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Warlords of Greece: Warfare in Homer’s World
The Iliad and Odyssey have shaped Western ideas of heroism for nearly three millennia. Yet despite centuries of debate o…
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How Can U.S. Special Operations Forces Help Defeat China on Taiwan?
It is conceivable that in one blistering campaign, the People’s Republic of China could invade, occupy, and forcib…
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Attackers are targeting open-source AI just as Big Tech is embracing it
“We're going to be doing this forever,” security pros say, describing a race to find and patch holes in the AI era.…
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Shock wave
What if the U.S. were ahead of China in hypersonic weapons development? Welcome to the latest Fictional Intelligence.…
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HII’s sea drone business is growing, but revenue is ‘modest,’ CEO says
The company recently booked a yearlong production contract extension for its underwater drone, Lionfish.…
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Anthropic confirms its AI breached 3 organizations during testing
Three Claude models were inadvertently given access to the internet during security evaluations, and each model took a d…
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Facing a lack of kit, Space Force creates $981M pool to buy training capabilities
Gen. Greg Gagnon, head of Space Force Combat Forces Command, said a number of key mission areas face a serious lack of s…
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The Atlantic Brief: The Strait of Hormuz and the Future of Free Navigation
In February 2026, the United States and Israel initiated a war in the Middle East against Iran. Since then, the warring …
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Marine Corps F-35 suffers crash in California
The pilot ejected and is receiving medical treatment for non-life-threatening injuries, according to the service. …
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Key B-52 upgrades face cost, schedule risks: GAO
A new audit from the Government Accountability Office found concerns with the Air Force’s modernization of the B-52 Stra…
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GCAP timeline could shrink ‘by a couple of years,’ Leonardo CEO says
Lorenzo Mariani said the sixth-gen fighter could enter service two years ahead of its 2035 target date, but only if some…
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The devil was in the waivers: How new minerals procurement rules will change the game
Establishing durable domestic mineral supply chains will likely require closer coordination between US defense primes as…
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Light at the end of M-code’s tunnel? Receivers for ships, planes to finish tests by 2027
An Air Force office recently took over the sprawling M-Code project, meant to give jam- and spoof-proof GPS receivers to…
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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.…