2025 may be a telling year for the fate of the Pentagon’s new CMMC 2.0 program.
By Carley WelchWhen the stakes for space missions are at their highest, solid rocket motors meet the challenge
Rapid response is crucial in defense, and the instant thrust provided by SRMs provide a tactical advantage.
The NDAA corresponds to a $895 billion topline for defense spending, adhering to the budgetary limits set in last year’s Fiscal Responsibility Act.
By Valerie Insinna
Democrats were infuriated by a last minute addition of language by House Speaker Mike Johnson that would ban Tricare from covering gender dysphoria treatments “that could result in sterilization” for transgender children of servicemembers.
By Valerie Insinna
The compromise version of the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, released on Saturday, includes several provisions aimed at improving the US military’s response to potential drone threats to its installations, including the creation of a counter-drone strategy.
By Valerie Insinna
The NDAA is too long. Here’s some key highlights you should know.
By Breaking Defense Staff
In his first term, President Donald Trump took a big swing and established the Space Force; two House members told Breaking Defense he could do it again, for cyberspace.
By Carley Welch
In a March 2021 report to Congress, signed by then-Acting Secretary John Roth and obtained by Breaking Defense, the Air Force endorsed a Space National Guard, but subsequently changed its position.
By Theresa Hitchens
Enabling seamless operations across land, air, sea, space, and cyber
The real advantage comes when legacy, new, next generation and cutting-edge systems can work together in the battlespace.
“Adding a second submarine would require the Department to reduce the Next Generation Fighter program by $400 million, making the fighter program unexecutable and degrading the Navy’s ability to field next generation aircraft capabilities required in the 2033 to 2037 timeframe,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.
By Valerie Insinna
“I’d like to see in a Harris administration, a commitment to the innovation reform agenda at DoD,” said HASC Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith. “That really has, I think, stalled a little bit.”
By Valerie Insinna
Feeling lost on defense budget matters after the August legislative recess? Breaking Defense has a primer for you.
By Valerie Insinna
The language in the SASC version of FY25 NDAA demands that DoD detail what military systems have previously and currently have operated in, or in those adjacent to, “the 1525-1559 megahertz and the 1626.5-1660.5 megahertz” radio frequency bands at the center of the long-running DoD-Ligado dispute.
By Theresa Hitchens
Many pro-defense Democrats voted against the traditionally bipartisan NDAA, after Republicans added conservative social riders to the bill.
By Valerie Insinna and Michael Marrow
In this op-ed, John Ferrari explains why, despite the Army’s reservations, a new drone corps could be good for innovation.
By John Ferrari
In this op-ed, Jerry McGinn says the Senate Armed Services Committee should seriously consider the creation of a new office inside DoD for international cooperation.
By Jerry McGinn