The Break Out: What to watch for in September, plus Breaking Defense expands [VIDEO]
Breaking Defense is growing! Again!
The Break Out: The death of JCIDS and Selfridge’s prep for new fighters [Video]
A Pentagon joint requirements process bites the dust, this week on The Break Out.
Modern Tech in Indo-Pacific Operations
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Selfridge is getting new fighter jets. Will the base be ready?
A lawmaker has asked the Air Force about its plans to fund necessary upgrades to the Michigan base, and urged the service to act "swiftly."
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Trump mobilizes DC National Guard, likely tasked with security and logistics support
“Their duties will include an array of tasks from administrative, logistics and physical presence in support of law enforcement,” the Army public affairs office said in a brief statement.
Confusion, concern about Air Guard plans follow Trump’s Selfridge shift
“I can say to you right now that there is likely a downstream impact to some other Air National Guard units," an Air Force official said after President Donald Trump upended plans for what planes would go to Selfridge ANGB in Michigan.
The questions that warfighters ask the most are now answered with data analytics
CDAO’s Advana data analytics platform is ingesting data from about 500 DoD business systems.
Who’s Who in Defense: Kevin Cramer, Chairman, Senate Armed Services (SASC) Subcommittee on Airland
The Airland Subcommittee is responsible for Army, Air Force and National Guard planning and operations policy and programs.
Who’s Who in Defense: Dan Caine, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) is the senior ranking member of the Armed Forces and the primary military adviser to the President, the Secretary of Defense, and the National Security Council.
Who’s Who in Defense: Donald Norcross, Ranking Member, HASC’s Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee (TAL)
Congressman Norcross is the Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee’s Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee (TAL), with legislative jurisdiction over specific accounts and programs within the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, National Guard and Reserve.
Top defense insights from 2024
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Could Trump establish a Space National Guard? Officials and experts say it’s likely
In a March 2021 report to Congress, signed by then-Acting Secretary John Roth and obtained by Breaking Defense, the Air Force endorsed a Space National Guard, but subsequently changed its position.
‘Dead on arrival’: Key House appropriators oppose transfer of Guard units to Space Force
“The states need to be consulted, and need to be full partners moving forward in any major change such as this," said Minnesota Rep. Betty McCollum, the defense subcommittee’s top Democrat.
Air Force’s legislative proposal is an existential threat to the National Guard
In this op-ed, Francis M. McGinn, the head of the National Guard Association, blasts an Air Force proposal to transfer National Guard units performing space missions to the Space Force.
National Guard’s $2.7 billion wishlist includes a dozen more F-35s and F-15EXs
The annual unfunded lists typically provide Capitol Hill with ammo for boosting the defense budget —particularly to buy weapons made in the districts of lawmakers on the defense committees.