HASC chair ‘optimistic’ FY27 budget request coming in March
The head of the House Armed Services Committee discusses next steps for the fiscal 2027 defense budget and Trump's missile defense vision.
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.
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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.
Pentagon needs more time to finalize defense firms on naughty list after initial review
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had until Feb. 6 to review contractor performance under an executive order issued last month.
AI ‘fundamentally changing’ adversary behavior, leading to force generation reforms: Official
Adversary use of AI is necessitating changes to how the DoD trains its cyber warriors.
DoD expects AI-powered database of patents ready for industry by year’s end
All too often, DoD Technology Transfer director Steve Luckowski told Breaking Defense, “we build fragile supply chains we're the only customer for.”
New ‘America First Arms Transfer Strategy’ to create a list of priority weapons to sell
“It will strengthen the United States defense industrial base to ensure it has the capacity to support our military and our allies and partners, especially as we increase burden-sharing," Trump wrote in the new executive order.
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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.
How Mike Rogers wants to hit $1.5 trillion for defense
This week on the Congressional Roundup: The head of the House Armed Services Committee lays out a path to a $1.5 trillion defense budget.
As defense primes try to mollify Trump, dividends seem likely to continue
Companies vowed to increase capital expenditures in 2026, with some also signaling plans to stop stock buybacks this year.
To finance the $1.5T defense budget, push for $600B in reconciliation
A $600 billion increase to the budget in reconciliation will be needed to get to $1.5T in spending, say a pair of AEI analysts.
EXCLUSIVE: HASC chair seeking $450B for defense in reconciliation
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers told Breaking Defense the next NDAA will focus on expanding the defense industrial base.
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Undersea superiority: ASELSAN’s integrated approach to naval defense
As global navies adapt to evolving underwater threats, ASELSAN’s integrated sonar, countermeasure, and sonobuoy solutions offer a scalable, future-ready approach.
RTX to ramp up production of five weapons in new deal with Pentagon
Under the terms of the agreements, Raytheon will increase annual production of the Tomahawk cruise missile, AMRAAM air-to-air missiles, Standard Missile-6, Standard Missile-3 IIA and Standard Missile-3 IB.
House passes $839B defense spending bill, teeing up end to government shutdown
Once signed by the president, the Pentagon will be funded through Congress’s usual appropriations process after being stuck under a continuing resolution for the duration of fiscal 2025.
Pentagon picks 25 vendors to show off one-way attack drones in the Gauntlet competition
After military operators fly the drones, the department plans to award deals totaling $150 million.
Here’s the state of play on defense appropriations
This week on the Congressional Roundup: The House decides whether the government opens up or settles in for another long shutdown.