Army Wants Hypersonic Missile Unit by 2023: Lt. Gen. Thurgood
The battery of eight missiles, while primarily meant to test out tactics, will be capable of combat. So will a prototype battery of lasers entering service in 2021.
Can Bolton & His Russian Counterpart Defuse Israeli-Syrian Tensions?
TEL AVIV: The Syrian civil war may seem to be winding down, but Israel is increasingly anxious after Russia’s surprise announcement it will give Syria full control of sophisticated S-300 air defense systems that could threaten Israeli aircraft. That’s not just a theoretical concern, because Israel has been hitting targets linked to Iran and its […]
Air Force cyber resilience in focus
Cyber resilience has become a frontline mission for the US military. Breaking Defense’s new eBook rounds up key reporting from the 2025 Alamo ACE conference with the latest developments in cyber offense and defense.
Beyond INF: An Affordable Arsenal Of Long-Range Missiles?
The US could develop more than a dozen different land-based weapons for $7 to $12 billion, thinktank CSBA estimates.
Army Moves Out On Lasers, Hypersonics: Lt. Gen. Thurgood
"You want to kill a swarm of things — whatever that thing is — lasers are not really a swarm-killing tool. They can kill things fast, but they can’t kill a swarm of things fast enough.”
Pentagon Jumpstarts Hypersonic Targeting, Electronic Warfare, C2
Can a new kind of contract get key cutting-edge technologies across the bureaucratic “valley of death” before the Russians and Chinese lap the US?
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Navy’s New Tomahawk Plan Targets Ships, Bunkers and Distance
WASHINGTON: As the Navy continues to look for ways to reach out and touch -- or preferably deter -- potential adversaries at greater range, it is turning to the latest version of a decades-old weapon to do it.
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Data overload threatens decisionmakers as autonomy expands
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
Army Will Cull Hypersonic & Laser Weapons Portfolios: Jette & Murray
While Congress wrestles with CH-47 cuts, Army leaders are already looking ahead to hard decisions on high tech.
IBCS: Northrop Delivers New Army Missile Defense Command Post
After years of tests, setbacks, and painstaking fixes, the Army has its first fire-control center for a radically new kind of missile defense.
Russia Builds New Co-Orbital Satellite: SWF, CSIS Say
"I think the most important bits are ... about the recent Russian RPOs likely being an SSA/intelligence program and possibly supporting the new Burevestnik co-orbital program," said Brian Weeden, technical advisor to the Secure World Foundation.
Army’s Multi-Domain Unit ‘A Game-Changer’ In Future War
But modernizing the Army will take decades and tough decisions about everything from online propaganda to the National Guard.
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Powering the future: Securing America with domestically made microelectronics
Onshoring and investment in military-specific semiconductors anchor a cornerstone of the defense industrial base.
Army Sets 2023 Hypersonic Flight Test; Strategic Cannon Advances
To take out Russian and Chinese targets from a thousand miles away, the US Army wants two very different weapons: a hypersonic missile and a giant cannon.
Army ‘Big Six’ Ramp Up in 2021: Learning From FCS
All told, the Army's investing $57 billion in modernization over five years -- but it wants to take time to test new technologies before it commits to them.
Hypersonics Won’t Repeat Mistakes Of F-35
Let a hundred hypersonic flowers bloom, Pentagon officials say, instead of a single cumbersome mega-program.
Pentagon’s New Ballistic Missile Interceptor Doesn’t Work, Suffers Years-Long Delay
What happens when the Pentagon's new ballistic missile defeat program doesn't work? They keep using the old one, which has a spotty track record.