‘California jammin’: Wargames show Army’s electronic weakness — and a human fix
“We are definitely seeing, many times over, an over-reliance on technology,” Capt. Jake Thomas told Breaking Defense.
Pentagon CTO says it’s ‘not democratic’ for Anthropic to limit military use of Claude AI
"What we're not going to do is let any one company dictate a new set of policies above and beyond what Congress has passed," Under Secretary Emil Michael said of the ongoing impasse between the Pentagon and Anthropic.
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Meeting Zero Trust goals while maintaining information dominance
Balancing security and access to data are critical to providing users with trustworthy, reliable data for real-time decisions.
Marines aim to be CJACD2 ‘fast follower’ with Dynamis Series of C2 experiments
"What we don't want to do is what we've always done in the past: siloed programs, by silo services," Col. Arlon Smith, director of Project Dynamis, told Breaking Defense.
Venezuela operation relied on little-known cyber center, official says
A Joint Integration Fire Center to better integrate cyber and non-kinetic effects was proved out during operations in Venezuela last month.
New information warfare squadrons will increase readiness and lethality at sea: Officer
The Navy is piloting two information warfare squadrons to increase capabilities to carrier strike groups.
CYBERCOM 2.0 could provide lessons for how Navy identifies tech talent
The Navy and other services are still working through how they will support the CYBERCOM 2.0 implementation.
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The uncrewed revolution: MQ-9B and Gambit Series forge a path to regional air dominance
The MQ-9B and Gambit Series represent parallel capabilities that address global challenges for security head-on.
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How to operate drones in a battlespace where GPS can’t be trusted
Continuation of UAS operations in contested and GPS-denied environments is key.
Fleet cybersecurity funding to see ‘increased investment’ in FY27 budget request: Navy official
The Navy has the chance to bake in cybersecurity from the beginning as it builds its Golden Fleet concept.
A ‘shooter’ as CYBERCOM chief: Former officials see risks, opportunity in Rudd’s nomination
Breaking Defense talked to nine sources from the CYBERCOM community about the challenges Army general Josh Rudd will face if confirmed.
DISA unveils new cloud environment to speed delivery of services to forces
The new cloud environment consists of three on ramps: classic, private and commercial.
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Breaking the Pentagon’s new bottleneck of time
As threats evolve, the winning model ties digital engineering to manufacturing capacity and a reindustrialized supply chain.
ChatGPT will be available to 3 million military users on GenAI.mil
OpenAI’s ChatGPT joins xAI’s Grok and Google Gemini on the two-month-old website, which now claims 1.1 million unique users and rising across the Department of Defense.
Lockheed and Saudi Arabia’s ERAF to explore development of unmanned turret
It's an early first step, but Lockheed exec Tim Cahill told Breaking Defense that he's seen interest in capabilities the turret can provide from the Saudi armed forces.
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Not just selling into the kingdom, but building partnership with Saudi Arabia’s defense industry
Partnerships with outside industry are a cornerstone of the kingdom’s ambitious growth strategy.
PHOTOS: the sights of World Defense Show on Day 3
A selection of photos from the third day of WDS 2026 outside Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.