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“Fulcrum really represents the department’s shift towards leveraging technology and information technology as a strategic enabler,” Leslie Beavers, principal deputy CIO at the DoD said.
By Carley Welch![Hezbollah, Houthis downing of drones challenges Israel, US air superiority](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/06/8464906-scaled-e1719328862847-225x150.jpg)
“Israel and the United States will need to gradually adjust their operating procedures,” said Bruce Bennett, senior adjunct international defense researcher at RAND Corporation.
By Riad Kahwaji![What could a new Labour government mean for UK defense?](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/06/FLEET-20231105-XN0184-136.jpg.iCexsZ_kMWATAA.lYYOVfIex0-e1719261083813-225x150.jpg)
Earlier this month, Labour leader Keir Starmer further demonstrated Labour’s clean break from nuclear disarmament sympathies when he explained, “we would have to be prepared to use it [the nuclear deterrent]” to defend the UK, if circumstances ever required such a decision to be made.
By Tim Martin![BAE Systems eyes larger AMPV production line, new variants, foreign customers](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/06/AMPV_Oshkosh-30mm-Prototype-Image-1-scaled-e1719329357184-225x150.jpg)
As company leaders eye new AMPV variants and potential international customers, they want to boost the York facility’s annual production capacity up towards 220 vehicles.
By Ashley Roque![SPACECOM prepping data fusion pilot to create ‘common operational picture’](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/04/240410_whiting_keynote_space_symposium_space_foundation-e1712757057987-225x150.jpg)
Space domain awareness is one of the mission areas that SPACECOM Commander Gen. Stephen Whiting said currently needs improved command and control capabilities.
By Theresa Hitchens![AFRICOM hosting Chiefs of Defense conference as US forced from Niger, Chad](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/06/GettyImages-2154857219-scaled-e1719257358571-225x150.jpg)
“I’m pretty sure that some of the representation from West Africa will bring it up [Russia moving into some African countries] because they all have been affected by Russia’s activities,” AFRICOM Commander Gen. Michael Langley said.
By Agnes Helou![US, India stepping up military space cooperation, including exercising](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/06/GettyImages-1208725953-scaled-e1719254010468-225x150.jpg)
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Union and the Indian Ministry of Defence’s Innovation for Defence Excellence (iDEX) accelerator intend later this year to open two industry challenges on space domain awareness technologies.
By Theresa Hitchens![Israel’s defense sales top $13B as 2023 becomes another record year](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/05/240531_israel_eurosatory_GettyImages-1241281555-scaled-e1717169925705-225x150.jpg)
The outbreak of the conflict in Gaza towards the end of the year didn’t seem to slow Jerusalem’s booming defense export business.
By Seth J. Frantzman![Black Hawk charts a course toward a digital, all-domain future](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/06/Lockheed-Martin-Sikorskys-modernization-efforts-for-the-Black-Hawk-are-largely-focused-on-the-ITEP-engine-MOSA-with-the-digital-backbone-and-launched-effects.-Lockheed-Martin-graphic-225x150.jpg)
With a MOSA-enabled backbone, the ITEP engine, launched effects, and autonomy, the Black Hawk helicopter would be well-suited to both near-peer conflict and all-domain operations.
By Breaking Defense![Across the Indo-Pacific, militaries scramble to put more submarines in the water](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/06/GettyImages-1694435436-scaled-e1718977623388-225x150.jpg)
Several US allies in the region have launched new subs this year, and others are making plans to buy them, reflecting a long-standing focus on undersea warfare that is only intensifying.
By Christopher Woody![Air Force mobility fleet seeks on-board defenses against small drones](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/06/C-17-225x150.jpg)
Air Mobility Command documents say they’re interested counter-drone systems, including platforms that can operate near friendly aircraft, so as not to hypothetically accidentally jam or spoof a nearby vice president’s plane.
By Michael Marrow