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Victims of serious and sexual crimes to receive improved guidance and support in the Service Justice System
The Maritime Security Belt 2026 exercise comes as the U.S. is flowing forces to the Middle East ahead of a possible attack on Iran. The post What Iran’s Naval Exercise With China And Russia In The...
The shrunken E-3 fleet isn't getting any younger, and a replacement is still far off while demand for its services would be far greater in the Pacific. The post Major Deployment Of Rickety E-3 Sentry...
“What we don’t want to do is what we’ve always done in the past: siloed programs, by silo services,” Col. Arlon Smith, director of Project Dynamis, told Breaking Defense.
The negotiations in Switzerland were the third round of direct talks organized by the U.S. Expectations for significant progress in Geneva were low.
Gunship pilots test-fired APEX munitions, designed to pulverize targets with shrapnel.
Gunship pilots test-fired APEX munitions, designed to pulverize targets with shrapnel.
What happens when the proxy network loses its patron but not its guns? We might be about to find out.Negotiations between the United States and Iran proceed, but the fact that the president has...
Could China replace the United States atop the target list of transnational jihadist groups like al-Qaeda? A recent statement released by Sheikh Saad bin Atef al Awlaqi, the emir of al-Qaeda in the...
LongShot drones are also seen as a new way for bombers and cargo planes to engage aerial threats and reduce vulnerability. The post X-68A LongShot Air-To-Air Missile-Carrying Drone Moves Closer To...
Officials issued a call for solutions for the Joint Enterprise Task Management System (JETMS). The post Pentagon looking to scale AI-infused enterprise task management platform to more than 150K users...
This week on The Break Out, head to the World Defense Show outside Riyadh.
The Army found no issues and signed a waiver that killed a key aspect of MAG's argument.
As a second American aircraft carrier races to the Middle East, Iran says it has briefly closed portions of the Strait of Hormuz for live-fire military exercises as it continues negotiations over its...
The addition of missile launchers comes as treaty allies condemned what they called China’s “illegal, coercive, aggressive, and deceptive activities.”
The Department of Defense’s acquisition and sustainment culture is pathologically risk-averse. The greatest threat to acquisition transformation is not the Federal Acquisition Regulation. It is not...
In the wake of 9/11, the newly established Office of the Director of National Intelligence produced the nation’s first National Intelligence Strategy, a document explicitly intended to guide reforms...
The most consequential infrastructure decisions in Panama today are often not made at the locks of the canal, but in conference rooms where aviation security software, cargo-routing platforms, and...
The XM1225 APEX ammo will offer another arrow in the Apache's growing anti-drone quiver. The post AH-64 Apache Is Getting Proximity Fuzed 30mm Cannon Ammo For Swatting Down Drones appeared first on...
Replacing GBU-57s dropped on Iran highlights issues that come from being locked into a single contractor, which the Pentagon is trying to change. The post New GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator Parts...
New acoustic weapon detection system will help keep soldier safe on the battlefield by helping to locate and target positions of enemy gunfire, mortars and explostions.
Tankers are increasingly vulnerable as enemy long-range missiles evolve, leading the USAF to explore 'hard kill' solutions. The post Mini Missiles Used To Shoot Down Incoming Missiles Eyed For USAF...
The Trump administration announced its plans Friday for expanding the nation’s commercial shipbuilding and maritime capabilities, a three-pronged approach that calls for bolstering U.S. shipbuilding,...
The U.S. Army’s Global Response Force will begin assessing the Bumblebee V2 drone interceptor in March following a $5.2 million contract inked in January.
The U.S. Army’s Global Response Force will begin assessing the Bumblebee V2 drone interceptor in March following a $5.2 million contract inked in January.
The Pentagon anticipates buying 150,000 drones in the final phase of the initiative. The post Pentagon could award just 3 vendors for biggest phase of Drone Dominance Program appeared first on...
The 200 troops will supplement a small team of American military officers already embedded with Nigerian forces.
The Department of Homeland Security is on track for a shutdown this weekend after Senate Democrats rejected a GOP-crafted funding bill that they said provided inadequate guardrails on federal...
“The urgency of the threat” is prompting the Defense Innovation Unit to solicit products in time for a spring 2026 demonstration.
