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The (Un)importance of the Battle of Tours
Editor’s note: This is the first article in a new occasional series featuring battles that just didn’t matte…
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JIATF-401 awards CACI $500M for non-kinetic cUAS
JIATF-401 also awarded AeroVironment (AV) a $500 million three-year contract earlier this month. …
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How the Pentagon plans to help mitigate industry concerns over critical mineral EO
An executive order on sourcing critical minerals could shake up supply chains for industry. …
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Senate confirms Hurst as Pentagon comptroller after 1.5-year vacancy
Lawmakers also confirmed nominees for space acquisitions and to lead one of the national security space spy agencies.…
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Fixing the Achilles’ heel of air-and-missile defense with solid rocket motors
[Sponsored] Resupply of SRMs during a high-tempo engagement like Iran could take years without procurement changes.…
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L3Harris postpones missile unit IPO until mid-2027
CEO Chris Kubasik told investors that “market conditions do not reflect the value we’re building,” and…
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Army opens new testing hub for further air defense integration
The test hub will serve as a “permanent hackathon environment,” the Army stated, by which they mean eliminating manufact…
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Leonardo DRS to acquire software company Raft
The $450 million all-cash offer seeks to improve DRS’s ability to offer a wider range of technologies to customers…
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Airpower opened Iran’s skies. Why hasn’t it reopened Hormuz?
The hardest lesson of the Iran war for a US military “that has dominated the blue skies for generations,” tw…
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Rafael CEO eyes IPO by end of year, plans to attend French defense shows in future
In an interview with Breaking Defense, Yoav Tourgeman acknowledged that questions remain about how exactly the Israeli d…
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Addressing the ‘four tyrannies’ of the Pacific to keep logistics flowing
[Sponsored] Predictive artificial intelligence and autonomy will reshape how forces are sustained across the Pacific.…
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Can Cyber Operations Be Deterred? What Wargames Reveal
The most successful deterrent threats leave no evidence behind. No missiles fly. No networks go down. No troops cross bo…
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The Pentagon Shared A Guide To Stop Drones. What Can We Learn?
The Defense Department names fences, electromagnetic warfare and deception as the best ways to stop threats from small u…
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Iran war ‘accelerated’ key tanker connectivity upgrades, top Air Force officials say
Service leaders said increasing battlespace awareness on the KC-135 was paramount.…
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Navy awards $76.6B in contracts for new Virginia, Columbia-class subs
General Dynamics Electric Boat and HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding jointly build the Virginia and Columbia-class submari…
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Army adds $54B to Lockheed PAC-3 agreement, totaling $59B
The contract is undefinitized, meaning dollar values and quantities could change as negotiations continue. …
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SpaceX wins $1.6B to launch Space Force ‘sensing and targeting’ sats
The SpaceX task order is the first to be awarded since the Space Force’s July 17 massive $11.4 billion plus-up to …
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Up to six designs could move ahead in Air Force’s next robot-wingman effort
The concept refinement phase of CCA Increment 2 could wrap by May 2027, portfolio executive says.…
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How Mexico Locked In Its Militarized Police State
In 2021, Andrew Ivey wrote, “‘I Have Other Data’: The Guardia Nacional and the Entrenchment of Mexico&…
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Localizing tactical communications for sovereign, NATO-ready C3I
[Sponsored] Beyond foreign sales, Rafael’s model enables tech transfer, local engineering, and is a template for NATO pa…
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Air Force plans downselect for second CCA batch next year
A separate competition to replace the MQ-9A Reaper is expected to kick off a concept refinement stage early in the next …
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Ukraine, NATO launch new funding program to counter Russian drones
Five areas were listed by Brave1 as of high interest: active protection systems against FPVS; affordable counter-shaded …
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Leidos subsidiary selected to design Australian nuclear submarine dry dock
The contingency dry dock “is a critical pre-condition of Australia receiving its first Virginia class submarine…