How long will it take to replenish the US military’s munitions stockpiles?
This week on The Break Out, we look at how long it might take to restock thousands of US munitions used against Iran.
As Australia heads to polls, changes in defense leadership and spending on table
"So I think this has been an extraordinarily underwhelming election campaign for many reasons, but when it comes to defense and national security the ball has not been moved forward at all throughout the course of the debates," former Australian Maj. Gen. Mick Ryan said.
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ChatNC3: Can the US trust AI in nuclear command, control and communications?
Self-driving cars still get into accidents on highways, an environment for which there is abundant data to train algorithms, expert Paul Scharre said. “What is the training data set we have for nuclear war?”
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Providing an asymmetric advantage with quadcopters and fixed-wing VTOLs
The American-made Teal 2 quadcopter and Edge 130 Blue, a VTOL fixed-wing system, are both on the Defense Innovation Unit’s Blue List for acquisition by U.S. forces.
Guam missile defenses conduct first-ever ballistic intercept in test
The MDA described the event as a "pivotal step" towards a larger, more holistic Guam Defense System designed to take on multiple threats at once — a "persistent layered integrated air and missile defense capability."
‘Not enough’: US Coast Guard’s new ops posture statement raises alarm on need for more money
Vice Adm. Peter Gautier said the Coast Guard would ideally need a $6 billion annual boost in order to accomplish all of its maintenance and modernization needs.
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Accelerating space power through software-defined mission dominance
As space threats continue to evolve, existing satellites need new capabilities to defend and protect, even after launch.
‘We will treat you better’: Commerce finalizes rule to incentivize industry to disclose export violations
A senior Commerce Department official said the policies had already been in use internally, but will now be enshrined in law.
Wittman: No ‘reservations’ about loyal wingman CCA drones’ affordability
“I don't have reservations about affordability of CCA, because I think just by their very nature, they want to be much less expensive,” Rep. Rob Wittman told Breaking Defense. “What I want to make sure of is that we don't try to take a CCA that's a basic platform and add a bunch of cost to it, because we have this requirement creep."
When NATO comes to DC, expect Mark Rutte to stay in the background: Analysts
NATO announced today its members had agreed Mark Rutte, the outgoing Dutch prime minister, will lead the alliance come October.
Russia-North Korea ‘partnership’ could have long-lasting repercussions, NSC official warns
Pyongyang seeks "direct military assistance from Russia to include fighter aircraft, surface-to-air missiles, armored vehicles and ballistic missile production equipment," said Mira Rapp Hooper, the White House's top advisor on the Korean peninsula,
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In contested seas, autonomy must anticipate, not just navigate
As missions stretch farther and comms grow less reliable, predictive software could become the edge that keeps missions afloat.
‘We will have to find the money’: After cost breach, Air Force doubles down on Sentinel ICBM
Air Force Lt. Gen. Rick Moore also spoke favorably of investing in "surge" capacity for things like munitions production, though he said the idea may not be popular outside the Air Force.
For AUKUS to work, US needs to drop the ‘arrogance’ on info sharing with allies: Wittman
“We look sort of speciously at our friends… [and] with what we’ve gone through here recently, with security breaches, we should be the last ones to be lecturing somebody else about what they need to do," the congressman said.
To cool the war over amphibs, the Navy and Marines need a clearer justification
Congress should not shoot the messenger, but help the Navy and Marine Corps explain why 31 amphibs is the right number, CSIS's Mark Cancian argues in this op-ed.
Ukraine War: Vast hacker ‘militias’ do little damage – but can rally mass support, says study
"Hacktivist" groups like the IT Army of Ukraine claim hundreds of thousands of members, but their cyber attacks are less about tangible results than online agitprop, says a forthcoming study from CSIS exclusively previewed by Breaking Defense.