Defense

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After B-1’s leave England, analysts point to limited options, importance of base defense

“Withdrawing these bombers to [the US] will provide an opportunity for more significant maintenance on the aircraft, but…

Ten Wartime Technologies at America’s 250th

For America’s 250th anniversary, Cogs of War ran ten essays on innovations forged in wartime that subsequently dif…

Achieving Breakthrough: Maneuver Warfare in the Face of Robotic Mass

In 1914, European armies entered a war with forces designed to move. Within months, they were digging themselves into th…

Army activates sustainment brigade as part of Pacific restructuring

The change will bring some additional soldiers to Okinawa, Japan.…

Recent Taiwan simulation highlights US cyberdefense gaps against China, experts warn

Organizers of a cyber exercise say Washington needs to prepare for attacks that both disrupt civilian services and press…

General Dynamics CEO Phebe Novakovic to step down in 2027

Novakovic, who has led GD since 2013, will be succeeded by Danny Deep on Jan. 1.…

Army issues just under $100M in application awards for NGC2 to 9 companies

“Providing core software applications is a critical next step. It provides a foundation that can be rapidly scaled and t…

From directed energy to AI and hardening, JIATF-401 is widening counter-UAS options

There is no single answer to the drone threat, pushing the Pentagon toward a broader mix of defenses.…

Urban warfare: Next Falcon Peak exercise to take counter-drone tech to the streets

After testing cUAS tech against heat and sand in the desert, the Pentagon is upping the exercise’s complexity by s…

General Dynamics taps Primordial to build AI assistant for combat vehicle crews

Like a militarized Alexa, Primordial Labs’ Anura AI is trained to understand soldiers’ voice commands and translate them…

Romania orders 12 Airbus H225M multirole helicopters

The contract signature follows on from Bucharest green-lighting the estimated €757 million ($845 million) deal in July.…

Anduril wades into traditional shipbuilding arena with major submarine play

The defense tech company plans to build submarine components at a shipyard outside of Baltimore in which the government …

The Navy’s Missing Welders Are Stocking Shelves

The U.S. Navy’s May 2026 shipbuilding plan, signed by Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao, uses the word “…

How to Defend Against AI-Designed Viruses

Anthropic recently disclosed five cases in which users hid their countries while asking Claude for help enhancing pathog…

The Pentagon’s autonomy command should draw on lessons old and new

AUTOWARCOM will have a big task. Luckily, it’s not starting from scratch.…

Kindling, Catalyst, and Containment: Will the West Bank Ignite?

As violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank has escalated, often with the acquiescence or supp…

Big offensive EW capabilities in a small package

[Sponsored] Increased capabilities of low SWaP software-defined radios make them viable options for smaller platforms.…

What it takes to succeed as Secretary of the Navy

The US Navy faces its most challenging period since the end of the Cold War, and it needs someone with the right qualiti…

EU deepens collective space security with mutual defense pact

The move is one more step in the EU’s long-running, but recently accelerated, effort to create “strategic au…

Australia’s Guided Weapons and Munitions effort makes progress, but risks remain

Experts have called on GWEO efforts to diversify sources and ensure workforce readiness…

Unpacking Boeing’s F/A-XX win, plus a report from wartime Ukraine

Boeing’s victory caps a significant turnaround for its defense business, while Breaking Defense reports from western Ukr…

Anduril establishes new shipyard to manufacture components for Virginia-class subs

Anduril’s Arsenal-2 is positioned to produce “complex components and large scale assemblies” for the vessels, acco…

Leonardo DRS announces new UK-based subsidiary

The new subsidiary will help support UK requirements for counter-drone capabilities, air defense and active protection s…