“It’s one of those things that you won’t know what you’re missing until it’s gone,” said Lt. Col. Samuel Shamburg, commander of the 459th Airlift Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan.
The $883.7 billion bill makes several major changes to President Joe Biden’s FY25 budget request, including a more narrow approach to transferring Air National Guard units into the Space Force. But budgetary matters will ultimately be decided by congressional appropriators.
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As Iranian officials muddy the water, experts told Breaking Defense that Tehran’s “reliance on Turkish assistance in such scenarios suggests potential shortcomings” in the Islamic Republic’s own aerial capabilities.
By Agnes Helou
“It’s one of those things that you won’t know what you’re missing until it’s gone,” said Lt. Col. Samuel Shamburg, commander of the 459th Airlift Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan.
By Valerie Insinna
The $883.7 billion bill makes several major changes to President Joe Biden’s FY25 budget request, including a more narrow approach to transferring Air National Guard units into the Space Force. But budgetary matters will ultimately be decided by congressional appropriators.
By Michael Marrow, Ashley Roque, Justin Katz and Theresa Hitchens
Beyond ammo, last month the Ministry of Defense put out a tender for “tens of thousands” of small arms to be acquired from Israeli companies.
By Seth J. Frantzman
Breaking Defense was given exclusive space tracking information showing the unique path of the Russian system, one experts say is the reason for US government warnings about space-based nuclear weapons.
By Theresa Hitchens
Instead of a single, one-size-fits-all Common Operating Picture, the Pentagon’s emerging battle network needs a foundation of shared data, on which different units can build the software that fits their mission, said Col. Matt Strohmeyer.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The telecommunications giant will now add Fenix’s Banshee and Talon MANET radios to its portfolio.
By Carley Welch
Sweden has yet to tell the defense firm exactly the capabilities it needs, but Saab knows “they want us to be fast and quick,” a senior company official said.
By Tim Martin
The ultimate goal of the new talks is to ensure the nations share information effectively enough that they can can work from a “common air picture” and act together in “other ways [to erode] the effectiveness of Iran’s missile and UAV capabilities.”
By Agnes Helou
“Requirements in the market are changing dramatically thanks to Elon Musk and SpaceX,” Aaron Brosnan, president of Thales subsidiary Tampa Microwave, said in an interview.
By Michael Marrow
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George is sending a slew of developmental C-UAS systems to the Middle East. Soldiers there are aligned to receive a new high-powered microwave.
By Ashley Roque
The new digital engineering policy released today will essentially allow the Army to move from manual, paper-driven processes to a digital environment.
By Carley Welch