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White House has lofty space launch ambitions, but experts question price tag
The space industry lauded a new Trump administration 1,000-launches-a-year space policy, but experts told Breaking Defen…
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Air Force braces for new era of AI-powered hacking, plus unpacking the Mecca pact
The proliferation of AI is forcing the USAF to rethink cyber defense, and a new regional defense pact could shake up arm…
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Poland’s PGZ unveils Heavy Infantry Fighting Vehicle tech demonstrator
Polish defense firm PGZ said the next step will be to build a couple fully functional prototypes for testing.…
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Poland, Canada seal defense cooperation pact, set to finalize drone deal
The new drone order “shows that Poland is moving from a country that purchased defense equipment worldwide to [now…
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China’s Warrior Scientists: Insights from Recent Operations Around Taiwan
China’s marine scientific research ships are expanding their operations around Taiwan, and they are not just there…
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Nicaragua’s Army Will Decide What Comes After Ortega
The first institution Nicaragua’s National Assembly called to testify on the constitutional reform ending competit…
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Sweden signs HIMARS deal, forges rocket artillery pact with Finland
The $732 million acquisition comprises “just over” ten launchers together with a “substantial quantity” of ammunition, D…
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Rafael, Lower Saxony and Aurelius to develop Volkswagen site in Germany
The agreement, if completed, would give Rafael a new production site in Germany, at a Volkswagen location slated to clos…
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The Strategic Fiber of America: Kevlar’s Impact on Warfighters
Editor’s note: This is the tenth article in a limited series celebrating American defense technologies born from w…
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Shrinking Buffers: Why Turkey and Israel Are on a Collision Course
When Israeli warplanes struck the Abu al-Duhur airbase in Syria on Aug. 18, 2026, the smoke rose over the demolition of …
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New Complications in Countering the Flow of Arms in the Caribbean
Arms trafficking in the Caribbean has soared in recent years, with many states now ranking firearms trafficking as the n…
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US clears $5B in JDAMs for Saudi Arabia, other Middle East deals
Roughly $6.1 billion of military equipment was cleared for potential sales to Saudi Arabia, Oman and Iraq, spanning prec…
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What options does the Pentagon have to cover its mounting FY26 operational costs?
“If I were still in the building, I would say, ‘I’m probably screwed now,” a former official told Breaking D…
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July’s breakout at OpenAI was far more complex than initially realized
Hundreds of AI agents collaborated to escape their containers, disguising their actions and even sacrificing themselves.…
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You get a SCIF, you get a SCIF: Pentagon unveils ‘Secure Space Network’
The Secure Space Network will deploy close to 50 SCIFs around the nation to improve access to classified information for…
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F-35 costs jump in latest production lots
Compared to recent contracts, the average flyaway cost of an F-35A and F-35B rose by over 11 percent, while the price of…
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Fixing the machine: Inside the Navy’s race to rebuild its aviator pipeline
An in-depth discussion with the service’s chief of Naval Air Training Command.…
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Wet tees on Starlink: Army’s desert trial reveals commercial tech challenges, opportunities
“Before we go spend quadruple the cost” on bespoke tech, “there some things that we can do” to m…
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Back to life: How Shield AI’s future unmanned fighter made decades-old tech new again
The original GE Aerospace engine nozzle, designed for the F-16, is key to building a vertical takeoff robotic jet protot…
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The Fruit of Patience: How Regional Shifts Ripened Turkey’s Path to Kurdish Reconciliation
On Aug. 25, at the People’s Palace in Damascus, Mazloum Abdi announced the dissolution of the Syrian Democratic Fo…
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Trump taps Adam Telle as acting Army secretary
Telle is currently serving as the Senate-confirmed assistant secretary of the Army for Civil Works. …
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White House pressure for US firms to skip French space summit is ‘unfortunate,’ insiders say
One policy director warned that American companies could be used as a ‘prop’ against their country’s interests.…
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After ‘concerning’ losses, Air Force pushes to replace Reaper faster
“There’s no doubt if we try and pursue the exact same approach that we had with things like the MQ-9, we’re …
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Why the Army wants to deploy nuclear microreactors on US bases
The ambitious energy plan raises several unanswered questions.…