What’s next for America’s icebreakers: 2026 preview
The White House in 2024 and 2025 prioritized rebuilding America's icebreaker fleet. But how long will that last?
With royal push, Sweden pitches Canada on economic benefits of buying Gripen
Sweden's king and queen joined the country's defense minister in visiting Canada this week as part of a broad push that included support of defense sales.
Beyond 2025: What defense leaders need to watch in 2026
What's in store for 2026? Breaking Defense reporters examine how the decisions, disruptions, and developments of 2025 could shape the year ahead.
Lockheed holding steady on F-35 production rate, exec says
“It’s not just a single issue," said Lockheed executive Steve Sheehy. “We want to keep our suppliers at a steady rate."
With $1B and a new shipyard, Canada’s Davie sets sights on Coast Guard’s new icebreaker
“We spent over two years looking at different shipyards in the US and potential acquisition targets,” Davie Defense CEO Kai Skvarla told Breaking Defense in an interview today.
Canada names Hanwha, Thyssenkrupp as ‘qualified suppliers’ for new submarine program
Canada said it eventually plans to purchase up to a dozen new subs, with a reported price tag of $60 billion CAD ($43.5 billion USD), to replace the Royal Canadian Navy's current Victoria-class boats.
2025 Schriever space wargame last to be planned unilaterally by US
This year's game included five "notional technologies" designed to improve international cooperation, such as tools to improve common space domain awareness, according to Space Force officials.
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Four shipyards across ICE Pact nations to jointly pursue US Arctic Security Cutter program
“Together, the four companies represent the world’s premier icebreaker shipbuilding companies,” the shipbuilders said in a joint statement.
‘What’s the signal?’: One year since ICE Pact, the agreement’s future remains unclear
Former President Joe Biden presented ICE Pact last year as a pathway to compete with Russian and Chinese icebreaker production. President Donald Trump has continued the effort, but with a twist.
Canada must seek a new equilibrium with the US, and defense could be key
As Prime Minister Mark Carney goes into his first meeting with President Donald Trump, he should offer greater defense spending to help repair relationships, Thomas Juneau writes in this op-ed.
Air Force scouts three states as potential sites for new homeland defense radar
The radars would help modernize NORAD’s air defenses, though it’s unclear how the program may change due to strained ties between the US and Canada introduced by the Trump administration.
The state of play in military space
The military space sector is evolving fast. Get the latest from Space Force and industry officials on what’s next for acquisition, policy and training in a new Breaking Defense eBook.
Canada’s defense mobility requires buying more strategic enablers for the navy, air force
To better equip Canada's air force and navy, Andrew Erskine in this op-ed states that Canada should acquire the C-27J Spartan and double its order of Protecteur-class ships.
As tariffs loom, HII’s Kastner confident in company’s American supply chain
“We’re obviously a little different. We buy and build in America,” said HII CEO Chris Kastner.
Australia could get first new F-35 by 2029 if government reverses program cuts: Lockheed exec
“[C]onceivably, based on where we are buying long-lead parts for Lot 21 we could make that happen,” said J.R. McDonald, Lockheed’s vice president of business development for the F-35 program.
Australia, Canada announce $4B over horizon radar agreement
This may be "the single biggest defense industry export from Australia in our history. So this is a really, really big opportunity for the nation," Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said today.