From both a top level approach and a service-level approach, this year the DoD released new IT strategies focused on supporting the evolving nature of warfare.
By Carley Welch
This December, after 16 months of studies and experiments, the Department of Defense decided it had figured out enough guardrails for generative AI to start embracing the new technology wholesale.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The Army spent 2024 pushing its new “transformation in contact” initiative while also pivoting away from several key weapon development initiatives.
By Ashley Roque
“You are warfighters, whether you carry a gun or not,” Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman told Guardians on Dec. 10. “You are trained and expected to carry out offensive and defensive actions against military forces of other countries.”
By Theresa Hitchens
This was supposed to be the year that the Air Force selected a winning vendor to build its next-gen fighter. Then reality set in.
By Michael Marrow
Industry and the Pentagon always have their disagreements. But those usually stay behind closed doors.
By Justin Katz
Of all that happened during the Ukraine conflict in the last 12 months, the deployment of North Korean troops to the Russian border territory of Kursk stands out from the pack.
By Tim Martin
The terror of war, a helo crash mystery and the business of defense: 5 Middle East stories from 2024
From eye-witness accounts of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon to a rare appearance of Iranian weapons at a foreign arms expo, there’s a selection of Breaking Defense’s Middle East coverage.
By Agnes Helou
Key reports covered Japan’s defense expansion, China’s internal troubles and Australia’s uneven pursuit of more naval power.
By Colin Clark
While combat has seen a drone revolution, the US has made subtle but real advances in applying AI to military planning, intelligence, and “all domain” command and control.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
This year Breaking Defense spoke with top cyber and network experts and officials reflecting on the ways the Pentagon is striving to make the IT space more robust.
By Carley Welch
Making a year-end list in which she forces references to Taylor Swift songs for no reason has basically become reporter Valerie Insinna’s favorite Christmas tradition.
By Valerie Insinna
This year saw evidence that a shift toward more openness about US national security space activities is coming whether those deep in the “black world” are ready or not.
By Theresa Hitchens
The Air Force notched key successes in 2024, but also saw setbacks for some of the service’s biggest priorities.
By Michael Marrow
