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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![US allies cite progress, but say more needed for collective response to space threats](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/06/IMG_2492-scaled-e1718987397662-225x150.jpeg)
US Space Command’s recently realigned and renamed Joint Commercial Operations cell is one example of successful joint operations, agreed the four European space leaders.
By Theresa Hitchens![France would support Lebanese Armed Forces in southern border security mission: Official](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/06/240621_DVIDS_lebanese_soldier-scaled-e1718971838872-225x150.jpg)
A French official told Breaking Defense that Paris “must be ready” to aid Beirut should it attempt a historic deployment to secure Lebanon’s southern border, where Hezbollah could play spoiler.
By Agnes Helou![The sights of Eurosatory 2024 [PHOTOS]](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/06/1000001739-scaled-e1718887513688-225x150.jpg)
Photos from the Breaking Defense team on the ground at Eurosatory 2024 in Paris.
By Breaking Defense Staff![Spurred by European ‘demand signal,’ L3Harris opening Euro-, NATO-focused office in Rome](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/12/TNR2_163_PAL_USArmy_Special_Forces_1814_07_27_2022-14_34_31-2-2-e1670339327295-225x150.jpeg)
Executive Dave Johnson told Breaking Defense that European customers are trying to “build up capability” after watching the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
By Ashley Roque
In this op-ed, Bilal Y. Saab lays out some of the challenges in forging a US-Saudi Arabia defense pact.
By Bilal Y. Saab