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Navy launches Robotics and Autonomous Systems Warfighting Development Center

RASWDC is in the process of developing a phased implementation plan to tackle issues like command structure, mission rel…

The Air Force says its China think-tank will continue. It’s director says it’s basically dead.

The Air Force’s stance that the China Aerospace Studies Institute can function without civilian staff is “not credible,”…

Hawk trainer crash prompts UK to ground fleet

“Both pilots are doing well … and expected to make a full recovery,” said the UK Royal Air Force.…

Navy wants more offensive, ‘expeditionary’ cyber capabilities

“What I would offer to industry … if you are interested in talking about expeditionary cyber, cyber at the tactical edge…

Defense Business Brief: Here comes the quantum boom; GDIT’s perspective; and Sec. 889

Power, Prudence, and Restraint in Fénelon’s Telemachus

“If one is to judge by the fire and ardor with which this book is sought after, it is the most excellent of all bo…

The New Signature Wounds: How Drone Warfare Is Reshaping the Injuries Veterans Bring Home

Traumatic brain injury became the signature wound of the post-9/11 wars because the battlefield changed. Improvised expl…

Stolen FBI data reveals employees’ roles in intelligence and surveillance

Exposed analysts work on areas including China, Russia, and electronic surveillance. ShinyHunters claimed responsibility…

GenAI.mil saw more than 2 million users in one week, top DOD official says

The Pentagon's top AI officer also said that “unilateral disarmament is the wrong approach” when it comes to calls for a…

The still-formidable F-16 will be even more capable with better electronic warfare

[Sponsored] A Viper modernization that includes EW, radar, EO/IR, and navigation.…

EXCLUSIVE: SpaceX given unique access to classified DoD space tracking data, sources say

Commercial space monitoring firms are concerned SpaceX’s ability to use the best DoD data could threaten the marke…

Syria looks to end foreign military presence, have sovereignty over all bases: President

Damascus “very soon will not have the necessity to have any military or foreign military presence, and I believe we can …

South Korea’s Deliberate Strategic Ambiguity on Taiwan

In 2021, Sungmin Cho wrote, “South Korea’s Taiwan Conundrum,” where he argued Seoul’s complex st…

UK launches first space squadron to ‘degrade and deny’ enemies

“No one wants a war in space. We are positioned to deter this,” said Harv Symth, UK Chief of the Air Staff…

Air, Space Forces pick up research pace for orbital cargo delivery

The current focus is on low cost, high volume commercial cargo reentry pods, an Air Force Research Laboratory spokespers…

Breaking Defense adds Mikayla Easley as additional editor, supporting continued growth

Mikayla Easley to join the world’s largest news organization dedicated to defense.…

Why the Army needs a clean sheet modern combat vehicle

[Sponsored] The Bradley ran out of room to grow. The Lynx XM30 was designed to keep growing, for the battlefields of tom…

The future of European airpower might be unmanned

With one sixth-gen fighter program in Europe dead, could the future for European airpower be drones? …

Winning by the Rules: Optimizing Weapons Reviews in the Age of Technological Innovation

We spare the reader another detailed story from Ukraine to establish the now-familiar point that battlefield technology …

Seoul Needs a Playbook for Hormuz, Ukraine, and What Comes Next

Earlier this month, President Donald Trump shared a Washington Post opinion piece on his social media, arguing that Sout…

'Super Intelligence': the president’s new term for AI, explained

A look at President Donald Trump’s relabel from artificial intelligence to ‘Super intelligence,’ and the phrase’s origin…

Air Force says China Aerospace Studies Institute will continue, despite civilian cuts

The China Aerospace Studies Institute will carry on by “leveraging assigned military service members to accomplish its o…

What the End of Operation Inherent Resolve Means for Iraq and Syria

Operation Inherent Resolve is scheduled to end on Sept. 30, as remaining U.S. troops in northern Iraq complete their wit…

Australian MQ-4C Tritons, MC-55A Peregrines reach Initial Operational Capability

Attaining IOC for the RAAF’s MQ-4Cs has “significantly strengthened its ability to deliver persistent intelligence…