Southern border is a ‘sandbox’ for counter-drone tech: NORTHCOM commander
Gen. Guillot said that through JIATF 401, the US military is inviting industry partners to the border to show off their tech aimed at taking down adversary drones.
Special ops leader says Maduro mission set ‘new standard’
Special Operations Command head Adm. Frank Bradley used a keynote address at SOF Week to laud the “most sophisticated” joint operation special ops have ever conducted.
Satellites at the center: Inside the Pentagon’s next-gen space architecture
From emerging data networks to missile tracking and cyber resilience, Breaking Defense’s latest eBook brings together essential reporting on the evolving role of satellites in national security.
NORTHCOM standing up ‘Nordic Bridge’ to boost US coordination in Arctic
Gen. Guillot said, “The goal is always to defend as far away from the homeland as we can" and that special operations forces will play a key role.
Navy, Marine Corps back longer amphib readiness cycles, request more ships
The Navy currently utilizes a 36-month Optimized Fleet Response Plan (OFRP), but leaders want to stretch it to 56 months.
Diving into Golden Dome’s new pricetag, plus winning the Army’s network wars
This week on The Break Out, we review the latest tensions over Golden Dome's forecasted costs before visiting Colorado where special forces and infantry linked up for a novel exercise at Fort Carson.
‘Going to change everything’: Special Forces joins Army’s next-gen C2 prototype experiments
After hearing how the 4th Infantry Division was using its new C2 tech, 10th Special Forces Group got in on the action, including at the recent Ivy Mass exercise.
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Winning the cognitive domain — A methodology built for democratic constraints
The challenge for Western democratic institutions is not a lack of capability — it is a structural one.
Five companies win DoD’s Drone Dominance small drone ‘Lethality Prize Challenge’
"[The] Lethality Challenge selection gives us a rail-locked pathway to thousands or tens of thousands of unit orders for this product, which has absolutely changed the caliber of discussion we’re having with investors, suppliers, other customers/partners, etc," drone-maker Bravo's Kevin Landtroop told Breaking Defense.
Pentagon informed Army ‘just a couple of days ago’ on decision to halt Poland deployment
“This was all relatively recent, and we worked back and forth on what those recommendations would be, and the order came down,” Acting Army Chief of Staff Gen. Christopher LaNeve said.
Army’s autonomy office looks beyond drone, robot platforms to ‘packages of capability’
CPE Mission Autonomy will focus first on combat engineering, fires, and logistics, the office’s leader said.
Here’s how the Army plans to spend nearly $1 billion in procuring small counter drone tech
The FY27 budget request sets aside $994 million in total for small c-UAS, with all of that sum coming from discretionary funding.
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America needs next-gen solutions to counter modern air and missile threats
Defending a country the size of the US from threats requires advanced sensing, communications and interception capabilities.
Ukraine UGV ‘Simba’ rolls out of the shadows in NATO Baltic exercise
In videos viewed by Breaking Defense, the Simba UGV is seen completing night missions even after losing a wheel and being struck by an FPV.
All guns blazing: The UK sets up $1.35 billion RCH 155 artillery order
The order has long been held up by delay to the Defence Investment Plan, which is expected to outline British equipment priorities over the next ten years.
Israeli military, defense firms race to find solution to FPV drone threats
From smart rifles to counter-drone drones, smaller Israeli firms say tech can counter the deadly battlefield development.
L3Harris turns handheld radios into counter-drone jammers
The forthcoming Wraith Shield software update uses the existing antenna to scan for drone control signals, identify enemy ones, and jam them, L3Harris executives told reporters.