Army Big 6 Gets $10B More Over 2021-2025
Undersecretary Ryan McCarthy says the service's new five-year budget plan will be finished within weeks.
Army Will Cull Hypersonic & Laser Weapons Portfolios: Jette & Murray
While Congress wrestles with CH-47 cuts, Army leaders are already looking ahead to hard decisions on high tech.
Air Force cyber resilience in focus
Cyber resilience has become a frontline mission for the US military. Breaking Defense’s new eBook rounds up key reporting from the 2025 Alamo ACE conference with the latest developments in cyber offense and defense.
Beyond Chinook: Army Secretary Challenges Industry To Revolutionize Heavy Lift
A light scout and a mid-size transport remain Army aviation’s top two priorities, Secretary Mark Esper said, but industry needs to start thinking about the next heavy-lift aircraft and stop fighting against cuts to the venerable CH-47.
Will Army Uncancel CH-47F Chinook Upgrade? Sec. Esper & Gen. McConville
The Army wants to keep its options open on upgrading its heaviest cargo helicopter. Boeing is worried the window of opportunity -- and its factory -- will close before the Army makes up its mind.
Top Appropriator Urges Army To Help Him Pass Their Budget
Is the Army doing enough to sell Congress on its five-year, $57 billion modernization plan? And does that long-term effort require a long-term leader?
Oshkosh Rolls Out New JLTV As Army Talks Cuts
The Army's not sure it wants 55,000 JLTVs -- but manufacturer Oshkosh is doubling down. Why?
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Powering the future: Securing America with domestically made microelectronics
Onshoring and investment in military-specific semiconductors anchor a cornerstone of the defense industrial base.
Army Sets 2023 Hypersonic Flight Test; Strategic Cannon Advances
To take out Russian and Chinese targets from a thousand miles away, the US Army wants two very different weapons: a hypersonic missile and a giant cannon.
Army ‘Big Six’ Ramp Up in 2021: Learning From FCS
All told, the Army's investing $57 billion in modernization over five years -- but it wants to take time to test new technologies before it commits to them.
Army Lumbers Into Future: $33B In 2020-2024 For Big 6, Eventually
Good news: That's more money than the Army thought it could get for its top priorities. Bad news: We won't see most of it this year.
Why DoD Cut A Carrier in 2020 Budget: Survivable Robots & Missiles Vs. China
An inside source explains the logic behind the 2020 budget's most controversial call.
10 Breaking Defense op-eds that defined 2025
It's been a whirlwind of a year — and the defense establishment has plenty of thoughts on how it's unfolded and what might come next.
US ‘Gets Its Ass Handed To It’ In Wargames: Here’s A $24 Billion Fix
Warships sink. Bases burn. F-35s die on the runway. Can $24 billion a year -- 3.3 % of the Pentagon budget -- fix the problem?
Keep 12 Carriers, It’s A National Imperative: Rep. Wittman
What does one of the most influential defense lawmakers on the Hill, Rob Wittman, think about the Trump Administration plan to cut the number of aircraft carriers from 11 to 10?
Pentagon To Retire USS Truman Early, Shrinking Carrier Fleet To 10
The move could save more than $30 billion over 25 years to invest in high-tech weapons -- but Congress is sure to explode in outrage.
2020 Budget: Army Shifts $31B To Modernization, Readiness
That's $6 billion more than previously announced -- but it all comes at the cost of almost 200 cut, cancelled, or slowed-down programs, each with backers in Congress.