The big news out of AFA, plus a guided tour of the show floor
From weapons in space to the search for more affordable drones, here's a look at the highlights from AFA 2026.
Pentagon pursues space-based solar power
Then we talk about what happened at the NATO summit and what's to come at the Farnborough air show.
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Biodefense is force protection: Ready today, prepared for tomorrow
A decorated combat aviator and biotech CEO advocates preparing for novel viral threats before the next crisis.
UAE’s EDGE Group plans next steps of expansion beyond Middle East
CEO Hamad Al Marar mused that EDGE could make an appearance at a future Association of the US Army exposition.
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Missile threats at scale: Turning Golden Dome into reality
Golden Dome’s layered architecture will have weapons and sensors in space for global coverage.
Close the gap: Turn the Franco-German missile early warning into measurable capability
While the US turns its attention to China, Europe needs to turn its focus to developing its own space-based missile early warning efforts, John Sheldon writes in this op-ed.
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Here’s the role that space-based interceptors will play in Golden Dome
A key advantage of SBIs is they can defeat missile threats earlier in their trajectory.
Building logistics networks for contested environments
Explore how software, edge AI and resilient connectivity can strengthen military logistics in contested environments. Join Breaking Defense on Oct. 21 and earn 1 CPE credit.
Global military space spending growth trend continues in 2024, topping $60B
While US spending on national security space continues to dwarf that of the rest of world, non-US military space spending has jumped a whopping 76.5 percent over the last five years.
Who’s Who in Defense: Dr. Troy Meink, Secretary of the Air Force
Meink oversees the training, organization and equipping of nearly 680,000 active duty, Guard, Reserve, and civilian airmen and Guardians, and their families.
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Commercial remote sensing: The critical U.S. National Security Space imperative
Accelerating space-based intelligence — the most critical domain in modern warfare — at disruptive speed and economics.
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Executing “first move advantage” to maintain dominance in space
Amazon Kuiper is building a space network that can withstand attacks by rapidly reconstituting capabilities.
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Support for Patriot air-and-missile defense is a case study for the industrial base
Manufacturing scale, global sustainment, and next-gen tech are becoming inseparable.
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.
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Orbital power: Shaping national security from space
Northrop Grumman is one of the only companies with expertise and capability to design, build and operate systems across an array of orbits.
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Strengthening the Aerospace and Defense industrial supply chain
Matt Magaña, president, Defense & National Security, Voyager Technologies explains how we must reshape the Aerospace and Defense industrial supply chain to make it stronger, smarter and more resilient.
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Space-based capabilities are critical to enabling a missile shield for America
To keep our homeland safe, we need a new approach to missile defense.