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What we’re watching for at AFA 2026
Breaking Defense’s Aaron Mehta and Michael Marrow preview anticipated developments at this year’s AFA confer…
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Space Force picks Texas as US home for trinational DARC space radar network
The Space Force expects the US site, the third and final one in the multi-nation DARC network, to complete civil constru…
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Why propulsion could be the critical piece in Golden Dome’s architecture
[Sponsored] Throttleable systems, boost-phase interception, and new manufacturing capacity expand missile defense option…
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Beyond prototypes: Army readies operational NGC2 tech for I Corps
As the Army begins fielding NGC2 to I Corps, software tools will be critical to enable interoperability and getting new …
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The War’s Last Generation Is Still Holding America’s Moral Debt
On the first night of the evacuation of Kabul, Aug. 15, 2021, a young mother found me in the crowd at Hamid Karzai Inter…
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The Pentagon is using polygraphs to hunt leakers, but the tests are more theater than fact
My 27-year career with the CIA makes me wary of the certainty their use can appear to convey.…
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US absent as western powers meet on wartime protections for civilians
A multinational group meets this week at NATO headquarters in Belgium to discuss protections for civilians during combat…
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Why the Pentagon picked an Indiana Navy base to host a nuclear microreactor
The program is driving hard to meet President Trump’s 2028 deadline, officials said, but they have yet to release a form…
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Army selects Lockheed, Boeing-Anduril team for next phase in IFPC Inc 2 competition
The companies’ solutions will move into the developmental phase, an Army spokesperson told Breaking Defense. …
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Top Air and Space Force leaders will gather amid unresolved Iran war, budget uncertainty
The Joint Chiefs chairman, Space Force’s new leader, and the NASA administrator are all scheduled to speak at next week’…
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Israeli military creates new branch focused on AI, drones and robotics
“The battlefield is changing at a dizzying pace, and we are changing with it,” Israeli military Chief of Staff Lt.…
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What America’s Adversaries and Allies Hope to Gain at the U.N. General Assembly
This year’s U.N. General Assembly officially opened on Tuesday, Sept. 8. The annual gathering gives diplomats and …
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DoD cyber strategy aims for ‘something big, something muscular’ in offensive ops
“It’s about driving big outcomes and giving the secretary and the president options, more options. We want t…
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Overlooking the obvious: The most likely way AI can enable terror attacks
Nightmare scenarios of AI-engineered super-plagues or nuclear bombs have, understandably, attracted the most attention. …
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With reconciliation uncertain, Pentagon eyeing plan to retool FY27 priorities with Congress
In exclusive comments to Breaking Defense, the Pentagon’s comptroller acknowledged that some efforts may need to b…
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General Atomics unveils ‘Wildfire’ drone to replace Reaper
Pitched for the Massed Modular Aircraft program run by the Air Force and Defense Innovation Unit, General Atomics says i…
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Emirati EDGE Group delivers six unmanned helicopters to Angolan navy
The unmanned helos will be integrated on three corvettes that Angola purchased for over $1 billion in 2023.…
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Ukrainian Armor eyes German industry partnership for newly unveiled land vehicles
The Saigak APC features an active protection system that the company says can defeat up to 20 First Person View (FPV) dr…
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Netherlands to purchase its own GlobalEye aircraft, on top of NATO’s order
The plane, which would be delivered in 2031, would be owned directly by the Netherlands. …
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Automating the Action Officer: Between Bureaucracy and Technology
If there is a revolution brewing in the automation of white-collar work, you wouldn’t know it at the Pentagon. Her…
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The Assessment Gap in U.S. Counter-Terrorism Strikes
For eight years I helped decide whether American counter-terrorism money was working.As a programs advisor in the State …
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How Japan, South Korea are building up naval capabilities for China threat
Japan and South Korea are stepping up their naval game in the face of China’s phenomenal expansion.…
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‘Truly concerns me’: DAWG director warns funding lapse could kill ‘momentum’
DAWG is Trump administration initiative that essentially absorbed the Biden-era Replicator initiative designed to acquir…