valerie Insinna and Aaron Mehta

Air Warfare

State clears Germany for $1.2 billion worth of AMRAAMs

The sale would cover up to 400 copies of the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile produced by defense giant RTX, which the Defense Security Cooperation Agency says will “provid[e] increased air-to-air capability for the German F-35 program” and other NATO requirements.

By Michael Marrow

Congress

Is it time to bet on a government shutdown? [Video]

In the latest edition of the Congressional Roundup, Aaron Mehta walks you through the state of play around a government shutdown.

By Breaking Defense Video

Space

German military to invest $41B in space capabilities

"Satellite networks today are an Achilles' heel of modern societies. Whoever attacks them paralyzes entire nations,” German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said.

By Theresa Hitchens

Air Warfare

Amid strike, Boeing taking rare step of hiring permanent replacements for union workers

“We've had our first hiring event. We've received hundreds of qualified applicants. We're working through that now,” said Dan Gillian, Boeing's vice president of its air dominance portfolio.

By Valerie Insinna

Networks & Digital Warfare

DoD issues replacement for risk management framework

The new Cybersecurity Risk Management Construct consists of a five-phased lifecycle and is based on ten core principles.

By Mark Pomerleau

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Breaking Defense announces Breaking Defense Europe, a new, distinct, European edition

As Lebanese military prepares to disarm Hezbollah, France supports Saudi conference

To ‘harmonize’ better: Air Force developing new defensive cyber campaign plan

Artificial Intelligence & Autonomy: A New Era in Defense

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’

AI giant Anthropic says it ‘cannot in good conscience’ agree to Pentagon demands

What’s in a pin? Trump dons golden F-22 during Erdogan meeting

Air Force AI writes battle plans faster than humans can — but some of them are wrong

From gridlock to greener pastures: How a full-year CR could empower warfighters

Wilsbach expected to become next Air Force chief of staff: Sources

State clears Germany for $1.2 billion worth of AMRAAMs

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Will the Pentagon have to cut exercises to pay for the Iran war?

Pentagon comptroller says a ‘generational investment’ is coming, but when?

The Pentagon wants to buy 30,000 new drones. Here are the key questions.

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German military to invest $41B in space capabilities

Amid strike, Boeing taking rare step of hiring permanent replacements for union workers

DoD issues replacement for risk management framework