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![Meet Sergeant Stout: Army gives Stryker-Based M-SHORAD a proper name](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/06/IM-SHORAD-1284x608-1-225x150.jpg)
As the service rolls out a name change for the new(ish) air defense weapon, it is also eyeing future upgrades that could integrate with robots and new interceptors.
By Ashley Roque![First flight of new Air Force One jet slips to 2026, Air Force says](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/03/1731685-3-scaled-e1646421354377-225x150.jpg)
Boeing is currently revising the schedule for the presidential jetliner once again, which is expected to be updated later this summer, according to an Air Force spokesperson.
By Michael Marrow![Space Force boots RTX from MEO missile warning/tracking program](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/04/Raytheon-meo-missile-warning-e1680540749793-225x150.jpeg)
“This was done because the RTX Epoch 1 development effort was facing significant cost growth from the original agreement baseline, projecting slips to the launch schedule, and had unresolved design challenges,” a Space Systems Command spokesperson told Breaking Defense.
By Theresa Hitchens![Israel’s Aeronautics introduces loitering munition, surveillance drone combination](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/06/240614_aeronautics_orbiter2_GettyImages-496373750-scaled-e1718390082255-225x150.jpg)
The new loitering munition, Orbiter 2 LM, is envisioned as working with partner surveillance drones to condunct strikes, a company executive told Breaking Defense.
By Seth J. Frantzman![SASC breaks spending cap by $25 billion in FY25 defense policy bill](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/06/wicker-reed-scaled-e1718384169964-225x150.jpg)
The amendment to break congressionally-mandated spending caps, offered by Sen. Roger Wicker, the committee’s top Republican, led SASC Chairman Jack Reed to vote against the bill.
By Valerie Insinna and Michael Marrow![House narrowly passes NDAA after Democrats balk at culture war amendments](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/12/221207_military_capitol_GettyImages-1315063879-scaled-e1670433335666-225x150.jpg)
Many pro-defense Democrats voted against the traditionally bipartisan NDAA, after Republicans added conservative social riders to the bill.
By Valerie Insinna and Michael Marrow![Russian warships visit Cuba, sending a message to Washington: Analysts](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/06/240614_russian_ship_cuba_GettyImages-2156651481-scaled-e1718369410129-225x150.jpg)
As fighting continues in Ukraine, experts told Breaking Defense there’s no danger of a Cuban Missile Crisis 2.0, but Russia still wants to project global reach.
By Wilder Alejandro Sanchez![US, Ukraine sign ‘historic’ 10-year bilateral security agreement](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/06/240613_zelenskyy_biden_GettyImages-1850715647-scaled-e1718309373631-225x150.jpg)
Speaking alongside Zelenskyy at the signing of the agreement on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Italy, President Joe Biden said Russian leader Vladimir Putin “cannot wait us out. He cannot divide us.”
By Lee Ferran![Why a unit in Israel’s IDF purportedly used a medieval trebuchet against Hezbollah](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/06/240613_IDF_lebanon_GettyImages-1716218191-scaled-e1718308209103-225x150.jpg)
Israeli media reported the catapult-like contraption was likely used to start fires to burn down underbrush used by Hezbollah as cover.
By Seth J. Frantzman![House appropriators approve $833 billion defense bill, rebuking Ukraine aid amendment](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/06/7942991-e1718304284634-225x150.jpg)
Republicans defeated a measure that would have added $300 million to the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, saying the previously passed supplemental funding covered that need.
By Valerie Insinna