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Boeing, Northrop unveil low-cost intercept tech
Boeing plans to offer a cheaper seeker for defensive and offensive military missiles, while Northrop Grumman revealed mo…
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Army subbing Polaris MRZR unmanned trucks for ISVs: Official
The service has swapped ISVs for MRZRs for its UxS initiative, an Army official told Breaking Defense. …
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Island surge: The Army’s Next Generation Command and Control in action
[Sponsored] Lightning Surge exercises are turning soldier feedback on NGC2 into operational software changes in days, no…
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Joby to buy Resonant Sciences, establish defense business in $500 million deal
The acquisition will be funded by roughly $450 million in cash and $50 million in Joby common stock and is expected to c…
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Army needs ‘comprehensive missile defeat strategy’ to address air defense challenges
“We need a more comprehensive missile defeat strategy that focuses on interceptors, [but also] equally so on non-kinetic…
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Fatalities at CYBERCOM merit Pentagon intervention
Recent suicides among US cyber personnel should serve as a call to action for implementing durable institutional change,…
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Biodefense is force protection: Ready today, prepared for tomorrow
[Sponsored] A decorated combat aviator and biotech CEO advocates preparing for novel viral threats before the next crisi…
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Who Pays for America’s Research and Development?
When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957, the U.S. government was the unrivaled patron of American science. It fun…
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Putting Armageddon on Autopilot: How Artificial Intelligence Could Make Nuclear Threats More Effective
Nine countries now possess nuclear weapons. Arms control agreements painstakingly built over decades have collapsed. Geo…
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The White House Is Right on AI. Now Let Defenders Use It.
The White House has the right instinct on AI. Its June 5 National Security Presidential Memorandum commits the governmen…
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How Congress is reshaping the administration's FY27 budget
Three of the four House and Senate committees have marked up the spending proposal. Here's what they want.…
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ICBM killer passes two key tests ahead of design review, Lockheed says
The company’s Next Generation Interceptor had an 18-month delay for motor problems.…
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Hanwha Defense USA seeks to acquire Austal USA in $1.2B potential deal
Hanwha’s parent firm previously sought to acquire Austal’s parent company in 2024. Now, the two US arms migh…
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Local water utilities are under cyber attack. A new group wants to help
The National Rural Water Association and DEF CON Franklin are coordinating the development of a replicable cybersecurity…
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Agentic AI turning Zero Trust cybersecurity ‘on its head’
A top Intelligence Community official said the government may need to develop digital birth certificates for AI agents.…
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The government was ready to expand its voting-security work. Then it pulled the plug
Cybersecurity executives described the political pressures that emerged when their findings did not support claims of el…
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What to expect at America’s largest missile defense expo
A look at what we expect to see at this year’s Space and Missile Defense Symposium. …
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Is Ukraine Drifting Towards Groupthink on European Integration?
Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spec…
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The defense sector is under water: Maritime investments reflect growing threats
A recent sequence of undersea-focused defense acquisitions is a welcome pivot to a critical warfighting domain, two CSIS…
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Epirus secures $11 million Marine Corps contract for HAVOC system
The system will feature a “universal sled mount” to pair it with various manned and unmanned vehicles across the service…
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Boeing to sell three subsidiaries to eVTOL firm Archer
Pending regulatory approval, the sales of drone maker Insitu, air traffic management firm SkyGrid and electric aircraft …
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Air Force seeks AI tool to help manage Minuteman III ICBM sustainment
The new AI tool could help cut down the cumbersome labor needed to sift through roughly 60 different data sources, accor…
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Germany and the Netherlands buy 69 more RCT30 infantry fighting vehicles
Manufacturer KNDS said it has developed the Boxer RCT30 as the “backbone” of Germany’s new “Medi…
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If software and agentic AI are key to mission success, accelerate them to the front lines
[Sponsored] A commercial prototype in a sandbox is different from deploying AI across classified networks.…