“The urgency of the threat” is prompting the Defense Innovation Unit to solicit products in time for a spring 2026 demonstration.
After years of putting off the drone threat, the U.S. government is trying to do something about it, but policy is struggling to catch up. The post Airspace Closure Over Laser Weapon Use A Glaring...
Defence apprentices celebrated for National Apprenticeship week as Defence Minister visits Babcock International to witness the future of defence manufacturing.
The U.S. Army has been acquiring multiple versions of the LOCUST laser weapon system to bolster its ability to shoot down hostile drones. The post This Is The LOCUST Laser That Reportedly Prompted...
Leidos, GoHypersonic, Special Aerospace Services (Aurex), the Purdue Applied Research Institute, Halo Engines and Kratos have each received other transaction agreements from the Joint Hypersonics...
Army’s 56th Multi-Domain Command is looking for electronic warfare-proof munitions, decoy drones.
[Sponsored] Continuation of UAS operations in contested and GPS-denied environments is key.
The contract is part of DHS efforts to protect spectators of the 2026 World Cup.
People looking for a career in the Armed Forces will receive advice directly from military personnel in their local jobcentre, under new plans to boost military recruitment.
Infernos raged aboard Japanese aircraft carriers after U.S. Navy dive-bombers found their marks during the Battle of Midway. Many Japanese pilots were incinerated in ready rooms and in the cockpits of...
Last year Forterra was also awarded a contract to integrate its autonomy stack, dubbed AutoDrive, into the JLTVs for the ROGUE Fires program.
The shutdown of airspace over El Paso highlights the still vexing nature of drone threats over the United States. The post Claims Swirl Around Government’s Response To Cartel Drone Threat That...
In support of the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 26-02 exercise, logistics professionals transported critical equipment for several Army units across Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson,...
The U.S. Navy test launched the Lightfish, an interceptor drone, from a partner nation’s ship for the first time Monday in the Indian Ocean, the sea service announced. Commander Task Force 66 launched...
The U.S. military is taking control of more Texas land, citing "security operations along the U.S. southern border," Defense One 's Thomas Novelly reported Tuesday. The seizure has raised questions...
Breaking Defense talked to nine sources from the CYBERCOM community about the challenges Army general Josh Rudd will face if confirmed.
SAN DIEGO — Buoyed by billions in investments into robotic systems, the Navy is considering how it will manage the swarms of unmanned surface, subsurface and aerial drones throughout the fleet....
The Air Force has added about 190 miles of Rio Grande riverbank to the 250 it already oversees.
The UK will lead the multinational defensive cyber exercise Defence Cyber Marvel (DCM) 2026, a multilateral cyber defence exercise conducted by the British Army Cyber Association.
The goal is to make every soldier a drone operator.
The mainstay of Chinese carrier air wings was seen with a new anti-ship missile potentially capable of striking targets more than 1,000 kilometers away at supersonic speeds, according to recent media...
AEODPS is a critical database that could have unique consequences to safety and national security if material from it fell into the wrong hands. The post Military warns EOD techs against uploading...
The new head of Air Force Global Strike Command says "China is a regional bomber force at best." The post China “Just Not There Yet” On H-20 Stealth Bomber: Global Strike Command’s Top General...
Update: The Pentagon will reportedly carry out performance reviews of major U.S. defense firms and plans to make "noncompliance determinations" in the weeks ahead, The Hill and the Wall Street Journal...
In early January 2026, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dropped a bombshell. In an interview for the Economist, he claimed that he sought to “taper off” the $3.8 billion in military aid that...
Giving the OA-1K a standoff strike capability has been seen as one potential way to expand its relevance in an era focused on high-end foes. The post Red Wolf Cruise Missile Eyed To Give OA-1K...
F-15Es sitting ready to knock down drones in the Middle East were highlighted during the National Anthem, along with the crews that keep them flying. The post Laser-Guided Rocket-Armed F-15E Strike...
What started as confusion became a coverup, employees and emails say.
THE PENTAGON — Naval analysts have long warned that the one-size-fits-all model of carrier strike group deployment is reaching its limits, stretching the tolerance of crews and ships and leading to...
The U.S. military seized its eighth tanker allegedly linked to Venezuela, the Defense Department said on social media Monday. The interdiction occurred "without incident in the INDOPACOM area of...